In a showcase of international Urban Screen initiatives, Our Friends Are Electric introduces the concept of urban screens to the Melbourne audience in anticipation for the next Urban Screens Event - Urban Screens Melbourne 08 from 3rd-8th October 2008.

From the subways of Paris to electronic billboards in cities such as Toronto, Berlin and Amsterdam, Our Friends Are Electric is a series of projects created specifically for public screens throughout the world. The series will include a range of video art programs in addition to individual artist initiatives created from collective, worldwide contributions.

Beginning with the launch of the Streaming Museum, the first international moving image gallery to be broadcast both in
cyberspace and public space over seven continents simultaneously, Our Friends Are Electric celebrates how today’s cities are
becoming connected through a network of urban screens.

Featured initiatives:

The Streaming Museum
Visual Foreign Correspondents
Videospread
The Vernacular Terrain
Do Billboards Dream of Electric Screens?
Upgrade! International
Best of Transmedia
At Play

This project, curated by Kerrie-Dee Johns and Mirjam Struppek, is presented by Federation Square and the International Urban Screens Association - a network of international collaborators.