[spectre] Art-Place-Technology, Liverpool: 30 March - 1 April 2006

[Chris Byrne]

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.

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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

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Further programme details and registration:
http://www.art-place-technology.org
Tel +44 (0)151 2315190
E-mail APT at ljmu.ac.uk

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.

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