Status: U
X-Accept-Language: en-us
X-Scanned: Clean
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:34:34 -0400
Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <[email protected]>
Sender: Visual Resources Association <[email protected]>
From: Marlene Gordon <[email protected]>
Organization: University of Michigan - Dearborn
Subject: Computers and the History of Art Conference
Comments: To: [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
To: [email protected]
X-ELNK-AV: 0
This message is being sent to a number of list
servers. Please excuse any duplicate messages
that you may receive.
.....................................................................................................................................................
FUTURES PAST: TWENTY YEARS OF ARTS COMPUTING
CHArt Twentieth Annual Conference
11-12 November 2004
Birkbeck College, Clore Management Centre,
Birkbeck, University of London, 25-27 Torrington
Square, London.
PROGRAMME
Since its foundation in 1985 CHArt has closely
followed the extraordinary developments in arts
computing that have taken place over nearly two
decades. This year, for the twentieth CHArt
conference we will look back at the history of
the application of digital technology to art
history, visual culture, the museum and gallery,
and art practice. Papers will reflect upon
successes, failures, and futures past.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Futures Past and Present -
William Vaughan, Chair of CHArt 1985 - 2002
THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER
SESSION 1 - EXPERIMENTAL INTEGRATION
Listing: Conceptual Art, Computers and Architecture in the 1970s.
Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, Faculty of Architecture,
Building and Planning, The University of
Melbourne, Australia.
A Computer in the Art Room.
Catherine Mason, CACHe Project, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
SESSION 2 -TRANSITIONS
The Medium Was the Method: Photography and
Iconography at the Index of Christian Art.
Andrew Hershberger, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.
Facing the Future through the Past at the Index of Christian Art.
Colum Hourihane, Index of Christian Art,
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.
SESSION 3 - PAINTING BY PIXEL
Painting Digital, and Letting Go.
James Faure Walker, London, UK.
1300 brushes - The History of the Computer as Painting-Machine.
Ann-Sophie Lehmann, Institute for Media and
Re/presentation, Utrecht University, Utrecht,
Netherlands.
SESSION 4 - METHODS AND PRACTICE
Indexed Lights.
Pierre R. Auboiron, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Microanalysis as a Means to Mediate Digital Arts.
Matthias Weiss, Dortmund, Germany.
FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER
SESSION 5 - HISTORIES, FAILURES AND RESURGENCE
Recursive History: Assembling a Digital Archive of Computer Art's Early Years.
Nick Lambert, CACHe, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Machines Fall Apart: Failure and Collapse in Art and Technology.
Jennifer Gabrys, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Computer Poetry's Neglected Debut.
Wayne Clements, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
SESSION 6 - VIRTUAL DEPARTURES
A Virtual Disaster: the Rise and Fall of Virtual Reality.
Mike Pringle, AHDS Visual Arts, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.
Title to be confirmed.
Kirk Martinez, Department of Electronics and
Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK.
SESSION 7 - PROJECTS AND ARCHIVES
Digital Projects Past and Present: Survivors or Fossils?
Christine L. Sundt, Visual Resources Collection,
Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University
of Oregon, USA.
The Good, the Bad and the Accessible: 30 Years
of Using New Technologies in BIAD Archives.
Sian Everitt, Keeper of Archives and Collections
BIAD, University of Central England, Birmingham,
UK.
SESSION 8 - COLLECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION
This is the Modern World: Collaborating with ARTstor.
Vickie O'Riordan, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Successes and Failures of Content Creation in
Web Beginnings at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Melanie Rowntree, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED
BOOKING
The booking form is available online on
www.chart.ac.uk. Bookings made before 15
October 2004 will be entitled to a discount.
Conference Fees (pounds sterling) - include
coffee/tea breaks and lunch.
CHArt Member:
TWO DAYS £90 (£70 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £50 (£40 before 15 Oct 2004)
Non-member:
TWO DAYS £120 (£100 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £70 (£60 before 15 Oct 2004)
CHArt Student Member:
TWO DAYS £60 (£40 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £30 (£20 before 15 Oct 2004)
Student Non-member:
TWO DAYS £70 (£50 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £35 (£25 before 15 Oct 2004)
Send bookings to: CHArt, School of History of
Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck College,
43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London,
WC1H 0PD. [email protected], Fax +44 0207 631 6107.
The booking form is available online on www.chart.ac.uk
--
Marlene E. Gordon
Visual Resources and Music Collections
University of Michigan-Dearborn
313-593-5463
313-593-1902 (fax)
[email protected]
VRA-IPR Committee, Chair
www.vraweb.org
