# ISEA 2004 conference > ISEA 2004: the conference held on a Silja Line ferry between Helsinki, Stockholm, Mariehamn and Tallinn, with a pointer to Grandtextauto's writeup of the installations. - Page: https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/08/isea/ - Author: Timo Arnall (https://www.elasticspace.com/) - Section: Notes (https://www.elasticspace.com/notes/) - Published: 2004-08-13 - Updated: 2026-07-05 - Tags: Art, Conference, Mapping, Media, Place, Travel - Site map for agents: https://www.elasticspace.com/llms.txt --- *A short dispatch from [ISEA 2004](https://web.archive.org/web/20040713012321/http://www.isea2004.net:80/), the International Symposium on Electronic Art, held in August 2004 on a Silja Line ferry running between Helsinki, Stockholm, Mariehamn and Tallinn. Organised that year by m-cult in Helsinki, the conference brought together the locative-media and electronic-art communities aboard the ferry. [Polarfront](https://web.archive.org/web/20040819031240/http://isea.polarfront.org:80/) kept event notes through the run, and [Grandtextauto](https://web.archive.org/web/20041010195538/http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu:80/2004/09/05/isea-2004-art-report/) covered the installations and artwork. What follows are some of my own photographs.* ### Photos ![ISEA 2004 ferry between Helsinki, Stockholm, Mariehamn and Tallinn](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/isea/isea01.jpg) *ISEA 2004 ferry between Helsinki, Stockholm, Mariehamn and Tallinn* ![ISEA 2004 conference attendees aboard the boat](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/isea/isea02.jpg) *ISEA 2004 conference attendees aboard the boat* ![ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/isea/isea04.jpg) *ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space* ![ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/isea/isea05.jpg) *ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space* ![ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/isea/isea06.jpg) *ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space* ![ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/isea/isea07.jpg) *ISEA 2004 installation or exhibition space* ![ISEA 2004 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