MAAP 2001 was curated under the theme of ‘excess’, the first official theme for a MAAP festival. The theme of excess considered extremes of aesthetics and ideas. This pertained on the one hand to baroque, indulgent and wasteful tendencies and on the other to the severe limits of minimalism. In 2001 the festival expanded into an extensively networked and partnered programming including multi-location events and collaborations. Organisations linked with the festival included the Digital Media Festival (Manilla), Art Centre Nabi (Soeul), the Loft New Media Centre (Beijing), Videotage (Hong Kong), Experimenta (Melbourne) and ANAT (Adelaide).
