RENEW: Intl. Conf. on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology : Oct 8-11, RIGA
Media Art Histories 2013: RENEW
The 5th International Conference on the Histories of
Media Art, Science and Technology
RIGA, Latvia - October 8 - 11, 2013
The 5th International Conference on the Histories of
Media Art, Science and Technology - RENEW, will be hosted by RIXC in
partnership with the Latvian Academy of Arts, Stockholm School of Economics and
Danube University’s Center for Image Science. Following Banff 2005, Berlin
2007, Melbourne 2009 and Liverpool 2011, the Media Art History Boards and Renew
Co-chairs invite you to attend Renew in Riga 2013.
Renew will host three days of keynotes, panels and poster
sessions on the histories of networked digital, electronic and technological
media arts.
SESSIONS:
:: Histories of networked art and media technologies,
:: Archiving, preserving and representing new media art,
:: Multifarious potential of expression in media art -
'new imagery' of our times,
:: Media archaeology,
:: Paradigm shift - from new media to post-media
conditions in art,
:: Writing histories of media art across Eastern Europe
and the Baltics,
:: Revising the geospatial aspects - for writing
comparative media art histories,
:: Resilient networks and emerging 'techno-ecological'
art practices,
:: Art and Science,
:: and Paradigm shifts - in media art education.
With special emphasis being given to current tendencies
in sustainability, discussing approaches in the issues of producing, preserving
and representing media artworks - how to 'renew' them through both - tools and
histories.
KEYNOTES:
Prof. Errki HUHTAMO / University of California, Los
Angeles Prof. Lev MANOVICH / The City University of New York Prof. Edward A.
SHANKEN / University of Washington
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
Rasa SMITE and Raitis SMITS
SPEAKERS (selection): Kuai SHEN AUSON, Vanni BRUSADIN,
Richard BARBROOK, Dusan BAROK, Giselle BEIGUELMAN, Erich BERGER, Ilze BLACK,
Roberta BUIANI, Brogan BUNT, Annick BUREAUD, Charlotte BYDLER, Michael CENTURY,
Venzha CHRIST, Damien CHARRIERAS, Ana Carolina DA CUNHA, Nina CZEGLEDY, Tjarda
DE HAAN, David Maulen DE LOS REYES, Mario DE VEGA, Brian DEGGER, Annet DEKKER,
Sophia DRAKOPOULOU, Alejo DUQUE, Ernest EDMONDS, Branislav EGIC, Patrick ELLIS,
Jonatan Habib ENGQVIST, Patrícia FALCO, Ksenia FEDOROVA, Paul FEIGELFELD,
Lauren FENTON, Bronac FERRAN, Alberto FRIGO Darko FRITZ, Marialaura GHIDINI,
Gabriel MENOTTI GONRING, Oliver GRAU, Yara GUASQUE, Kevin Chris HALES,
HAMILTON, Marta HEBERLE, Jay HETRICK, Vanina HOFMAN, Nanette HOOGSLAG, John
HOPKINS, Hanna Barbara HÖLLING, Kathy Rae HUFFMAN, Roddy HUNTER, Agathe
JARCZYK, Agnieszka JELEWSKA, Timo KAHLEN, Douglas KAHN , Silva KALCIC, Eva
KEKOU, Raivo KELOMEES, Olga KISSELEVA, Ryszard W. KLUSZCZYNSKI, Rudi KNOOPS,
Saskia KORSTEN, Bartek KORZENIOWSKI, Mirjana KOVACEVIC, Slavo KREKOVIC, Katja
KWASTEK, Guilherme KUJAWSKI, Anne LAFORET, Paul LANDON, William LOCKETT,
Richard LOWENBERG, Alessandro LUDOVICO Kristian LUKIA, Jungyeon MA, Gavin
MACDONALD, Damián PERALTA MARELARENA, Victor MAZON, Armin MEDOSCH, Vytautas
MICHELKEVICIUS, Frieder NAKE, Magdalena NOWAK, Rachel O'DWYER, Margret Elisabet
OLAFSDOTTIR, Maciej OZOG, Aneta PANEK, Jussi PARIKKA, Martina PFENNINGER,
Christiane PAUL, Eva PASCOE, Andrew PATERSON, Valentina MONTERO, Joanna
PHILLIPS, Julian PRIEST, Andrew PRIOR, Mikhel PROULX, Perttu RASTAS, Adair
ROUNTHWAITE, Ashley SCARLETT, Ilva SKULTE, Andrey SMIRNOV, Brian Reffin SMITH,
Emit SNAKE-BEINGS, Morten SONDERGAARD, Josephine STARRS, Stahl STENSLIE, Daniel
TEMKIN, David THOMAS, Paul THOMAS, Leila TOPIC, Marc TUTERS, Pau WAELDER, Clea
T. WAITE, James WERNER, Florian WIENCEK, Artemis WILLIS, Wessel VAN RENSBURG,
Gabriel VANEGAS, Erandy VERGARA, Helene VON OLDENBURG, & Dietmar
UNTERKOFLER
SESSION CHAIRS: Inke ARNS, Tatiana BAZZICHELLI, Shu Lea
CHEANG, Wendy COONES, Nina CZEGLEDY, Dieter DANIELS, Darko FRITZ, Oliver GRAU,
Douglas KAHN, Raivo KELOMEES, Machiko KUSAHARA, Armin MEDOSCH, Frieder NAKE,
Andrew PATERSON, Christiane PAUL, Nishant SHAH, Gediminas URBONAS
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Registration is open now – EARLY BIRD AVAILABLE until
August 1, 2013:
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Preliminary program: www.mediaarthistory.org/renew
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The RENEW conference will be complemented by a variety of
affiliated events, including the ART+COMMUNICATION festival, with SAVE AS - a
thematically related media art exhibition, receptions, workshops, live
performances and concerts.
Special thanks to MAH boards for their expertise and
support.
:: Honorary Board: Jasia REICHARDT, Itsuo SAKANE, Peter
WEIBEL, Douglas DAVIS, Robert ADRIAN
:: Renew Conference Advisory Board: Erik KLUITENBERG,
Armin MEDOSCH, Inke ARNS, Andrey SMIRNOV, Jussi PARIKKA, Edwin van der HEIDE,
Mark TRIBE, Gediminas URBONAS, Marko PELJHAN, Nishant SHAH, Edward SHANKEN,
Darko FRITZ, Tatiana BAZZICHELLI, Frieder NAKE
:: MAH Conference Series Steering Committee: Erkki
HUHTAMO, Tim LENOIR, Machiko KUSAHARA, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Oliver GRAU, Douglas
KAHN, Linda HENDERSON, Sean CUBITT, Martin KEMP and Paul THOMAS
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