Bad Emser Medienkunsttage (Media Arts Conference, Bad Ems) call for papers May 31 - June 1, 2003

Virtual Utopias following Possibilities without Frontiers. The Relevance of New Technologies in Art and Society

Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral

Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral

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Abstract

In the nowhere-land of the ‘net new models of communication, new forms of society and hierarchies, virtual landscapes and architectures arise. Spatial and temporal distance is questioned as is the representation of the body: eternal youth, dream and trauma, idyll and horror, reality and fiction. Are we confronted with the dissolution of the self or the power and manipulation of and over individuals? Are appearance and being interchangeable in these utopias? Do other cultural roles arise through the play with virtual identities?

This congress deals with the main questions at the point of intersection between (media-)art and new technologies:

1. Who ‘owns’ the new virtual rooms? What would an adequate presentation look like in museums, galleries, public spaces, at home?
2. To what extent do new technologies influence our concept of art? What effects do they have on artistic content and form? How are these new kinds of art to be judged in terms of quality?
3. How does the use of new technologies change our perception?
4. What effect does this have on society?

Younger scientist as well as media artists are welcome to express their thoughts in an abstract (1 page) with short c.v. and bibliography.

At the same time Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral shows the exhibition ”art bytes”.

Institution

Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Dr. Danièle Perrier with Institute for arts and sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Prof. Dr. Ludwig Tavernier in external collaboration with Media Arts Research Studies, MARS Exploratory Media Lab, Fraunhofer Institut für Medienkommunikation, director Monika Fleischmann / Wolfgang Strauß and the Institute für Meidienwissenschaften, University of Basel, Prof. Dr. Georg Christoph Tholen
Germany
Villenpromenade 11, 56130 Bad Ems

Contact

Dr. Danièle Perrier

Deadline

March 10, 2003

URL

» http://www.balmoral.de

Comment

Alongside established scientists, younger scientists and (media-)artists are especially welcome to express their thoughts and ideas on the possible influence of new media in art and society and to reflect if new technologies have brought up new means of expression in contemporary art.

At the same time Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral shows the exhibition ”art bytes”. Some of the art works in the exhibition gave the idea for the Media Arts Conference, others are new works that show the influence of the New Media on art and also that there is no exact separation between traditional art and media art.
Some of the participating artists: Christiane Buechner, Ursula Damm, Wiebke Groesch/Frank Metzger, Florain Thalhofer, Simone Zaugg and others.

Submission

info@dperrier.de, Dec 16, 2002

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