Forwarded by Jeremy Butler --------------------original message------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Please forward this to those to whom it is of interest and post appropriatel= y ------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Dialectic: A Conference on the Convergence of Technology, Media & Theory Art Center College of Design, Pasadena The Ahmanson Auditorium August 4-6, 1995 Panelists: Robert Stein, Florian Brody, George Landow, Peter Lunenfeld, Lev Manovich, Erkki Huhtamo, Brenda Laurel, Christian M=F6ller, William J. Mitchell, N. Katherine Hayles, Michael Heim, Carol Gigliotti. =46or more information contact Dr. Peter Lunenfeld, Graduate Faculty, Art Center College of Design, 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, CA 91103. Phone: 818.568.4710; Fax: 818.795.0819. [log in to unmask] **************** The Conference: The Digital Dialectic is an interdisciplinary jam session about what is happening to our visual and intellectual cultures as the computer recodes technologies, media, and art forms. This single track conference brings together scholars and artists who combine theoretical investigations with analysis of the possibilities (and limitations) of the technologies involved in digital art and media. The digital dialectic grounds the insights of theory in the constraints of practice -- offering conceptual tools based on a user's understanding of how these media are created and work. This conference will build an aesthetic theory for the 1990s, carving out a discourse that is neither mired in the past nor overly enamored of the new. **************** The Panelists: William J. Mitchell -- Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn N. Katherine Hayles -- English Dept. at UCLA, author of Chaos Bound: Orderly Disorder in Contemporary Literature and Science George Landow -- Professor of English and Art History, Brown University, author of Hyper/Text/Theory Brenda Laurel -- Interval Research, virtual reality expert and author of Computers as Theater Michael Heim -- philosopher, author of The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality Christian M=F6ller -- Frankfurt-based architect specializing in interactive environments and installations =46lorian Brody -- New Media Consulting, Vienna, formerly technical director of the Expanded Book Project at The Voyager Company Carol Gigliotti -- Education and Technology Liaison, Wexner Center for the Arts; Department of Art Education, Ohio State Universi= ty Lev Manovich -- University of Maryland, editor of Tekstura: Russian Essays on Visual Culture Peter Lunenfeld -- Art Center College of Design, founder of mediawork: The Southern California New Media Working Group Erkki Huhtamo -- Professor of Media Studies, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland Robert Stein, Founding Partner, The Voyager Company, New York ************* The Context: The Digital Dialectic takes place the weekend before the opening of SIGGRAPH '95 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Those already planning to come to SIGGRAPH will be able to extend their trip to include this event. In addition, there will be scholars interested in the implications of new technologies who will come to Southern California specifically to attend this conference. Finally, there is the huge audience for these issues already present in Southern California: scholars at USC, UCLA, Caltech, Cal Arts, etc.; entertainment industry members concerned with the convergence of Hollywood and Silicon Valley; artists and designers branching out into new media; and, of course, the vast public already obsessed with these issues. When the future writes the history of how the computer transformed culture, the 1990s will be seen as the decade that made "content" count. The Digital Dialectic's speakers are neither prophets nor business consultants: they won't be talking about what to do this quarter or next. They are, however, uniquely suited to think about the "big picture," and just as important, to caution against hype. The Digital Dialectic is a unique conference, which will appraise content with tools that go beyond buzzwords and address the use value of theory. Concurrent with The Digital Dialectic, the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center will mount Digital Mediations, an exhibition of seven international artists who are using digital and interactive media. These include Jim Campbell, Ken Feingold, Sara Roberts, Bill Seaman, Christa Sommerer/Laurent Mignonneau, and Jennifer Steinkamp. The show is curated by Laurence Dreiband, Erkki Huhtamo, and Stephen Nowlin and runs from August 6 to October 1, 1995. Opening reception, Saturday, August 5, 6:00-9:00 PM. =46or more information call 818.396.2244. ************ The Schedule: =46riday August 4 6:00 to 7:30 Welcome: Richard Herz, Chair, Graduate Studies, Art Center Keynote: Robert Stein 7:30 to 9:00 Conference Reception Saturday August 5 9:30 to 12:30 Florian Brody, George Landow, Peter Lunenfeld 2:00 to 5:00 Lev Manovich, Erkki Huhtamo, Brenda Laurel 6:00 to 9:00 Digital Mediations Gallery Opening and Reception Sunday August 6 9:30 to 12:30 Christian M=F6ller, William J. Mitchell, N. Katherine Hayles 2:00 to 4:00 Michael Heim, Carol Gigliotti 4:00 to 5:00 Panelists Roundtable *************** The Directions: To get to Art Center from Downtown Los Angeles: North on the 110 Freeway to Pasadena, approximately three miles past Dodger Stadium to Orange Grove Boulevard exit [L], go two miles to Holly Street Signal [L], to Linda Vista [R] (you will be entering a residential area); continue for two miles to Lida Street signal [L]. Continue on Lida Street to the top of the hill; you will see the see the Art Center sign on your left. Follow the drive and enter the Student Parking Lot and walk back through the building to the Ahmanson Auditorium. ------------------------------------------------------------ send all mail related to Digital Dialectics Conference to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]