gair dunlop www.gairspace.org.uk Cumbernauld: Town for Tomorrow www.cumbernauld.nu
---------- >From: "Susan Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Aurora Symposium 1st July >Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2003, 9:46 AM > > Symposium: 1 July 2003 > Approaching Aurora > >- artists explore natural phenomena : through science and >spectacle, model and metaphor > > Organised by the Centre for Arts Research, Technology and > Education (CARTE) > & DA2 Digital Arts Development Agency > >This one day symposium is addressing current projects that >dealing with natural phenomena. > >In this symposium we are considering how complex experiences >of natural phenomena can be represented. Looking at particular >at the auora, we will explore how a response to 'larger-than-life' >occurrences might be examined and communicated through >creative work. > >We will be looking at ways that artists approach these concerns >to create experiential works, including installation, networked >and audio pieces. We will be looking at the way that artists >respond to 'information' drawn from natural sources as raw >material for interpretation or investigation in their projects. We >will be asking what choices are being made about what is being >represented, how it is aestheticised and how it is hoped that the >audience will perceive the resulting works. > >Panel 1: How arts, humanities and science respond to the >experience of aurora and other phenomena >Panel 2: working with data, models and metaphors to represent >and explore phenomena > >Esa Turenen, (Finland) geophysicist, specialising in the >scientific study of the aurora borealis at Sodankyla Geophysical >Observatory, Lapland. >Brian McClave, (UK) video maker currently working with 3D >video to record aurora >Nina Czegledy, (Hungary/ Canada) artist and curator, working >with historical and contemporary approaches to the way the >aurora is perceived >Jean-Pierre Aub� (Canada) sound artist working with Very Low >Frequency Sound to record geomagnetic activity, including >auroral activity. >Luke Jerram (UK) artist working with the gravitational force of >the moon on the earth and currently researching concepts of >'space'. >Honor Harger and Adam Hyde (UK) sound artists developing >project to broadcast the sounds of space as observed through >radio astronomy >Tom Donaldson (UK) inventor and engineer, working with a >physics based model to explore the aurora >Mark d'Inverno (UK) mathematician and computer scientist >working with Jane Prophet on a project that explores biological >activity through a mathematical model >Alice Angus (UK) artist and researcher contemporary >perceptions of geography, territory and landscape, including >electromagnetic activity. > >Chairs: Peter Ride and Jane Prophet (CARTE) > >Venue: University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, LONDON >W1B 2UW > >Price: �20 (�15 concession) > >This is intended to be a small event, so to book please contact >Sue Barker, CARTE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >www.carte.org.uk > >Sue Barker >CARTE >70 Great Portland St >London W1W 7NQ >Tel: 020 7911 5000 ext 2675 >Fax: 020 7915 5439 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
