Many thanks to Christina McPhee for being a guest moderator during the month of March and leading the discussion, How a Field Becomes Visible. Christina is a long time collaborator and friend of -empyre- and we really appreciate her willingness to moderate this past month. Thanks Christina!
Tim and I would like to welcome Patrick Lichty who has agreed to join the empyre moderating team. It was great to catch up with Patrick at the College Art Association this past February and we are thrilled that he has agreed to host this month. His commitment and interests to conceptual art, curating, and media activism will provide the impetus for many future months discussions. Patrick a warm welcome to you from the -empyre- community and thank you for agreeing to join the moderator's team. Patrick's biography is below. He will be introducing this month's discussion and guests later today, Reemergence of the Augment. Patrick Lichty (b.1962) is a technologically-based conceptual artist, writer, independent curator, animator for the activist group, The Yes Men, and Executive Editor of Intelligent Agent Magazine. He began showing technological media art in 1989, and deals with works and writing that explore the social relations between us and media. Venues in which Lichty has been involved with solo and collaborative works include the TED Conference, Whitney & Turin Biennials, Maribor Triennial, Performa Performance Biennial, Ars Electronica, and the International Symposium on the Electronic Arts (ISEA). He also works extensively with virtual worlds, including Second Life, and his work, both solo and with his performance art group, Second Front, has been featured in Flash Art, Eikon Milan, and ArtNews. He is also an Assistant Professor of Interactive Arts & Media at Columbia College Chicago. Best Wishes to all of you, Renate and Tim Renate Ferro and Tim Murray -empyre- soft skinned space
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