The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Artscape 2010 will more than likely be having the latest technology available for attendees to interact with and purchase. The annual event is usually full of arts, food, concerts, and fashion shows. Peep more details about the tech upgrades after the jump:
Tech geeks might be more at home at a “Star Trek” convention, but this year they want to make their mark on Baltimore’s Artscapefestival.
A group of volunteer organizers filed a proposal Monday to add a technology exhibit to Artscape — complete with Web-based interactivity, gadgets and video gaming — with hopes of emulating the success of other events across the country that attract tech enthusiasts.
The organizers, part of a volunteer group called BmoreSmart, would call the technology component of the festival Betascape. Their proposal envisions a showcase that complements Artscape’s current offerings of visual art and musical performances. They hope their efforts help put the city’s festival on par with South by Southwest, the popular music, film and interactive media festival in Austin, Texas.
“The vision that we all have is to create a technology event that is on the national calendar of leading tech events,” said Heather Sarkissian, founder of BmoreSmart and CEO of MP3Car.com, a Baltimore-based mobile computing firm. “We envision a lot of demos, a lot of interaction.”
Technology festivals and conferences are often attended by influential entrepreneurs and early adopters of technology who could make or break new Web services and gadgets. Twitter.com, the microblogging service, made its first big splash at South by Southwest three years ago where it won an award and has since grown significantly in popularity.
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by miss. madie