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REMOTE Forum
exploring the geography of new media culture
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11am-4pm, Monday 18 November 2002, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Tickets �10 / �5 concessions. Lunch and refreshments provided.
Pre-booking essential. Please contact The Fruitmarket Gallery on tel:
0131 225 2383 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A cross-disciplinary event, gathering together leading media
academics from USA and New Zealand as well as new media practitioners
and REMOTE artists Thomson & Craighead, r a d i o q u a l i a, Simon
Fildes & Katrina McPherson, Cavan Convery, all of whom have recently
explored the Cairngorm area.
REMOTE Forum sets the context to question popular notions of urban
monopoly on new technologies, and the construct of 'rural' as being
'remote.' A REMOTE Forum publication, published by The Fruitmarket
Gallery, will be available in Spring 2003, featuring full transcripts
of the presentations and discussions.
During the forum, internationally-recognised writers on issues around
creative technologies, Sean Cubitt and Lev Manovich will deliver
keynote addresses followed by an artists' panel discussion. Artists'
panel chaired by Sarah Cook, a researcher at the University of
Sunderland. Post forum discussion chaired by Chris Byrne of New Media
Scotland. Speakers' biographies and further details of REMOTE
artists' projects at http://www.mediascot.org
REMOTE context
To what extent is 'rural' a romantic idyll constructed to fulfil the
needs of the urban? What historical and contemporary evidence is
there that the 'rural' is 'remote'? Is there a deep-seated belief
that rural arts should be expressed through traditional forms and not
new technologies? What role has popular culture played in the
creation of an image of the future which appears to be almost wholly
urban? Is there the perception that digital culture expresses 'urban
reality' better than 'rural fantasy' and where does this stem from?
Can new technologies render the idea of remoteness obsolete? Is it
possible to work too far from the urban infrastructure? Are new
technologies 'neutral' or do they bring with them preconceptions of
content and if so, are these location specific? Where are the future
technologies located?
REMOTE Forum is a collaboration between New Media Scotland and The
Fruitmarket Gallery. Curated by Iliyana Nedkova and supported by the
Scottish Arts Council; University of Waikato, New Zealand; Moray,
Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise; Institute of Contemporary Art,
London; Dalwhinnie Distillery.
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