From: Pete Otis
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Date: May 10, 2005 10:53 AM
Subject: REFRESH! Histories of Media Art: Program and Registration
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Banff New Media Institute and in conjunction with the conference, Sarah Cook and Steve Dietz will curate The Art Formerly Known As New Media, an exhibition at the Walter Phillips Gallery (Sept. 17 - Oct. 23).
REFRESH!
1st INT. CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORIES OF MEDIA ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
September 28 - October 1, Banff New Media Institute, Canada
"The technology of the modern media has produced
new possibilities of interaction. What is needed is a wider view
encompassing the coming rewards in the context of the treasures
left us by the past experiences, possessions and insights."
R. ARNHEIM, Sommer 2000
- Honorary Chair, Refresh! -
Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, the conference on the Histories of Media Art will discuss for the first time the history of media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art. Banff New Media Institute, the Database for Virtual Art, Leonardo/ISAST and UNESCO DigiArts are collaborating to produce the first international art history conference covering art and new media, art and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to contemporary art.
The conference will also discuss the documentation, collection, archiving and preservation of media art. What kind of international networks must be created to advance appropriate policies for collection and conservation? What kind of new technologies do we need to optimize research efforts and information exchange?
Held at The Banff Centre REFRESH will feature lectures by invited speakers as well as others selected by an international jury from 350 received paper proposals.
SESSIONS
For further information on the program and the speakers in each session please go to www.MediaArtHistory.org.
I. MediaArtHistories: Times and Landscapes I Chairs: O. GRAU and G. NADARAJAN
MediaArtHistories: Times and Landscapes II E. SHANKEN and C. GERE
II. Methodologies: W.J.T. MITCHELL and tba.
III. Art as Research / Artists as Inventors: D. DANIELS
IV. Image Science and 'Representation': From a Cognitive Point of View: B. STAFFORD
V. Collaborative Practice/ Networking (history): R. KLUSZCZYNSKI and D. DOMINGUES
VI. Pop/Mass/Society: M. KUSAHARA and A. LANGE
VII a. Collecting, preserving and archiving the media arts: J. GAGNON
VII b. Database/New Scientific Tools: R. FRIELING and O. GRAU
VIII. Cross-Culture - Global Art: S. DIAMOND and M. HSU
IX. What can the History of New Media Learn from History of Science/Science Studies? L. HENDERSON
X. Rejuvenate: Film, sound and music in media arts history: T. GUNNING and D. KAHN
XI. High Art/Low Culture - the future of media art sciences? K. BRUNS
XII. History of Institutions: I. SAKANE and J. REICHARDT
XIII. tba
EXHIBITION
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Banff New Media Institute and in conjunction with the conference, Sarah Cook and Steve Dietz will curate "The Art Formerly Known As New Media", an exhibition at the Walter Phillips Gallery (Sept. 17 - Oct. 23).
Supported by:
BANFF NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE, DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART, LEONARDO, DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT, UNESCO DIGIARTS, VILLA VIGONI, INTEL, GOETHE-INSTITUT, SSHRC, CANADA COUNCIL
CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau
Siegen University
Fachbereich 3, Medienwissenschaften
Adolf-Reichwein Strasse 2
57068 Siegen
Germany http://virtualart.hu-berlin.de http://www2.hu-berlin.de/grau/
