[spectre] (fwd) BEAP04, Perth/AU - cutting edge electronic and bio art

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: Amanda Alderson <A.Alderson at curtin.edu.au>
Subject: BEAP04- cutting edge electronic and bio art
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:49:32 +0800


BEAP04

Cutting-edge electronic and bio-art exhibitions, conferences and workshops



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Showcasing Perth as the destination for cutting-edge electronic and bio-art.



Widely recognised as the premiere electronic arts event in the 
Asia-Pacific region, BEAP is strategically positioned as a nexus 
between art, science and new technologies.



BEAP brings together the world's leading new technology and bio 
practitioners, curators, technicians and academics for three months 
of exhibitions, conferences, workshops, performances and research.



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See the attachment for a full event listing.

Conference registration is still open- BE QUCIK!

Register NOW for BEAP04 Conferences, online! <>www.beap.org









kind regards,
Amanda Alderson

Arts Administrator
Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth
Register for BEAP 2004 Conferences online!
<http://www.beap.org>www.beap.org

<mailto:a.alderson at curtin.edu.au>a.alderson at curtin.edu.au
Ph: +08 9266 4922




ABOUTBEAP
Established in 2002, the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP) is 
widely recognised as the premiere
electronic arts event in the Asia-Pacific region.

Strategically positioned as a nexus between art, science and new 
technologies, BEAP brings together the world's leading new technology 
and bio practitioners, curators, technicians and academics for three 
months of exhibitions, conferences, workshops, performances and 
research.

BEAP showcases Perth as being the destination for cutting-edge 
electronic and bio-art. The event also provides a dynamic and 
ever-changing portal to our digital age, raising awareness as well as 
critical dialogue regarding the implications and applications of new 
technology throughout the community, both at home and abroad.

Welcome to the exciting digital and living art domain of 
SameDifference at BEAP 04Š

BEAPEVENTS
Thursday 26 August
Drift, elastic...
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Exhibition runs 26 Aug - 26 Sep

Friday 3 September
Experimenta: House of Tomorrow
Western Australian Maritime Museum, Victoria Quay, Fremantle, 
Exhibition runs 3 Sep - 3 Oct

Saturday 4 September
ARN: Creative Connections- CONFERENCE
Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley, 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Monday 6 September
Jillian Bradshaw Lecture
BankWest Theatre, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, 6 - 8 p.m.

Wednesday 8 September
PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE: Vision Systems - CONFERENCE
BankWest Theatre, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m
Keynote Speaker: Paul Sermon (Reader in Creative Technology, The 
University of Salford. Adelphi Research Institute for Creative Arts 
and Science)
This Conference explores current theory and research into perception, 
examining the new technological developments which help us to unravel 
the real from the virtual and explore the moments in between.

PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE: Vision Systems- EXHIBITION
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Exhibition runs 
8 Sep - 12 Dec
This striking exhibition will challenge both artists' and audiences' 
perceptions about visualisation, communication and presentation by 
exploring the realms between the virtual and the real.

Performance: SONIC DIFFERENCE: Ed Osborn 9.p.m. til late
The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle

Thursday 9 September
SONIC DIFFERENCE: Re-Sounding the World - CONFERENCE
Alexander Library Theatrette, 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Sonic Difference Conference will focus closely on the works 
featured in the Sonic-Difference exhibition. Thematic strands will 
include: the archaeology of sound; voice and sound; radioland; 
bio-sonics; sound as morphology/physiology; future audio-worlds; 
sound and memory; sound as locale and identity.

SONIC DIFFERENCE: Re-Sounding the World- EXHIBITION
The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, Exhibition 
runs 9 Sep - 10 Oct
Venture into the mesmerising world of sound art - including audio 
installations, workshops and experimentation - and explore sound's 
pervasive impact on our senses, memories and narrative paradigms.

Friday 10 September
DISTRIBUTED DIFFERENCE: Cultures of Conflict - CONFERENCE
Alexander Library Theatrette, 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Distributed-Difference Conference investigates the future 
political and social impact of emergent new technologies. Issues 
canvassed include: globalisation; communication and conflict; the 
politics of the virtual; surveillance; tactical media; digitally 
designed as well as virtual culture.

DISTRIBUTED DIFFERENCE: Cultures of Conflict- EXHIBITION
The Bank, Midland, Exhibition runs Exhibition runs 10 Sep - 12 Nov
This exhibition explores the highways and byways of cultural osmosis, 
whereby what is 'popular' is appropriated, commodified and 
disseminated globally - often with highly unpredictable results.

Saturday 11 September
BIO DIFFERENCE: The Political Ecology - CONFERENCE
Social Science Lecture Theatre, The University of Western Australia, 
8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: George Gessert (Artist and Editorial Advisor, Leonardo)
Plenary: Prof.Stephen Wilson (Professor of Art, San Francisco State University)
BioDifference will discuss the various approaches and paradoxes of 
Biological Art. The living, the non-living and the in between will be 
manipulated, politicised, aestheticised and debated. Activism, 
feminism and formalism.

BEAP in the City
Forrest Place, (off the Murray Street Mall) Perth, performances run 
11 Sep - 10Oct
BEAP enlivens Forrest Place with an exciting array of performances and events.

Sunday 12 September
DATA DIFFERENCE: The Dissolution of Locale - CONFERENCE
Theatrette, Central TAFE, Perth Campus, 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Andrea Zapp, (Media artist and theorist, AHRB 
Research Fellow, Faculty of Art and Design/MIRIAD, Manchester 
Metropolitan University)
The Data-Difference Conference will present and stimulate debate 
around new articulations of virtual environments and modes of 
interfacing with them. Presenters will investigate ways in which 
viewers interact with multi-user/virtual environments (space) thus 
experiencing a dissipation of geography (place).

DATA DIFFERENCE: The Dissolution of Locale - EXHIBITION
spECtrUm gallery, Edith Cowan University,  Exhibition runs 12 Sep - 10 Oct
Data Difference opens up a networked world that simultaneously 
appears both expansive and microscopic. Interface with 
multi-user/virtual environments and test modes of immersing your body 
in screen space at this groundbreaking exhibition.

BIO DIFFERENCE: The Political Ecology - EXHIBITION
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, 
Exhibition runs 12 Sep - 3 Oct
BioDifference probes ideas concerning relationships with living 
systems and the interconnectivity of the different levels of life. 
From nature observed through the lens of human artifice and issues 
surrounding bio-commerce, to ownership of the body, gender and race, 
this exhibition presents an array of voices and discourses which 
calls attention to works engaged with life manipulation from a 
critical and activist perspective.

BEAP IT! (Week 1 Performance Event)
The Bakery Artrage Arts Complex, 8 p.m. till late
Artists from the exhibitions and conferences present and co-present 
performance work celebrating the first week of BEAP04.

Monday 13 September
Agricola de Cologne - New Media Art Project Network - EXHIBITION
Central Design Centre, Central TAFE, Exhibition runs 13 - 30 Sep
View 24/7 the global New Media Art Project in the shopfront window of 
the Central Design Centre, as part of Distributed Difference.

Tuesday 14 September
Machinima
Film and Television Institute, Fremantle, 8pm til late

Wednesday 15 September
Austrade Digital Content and Web Services (SEMINAR)
Alexander Library Theatrette, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Theatrette, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 12.30 - 3 p.m.

Thursday 16 & Friday 17 September
Comm-IT 2004 - Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre

Monday 20th September
Club Zho - The Hellenic Centre, Northbridge, 8pm til Late

Various dates
Workshop/ Floor Talks
Check www.beap.org, workshop section for more information

Visit www.beap.org to register for the conferences NOW!