[spectre] Rewire 2011: Fourth International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology

[Oliver Grau]

Rewire 2011: Fourth International Conference on the Histories of Media
Art, Science and Technology

LIVERPOOL, 28-30 September 2011

Hosted by FACT (Foundation of Art and Creative Technology) at Liverpool
John Moores University

In partnership with LJMU; AND (Abandon Normal Devices); Crumb at the
University of Sunderland; Lancaster University; Site Gallery; University
of Sussex; University of the West of Scotland; Universiteit van
Amsterdam; and the Database of Virtual Art at the Department for Image
Science, Danube University

The Media Art History Board and Rewire Co-chairs would like to invite
you to attend the latest international media art history conference,
following Banff 2005; Berlin 2007; and Melbourne 2009. Rewire will
increase the voltage and ignite key debates within the internationally
distributed network of histories, and will illuminate the global
phenomena of media art.   by discussing new paradigms for media art
histories including Science and Technology Studies and Cybernetics, the
connections between such histories and those of new technologies and
computing, the relations between media art and craft, media archaeology,
and institutional and curatorial responses to media art. 

Rewire will be supplemented with performances, book launches, workshops
and special events, and runs concurrently with the AND Festival which
will be hosted at numerous sites across Liverpool.

Chair: Mike STUBBS, Director at FACT
Co-chairs: Paul BROWN, Sarah COOK; Juan CRUZ, Charlie GERE, Andy MIAH,
Ed SHANKEN, Laura SILLARS 

Keynotes:
●    Professor Andrew PICKERING of Exeter University, an
internationally-known figure in Science and Technology Studies and
author of The Mangle of Practice (Chicago University Press, 1995), and
The Cybernetic Brain (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
●    Professor Tanya HARROD, leading historian of the history of craft
and author of The Crafts in Britain in the Twentieth Century (Yale
University Press, 1999)
●    Steve KURTZ and Shady EL NOSHOKATY.  Kurtz is a founding member of
the pioneering media art collective Critical Art Ensemble.  El Noshokaty
is an artist and academic.

Speakers: 
Trish ADAMS, Alessandro ALFIERI, Jamie ALLEN, Patrick ALLEN, Pau ALSINA,
Rosanne ALTSTATT, Perry BARD, Clarisse BARDIOT, Dorothy BARENSCOTT,
Penelope BOYER, Victoria BRADBURY, Jo BRIGGS, Christoph BRUNNER.
Patricia BUENO-DELGADO, Andrew BURRELL, Glòria Munilla CABRILLANA,
Jackie CALDERWOOD, Vito CAMPANELLI, Natalia CANTÓ, Jon CATES, Karen
CHAM, Paolo CIRIO, Kathy CLELAND, Leon CMIELEWSKI, Felicity COLMAN,
Leonie COOPER, Sean CUBITT, Nina CZEGLEDY, Adson DA ROCHA, Michael
DARROCH, Hamda DARWISH, Katie DAY GOOD, Annet DEKKER, Emile DEVEREAUX,
Sara DIAMOND, Michael DIETER, Zara DINNEN, Diana DOMINGUES, Denise
DOYLE, Vince DZIEKAN, Ernest EDMONDS, Francesca FRANCO, Darko FRITZ,
Charlotte FROST, Gabriela GALATI, Antonio Bonome GARCIA, Petra
GEMEINBOECK, Paul GIRARD, Michael GODDARD, Meredith GODLEY, Monika
GÓRSKA-OLESINSKA, Susan GRABOWSKI, Beryl GRAHAM, Simone GRISTWOOD,
Charlie GULLSTROM, Markus HAFNER, Simon HAGEMANN, Orit HALPERN, Ben
HALSALL, Graham HARWOOD, Thomas HENSEL, Inge HINTERWALDNER, Nadav
HOCHMAN, Vanina HOFMAN, Lissa HOLLOWAY-ATTAWAY, Kristen HUTCHINSON,
Sharon IRISH, Robert JACKSON, Janis JEFFERIES, Alice Ming Wai JIM, Nigel
JOHNSON, Stephen JONES, Marina Soler JORGE, Aleksandra KAMINSKA, Eva
KEKOU, Gail KENNING, Jörn KETELSEN, Ji-hoon KIM, Harald KLINKE, Saskia
KORSTEN, Guilherme KUJAWSKI, Machiko KUSAHARA, Katja KWASTEK, Maria
LAKKA, Nicholas LAMBERT, Caroline LANGILL, Venus LAU, Stephanie LAUKE,
Christophe LECLERCQ, Mike LEGGETT, Jonathan LESSARD, Jacob LILLEMOSE,
Ana Gabriela Godinho LIMA, William LOCKETT, Alessandro LUDOVICO,
Jung-Yeon MA, Elena MARCEVSKA, Janine MARCHESSAULT, Armin MEDOSCH, Chris
MEIGH-ANDREWS, Gabriel MENOTTI, Cristiano MIOSSO, Kasia MOLGA, Rosana
MONTEIRO, Josei NAGAYASSU, Frieder NAKE, Rachel O’DWYER, Elaine
O’HANRAHAN, Margrét ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, Robin OPPENHEIMER, Karen O’ROURKE,
Christian OYARZUN, Camille PALOQUE BERGES, Abraham PAREDES, Jussi
PARIKKA, Karen PATTERSON, Christiane PAUL,Robin PECKHAM, Valentina PEÑA,
Jeremy PILCHER, Morgan QUAINTANCE, Peter RICHARDSON, Ben ROBERTS, Janice
ROBERTSON, Axel ROCH, Rebecca ROUSE, Rie SAITO, Chris SALTER, Rob
SAUNDERS, Margaret SCHAVEMAKER, Jens SCHRÖTER, Theresa SCHUBERT MINSKI,
Adele SENIOR, Mark SMITH, Morten SØNDERGAARD, Josephine STARRS, Jenny
STEELE, Wanda STRAUVEN, David TEH, Daniel TEMKIN, Sarah THOMPSON, Jenny
TILLOTSON, Heidi TIKKA, Sarah TODD, John TONKIN, Magdalena
TYZLIK-CARVER, Rebecca UCHILL, Tomohiro UESHIBA, Eduardo VALLE, Silvana
VASSALLO, Sander VEENHOF, Erandy VERGARA-VERGAS, Natasha VITA-MORE,
Lioudmila VOROPAI, Pau WAELDER, Birk WEIBERG, Nina WENHART, Florian
WIENCEK, Ewa WÓJTOWICZ,Ian WOJTOWICZ, Suzette WORDEN, Maria X, Andrea
ZAPP

Special thanks to our International Advisory Committee and the Media Art
History Board for their expertise and support

Further information can be found at: http://www.mediaarthistory.org/ 
Details of the schedule and events available at:
http://www.mediaarthistory.org/?page_id=105