[spectre] Updates: re:place 2007 conference, Berlin,
15-18 November 2007
Andreas Broeckmann
ab at tesla-berlin.de
Fri Nov 2 09:38:35 CET 2007
re:place 2007
The Second International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art,
Science and Technology
Location: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Date: 15-18 November 2007
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Conference ticket (3 days): EUR 50 (full) / EUR 20 (concessions)
Day ticket: EUR 25 (full) / EUR 10 (concessions)
Registration and further information: http://tamtam.mi2.hr/replace
Download the new programme flyer!
(All talks in English with simultaneous
translation into German *only in the Auditorium*.)
Contact: replace at mikro.in-berlin.de
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In addition to the panels, keynotes, workshops
and discussions listed at the end of this
message, a number of special events will be
taking place during the re:place 2007 conference:
*** A Visit to the Flusser-Archive
The Vilem Flusser Archive was moved to Berlin's
University of the Arts in 2007. Its director,
Silvia M. Wagnermaier, and Prof. Dr. Siegfried
Zielinski will offer a special introduction to
the archive for re:place 2007 participants.
15 November, Thursday, 10.00 h
Universität der Künste, Berlin-Schöneberg,
Grunewaldstr. 2-5 (U7 Kleistpark, Bus 187)
*** Lunchtime Discussion: Gerd Stern / USCO
Gerd Stern (*1936, Saarbrücken) is a pioneer of
multi-media art who co-founded the USCO ('Company
of Us') group, that was esp. active during the
1960s and 70s, based in a building north of New
York City that still belongs to USCO's Intermedia
Foundation, formed in 1968. Stern is currently in
residence with the DAAD in Berlin.
16 November, Friday, 13.00-14.00, Conference Hall 2
*** Forum Discussion: ISEA2008
Gunalan Nadarajan, Artistic Director of the
International Symposium on Electronic Art in
Singapore (25 July - 3 August, 2008), will
discuss the themes and current state of planning
of ISEA2008.
16 November, Friday, 18:30-20:00, Conference Hall 3 (dinner discussion)
*** Lunchtime Discussion: Woody Vasuka and Don Foresta / MARCEL
MARCEL is a permanent broadband interactive
network and web site dedicated to artistic,
educational and cultural experimentation,
exchange between art and science and
collaboration between art and industry. Woody and
Steina Vasulka have been working for some time to
build an online archive of film and video art for
free distribution over the MARCEL network.
Vasulka and Foresta will explain the value of
their resource to the academic community and
potential future partners.
17 November, Saturday, 13.00-14.00, Conference Hall 2
*** Forum Discussion: Access for International Scholarship
An exchange about Archiving MediaArtHistory.
17 November, Saturday, 18:30-20:00, Conference Hall 3 (dinner discussion)
*** Exhibition: Exploding Camera by Julien Maire
This celebrated new installation transforms the
exhibition space into an experimental film studio
reminiscent of a battlefield. Through a
deconstruction of media image production, the
absurdity and the lure of facts are brought to
light.
14-18 November, daily, 10:00-20:00, HKW, Lower Foyer
In cooperation with Kunstfabrik (Am Flutgraben 3,
Berlin-Kreuzberg/Treptow), where two other recent
works by Julien Maire will be on show during
re:place 2007: "Digit" and "Low Resolution
Cinema". (open Tue-Sun, 14:00-19:00; opening Wed
14 November, 19:00-21:00)
TESLA media>art<laboratory, Berlin-Mitte
Klosterstr. 68 (U2 Klosterstrasse, U/S Alexanderplatz, Bus 100)
Info: http://www.tesla-berlin.de
*** 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966
An exhibition organized by the MIT List Visual
Arts Center, curated by Catherine Morris.
9 November - 2 December 2007, Tue-Sun 18-22h
Special opening hours during re:place: Thu 15 - Sat 17, 18:00-24:00
*** Documentary exhibition: Dick Raaijmakers
Documentary films, photographs, and audio
material documents illustrate aspects of the work
of the most influential Dutch electronic artist
and composer, Dick Raaijmakers (*1930).
9 November - 2 December 2007, Tue-Sun 18:00-24:00
*** Takuro Osaka - History and Present of Space Art in Japan
For years, Osaka has been dealing with light,
radiation and forces beyond human perception,
like for instance gamma rays that he translates
into audible sounds.
tesla salon, 13 November, Tuesday, 20.30
*** Timothy Druckrey - Cinemedia: Archaeologies of Computation and AI in Cinema
tesla salon, 15 November, Thursday, 21:00
*** Two Evenings - Performances and Installation
Composer and sound artist Matt Rogalsky (US) will
perform his own works, as well as Tudor's
"Microphon", which was created in 1970 for the
Pepsi pavilion of the Osaka world fair. And with
"Tesla Transmissions", composer and sound artist
Hans W. Koch and musicologist Volker Straebel
take up a subject which John Cage treated in
"Variations VII" of the "9 Evenings": the process
of transmission and live electronic manipulation
of various sounds.
Friday 16 and Saturday 17 November (both nights):
performance: Matt Rogalsky “Transform" / David Tudor “Microphon", 21:00, Klub
performance: Hans W. Koch & Volker Straebel
“Tesla Transmissions", 22:45, Studio 2
installation: “Tesla Transmissions", 22:00-24:00, Studio 2
PARTNER EXHIBITIONS
*** History Will Repeat Itself.
Strategies of Re-enactment in Contemporary (Media) Art and Performance
An exhibition by HMKV (Dortmund) and KW (Berlin),
curated by Inke Arns and Gabriele Horn, assistant
curator Katharina Fichtner
18 November - 13 January 2008, Opening: Saturday, 17 November 2007
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststr. 69, Auguststr., 10115 Berlin
*** CYNETart_07encounter
Festival in Dresden-Hellerau, 16 - 24 November 2007
Special programme and bus shuttle (Berlin-Dresden) on Sunday 18 November.
*** From Spark to Pixel / Vom Funken zum Pixel
Exhibition at Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau,
curated by Richard Castelli, 28 October 2007 to
14 January 2008
Wed - Monday, 10:00-20:00 (Tuesday closed)
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re:place 2007
The Second International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art,
Science and Technology
Location: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Date: 15-18 November 2007
Information: http://tamtam.mi2.hr/replace
An interdisciplinary forum of over 70 researchers
and artists from all over the world, re:place
2007 presents multiple historical relations
between art, science and technology. The title
're:place' refers to the sites and the migration
of artistic and knowledge production. This theme
is highlighted during the panel discussions and
poster sessions, particularly in the 'Place
Studies' stream which looks at specific
historical instances and settings. Special
attention will be given to alternatives to the
'Western' historical paradigms through
presentations about art-science relations in the
former Soviet Union, Africa, and Latin America.
The conference includes general forum discussions
on interdisciplinary research strategies, as well
as keynote lectures by Lorraine Daston and
Siegfried Zielinski.
replace 2007 is a project of Kulturprojekte
Berlin GmbH in cooperation with Haus der Kulturen
der Welt, Berlin. Funded by
Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin. Conference
partners include Leonardo, Database of Virtual
Art at Danube University Krems' Center for Image
Science, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
Media.Art.Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum für
Kulturtechnik at Humboldt Universität Berlin, and
others. Supported by the Institut für
Auslandsbeziehungen, Canadian Embassy, the
Embassy of the USA, Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin
- CzechPoint and Schwedische Botschaft Berlin.
Conference chairs: Andreas Broeckmann (D), Gunalan Nadarajan (SG/USA)
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Conference ticket (3 days): EUR 50 (full) / EUR 20 (concessions)
Day ticket: EUR 25 (full) / EUR 10 (concessions)
Registration and further information: http://tamtam.mi2.hr/replace
Contact: replace at mikro.in-berlin.de
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Programme re:place 2007
check http://www.mediaarthistory.org for bios and abstracts.
****** Thursday 15 November **********************************
*** Opening Session
15 November, Thursday, 14.00-15.00, Auditorium
Welcome by Andreas Broeckmann (DE), Gunalan
Nadarajan (SG/US), Bernd Scherer/HKW (DE)
Introductory talk by Oliver Grau (DE/AT):
MediaArtHistory - Image Science - Digital
Humanities
*** Panel 1: Place Studies: Art/Science/Engineering
15 November, Thursday, 15.00-17.30, Auditorium
Moderation: Edward Shanken (US)
Michael Century (CA/US), Encoding motion in the early computer:
knowledge transfers between studio and laboratory
Stephen Jones (AU): The Confluence of Computing and Fine Arts at the
University of Sydney, 1968-1975
Eva Moraga (ES): The Computation Center at Madrid University,
1966-1973: An example of true interaction between art, science and
technology
Robin Oppenheimer (US/CA): Network Forums and Trading Zones: How Two
Experimental, Collaborative Art and Engineering Subcultures Spawned
the "9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering" and E.A.T.
*** Panel 2: Intersections of Media and Biology
15 November, Thursday, 15.00-17.30, Theatersaal
Moderation: Ingeborg Reichle (DE)
Assimina Kaniari (GR/UK), Morphogenesis in Action: D'Arcy Thompson
and the experimental in Leonardo from LL Whyte to now
Jussi Parikka (FI): Insect Media of the Nineteenth Century
Michele Barker (AU): From Life to Cognition: investigating the role
of biology and neurology in new media arts practice
Boo Chapple (AU): Sound, Matter, Flesh: A history of crosstalk from
medicine to contemporary art and biology
*** Keynote 1/Helmholtz Zentrum fuer Kulturtechnik
15 November, Thursday, 18.30 at Helmholtz-Zentrum, Humboldt University
*** Special Lecture Presentation
Timothy Druckrey (US): Cinemedia - Visions of Computation in Cinema
15 November, Thursday, 21.00 at TESLA Media>Art<Lab Berlin
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*** Panel 3: Histories of Abstraction
16 November, Friday, 10.00-12.30, Auditorium
Moderation: Sean Cubitt (UK/AU)
Laura Marks (CA): Artificial life from classical Islamic art to new
media art, via 17th-century Holland
Arianna Borrelli (IT/DE): The media perspective in the study of
scientific abstraction
Amir Alexander (US): Death in Paris: When Mathematics became Art
Paul Thomas (AU): Constructed infinite smallness
*** Panel 4: Comparative Histories of Art Institutions
16 November, Friday, 10.00-12.30, Theatersaal
moderation: Stephen Kovats (DE/CA)
Lioudmila Voropai (RU/DE): Institutionalisation of Media Art in the
Post-Soviet Space: The Role of Cultural Policy and Socio-economic
Factors
Renata Sukaityte (LT): Electronic art in Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania: the interplay of local, regional and global processes
Christoph Klütsch (DE): The roots and influences of information
aesthetics in Germany, Canada, US, Brazil and Japan
Catherine Hamel (CA): Crossing Into The Border - an intersection of
vertical and horizontal migration
*** Panel 5: Place Studies: Media Art Histories
16 November, Friday, 14.30-17.00, Auditorium
Moderation: Andreas Broeckmann (DE)
Daniel Palmer (AU): Media Art and Its Critics in the Australian Context
Ryszard W. Kluszczynski (PL): From Media Art to Techno Culture.
Reflections on the Transformation of the Avant-Gardes (the Polish
case)
Caroline Seck Langill (CA): Corridors of Practice I: Technology and
Performance Art on the North American Pacific Coast in the 1970s and
Early 80s
Machiko Kusahara (JP): A Turning Point in Japanese Avant-garde Art: 1964 -
1970
*** Panel 6: Media Theory in Cultural Practice
16 November, Friday, 14.30-17.00, Theatersaal
Moderation: Tapio Makela (FI)
Kathryn Farley (US): Generative Systems: The Art and Technology of
Classroom Collaboration
Nils Röller (DE/CH): Flusser's Individual Academy: Thinking
instruments in institutional and personal relations
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (US): The Enduring Ephemeral, or the Future is a Memory
Antony Hudek (US/CH), Antonia Wunderlich (DE): Between Tomorrow and
Yesterday: charting Les Immatériaux as technoscientific event
*** General Discussion
16 November, Friday, 17.30-18.30, Auditorium
*** Keynote: Siegfried Zielinski (DE): On Deep
Time Relations Between Art, Sciences and
Technologies
Moderation: Miklos Peternak (HU)
16 November, Friday, 20.00, Auditorium
****** Saturday 17 November **********************************
*** Panel 7: Interdisciplinary Theory in Practice
17 November, Saturday, 10.00-12.30, Auditorium
moderation: Sara Diamond (CA)
Christopher Salter (US/CA): Unstable Events: Performative Science,
Materiality and Machinic Practices
Simone Osthoff (BR/US): Philosophizing in Translation: Vilem
Flusser's Brazilian Writings
Karl Hansson (SE): Haptic Connections - On Hapticality and the
History of Visual Media
Janine Marchessault (CA)/ Michael Darroch (CA): Anonymous History as
Methodology: The Collaborations of Sigfried Giedion, Jaqueline
Tyrwhitt, and the Explorations Group (1951-53)
*** Panel 8: Place Studies: Russia / Soviet Union
17 November, Saturday, 10.00-12.30, Theatersaal
Introduction/Moderation: Inke Arns (DE): The Avant-Garde in the Rear
View Mirror
Olga Goriunova (RU): Cultural critique of technology in philosophy of
technology and religious philosophy of early XX century Russia
Margareta Tillberg (SE/DE): Cybernetics and Arts: The Soviet Group
Dvizhenie (Movement) 1962-1972
Margarete Voehringer (DE): 'Space, not Stones' Nikolai Ladovski's
Psychotechnical Laboratory for Architecture, Moscow 1926 (t.b.c.)
Irina Aristarkhova (RU/US): Stepanova's 'Laboratory'
*** Panel 9: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
17 November, Saturday, 14.30-17.00, Auditorium
moderation: Bernd Scherer (DE)
Sheila Petty (CA): African Digital Imaginaries
Cynthia Ward (US): Minding Realities: Geometries of Cultural Cognition
Erkki Huhtamo (FI/US): Intercultural Interfaces: Correcting the
pro-Western Bias of Media History
Manosh Chowdhury (Bangladesh/JP): Can there be an 'Art History' in
the South?: Myth of Intertextuality and Subversion in the Age of
Media Art
*** Panel 10: Cybernetic Histories of Artistic Practices
17 November, Saturday, 14.30-17.00, Theatersaal
moderation/introduction: Geoff Cox (UK): Software Art has No History
Christina Dunbar-Hester (US): Listening to Cybernetics: Music,
Machines, and Nervous Systems, 1950-1980
David Link (DE): Memory for Love Letters. Computer Archaeology of a
Very Early Program
Brian Reffin Smith (UK/DE): Hijack! How the computer was wasted for art
Kristoffer Gansing (SE): Humans Thinking Like Machines - Incidental
Media Art in the Swedish Welfare State
*** General Discussion
17 November, Friday, 17.30-18.30, Auditorium
*** Keynote 2: Lorrain Daston (US/DE): Dreams of a Perfect Medium
Moderation: Gunalan Nadarajan (SG/US)
17 November, Saturday, 20.00, Auditorium
****** Sunday 18 November **********************************
Presentation of Results of the LBI Workshop on Documentation and Metadata
with Dieter Daniels a.o.
18 November, Sunday, 10.00, Conference Hall 1
Forum on Cyber-Feminism
with Faith Wilding, Irina Aristarkhova, a.o.
18 November, Sunday, 10.00
Forum Discussion: Connecting Music(ology) and Media Art
Statements by Dr. Joseph Cohen (Collège de
Philosophie, Paris) and Dr. Rolf Grossmann
(Applied Cultural Studies/Aesthetics, Leuphana
University Lüneburg). Discussants include Dr.
Werner Jauk (University of Graz) and Dr. Paul
Modler (Design University Karlsruhe). Moderation
by Joyce Shintani (Design University Karlsruhe).
18 November, Sunday, 10.00, Conference Hall 3
Feedback Session and planning for re: conference follow-up in 2009
18 November, Sunday, 12.00, Auditorium
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