[spectre] Surveillance & Control: an event on surveillance technologies & new media art, March, Tate Modern

[honor]

Hi all,

For those of you based within the UK, or within travelling distance to=20
London, I wanted to warmly invite you to a half day seminar / conference we=
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are staging at Tate Modern called Surveillance & Control.  The event=20
features input from spectres, Eric Kluitenberg and Marko Peljhan, as well=20
as participation from Duncan Campbell (who some of you may remember from=20
World.information.org in Brussells, 2000), and artists, Kate Rich and Julia=
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Scher.

I'd be absolutely delighted if you could come, as would I'm sure, the=20
participants of the event.
If you're interested, drop me a line :-)

Greetings

Honor



FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:

SURVEILLANCE + CONTROL
AT TATE MODERN

Surveillance and Control
A half-day conference in March

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/events.htm

< sincere apologies to anyone who receives this twice, or receives this in=
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error.  Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested >


TIMES AND DATES

1400 - 1830 [ GMT ]
1500 - 1930 [ Central European Time ]
0900 - 1330 [ US Eastern Standard Time ]
1930 - 0000 [ Indian / Culcutta Time ]
0100 - 0530 [ Australian Eastern Summer Time, 10 March]
0300 - 0730 [ New Zealand Summer Time, 10 March ]


LOCATION

Starr Auditorium, Level 2, Tate Modern, London, UK


INTRODUCTION

As part of Tate Modern's Interpretation and Education programme, a half day=
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conference on surveillance technologies and new media art will be take=20
place. SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL considers widespread uses of electronic=20
surveillance, analysing recent social and political developments, and=20
asking how various surveillance technologies have impacted on new media art=
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practice.

Tickets GBP =A310 (GBP =A35 concessions)

Bookings are now being accepted for this event.
To book tickets to attend, please ring Tate Ticketing on: 020 7887 8888 or=
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email <tate.ticketing@tate.org.uk>.


ABOUT THE EVENT

We are living in a medialised society. Surveillance devices are used=20
increasingly to monitor physical space, while the operation of global=20
interception systems show the vulnerability of electronic space. The=20
increasing ubiquity of surveillance has radically transformed the relation=
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between public and private spheres, as well as the very nature of political=
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and technological control.

This half day conference will probe recent developments in surveillance=20
debates.  Investigative journalist, Duncan Campbell and media theorist,=20
Eric Kluitenberg look at issues such as the use of the English/American=20
automated interception and relay system, Echelon, and the controversial=20
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPa), which updates UK law on the=
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interception of communications.
Presentations by artists, Marko Peljhan, Kate Rich and Julia Scher will ask=
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how artists are responding to, or subverting the surveillance strategies=20
employed by the commercial and governmental sectors.


ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

- Julia Scher, USA
Julia Scher is an artist, who=92s work focuses on the subjects surveillance=
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and cyber-sphere. Aiming at the exposure of dangers and ideologies of=20
monitoring systems, Scher creates temporary and transitory=20
web/installation/performance works that explore issues of power, control=20
and seduction. She has lectured at Harvard University, Princeton University=
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and Rutgers University.
Online data: interview: http://www.rhizome.org/object.rhiz?2772


- Marko Peljhan, Slovenia
Marko Peljhan is a media artist and founder of the organisation, Projekt=20
Atol, which runs Makrolab, an autonomous communications, research and=20
living unit. Makrolab has been shown at documentaX in Kassel in 1997, on=20
Rottnest Island-Wadjemup, Australia in 2000, and will be installed at=20
Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland  in 2002.
Online data: http://makrolab.ljudmila.org/


- Kate Rich, UK / Australia
Kate Rich is a video engineer for BIT (Bureau of Inverse Technology). BIT=20
develops data, tracking and visualisation devices for critical deployment,=
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such as the SUICIDE BOX vertical motion recorder, the BIT PLANE miniature=20
spyplane, and the BANG BANG camera network.
Online data: http://bureauit.org


- Duncan Campbell, UK
Scottish born Duncan Campbell is an investigative journalist, author,=20
consultant and television producer specialising in privacy, civil liberties=
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and secrecy issues. His best-known investigations have led to major legal=20
clashes with successive British governments. In 1988, he revealed the=20
existence of the ECHELON project, which has since 1997 become controversial=
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throughout the world and especially in Europe.
Online data: http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan


Chair:
- Eric Kluitenberg, Netherlands
Eric Kluitenberg is a writer, theorist and organiser of culture and=20
technology events. He lives in Amsterdam and currently works for De Balie,=
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Centre for Culture and Politics, where in 2001 he organised The Society of=
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Control - a event showcasing artists' use of electronic observation=20
technologies.
Online data: De Balie: http://www.balie.nl


WEBCAST

This event will be presented live on the Tate website, as part of Tate=92s=
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Webcasting Programme. You can experience the event live online in audio and=
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video using the Real Player.
To find out more, visit:=
 <http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting>.
If you haven't experienced Tate Modern's webcasts before, please visit our=
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technical help page:
<http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/help.htm>.


MORE INFORMATION:
For more on this event, see:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/events.htm
or contact:
Honor Harger, Webcasting Curator, Interpretation & Education, Tate Modern
Email: honor.harger@tate.org.uk
PH: (44) 020 7401 5066

For more information about Tate or getting tickets for the event:
Tate Box Office
Email: tate.ticketing@tate.org.uk
PH: (44) 020 7887 8888
URL: http://www.tate.org.uk