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The *<strong>Conference for the Histories of MediaArt, Science and Technology</strong>* will be held from May 5th to 9th in partnership with the *<strong>International Image Festival</strong>* in Manizales, Colombia.
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<p class="MsoNormal">(FII) Bogotá: May 2.-4., 2025 -- (FII) Manizales: May 5.–9., 2025</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registration is open. You can find the registration details on our website</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://festivaldelaimagen.com/en/home-english/">https://festivaldelaimagen.com/en/convocatoria-mah-2025/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Int. MediaArtHistories Conf had the first edition in 2005 and has travelled since then around the world: Banff 2005, Berlin 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool 2011, Riga 2013, Montreal 2015, Krems/Vienna 2017, Aalborg 2019, São Paulo/CIHA 2022, and Venice 2023. Recognizing the growing importance of art and technology, the goal is to involve the academic community from various disciplines to discuss the history of Media Art within the contexts interdisciplinary and intercultural.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Festival Internacional de la Imagen is a landmark annual event in Latin America that has brought together art, design, science, and technology since 1997. Over its history, the Festival has hosted over 100,000 attendees, 5,000 scholars and artists, and organized over 3,000 events, including exhibitions, conferences, live performances, and workshops. Since 2020, the Festival has been organized by Universidad de Caldas in Manizales in partnership with Universidad de Bogotá.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*<strong>THEMATIC LINES</strong>*</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">Circular Dynamics, Economies, and Autonomous Practices</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">Media Art Pioneers</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">Open Knowledge Through Art and Science, Democratically Shared</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">Innovation Rooted in Ancestral Memory and Its Contemporary Relevance</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">Co-Creation and Co-Design: Individuals, Groups, and Communities</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;">Future Memories: Documentation, Preservation, and New Research and Archiving Tools</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>K E Y N O T E S</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">Gabriela Aceves SEPULVEDA (Mex), Professor Simon Fraser University, Canada, SIAT, Director Critical Media Arts Studio (cMAS). </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">***</span></span>Esteban Garcia BRAVO (Co) Prof.<span style="font-weight: 400;"> of Digital Media Art & Spatial Art at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San José State University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***Manthia DIAWARA (ML/US), Professor New York University, author of “We Won't Budge: An African Exile in the World” (2003).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***Chris SALTER (US), Director and Professor, Immersive Arts Space, Zurich University of the Arts.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>GUESTS </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**José Ramón ALCALÁ (ES), Head Professor of New Media Art at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Director of the Ibero-American Observatory of Digital and Electronic Arts. Spanish Royal Academy of Arts National Award.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**Andrés BURBANO (CO), Professor School of Arts and Humanities, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. His research focuses on: Media history and archaeology in Latin America and the Global South; Historical and cultural impact of computational technologies; and 3D modeling of archaeological sites.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**Oliver GRAU (DE/AUT), Chair of the MediaArtHistories Executive Board. Elected Member ACADEMIA EUROPAEA. 20 years Chair Professorships. Author of “Virtual Art (MIT-Press), founder of the int. Archive of Digital Art, ADA: <a href="http://www.archive-digitalart.eu">www.archive-digitalart.eu</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**José-Carlos MARIÁTEGUI (PE) Founder of Alta Tecnología Andina – ATA (Lima, Peru) working at the intersection of art, science, technology and society in Latin America and a Board Member of Future Everything (UK). For the last 30 years his multidisciplinary research embraced media archaeology, digitization, video archives and the impact of technology in memory institutions.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A C C E P T E D P A P E R S among others:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">H. Shaskevich, P. Perissinotto, J. Horáková, A. Cariceo Zuñiga, Haitian Ma, Ricardo Dal Farra, C. Grace, E. Gutiérrez Jiménez, A. Poulou, M. Jones, Anne-Sarah Le Meur, Georg Eckmayr, Sheila Pinkel, Tadeus Mucelli, E. Vergara Vargas, Nina Köll, N. Mauro-Flude, V. Montero, T. Julio, Darko Fritz, Ana Peraica, K. Fedorova, Edmar Soria, Pat Badani, Roger F. Malina, R. Buiani, C. Blanchette, A. Camacho, Diana María Mahecha, P. M. Lichty, J. Fernando, M. Ramírez, L. Palma, Martina Zelenika, A. Saunier, Semay Buket, M. Crisóstomo, E. Monivas, C. Wagner, R. Kluszczyński, Raivo Kelomees, M. Smith, A. Lockhart, G. Rousseau, J. Grün, C. Klütsch, S. Molho, Jihoon Kim, BL Mitchell, M. Velazquez, A. López Rincón, L. Aranda, W. Strauss, Claudia Arozqueta, Mariela Cantú, Ana Gonçalves Magalhães, G. Beiguelman, Wolfgang Muench, A. Prior, L. Rosser, M. Yildiz, Luis Felipe Raguá, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, C. Voto, G. Menotti, J. Bodor, R. Hunter, O. Majcen Linn, Nina Sosna, R. Iglesias, G. Prado, P. Gobira, Lisa Park, T. Pausz, M. Haque, E. Wandl-Vogt, I. Hinterwaldner, Y. Westphal, Jiawen Yao, B. Ferran, G. Domschke, M. Hoy, P. Dika, R. García, S. Grabowski, D. Posch, R. Nyaoro, L. Deere, K. Belakova, A. Wan, T. Pausz; R. Menkman; I. Fülepp, V. Vojvodić Balaz, Wendy Coones (Derrick de Kerckhove, Anna Maj), E. Rodrigues</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Initiated by the *<strong>Media Art Histories EXECUTIVE BOARD</strong>*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Najam ASSAR (PK, DK), Andres BURBANO (CO/ES), Sean CUBITT (AU), Oliver GRAU, (DE/AT) (Conference Founder and Chair), Inge HINTERWALDNER (DE), Laura LEUZZI (UK), Gunalan NADARAJAN (SG/US) Yael Eylat VAN ESSEN (IL), Yu-Chuan TSENG (TW)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MediaArtHistories HQ: Wendy Jo COONES</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Media Art Histories Honorary Board</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rudolf ARNHEIM, Linda HENDERSON (served in the Board from 2005-2018), Douglas KAHN (2005–2018), Martin KEMP (2005 – 2018), Tim LENOIR (2005-2016), Douglas DAVIS, Jasia REICHARDT, Itsuo SAKANE (2005-), Peter WEIBEL (2005-2023), Erkki HUHTAMO (2005-2023), Machiko KUSAHARA (2005-2023)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*<strong>Organizing Committee</strong>*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Universidad de Caldas – Carolina Salguero, Walter Castañeda, William Ospina, Oscar Villota, César Arias, Mario Valencia, Margarita Villegas, Carolina Calderón</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano – Felipe Cesar Londoño, D.A. Quevedo Restrepo, Elkin Rubiano, Alfredo Gutiérrez</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*<strong>Re:generative Co-Chairs</strong>*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carolina SALGUERO. Universidad de Caldas. Manizales</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Felipe Cesar LONDOñO. Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*<strong>Media Art History Conf – Re.generative 2025 Board</strong>*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ibero-American Observatory of Digital and Electronic Arts OIADE Board – Jose Ramón Alcalá. España, Daniel Argente. Uruguay, Humberto Valdivieso. Venezuela, Emilio Martínez. España, Ricardo Dal Farra. Andres Burbano (CO/ES), Concordia University. Montreal, Raquel Caerols. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Cleomar Rocha. MediaLab Brasil, Daniel Cruz. MAC Chile, Tania Aedo. UNAM México</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">International partner institutions:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maestría en Artes Mediales, Universidad de Chile, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chile, Maestría en Diseño Interactivo, Universidad de Buenos Airees Argentina Universidad Federal de Goias, Brasil, Archive for Digital Art, (DE/AU), Cátedra Max Aub UNAM Mexico, Ibero-American Observatory of Digital and Electronic Arts OIADE, Southern Network for Science, Arts and Technolog. RedCatSur</p>
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