>From: "Lucy Kimbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Neal White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: FW: ReMote II >Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:08:27 -0000 > >ReMote IIMy apologies if you have already seen this. > >ReMote II - http://www.lamp.ac.uk/remote >Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st of March 2002 at the University of Wales, >Lampeter > >A conference organised by Bloc in collaboration with the University of >Wales, Lampeter. >Following the success of ReMote, a two-day conference held in September >1999, ReMote II will explore the relationship between creativity, >technology >and remote practices. > >New technologies such as we have seen in the last decade have not only >accelerated social and economic circulation, but have also produced >opportunities for expression and exchange in ways that have allowed >entirely >new creative, intellectual and commercial products. An exciting and major >characteristic of new media is its ability to disregard domains. Remote II >considers the new geographies that information proximity and material >distance have produced, exploring how technologies impact on our lives and >our outlook. The conference will address the need for a radical revision of >economic and social geography as the focus of commerce and culture becomes >dispersed throughout the regions. > >Invited speakers drawn from across the United Kingdom will make >presentations within the stranded themes in relation to creativity, >technology and remoteness. The conference will provide a forum for the >cross >discipline exchange of ideas between business and industry, science and >technology, education and creative practices which are intended to >stimulate >discussion and positive interaction in the plenary sessions and social >forum. The conference aims to bring together a broad constituency of people >united by diverse involvement with digital media and remote working. > > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
