16th International Symposium on Electronic Art discusses crucial issues in electronic art and media philosophy

[Marlon Barrios Solano]

ISEA2010 RUHR 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art discusses crucial issues in electronic art and media philosophy 20 – 29 August 2010 in Essen, Dortmund and Duisburg, Germany ISEA2010 RUHR c/o HMKV Güntherstraße 65 D-44147 Dortmund [e-mail] http://www.isea2010ruhr.org

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From Friday, 20 August until Sunday, 29 August 2010, more than 500 international scientists and artists will get together for the 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art, which will be held in Germany for the first time this year. In keynotes, more than fifty panels and workshops, they will discuss crucial issues in electronic art and media philosophy. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS are: Roy Ascott (gb), David d’Heilly (jp/us), Fernando García Dory (es), Brian Massumi (qc/ca), Margaret Morse (us), Marko Peljhan (si), Peter Weibel (de/at), Harald Welzer (de). They will present their papers in the context of the five main topics around which the ISEA2010 RUHR Conference as a whole is organised. PERFORMANCE AND SOUND Keynote: Brian Massumi (qc/ca). Fri 20 August 2010, 17:00h at PACT Zollverein, Essen In Essen, the relation between body and media will form the core theme of the ISEA2010 RUHR Conference. Interactive real-time environments for the stage, the transition from stage production to installation and the application of media strategies in the theatre are in the focus of the discussions. ART AND SCIENCE Keynote: Peter Weibel (de/at). Tue 24 August 2010, 17:30h at Orchesterzentrum|NRW, Dortmund Artists are no longer exclusively producers of autonomous art. Instead, they frequently present results of long-term scientific research projects. The laboratory as an art space, neuro-aesthetics and media-aesthetics as the artists’ fields of work are the main subjects in this thread of the conference. EDUCATION AND THE MEDIA Keynote: Roy Ascott (gb). Thur 26 August 2010, 17:30h at Orchesterzentrum|NRW, Dortmund During ISEA2010 RUHR, international experts will deal with the role of media technologies in education. Subjects such as digital doubles, the expansion of bits and bytes into everyday life as well as the role of visitors in exhibitions will also be topics in these discussions. ELECTRONIC ART AFTER TECHNOLOGY Keynote: Margaret Morse (us). Fri 27 August 2010, 17:30h at Orchesterzentrum|NRW, Dortmund In this section of the conference, the main emphasis is put on the history and the future of media art. Recent media theories as well as the problems and challenges regarding the conservation of media art play an important role within the panels held by international experts. URBAN SPACE AND ECOLOGY Keynote: Harald Welzer (de) and Marko Peljhan (si). Sat 28 August 2010, 12:00h at the Former Protestant Parish Hall, Duisburg-Ruhrort Keynote: David d’Heilly (jp/us) and Fernando García Dory (es) Sat 28 August 2010, 17:30h at the Former Protestant Parish Hall, Duisburg-Ruhrort Conference contributions and presentations by artists concerning the subjects of atmosphere and ecology, art and climate change, and media strategies in ecological activism are brought into focus. The ISEA2010 RUHR Conference will be held in English. The ISEA2010 RUHR Keynotes will be translated simultaneously from English to German and from German to English. ISEA2010 RUHR, 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art, is a project of RUHR.2010 European Capital of Culture, and is hosted by medienwerk.nrw. ISEA2010 RUHR is organised by Hartware MedienKunstVerein under the auspices of the ISEA International Foundation and is funded by RUHR.2010 GmbH, the minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Dortmund and the Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia. In cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Federal Foreign Office.