[rohrpost] Updates: re:place 2007 conference, Berlin, 15-18 November 2007

Andreas Broeckmann ab at tesla-berlin.de
Fre Nov 2 09:38:52 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


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*** 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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