In April, I gave a talk at Tate Britain as part of an Arts Council sponsored symposium on British New Media, and it is now online. Cliff Notes version:
"British" is not a particularly interesting category for thinking about new media.
New media is a contested category worth, in my opinion, contesting
More contestation in general is needed, particularly between as well as within communities.
The first question afterwards was from Adam Hyde questioning whether I really thought there was a lack of debate in, say, Europe, as opposed to Britain or the U.S. Yes, ok, I could have phrased my point a bit more clearly. It's not there there aren't good discussion; there are - which I say - but somehow all the great internal debates do not seem to be crossing over - and out- - so to speak. Is that important?
