Annick, it's true. We love Sao Paulo. http://www.mobilefest.com.br/en/symposium.htm
> Message du 09/03/06 13:04 > De : "Annick Bureaud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A : "Jose-Carlos Mariategui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Copie à : "Spectre" <spectre@mikrolisten.de>, "iberoamerica ACT" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > Objet : Re: [spectre] How International is Media Art ? The Role of the > Curatorial Practice > > I fully agree with Jose-Carlos. Last year was the "Year of Brazil in > France" and the @rt Outsiders Festival was dedicated to "Brazilian New > media art". In the catalogue, that I guest edited, I included a strong > focus on the Brazilian pionneers, such as Cordeiro, Palatnik, but also > Oiticica, etc. We also included 2 texts specially about 2 organisations > in Brazil that focus on exhibiting new media art. It is only 2, because > ... catalogs have limits in term of pages ;-) > The catalog, for those of you who might be interested, has been > published by Anomalie/Hyx and the texts are both in French and > English. Its title is "://Brasil". All the authors are brazilian. It > includes texts by the artists in the exhibition and texts about the > currents trends in Brazil and historical perspectives that I just > mentionned. > The exhibition, curated by Jean-Luc Soret, included current Brazilian > new media art and an historical piece by Esmeraldo (kinetic work, > without motors but based on electro-static electricity). And it was > important, as a curatorial statement, to show that new media art exist > outside the "usual paths" with a high level of creativity, > understanding, etc. In this case it was Brazil. But Riccardo dal Farra > has done a whole research (with the Langlois Foundation) on > computer-electronic-music in South America that encompasses many more > countries. > > Also, on the Leonardo/Olats web site, in the Pioneers & Pathbreakers > (Pionniers et Précurseurs) project, we have information and > documentation about Palatnik. I know that this site is mostly in French, > but still, it does exist and shows that "new media art" is not only > "Western" and that pionneers were also, in this case, in South America. > > Annick > > > Jose-Carlos Mariategui wrote: > > Dear Chris and friends: > > > > I just came up with this interesting announcement of the International > > Symposium on Curating New Media Art. Yes, but it is Western-side > > International Symposium, not a real International one. It is a pity that > > though there are so many projects going on at a wide (real) International > > Scale, there is still the need to "Westernize" as much as possible the arts. > > This is similar to the reasons why in the majority of books on the so-called > > history of New Media there is not a single discussion on what happened > > outside Europe, Japan or the USA. This reflects a conformism and lack of a > > real consideration of the ways in which new media art has been evolving, > > quite successfully in many cases, through out the world, and I say the world > > (including the so-called emergent 'others' that in economic terms > > represented in 2005 more than half world's GDP). > > > > So when you discuss of point out questions around 'learning from pioneers', > > to what pioneers are you referring, to the semi-blind western sight? Is > > that what makes a good curator of media art? I believe that one of the > > most important points around the curatorial process is to understand a > > context and the development of a history (in that sense perhaps the > > work/efforts of Oliver Grau are worth mentioning) but lets be OPEN, not just > > in OpenSource terms, lets admit that media art and therefore its curatorial > > practice is a wide international activity and not just a bunch a friends > > that talk about the same stuff over and over again. > > > > I hope we try in the future to talk about the concept of International in a > > much more real (or critical) sense, and not just by defining it from one > > side of the world. > > > > Jose-Carlos Mariategui > > > > > > on 3/7/06 2:13 AM, Chris Byrne at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >>Art-Place-Technology > >>International Symposium on Curating New Media Art > >>Liverpool School of Art & Design and FACT Centre > >>30 March - 1 April 2006 > >> > >>Just ten days left to take advantage of our 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 who are shaping the practice and theory of curating new media > >>art include: > >> > >>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. The symposium also includes a > >>performance by LoVid, and a curator's tour of the exhibition "Howlin' > >>Wolf" by Mark Lewis at FACT. > >> > >>--- > >> > >>Programme Summary > >> > >>30th March - DAY 1: FACT > >>17:00 - Launch Reception and Symposium Registration. > >>Announcements: New postgraduate programme in Curating New Media Art, & > >>ARC Journal for Curating and Theorising New Media Art. Colin Fallows > >>(UK); Iliyana Nedkova (Bulgaria/UK); Chris Byrne (UK) > >>18:00-19:00 - Curatorial Tour of Mark Lewis exhibition "Howlin' Wolf" > >>at FACT Galleries. Tour Host: Ceri Hand (UK) > >> > >>31st March - DAY 2: Liverpool School of Art and Design > >>09:30 - Introductions: Colin Fallows > >>09:45 - Keynote: Amanda McDonald Crowley (USA) > >>10:30 - Moderated Question and Answer Session: Ceri Hand (UK), Moderator > >>11:15 - Presentations: Inke Arns (Germany); Pierre-Yves Desaive > >>(Belgium) > >>12:15 - Moderated Question and Answer Session: Paul Domela (UK), > >>Moderator > >>14:00 - Keynote: Charlie Gere (UK) > >>14:45 - Moderated Question and Answer Session: Beryl Graham (UK), > >>Moderator > >>15:30 - Presentations: Francis McKee (UK); Lina Dzuverovic (UK) > >>16:30-17:00 - Moderated Question and Answer Session: Kathy Rae Huffman > >>(UK), Moderator > >>19:00-20:00 - FACT - Presentation: Simon Worthington (UK) > >> > >>1st April - DAY 3: Liverpool School of Art and Design > >>09:30 - Introductions: Colin Fallows > >>09:45 - Keynote: Trebor Scholz (USA) > >>10:30 - Moderated Question and Answer Session: Paul Sullivan (UK), > >>Moderator > >>11:15 - Presentations: Stephen Kovats (Netherlands); Dimitrina Sevova & > >>Alain Kessi (Switzerland) > >>12:15 - Moderated Question and Answer Session: Drew Hemment (UK), > >>Moderator > >>14:30 - FACT - Workshop: Sarah Cook (UK/Canada) > >>Followed by LoVid (USA) performance. > >>17:00 END > >> > >>--- > >> > >>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 list for media culture in Deep Europe > > Info, archive and help: > > http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre > > > > > > -- > *************** > Annick Bureaud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > tel/fax : 33/ (0)143 20 92 23 > mobile : 33/ (0)6 86 77 65 76 > ***************** > Leonardo/Olats : http://www.olats.org > > > ______________________________________________ > SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe > Info, archive and help: > http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre > > > ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre