Active Ingredient symposium in London - 20th November 2012, 4.00 pm-8.00 pm
via Bronac::: A symposium will be held at the Arts Catalyst venue in Clerkenwell Road in London on 20th November which will demonstrate a new online platform developed by the Active Ingredient organisation working in collaboration with computer scientists at the Digital Economy funded Horizon hub at Nottingham University and in association with senior scientists at the UK Met Office. This platform, Timestreams, is currently being tested in schools and localities in Nottinghamshire and in Rio de Janeiro and will be opened up for use by others interested in exploring capture of environmental data and in sensory media interactions. The event, called MAKING IT REAL, will have a demonstration and installation of the work as well as presentations and debates about the nature of technological research in the context of environmental and ecological challenges. Find information and sign up for this free event at: http://ai.timestreams.org/events/ One of the panels at the symposium will feature other artists engaged with deep ecology, technology and performance who have been 'in residence' in various international contexts. Among those speaking (whose work may be of particular interest to CAS) is Ana MacArthur, visiting from New Mexico in the US whose contribution to investigations into holography has been pioneering: her website www.anamacarthur.com shows some wonderful artworks and outlines how she was a key member of an international set of artists exploring electronic technologies around the Museum of Holography in New York City in the mid 80's; from 1988 till 2004 she co-founded and partnered in Aurorean, one of the few dichromate holography labs in the world,devising pioneering works including an early series of holograms for James Turrell. Her works utilizes dichromate holograms as optically intelligent elements, yet only as a part of a greater dialogue inclusive of multiple media and taking form in installations, sculpture, drawings, holograms, and wall works. Other speakers include Julie Myers who is is an artist and lecturer living in London and Berlin.She makes work in response to place. combining aural history, local knowledge and shared experience with technology, and environmental and geographic data and using film, photography, sound, locative and interactive formats to produce projects that range from sophisticated mediascapes to hand-drawn maps. Jo Joelson, part of London Fieldworks, whose new exhibition (supported by Computer Arts Society) - called Null Object: Gustav Metzger thinks about nothing - opens on 29th November at the Work Gallery in London, will also form part of this exciting panel. Hope to see some of you there. Bronac _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
