[spectre] Publication and Conference SPECTROPIA - Illuminating investigations in electromagnetic spectrum

[Rasa Smite]

Dear Spectre,

Yesterday and today, there is a conference taking 
place in the framework of the Art+Communication X 
festival, in Riga

On the to occasion of conference (and festival), 
the next Acoustic Space journal (Nr. 7) entitled 
"Spectropia - illuminating investigations in 
electromagnetic spectrum" is published by RIXC 
and MPLab/Liepaja University - as "refereeing" 
publication for the first time.
It contains both - research papers (in Part 1 - 
by international artists, media theorists, 
researchers and scientists) and artistic 
explorations (in Part 2 - introducing to the 
artworks of the Spectropia exhibition, taking 
place in Riga Art Space).

Please e-mail me, if you are interested to get the publication!

with the very best regards,
rasa

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SPECTROPIA - Illuminating investigations in electromagnetic spectrum
International conference,
(in the framework of Art+Communication X festival)
October 17 - 18, 2008 in Riga, Latvia.

Organised by RIXC in collaboration with Art 
Reseach Lab (MPLab) / Liepaja University
Location: RIXC Media Space, 11. Novembra krastmala 35, Riga.
http://rixc.lv/08


Along with the invention of electromagnetic 
technologies major paradigmatic shifts have 
occurred in the 20th century science. Since then 
the density of electromagnetic radiation has 
multiplied thousands of times as a result of the 
increasing exploitation of human-made devices. 
However, in the beginning of the 21st century 
electromagnetic phenomena still remain to at 
great extent incomprehensible. Today we still 
know very little on how artificially created 
radiation interact with natural emissions and how 
it affects our bodies and living nature. How to 
investigate something that we can't even see or 
feel? Naturally we can perceive only warmth and 
light with our senses, a very little part of the 
total spectrum. Also the controversial properties 
of the waves themselves - its' duality and 
immateriality of this 'material', makes the 
spectral investigations challenging.

In this conference, international artists, media 
theorists, scientists and researchers will 
discuss how the vast spaces of electromagnetic 
spectrum that often cannot be reached by science, 
are taken over by mythologies of modern society, 
and saturated with artistic explorations.

The title "Spectropia" is used as a conceptual 
metaphor with the intent to illuminate artistic 
and scientific investigations in the 
electromagnetic spectrum. The conference also 
aims to facilitate theoretical background for the 
SPECTROPIA exhibition (taking place in Riga Art 
Space October 16 - 25, 2008), as well as to found 
a bases for "electromagnetic art" [as] research 
in the future.

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In relation to the conference the next Acoustic 
Space journal (Nr. 7) entitled "Spectropia - 
illuminating investigations in electromagnetic 
spectrum" comes out - as "refereeing" publication 
for first time. It contains both - research 
papers (in Part 1 - by international artists, 
media theorists, researchers and scientists) and 
artistic explorations (in Part 2 - introducing to 
artworks of the Spectropia exhibition, taking 
place in Riga Art Space). Price: 12 EUR (plus 
postal exp.)

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Conference themes:

Spectral Investigations
Spectral Art / Waves Art
Spectral Visions
Electromagnetic Myths


Conference programme:


Friday, October 17
10.30 - 16.40
DAY 1: Spectral Investigations / Spectral Art / Waves Art

10.00 - 10.30 - Registration and Coffee.

10.30 - 10.35 - Welcome by Prof. Dr. paed. Oskars 
Z?ds, rector of Liepaja University
10.35 - 10.40 - Introduction by Rasa ?mite.

10.40 - 11.25
Keynote: Armin Medosch. LISTENING TO THE UNIVERSE 
- A DEEP GENEALOGY OF ART AND ELECTROMAGNETISM

11.25 - 13.20
Panel 1: Spectral Investigations

11.25 - 12.00 (35 min) - Zita Joyce. THE INVENTION OF RADIO SPECTRUM
12.00 - 12.20 (25 min) - José Luis de Vicente. 
ATLAS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPACE: MAPPING ART AND 
SOCIETY INTO SPECTRUM REGULATION
12.20 - 12.30 (10 min) Coffee break
12.30 - 12.55 (25 min) - Anton Kolodinski. 
EMERGING EMF TECHNOLOGIES AND CHILDREN
12.55 - 13.20 (25 min) - Rasa Smite. SPECTRAL 
ECOLOGY AND THE CASE OF SKRUNDA SIGNAL

13.20 - 14.00 (40 min) Lunch break


14.00 - 16.40
Section 2: Spectral Art / Waves Art

14.00 - 14.25 (25 min) - Florian Dombois. FRIENDLY FIRE
14.25 - 14.50 (25 min) - Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand. LIGHT HARVESTING
14.50 - 15.10 (20 min) - Sophea Lerner. HANDS ON 
THE INTANGIBLE : HYBRID RADIO AND THE LISTENING 
BODY
15.10 - 15.30 (20 min) - Lindsay Brown. THE MYTH OF SAUCY TALES
15.30 - 15.50 (20 min) - Arijana Kajfes. OCCULAR WITNESSING
15.50 - 16.00 (10 min) Coffee break
16.00 - 16.40 (40 min) - Edwin van der Heide. 
CREATING SPACE - workshop-demo-presentation, 
exploring the spatial properties of a magnetic 
field as a carrier for sound. (40 min)



Saturday, October 18
11.00 - 16.30
DAY 2: Spectral Visions / Electromagnetic Myths

10.30 - 11.00 - Registration and Coffee.

11.00 - 11.40 (40 min)
Keynote: Eric Kluitenberg. ARCHAEOLOGY OF IMAGINARY MEDIA

11.40 - 14.30
Panel 3: Spectral Visions / Spectral Ecology

11.40 - 12.10 (30 min) - Jussi Parikka. NON-HUMAN 
COSMOLOGIES: FROM TECHNICAL MEDIA TO ANIMAL 
SENSATIONS
12.10 -12.30 (20 min) - Antony Hall and Gregory Byatt. ENKI INTERFACE
12.30 - 12.50 (20 min) - Marie-Jeanne Musiol. PENETRATING MATTER (30 min)
12.50 - 13.00 (10 min) Coffee break
13.00 - 13.20 (20 min) - Jens Hauser. 
OVAPORIZATION, PERVASIVENESS AND LIMINALITY
13.20 - 13.50 (20 min) - Catherine Richards. I 
WAS SCARED TO DEATH / I COULD HAVE DIED OF JOY
13.50 - 14.10 (20 min) - Anna Friz. EMBODIED RADIO
14.10 - 14.30 (20 min) - Mari Keski-Korsu and 
Mika Meskanen. PIMP MY PASSPORT 
workshop-demo-presentation

14.30 - 15.00 (30 min) Lunch break

15.00 - 16.30
Panel 4: Electromagnetic Myths

15.00 - 15.20 (20 min) - Gianluca Ruggeri and 
Filippo Filliger. 10111.ORG PRESENTS BRION 
GYSIN'S DREAMACHINE
15.20 - 15.40 (20 min) - Nina Czegledy. NIKOLA TESLA'S ELECTROMAGNETIC VISIONS
15.40 - 16.00 (20 min) - Sneha Solanki. MYTH, MATERIALITY AND THE MILITARY
16.00 - 16.30 (30 min) - Martin Howse -- 
**TEMPEST - an introduction and workshop 
presentation.
Final discussion.

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Organiser:
RIXC, Center for New Media Culture?

Contact and address:
11. Novembra krastmala 35 - 201, Riga, LV 1050, Latvia
?Tel: +371-67228478 (office), +371-26546776 (mob.)
Fax: +371-67228477?
Email: rixc( at )rixc.lv
http://rixc.lv

Support and Partners:
Riga City Council, Latvian Cultural Capital 
Foundation, Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council), 
Riga Art Space, and others.

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