----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- Welcome to March 2017 on –empyre soft-skinned space Moderated by Alan Sondheim (US) and Renate Ferro (US)
Open Call to our subscribers. The Global Trump Effect: Culture, Arts,Humanities and More at Risk Week 1: March 6 Week 2: March 13 Week 3: March 27 Week 4: March 27 On January 20th the presidential candidate Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States. In over a month Trump has revised policies that have affected global politics, the environment, health, security and so much more. During the month of February we will take time talk about the rippling global effects that these policies have had on global culture, arts, humanities and so much more. In lieu of any invited guests we open this month up to all –empyre- subscribers and encourage them to post freely. Biographies are listed below. TO MAKE A POST TO THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST: soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au TO ACCESS ARCHIVES: http://lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/ TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE FROM THE CORNELL SERVER TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT –EMPYRE-: http://empyre.library.cornell.edu <http://empyre.library.cornell.edu/> Moderator’s Biography: Alan Sondheim (US) is a new media artist, theorist, musician, writer, and performer concerned with issues of violence, virtuality, and the stake that the real world has in the virtual. His most recent cd, with Azure Carter and Luke Damrosch, is LIMIT, based in the inconceivability of time reversal. His 3d printed distorted avatars are currently in a show in Spain; his writing, videos and soundwork are available widely. He has co-moderated -empyre- (with Sandy Baldwin and Johannes Berringer) on topics of Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual; and Absolute Terror, ISIS, and Performance. Renate Ferro’s (US) creative work resides within the areas of emerging technology, new media and culture. Her artistic work has been featured at the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), The Freud Museum (London), The Dorksy Gallery (NY), The Hemispheric Institute and FOMMA (Mexico), and The Janus Pannonius Muzeum (Hungary). Ferro is a Visiting Associate Professor of Art at Cornell University. She has been on the moderating team of -empyre- soft-skinned space since 2007 and is currently the managing moderator. Renate Ferro Visiting Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Art Tjaden Hall 306 rfe...@cornell.edu _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au http://empyre.library.cornell.edu
