 AV Festival 2006 featured works that show how technology can mimic, impersonate and simulate life.It also explored the way that biotechnology, genetic engineering and cloning have radically altered the way we imagine life.AV Festival 2006 took place across Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, and included 13 exhibitions, 29 screenings, 8 performances, 17 talks, symposia and workshops, 9 new commissions, and 4 launch events.