[spectre] technological determinism in media art
hi spectrists, some of you might be interested in a thesis I have written last year about: Technological Determinism in Media Art The thesis is, in short, that certain founding fathers have succeeded in establishing media art institutionally but it was a pyrrhic victory. the language and 'philosophy' they have employed was about a fetishized notion of disembodied information and an equally fetishized notion of interactivity. Thus, they have failed to build solid theoretic and terminological foundations. Because of the internet being openend up their discoursive relevancy was over by 1995-96. Although some good things came afterwards this sort of foundational mistake has blighted the field and subsequently lead to the confusion and misunderstandings we find ourselves in now. Long version http://theoriebild.ung.at/ where you can also find some other bits and pieces of theory under construction regards Armin __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
Re: [spectre] please link to this site: http://waldvogel.plaintext.cc/
> He's also the only of the three curators who ducked a reply to us after > our protests. And on top of that, Inke's text that got ripped off into > "Just Do It" originally had been a lecture of her's at Zollverein - when > Waldvogel was its curator, and listening to the talk. So beware of Mr. > Waldvogel attending your lectures. There's a chance that they end up, > with his name tag, in his next brilliant catalogue, getting him the next > big job in the art world. I just learned that he has become a curator at > Witte de With in Rotterdam. Hi all, Nicolaus Schafhausen (formerly Frankfurter Kunstverein) became the new Witte de With director and chief-curator on January 1st this year, which here is being seen as quite a positive development. Reading the posting that Waldvogel is (or will be) a curator 'across the street' at Witte de With I was rather hoping that this may have been a slip of the pen. But indeed, further intensive research has confirmed this to be the case ... www.wdw.nl greetings, stephen V2_Institute for the Unstable Media Stephen Kovats_Program Development Eendrachtsstraat 10 3012 XL Rotterdam The Netherlands t_ **31 10 206 7272 f_ **31 10 206 7271 e_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.v2.nl >> events streamed live at www.v2.nl/live and moderated on #V2_tangent TANGENT_FEAR on media and phobic objects Friday March 03, 2006 @ 19.00 - 22.00 CET featuring Karen Lancel and Hermen Maat with Marc de Kesel, Jordan Crandall, Jill Magid and Dennis del Favero TANGENT_LEAP on emergent media landscapes in China Thursday March 30 @ 19.00 - 22.00 CET Featuring Michael Anti, Zhang Ga, Karsten Giese and Guobin Yang in collaboration with International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden (IIAS) ELECTROMAGNETIC BODIES exhibition opening May 04, 2006 conference: The Electromagnetic Bride - Saturday May 06, 2006 aRt & D: Research and Development in Art V2_Publication launched June 04 Beijing Millenium Dialogue In the Line of Flight www.newmediabeijing.org * __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Art-Place-Technology, Liverpool: International Symposium on Curating New Media Art, 30 March - 1 April 2006
Art-Place-Technology International Symposium on Curating New Media Art Liverpool School of Art & Design and FACT Centre 30 March - 1 April 2006 Early bird registration offer ends on 17th March. Register now and save 35% on the full registration fee. Further programme details and online registration: http://www.art-place-technology.org New media art is a global phenomenon: a rapidly changing and dynamic field of creative practice which crosses conventional categories and disciplinary boundaries, challenging our assumptions about art. - How do curators engage with new media art? - What makes a good curator of new media art? - What can we learn from the pioneers of this field? - What does the future hold for curating new media art? - What common ground exists with other disciplines? These and other issues will be explored at Art-Place-Technology. Speakers include figures who are shaping the practice and theory of curating new media art, including: Inke Arns, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund. Sarah Cook, CRUMB, University of Sunderland Pierre-Yves Desaive, Fine Arts Museum of Belgium, Brussels Paul Domela, Liverpool Biennial Lina Dzuverovic, Electra, London Charlie Gere, Lancaster University Beryl Graham, CRUMB, University of Sunderland Ceri Hand, FACT, Liverpool Drew Hemment, Futuresonic, Manchester Kathy Rae Huffman, Cornerhouse, Manchester Stephen Kovats, V2, Rotterdam Amanda McDonald Crowley, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, New York Francis McKee, Glasgow International & CCA, Glasgow Trebor Scholz, Institute for Distributed Creativity, New York Dimitrina Sevova & Alain Kessi, codeflow, Zurich Paul Sullivan, Static Gallery, Liverpool Simon Worthington, Mute, London Art-Place-Technology will look at historical and current projects by some of the world's leading curators of new media art, and discuss how curating new media art creates interfaces with the art world, museum culture, media, publishing and academia. Further programme details and registration: http://www.art-place-technology.org Tel +44 (0)151 2315190 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Art-Place-Technology is hosted by the Liverpool School of Art & Design, Liverpool John Moores University in collaboration with FACT and Art Research Communication. Supported by Arts Council England North West, Media Arts Network. -- Art Research Communication [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.a-r-c.org.uk -- __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] call for presentations over access grid
II. POLYLOGUE session - GAME ENGINES/SOCIAL ENGINES 29. March from 17:30 GMT (12:30 - New York, 18:30 - Prague) Details on how to install and use access grid - http://www.ciant.cz/ag .. Game Engines/Social Engines - polylogue session about game engines, their social and political aspects The interdisciplinary meeting should create an open space for deeper theoretical reflection on the recent development in the field of serious games. We are looking for various perspectives, examples and thoughts on social, political and artistic aspects of videogames. Researchers, theoreticians, game designers, programmers and artists are welcome to join the discussion. List of topics: Videogames & Politics - Political aspects of videogames - Representation and self-representation - Digital emancipation and creation of heroes (Middle East, China) - Persuasive games and games as means of propaganda Social Engines - Social aspects of videogames - Activism and virus campaigns - Social networking in games - Educational videogames Abstracts of papers (15 to 20 min) should reach us before 20th March 2006 in order to facilitate moderation. Short presentations (10 min) are also possible, send us only the title. Please send us you telephone number, ICQ, Skype etc.. Moderators: Vít Sisler New Media Studies & Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies, Charles University of Prague vsisler[at]gmail.com Denisa Kera New Media Studies Charles University of Prague denisa.kera[at]ff.cuni.cz .. This session is a part of a series entitled POLYLOGUES organized by the International center for art and new technologies (CIANT) in Prague & New media studies (Charles University) in cooperation with Georgia Institute of Technology & MARCEL network. It aims to stimulate interdisciplinary exchange of ideas via sessions moderated from Prague while having guest speakers from all over the world. We hope to create a bridge between countries that will facilitate intercultural or rather intercontinental and interdisciplinary exchanges in the fields of art and new technologies. All sessions will be recorded and made available to general public in the archive. .. Best, Denisa Kera / New Media Studies, Charles University / [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ +420 777 817 774 Pavel Sedlak / CIANT / [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ +420 737 731 347 CIANT & Charles University node http://www.ciant.cz/ag __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre