DATA has reached the grand old age of 30 - old enough to know better but still down with the kids - and with that awful intro I give you the DATA 30 lineup and it's a good one:

Alessandro Ludovico (Italia):
Alessandro Ludovico, 1969, lives and works in Bari, Italy. He is a media critic and the editor in chief of the magazine Neural since 1993 and was awarded with a "Honorary Mention" for Net.Vision at Prix Ars Electronica 2004. Alessandro Ludovico is one of the founding contributors of the Nettime community and one of the founders of the organization "Mag.Net (Electronic Cultural Publishers)".
www.neural.it

Jaime Villarreal (Mexico):
Jaime Villarreal is an artist, technologist and researcher whose work explores the use of emerging technologies and electronic media as tools for creative expression. He works at the Centro Multimedia of the National Center for Arts of Mexico where he researches and develops creative applications of computer graphics programming and electronics. He is 1/2 of the electropunk/hardcore band "555vs666" and 1/3 of the audiovisual performance group "rrr".

Jaime will be performing with his collaborators Sonida RRR live from Mexico City using networked electronic instruments.
Dublin heads will also be taking part using instruments they've built in local workshops at > NCAD and the Science Gallery.

Ivan Twohig (Ireland):
Ivan Twohig is an artist and student of the NCAD (2nd year MA, Art in the Digital World)
His work operates at the convergence between fine art, architectural design and pop culture.
He works across a range of media including electronic art, video, sculpture, installation, net art, drawing and text based work.

DATA is on Tuesday 29th of April & the Science Gallery