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------ COMPUTERS AND THE HISTORY OF ART (CHArt) TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE BIRKBECK COLLEGE, LONDON Thursday 9 - Friday 10 November 2006 FAST FORWARD: Art History, Curation and Practice After Media Since its foundation in 1985 CHArt has closely followed the extraordinary developments in arts computing that have taken place over nearly two decades. The twenty-second CHArt conference will reflect upon the unprecedented ways that media. particularly 'new media', are transforming our understanding of the world and of ourselves. The CHArt 2006 program addresses the possibilities and challenges of these changes, as they affect visual culture. KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Bruce Wands, Director, New York Digital Salon, New York, USA. THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER SESSION 1 - Steps of New Media Art at the Venice Biennale, 1960s to 1990s. Francesca Franco, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Electronic Civil Disobedience: The SWARM case. Fidele Vlavo, London South Bank University, London, UK. SESSION 2 - User Requirements for a 'Virtual Arts Centre of the Future'. Katrien Berte and Peter Mechant, Department of Communication Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium. The Digital Space of the Teatro Olimpico: A New Environment for Interactive Arts. Daniela Sirbu, University of Lethbridge, Canada. SESSION 3 - New Futures in Net Art: Discovering Emergent Art Historical Technique in Net Art Contextualisation. Charlotte Frost, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. 'High Archive Fever': The Internet and Art Historical Research in China. Adele Tan, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, UK. Aesthetics and Interactive Art Karen Cham, The Open University, UK. SESSION 4 - Panel Session Approaches to the Practice of Curating New Media Art. Sarah Cook, Beryl Graham and Ele Carpenter, CRUMB, University of Sunderland. FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER SESSION 5 - Preservation of Net Art in Museums. Anne Laforet, University of Avignon, France. Preserving and Recovering Computer Art: Reconstructing Data or the Artwork. Nick Lambert, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Conservation and Preservation in the Post-Media Phase: A Suggested Strategy Theory. Timothy Mohn, Pratt Institute Digital Arts Laboratory, New York, USA. SESSION 6 - When Presence and Absence Turn into Pattern and Randomness: Can You See Me Now? Maria Chatzichristodoulou (maria x), Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. Embodying Judgment: New Media and Art Criticism. Daniel Palmer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. SESSION 7 - CHARADE: The Peer-To-Peer Distribution of Media Assets Into the Public at Large. Simon Pope, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. A Blueprint of Bacterial Life - Can a Science-Art Fusion Move the Boundaries of Visual and Audio Interpretation? Elaine Shemilt, University of Dundee, Scotland. 'You Are Here': Locative Media and the Body As Networked Site. Alicia Cornwell, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA. SESSION 8 - No Thanks to the Dictionary: Visualising Language in the Post-Medium Age. Philip Klobucar, Vancouver, Canada. Putting Two and Two Together to Make Yellow - Synaesthesia, Media, Art and Life. Rob Flint, Nottingham Trent University, UK. DEMONSTRATIONS: EdiNA (Edinburgh University Data Library), Paula Cuccurullo. ---- The booking form is available online at <www.chart.ac.uk>. Bookings made before 13 October 2006 will be entitled to a discount. Conference Fees (pounds sterling) - include coffee/tea breaks and lunch. Send bookings to: Hazel Gardiner, CHArt, CCH, Kings College London, Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, WC2R 3DX, tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2013, fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2980, hazel.gardiner at kcl.ac.uk (please use the subject heading CHArt Conference 2006 in any email queries). BOOKING CHArt Member: (TWO DAYS) ?100 (?80 before 13 Oct 2006) (ONE DAY) ?60 (?50 before 13 Oct 2006) Non-member: (TWO DAYS) ?130 (?110 before 13 Oct 2006) (ONE DAY) ?80 (?70 before 13 Oct 2006) CHArt Student Member: (TWO DAYS) ?60 (?40 before 13 Oct 2006) (ONE DAY) ?40 (?30 before 13 Oct 2006) Student Non-member: (TWO DAYS) ?80 (?60 before 13 Oct 2006) (ONE DAY) ?50 ?40 before 13 Oct 2006) -- Marlene Gordon Visual Resources and Music Curator University of Michigan-Dearborn 313-593-5463 313-593-1902 (fax) mgordon at umich.edu VRA-IPR Committee, Chair VRA Newsletter, Editor www.vraweb.org
