April 6-7, 2005; 10 am-4:00 pm
The Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood
St., Dallas, TX 75201 214-922-1200, www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
$20 admission, daily
How is consciousness shaped by
new media?
In what ways are spirituality
and identity impacted by new media and computer technology?
In what ways do new media promote
an understanding of life and life forms?
What creative and imaginative
ways can we think about planetary connectivity, virtual community-building,
and information dissemination?
How can art, science, and business
work together on large scale projects effectively?
How is technology testing the
limits of our humanity?
These are some of the questions
that will be asked at the symposium, "Shaping Consciousness:
New Media, Spirituality, and Identity." Topics at the symposium
cover a range of subjects, including collaboration between artists
and scientists, consciousness studies, mythology, new media theory
and practice, technology, embodiment theory, telematics, biological
organisms, and identity. Featured speakers include 21 members
of the Planetary Collegium, an intellectual community of internationally
renown new media scholars-artists housed at the University of
Plymouth in England, with a campus, or "node," located
in Zurich, Switzerland at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung und
Kunst, Zurich (HGKZ), led by internet art pioneer Dr. Roy Ascott.
The Planetary Collegium takes "a transdisciplinary perspective
[that] seeks the integration of art, science, technology, and
consciousness research within a post-biological culture, and
is involved in advancing the parameters of creative practice
in consort with developments in telematics, mixed reality, alife,
architecture, hypermedia, agent technology, nanotechnology, transgenics,
data imaging, intelligent environments, generative music, and
technoetics).
It is designed to produce new
knowledge for the new millennium; new language, new systems,
new structures, new behaviours, and new insights into the nature
of mind, matter and human identity. It takes a constructive and
pro-active approach to the social, technological and spiritual
aspirations of the emerging planetary society, while sustaining
a critical awareness of the retrograde forces and fields that
inhibit social harmony and cultural transformation."
For reservations, call 214-553-9517.
The AmeriSuites Hotel—West End is the symposium hotel. For reservations or information, call 214-999-0500, or visit the webpage at: http://www.amerisuites.com/reservations/locationdetail.asp?facid=3952
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Featured Speakers Include
International Artists and
Scholars from the Planetary
Collegium, University of Plymouth, UK, School of Computing
Electronics and Communications
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Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
| 10 am- 10:30 am |
Registration: The Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 Harwood, Dallas, TX, 214-922-1200 |
| 10:30 am-10:45 am |
Welcome |
| 10:45 am-11:15 am |
Roy Ascott, Founding
Director, The Planetary Collegium (UK) "Dark
Matters, Light Issues" |
| 11:15 am-11:45 am |
Mike Phillips, STAR
University of Plymouth (UK) "trans·for·ma·tion
(trnsfr-mshn, -fôr-) . . . an evolution of form" |
| 11:45 am-12:15 pm |
Diana Reed Slattery,
Academy of Electronic Media, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(US) "Twingle
Statement" |
| 12:15 pm-1:15 pm |
Lunch, The DMA Atrium |
| 1:15 pm-1:45 pm |
Kjell Yngve Petersen,
Independent Artist (Denmark) "The
emergence of hyper-reality narratives in performance" |
| 1:45 pm-2:15 pm |
Shaun Murray, Independent
Architect (UK) "Reflexive
Practice in Architectural Ecologies" |
| 2:15 pm-2:45 pm |
René Stettler,
Scientific Coordinator, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst
Zürich (Switzerland) "Mind,
Matter, and Quantum Mechanics: Toward a New Conceptual Theoretical
Framework" |
| 3 pm-3:30 pm |
Maia Engeli, Research
Coordinator at the University of Art+Design Basel (Switzerland)
"Changing
the Game—Examples of Shifting the Meaning in the First-Person
Shooter Game Unreal Tournament" |
| 3:30 pm-4 pm |
Jung
A. Huh, Professor of English Literature, Yonsei University
(Korea) "Media and Art as Shamanistic Ritual: Nam June Paik and His Successors" |
| 5:00 pm-7 pm |
Reception: The Trammell Crow Asian Collection, 2010 Flora, Dallas, TX, 214-979-6430 |
Thursday, April 7, 2005
| 10 am- 10:30 am |
Registration: The Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 Harwood, Dallas, TX, 214-922-1200 |
| 10:30 am-10:45 am |
Welcome |
| 10:45 am-11:15 am |
Michael Punt, Reader
in Metatetchnology, Editor-in-Chief Leonardo Reviews (UK)
"More
Schwazenegger than Shönberg" |
| 11:15 am-11:45 am |
Claudia Westermann,
Independent Architect / Artist (Germany) "In
Between Infinity" |
| 11:45 am-12:15 pm |
Margarete Jahrmann,
Professor, Media Arts, Hochschule fuer Gestaltung und Kunst,
Zurich (Austria) "Ich
spiele Leben: The president@whitehouse.gov Shooter and Enlightenment
as Mass Deception" |
| 12:15 pm-1:15 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:15 pm-1:45 pm |
James Moore, Independent
Researcher (UK) "Interactive
Montage" |
| 1:45 pm-2:15 pm |
Karin Sondergaard,
Independent Artist (Denmark) "Installations
that situate the visitors as performers: generating 3rd order
states of consciousness" |
| 2:15 pm-2:45 pm |
Norbert Herber,
Visiting Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington (US) "Wabi
Sonics: Tea Aesthetics, Zen, and Composition in Experimental
and Ambient Music" |
| 3 pm-3:30 pm |
Yacov Sharir, Associate
Professor, Dance, University of Texas at Austin (US) "Contact
Improvisation: The Use of Wearable Computer Devices" |
| 3:30 pm-4 pm |
Special Panel: "A
Conversation about Spirituality, Consciousness, & Art"
Roy Ascott and Michael Punt, Moderators; with Elif Ayiter, Design, Sabanc University
(Turkey); Margaret Dolinsky, Research Scientist
and Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, University of Indiana (US);
Francesco Monico, Head of the School of Media Design, (Italy) |
Special performances, screenings,
& installations will also take place on Saturday, April 9,
from 7 pm-11 pm at Project X Theatre. Click here for information. For more information about the symposium
or special events, contact Dr. Dene Grigar at dgrigar@twu.edu.
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