Archive for the ‘symposium’ Category

• 10.22.2012

  signal_ networked art symposium

    SIGNAL (30 October-2 November 2012) brings together an internationally renowned group of artists, theorists, critics and curators to discuss the past, present and future of creative practice that employs network technologies. This symposium comes at a time when wireless technology spreads imagery and data like wildfire…the economy of networked devices is booming…regulatory bodies and […]

• 03.14.2011

  NEW NARRATIVES FOR URBAN SCREENS

  YORK FILM DOWNTOWN & THE NORMAN JEWISON SERIES 2010-11 PRESENTS NEW NARRATIVES FOR URBAN SCREENS March 17th, 2011 – Free – Bell Lighbox 350, King Street West, Toronto A FUTURE CINEMA LAB PRESENTATION Media Artists working with a range of public screens explore how narrative has been revolutionized by new story platforms. Speakers: Camille Turner, […]

• 11.23.2010

  Byproduct: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices

  Friday December 10th, 2010, 6:30-9 pm Vera List Center for Art & Politics at The New School Roundtable with: L.M. Bogad, performance artist and author of ‘Guerilla Electoral Theatre’ Joseph del Pesco, independent curator Michelle Jacques, Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario Marisa Jahn, artist, editor of ‘Byproduct’ Tom Finkelpearl, Executive Director, Queens Museum of Art […]

• 11.21.2010

  David Buckland: The Art of Climate Change

  David Buckland is an artist with an international reputation. In 2000 he created and now directs the Cape Farewell project, which brings artists, scientists and educators together to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. This highly successful artistic intervention has spurred worldwide activity and underlines the power of artistic engagement to stimulate and […]

• 11.09.2010

  do it – play it – The Temporary Stedelijk

  In cooperation with the Innovatie Cultuuruitingen Foundation, the BKVB Foundation, the City of Amsterdam and many other donors, the Stedelijk Museum presents the third Do It! evening on November 18, Play It!, which revolves  around the latest forms of interactive media art. During this evening visitors can play games, and the augmented reality tour that […]

• 10.21.2010

  Network Politics: Objects, Subjects and New Political Affects

  October 22-23, Ryerson University, Toronto Rogers Communication Centre, Room 202 A Symposium co-sponsored by the AHRC funded “New Configurations of Network Politics” project at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK, and the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media, Ryerson University. In the network age, the question of political agency is becoming increasingly troublesome, with […]

• 08.18.2010

  call for proposals: ISEA 2011 Instanbul

  ISEA2011 Istanbul calls for proposals for their conference next year. See below for more information, to apply visit the original call here. Deadline is December 1, 2010. We invite proposals for panels, artworks, papers and workshops form artists, scientist and academics interested in how the digital and electronic media are re-shaping contemporary society and behaviors. […]

• 06.02.2010

  subtle technologies highlights

  So this is it, Subtletek week and as the festival draws near, we’ve been intensifying our blogging. Our latest posts on the contingent ecologies blog have varied from biotek for kids to eco art and green cities. So far we’ve had a workshop on making electricity from junk to power devices like cellphones. On Friday […]

• 05.20.2010

  Whose Map is it? new mapping by artists

  Nine contemporary international artists question the underlying structures and hierarchies that inform traditional mapmaking. They provide individual insights that inscribe new, often omitted perspectives onto the map. Film, installation, print and audio are used to challenge the authority of the map and explore wider social and political issues. Whose Map is it? includes three new […]

• 05.04.2010

  Open Data Ottawa

  On April 24th I attended a hackfest at Ottawa’s City Hall organized by the Open Data Ottawa group. ‘Open Data’ is a growing movement to encourage governments of all levels to release public data in open and machine-readable formats which allow for reuse and development. A few examples of data that could be made available […]