+ [via: Vancouver User Guide, which is now in the side bar under "Vancouver Scene"] I caught one New Forms Festival, and I won’t miss it again:

NEW FORMS FESTIVAL 2004
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MEDIA ARTS
Experiments with Technology to Explore Our World
OCTOBER 14 to 28, 2004
Vancouver, BC, Canada

The New Forms Festival is an international festival of contemporary media arts and technologies, featuring an Exhibition, a Performance/Events Series, and a Conference consisting of keynote addresses, panel presentations, and workshops. Showcasing emerging new media artists from across Canada and around the world, New Forms focuses on the convergence of arts and technology - providing a unique opportunity for audiences and industry professionals to interact with art forms that utilize cutting-edge media technologies.

The theme for our fourth annual festival is TECHNOGRAPHY, the inscription of culture in technology. Over two weeks, at various venues in and around Vancouver, the Festival will feature more than fifty performances and presentations by North American and international guest speakers, musicians, installation and net artists, performance and video artists, DJs, and dancers.