hello apologies for cross posting, but here is notice of a workshop in just over ten days time in Newcastle organised by CRUMB -- we have to keep a tight count on numbers so please do reply offlist to myself or Isabella if you think you can come. best wishes Sarah
Begin forwarded message: From: Isabella Streffen <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> I'm delighted to be able to forward the following invitation to a professional development day on 20th May 2013. Please feel free to circulate it to anyone you think it may be of interest to. The day is free, but participants must register. There are also three bursaries available for critical writing, all links and details below. SURREPTITIOUS NETWORKS CRUMB Professional Development Workshop in collaboration with Pixel Palace WHEN: Monday, 20 May 2013, 11am - 6pm WHERE: Tyneside Cinema, Figgis Room, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG http://tynesidecinema.co.uk<http://tynesidecinema.co.uk/> This workshop is set within the activities of the research unit CRUMB at the University of Sunderland, which has investigated the curating of new media art since 2000 through research, exhibition projects, publishing, networking and professional development for curators. This artist-led workshop, developed by CRUMB post-doctoral research associate Isabella Streffen and co-chaired by Dr. Sarah Cook of CRUMB, will focus on the “surreptitious networks” operating within artistic practices. The aim is to reveal how artists expose, work with, critique and create inadvertent or hidden networks in the development of their practices. The workshop will share knowledge from the practices, strategies and critical perspectives of four artists/artist groups working with digital and non- digital networks: * – Graham Harwood (YoHa, Mediashed, Mongrel, convenor of MA in Interactive Methods at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London and PhD candidate at CRUMB) * – Lise Autogena (Reader in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University) * – Joanna Griffin (doctoral candidate, Transtechnology Research group, University of Plymouth) * – Isabella Streffen (Post-doctoral research associate at CRUMB) Discussions will touch upon methods and meanings of network creation, both deliberate and accidental, and the relationship between the human and the non-human. The presentations in the morning will be broadcast by basicfm, while the afternoon workshops will offer a chance for participants to engage more closely with each of the artists to discuss strategies. There are three CVAN-supported critical writing bursaries on offer for emerging artists and writers to reflect on networks, the workshop, or the practices shared by the participating artists with their resulting articles to be co-published by a-n and CRUMB. All documentation from the event will be co-published by CRUMB and a-n. You can find the call for artists/writers from CVAN here: CVAN Writing Bursaries Questions that are likely to arise: What other types of networks emerge as the by-products of digitally networked practices? How can the exploration of networks most usefully seed other networks? What strategies do artists use to navigate and manage networks in their practice? How do the “echo networks” of digitally networked practices differ from those of non-digital practices? Speakers/workshop leaders details: Graham Harwood has lived and worked with Matsuko Yokokoji since 1994 (working under the name YoHa, English translation “aftermath”). YoHa’s graphic vision and technical tinkering has powered several celebrated collaborations, establishing an international reputation for pioneering arts projects, including the first online commission from the Tate Gallery London, and work for the permanent collections of the Pompidou Centre, ZKM, and Manifesta07. Harwood and Yokokoji co-founded the artists group Mongrel (1996-2007), and established the MediaShed free media lab in 2005. In 2009, they joined Richard Wright to produce Tantalum Memorial (which went on to win first-prize at transmediale). YoHa produced Coal Fired Computers at AV Festival in 2010, and Invisible Airs in 2011. Graham Harwood is convenor of the MA Interactive Media at the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths. Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway have worked together for over twenty years on ambitious multimedia installations and data visualization projects that explore our relations to the networks, economies, geographies and technologies that surround us, and how our human experience is changed by incorporation into these systems. Their work is exhibited internationally, and they are best known for projects that include The Sound Mirrors Project, Black Shoals Stock Market Planetarium (seen at Tate Britain) and Most Blue Skies. They are currently working on Foghorn Requiem, which will be performed at Souter Lighthouse on June 22, 2013. Lise Autogena is Reader in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University. Joanna Griffin is an artist researcher who is interested in the experiential dimension of space technologies. She works on socially engaged projects using art practice to understand how space-faring enterprises merge with everyday life. She has been the recipient of the International Arts Council Fellowship at NASA Space Science Lab at UC Berkeley; has worked on commissions for The Arts Catalyst in the UK; and was instrumental in creating a major astronomy festival Kalpaneya Yatre: Journey of Imaginations, In Bangalore, India. She is a contributor to the artist/hacker collective Orbitando Satélites and mentored the Moon Vehicle project, an artist-led response to the launch of the Chandrayaan-1 mission to the moon. She has published in Leonardo and Cultural Politics journals, and is currently finishing her doctorate with the Transtechnology Research Group at Plymouth University. Isabella Streffen is an artist working with military technologies and contested sites in fine art practice. She is currently post-doctoral research associate with CRUMB, where she is developing her new project Dronology. She has exhibited in Europe and the US, and has undertaken high profile residencies at the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Hadrian’s Wall, the Library of Congress and the Terra Foundation for American Art. She has a PhD in practice-based art from Newcastle University and in 2013 will be undertaking research around economies and networks of global capital as represented in art for the University of Manchester in partnership with the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. http://isabellastreffen.net<http://isabellastreffen.net/> WHO IS IT FOR? Workshop is open to artists, curators and practitioners interested in this field of work. Workshop is free but places are limited and booking is required. HOW TO BOOK? Please send an email to Isabella Streffen at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by Wednesday 15th May including the following information: 1. Your contact details. 2. Up to 200 words on your particular area of practice in relation to this workshop, and what you hope to get from attending. Please include a URL. 3. Any special needs you have. This workshop has been organised by Isabella Streffen, post-doctoral research associate with CRUMB, as part of her fellowship made possible by the AHRC Cultural Engagement Scheme. This project is supported by CRUMB and the University of Sunderland, in partnership with CVAN, Pixel Palace and a-n. For more information please visit; http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/, http://www.crumbweb.org/ and http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/ http://www.thepixelpalace.org/ http://www.a-n.co.uk/ Further details: WORKSHOP SCHEDULE 10:30 – 11:00am >> Tea and registration 11:00 – 11.20am >> Workshop welcome by Dominic Smith (Pixel Palace) and Sarah Cook (CRUMB) and introduction to the key questions by Isabella Streffen 11:20 – 1:00pm >> Speakers' Presentations and Q&A 1:00 – 1:45pm >> Lunch Break (participants to make their own arrangements, though space will be provided if you want to bring a packed lunch) 1.45 – 4:45pm >> Speakers’ Workshops (every participant will get to attend every artist’s workshop) 5:00 – 5.15pm >> Coffee/Tea break (refreshments provided) 5:15 – 6:00pm >> Final discussion and closing ------------------------------------------------ Dr. Sarah Cook Reader MA Curating Module Leader CRUMB Faculty of Arts, Design and Media University of Sunderland The David Puttnam Media Centre Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's St Peter's Way Sunderland SR6 0DD ex 2134 Curator for the Festival of Electronic Arts and Video, Transitio_MX05 "Biomediations", September 19-29, 2013 in Mexico City Co-editor and co-founder, The Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, www.crumbweb.org<http://www.crumbweb.org> Read our books: Euphoria & Dystopia: The Banff New Media Institute Dialogues. e-edition now available for $19.99 CAD! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/euphoria-dystopia/id597963828?mt=11&uo=4 Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12071 A Brief History of Curating New Media Art, and A Brief History of Working with New Media Art. http://www.thegreenbox.net
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