Australian video/media art incorporates a diversity of interdisciplinary concepts and aesthetic sty­ les. In this program of imaginative electronic works, experiences of memory, temporal transitions, and emotions are transformed, duplicated and reconstructed as expressions of (subconsciousness, within systems and events of technological exploration. The presence of digital technologies is the fundamental link between the works in Part I. In Ellen Jose's and Marshall White's tape, computer generated visuals breathe new life into the cultural imagery from Jose's indigenous background. Faye Maxwell's surreal animation of imaginary possibilities in time and space is a highly sophisticated digital work. Low end desktop experiments in the program include Marshall White's personal and interrelated narratives; John Tonkin 's meditative computer works inspired by the natural elements; a video clip of consumer/mass media images and digital editing wizardry created by the collaborating artists Tom Ellard, Jason Gee and Fincher Trist; and the mythological fantasies of Michael Strum. In the work of Chris Caines, the complex layering of text, image and sound creates a metaphorical link with European colonial exploration in Australia and the ideological frontiers of today's technologies. Troy Innocent's and Elena Popa's, 3D animation work, influenced by Japanese comics, speculates on future digitalized worlds. Jill Scott grew up in Australia and has shown internationally as a Video/New Media artist for 20 years. Currently, she is teaching at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Saarbrücken and at the ZKM Karlsruhe. Her work is mainly focused on the relationship between the body, history, and technology. She will present three of her works: "Media Massage" about the relationship between media and manipula­tion; "Continental Drift", exploring metaphors about the process of healing; "Paradise Tossed" which animates an historical survey about design and archetypical de­sire. Part II of the program engages with complex visual styles of improvisation, paralleling the pictorial qualities of film and photography as well as pursuing the technological and textual possibilities of electronic media. This is reflected in the presented works of John Gillies, Jane Parkes, Fabian Astore and Sarah King. The tape by choreographer Tess De Quincy is an experimental dance and music piece, shot in the forbidding and arid landscape of lake Mungo. (Brian Longer 1995) Australia at the VideoFest ‘96: We will offer the first comprehensive presentation of Australian video and media culture in Europe: current and retrospective video tape programs, Multimedia projects and installations. In the Balance; air, water / part 2 & 3; The History of Luminous Motion; Noodle Film; these are the days; Island of Magicans; Spur of the Moment; Down to the Line; Networld; Dollarex (Remix); Media Massage; Continental Drift; Paradise Tossed; Test; Driving and Dreaming; SOONGIRL; A visceral Moment; Square of Infinity