DASH Archives - May 2005

REFRESH !
1st INT. CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORIES OF MEDIA ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
September 28 - October 1, Banff New Media Institute, Canada

www.MediaArtHistory.org


“The technology of the modern media has produced 
new possibilities of interaction.
What is needed is a wider view encompassing the coming rewards in the context
of the treasures left us by the past experiences, possessions and insights."

 
RUDOLF ARNHEIM, Sommer 2000
 
Honorary Chair, Refresh!


Recognizing the increasing significance of media 
art for our culture, the conference on the 
Histories of Media Art will discuss for the first 
time the history of media art within the 
interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of 
the histories of art. Banff New Media Institute, 
the Database for Virtual Art, Leonardo/ISAST and 
UNESCO DigiArts are collaborating to produce the 
first international art history conference 
covering art and new media, art and technology, 
art-science interaction, and the history of media 
as pertinent to contemporary art.

The conference will also discuss the 
documentation, collection, archiving and 
preservation of media art. What kind of 
international networks must be created to advance 
appropriate policies for collection and 
conservation? What kind of new technologies do we 
need to optimize research efforts and information 
exchange?

Held at The Banff Centre REFRESH! will feature 
lectures by invited speakers as well as others 
selected by an international jury from more than 
400 papers.


SESSIONS

For further information on the program and the 
speakers in each session please go to 
www.MediaArtHistory.org.

I.         MediaArtHistories: Times and 
Landscapes I (Chairs: O. GRAU and G. NADARAJAN)
             MediaArtHistories: Times and 
Landscapes II   (E. SHANKEN and C. GERE)
II.        Methodologies: W.J.T. MITCHELL and tba.
III.      Art as Research / Artists as Inventors: D. DANIELS
IV.      Image Science and 'Representation': From 
a Cognitive Point of View: B. STAFFORD
V.        Collaborative Practice/ Networking 
(history): R. KLUSZCZYNSKI and D. DOMINGUES
VI.      Pop/Mass/Society: M. KUSAHARA and A. LANGE
VII a. Collecting, preserving and archiving the media arts: J. GAGNON
VII b. Database/New Scientific Tools: R. FRIELING and O. GRAU
VIII.   Cross-Culture - Global Art: S. DIAMOND and M. HSU
IX.      What can the History of New Media Learn 
from History of Science? L. HENDERSON
X.        Rejuvenate: Film, sound and music in 
media arts history: T. GUNNING and D. KAHN
XI.      High Art/Low Culture - the future of media art sciences? K. BRUNS
XII.    History of Institutions: I. SAKANE and J. REICHARDT
XIII.   tba


REGISTRATION:
For information, on-line conference registration 
and accommodation please go to: 
http://www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/events/refresh/registration_form.asp 


For questions concerning registration please 
contact Luke Heemsbergen: 
Luke_Heemsbergen@banffcentre.ca

Conference: September 28 - October 1st
www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi


EXHIBITION
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 
Banff New Media Institute and in conjunction with 
the conference, Sarah Cook and Steve Dietz will 
curate "The Art Formerly Known As New Media", an 
exhibition at the Walter Phillips Gallery (Sept. 
17 - Oct. 23).


Supported by:
BANFF NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE, DATABASE OF VIRTUAL 
ART, LEONARDO, DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT, 
UNESCO DIGIARTS, VILLA VIGONI, INTEL, 
GOETHE-INSTITUT, SSHRC, CANADA COUNCIL


CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau
Siegen University
Fachbereich 3, Medienwissenschaften
Adolf-Reichwein Strasse 2
57068 Siegen
Germany
http://virtualart.hu-berlin.de
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/grau/