May 09, 2006
[FRAY] Conference
Connectivity and Collaboration
[FRAY] Conference: SATURDAY MAY 13 @ 2 PM; Film, Video & New Media Dept @ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Room 1307 in the MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Ave., CHI IL .US; FREE.
Join [FRAY] for discussions and presentations on connective and collaborative New Media and Digital Arts with Annette Barbier (UNREAL-ESTATES and Interactive Arts and Media Department Columbia College), Ryan Griffis (The Temporary Travel Office and The School of Art & Design University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana), Mark Hansen (Professor in English Language & Literature, Cinema & Media Studies; University of Chicago), Lynn Marie Kirby (California College of the Arts), Rob Ray (DEADTECH and dorkbot Chicago), Lincoln Schatz (The Upgrade! Chicago) and Daniel Tucker (AREA Chicago).
The [FRAY] Conference consists of the following discussions:
2 PM - 4 PM
Multiplicities
Ryan Griffis (The Temporary Travel Office and The School of Art &
Design University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana)
Rob Ray (DEADTECH and dorkbot Chicago)
Lincoln Schatz (The Upgrade! Chicago)
The Multiplicities discussion focuses on connective + collaborative New Media + Digital Arts praxis in the context of internationalized efforts such as Ryan Griffis' The Temporary Travel Office, Rob Ray's initiation + running of dorkbot Chicago + Lincoln Schatz's development of The Upgrade! Chicago. The Temporary Travel Office, dorkbot Chicago + The Upgrade! Chicago are all effort to organize platforms or networks of New Media + Digital Arts praxis that foreground collaborations, sharing + international connectivities. As platforms, these systems act as connection points or hubs in an emerging + growing network of artistic activities.
4 PM - 6 PM
Connectivities
Annette Barbier (UNREAL-ESTATES and Interactive Arts and Media
Department Columbia College)
Mark Hansen (Professor in English Language & Literature, Cinema &
Media Studies; University of Chicago)
Lynn Marie Kirby (California College of the Arts)
The Connectivities discussion directs our attention to New Media + Digital Arts projects that traverse multiple histories, theories + practices such as Annette Barbier's UNREAL-ESTATES, Mark Hansen's New Philosophy for New Media + Lynn Marie Kirby's Latent Light Excavations. Annette Barbier's collaborative works such as Path of the Dragon are playable New Media experiences that tell poetic + alternative histories of specific places. Mark Hansen's theoretical
work on the multiple connections between + departures from philosophic traditions in New Media art emphasizes lived experiences + embodiment rather than mechanical metaphors for technology. Lynn Marie Kirby's Latent Light Excavations operate out of a poetics of space as well as an interest in digital processing + recording technologies to remember + reconnect to specific locations. Together these projects present varying takes on poetic + philosophic
connections between specific human experiences of New Media.
Then, after the [FRAY] Conference join us for the...
[FRAY] After (Party) Event ++ Performance Inside Out
SATURDAY MAY 13 @ 9 PM - ON
Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted
CHI IL .US
FREE
The Chicago Art Department hosts the [FRAY] After (Party) Event. the [FRAY] After (Party) Event event is co-presented by the Film, Video & New Media and Performance Departments. Students of the Film, Video & New Media and Performance Departments are organizing and curating Performance Inside Out, a program of performance in the context of New Media that will take place @ the Chicago Art Department and online during the After (Party) Event.
// jonCates
# Assistant Professor - Film, Video & New Media
# The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
# http://www.fvnm.info
Posted by jo at May 9, 2006 10:15 AM
