[spectre] fwd: Call for paperes: International symposium (New) Media Art in Museums

darko fritz fritz.d at chello.nl
Sun Jul 20 13:30:25 CEST 2008


International symposium
(NEW) MEDIA ART IN MUSEUMS
production – keeping – presentation
15 – 17 October 2008

Call for papers
deadline:  20 August 2008


The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka organizes the  
international symposium (New) Media Art in Museums that will be held  
15 – 17 October 2008 at the City Hall in Rijeka.

Expert Scientific Committee:
dr Goran Zlodi, FF, Zagreb
Marija Gattin, MSU, Zagreb
Dalibor Martinis, APU, Zagreb

Organisational Committee:
Nataša Ivančević, MMSU
Ljubica Dujmović Kosovac, MMSU
Daina Glavočić, MMSU
Darko Fritz, media artist, curator, Amsterdam
Dan Oki, media artist, profesor UMAS


THE AIM OF THE SYMPOSIUM
The aim of the international symposium (New)Media Art in Museums is  
to consider status of (new)media art in museum collections,  
conditions of keeping, protection, modes of exhibiting and all the  
changes that (new) media art  introduces into the everyday practice  
of contemporary museums.

Special attention will be paid to the specifics regarding production  
and rights that evolve from interrelations between museum – author  
– agency – certified producer. By employing the main subject: What  
are new media? – the symposium will thematically process temporal  
definition, production, keeping and presenting of (new)media art, as  
well as artistic features and influences that new media and digital  
technologies exert on contemporary museum presentation practice.

SPHERES AND MAIN SUBJECTS
new media and cultural heritage
production / artwork
the diversity of museum material and the status of (new)media  
artworks in museum collections
the conditions of keeping and the modes of exhibiting
the museum in a role of producer, risks, rights and duties,  
experiences and prognoses
the influence of technological development on museum institutions,  
interaction between (new)media – institution - artists
global information system and museums


Detail information on symposium:
By organizing the symposium (New)Media Art in Museums we wish to  
stimulate colleagues from the museum profession and artists towards  
reflection, writing and discussion on interesting and actual subject  
of new and digital media, the various means in which the latter are  
implemented into museum activities and art creation, as well as their  
influence in forming the views on contemporary world.

The symposium's subject is defined, yet opened towards problematizing  
the experiences and insights from both theory and practice.

We take special interest in the present state of artworks from the  
countries  of the symposium's participants, as well as in  
institutional interest and actual artists. We hope for the high  
number of participants  as it will enable us to develop discussion,  
provide practical examples and create conditions for quality  
comparison. We wish to reach conclusions on situation both within the  
region and globally.

We take special interest in discussing the following subjects:
-          relation between media and museums
-          the percentage of representation of (new)media works in  
the specialized museums of visual art
-          institutions' relation  to (new)media museum items
-          author's rights (author and collaborators...)
-          relation between original and copy (the number of copies,  
ethics)
-          conservatorial procedures that are applied when a (new) 
media artwork is endangered due to a process in which it happens to  
be (keeping, outdated technology)

Abstracts, papers:
Besides five invited international experts we expect applications  
from  museum professionals, artists and other interested experts from  
Croatia and abroad.
We shall accept only the original, unpublished papers, previously not  
presented in public.
Accepted works, presented at the symposium, will be published (with  
abstracts in English language) in both a printed and a CD-ROM edition  
by MMSU in 2009. The expositions will be presented orally, along with  
multimedia presentation.

Official symposium languages are Croatian and English (with  
simultaneous translation).
The application including personal data, a subject's title and an  
abstract (up to 200 words) should be sent not later than 20 August  
2008  by either:
- mail at MMSU, Dolac 1/II, 51000 Rijeka (with a designation FOR  
SYMPOSIUM) or
- email at simpozij at mmsu.hr (with a designation  FOR SMYPOSIUM).


Detail information on the symposium's program
can be found at http://www.mmsu.hr/.
Final program of the symposium will be announced not later than 22  
September 2009

Site of the symposium
City Hall, City Government edifice , Korzo 16, Rijeka

Participation fee
For the participants from Croatia:
600,00 kuna – both conference days (15 – 16 October 2008)
300,00 kuna – students and pensioners (both conference days)
300,00 kuna – single conference day (15 or 16 October 2008)

Payments into bank account Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,  
Erste Steiermäkische bank Rijeka, 2402006-1100260512, ref. no. 01  
10-2008
designation: "kotizacija za simpozij"
not later than 26 September 2008


For the international participants:
90 EUR – both symposium days (15 -16 October 2008)
45 EUR – students and pensioners (both conference days)
45 EUR – single conference day (15 or 16 October 2008)

Participation fee should be paid into account:  Erste Steiermäkische  
bank Rijeka
HR 1324020061100260512
The optional program on 17 October 2008: an expert excursion to  
Istria (a price shall be defined according to the number of applicants)

Accommodation:
info, hotel registration, payments: agency  RiAk Tours, 51000 Rijeka,  
Verdijeva 4-6
tel ++ 385 (0)51 312-312, 331-015, fax 312 333
                         krasna.humski at ri-ak-tours.hr; http://www.ri- 
ak-tours.hr/

MMSU contacts
Secretary: vana.govic at mmsu.hr
natasa.ivancevic at mmsu.hr; daina.glavocic at mmsu.hr;
ljubica.dujmovic at mmsu.hr;

e-mail: simpozij at mmsu.hr
phone: 00385 (0)51 492 612, 492 611
Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti / Museum of Modern and  
Contemporary Art
Dolac 1/II, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
e-mail: mmsu-rijeka at ri.t-com.hr
http://www.mmsu.hr/


We look forward to your response and participation!



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