Conference Background and Aims
The aim of the conference is to facilitate good practice in the emerging area of Fine Art practice within the digital domain, to foster and communicate the dissemination of new and theoretical ideas and to provide a forum and to facilitate networking between artists, academics
and writers.
The Digital Aesthetic 2 is a joint initiative between the Electronic and Digital Art Unit at the University of Central Lancashire and Harris Museum and Art Gallery. Built on the highly successful exhibition, conference and website The Digital Aesthetic autumn 200. We aim to bring together some of the most significant visual artists, theorists and academics worki ng in the international field of new media and digital imaging.
The exhibition will consist of artworks from artists of regional, national and international importance at venues including the University of Central Lancashire and the Harris Museum and Art Gallery. This two day conference will highlight, explore and debate the issues and implications of new media work within the contemporary fine art context.
Who Should Attend?
This conference will be of interest to a range of people including artists, critics and academics, undergraduate and post-graduate students.
Draft Programme
9:30-10:00 Refreshments and registration
10:00-10:15 Welcome and Introduction Dr Chris Meigh-Andrews
10:15-11:30 Session 1
- Prof. Sean Cubitt, (Australia), Director of Media and
Communications Program, Faculty of Arts, The University of
Melbourne,Light and Colour in the Digital Domain
- Jon Thomson, (UK), Slade School of Art, University College
London & Alison Craighead (UK), CARTE, University of
Westminster,Sculpting Real Time
- Clive Gillman, (UK), Director of Dundee Contemporary Arts,
Dundee, Gallery as a Digital Hub
- 11:30-12:00 Refreshments break
*12:00-13:15 Session 2
- Gary Hill (USA) Artist
- Dr Charlie Gere (UK), Reader in New Media Research at the
Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University, "Hoc Est Enim
Corpus Meum": Stelarc's Mystical Body
- Dr Andrea Zapp, (Germany/UK), Senior Lecturer and MA Route
Leader Media Arts, Faculty of Art and Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, The Real and the Imaginary: Interactive Narratives in Online Media Art Installations
13:30-14:30 lunch
*14:30-15:45 Session 3
- Prof. David Garcia, (Netherlands), Professor of Design for
Digital Cultures, University of Portsmouth, UK and Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Knowledge, Networks, Freedom
- Prof. Bill Seaman, (USA), Department Head of Digital + Media
Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, The Thoughtbody Environment. Toward the Science of Neo-sentient
- Prof. Paul Sermon, (UK), Professor of Creative Technology,
University of Salford, Puppeteers, Performance or Avatars- A perceptual difference in telematic space
15:45-16:15 Refreshments
16:15-17:00 Plenary Chaired by Prof. Jane Prophet
18:30 Private view - Harris Museum
Saturday 17th March 2007,
Mitchell & Kenyon Cinema, Foster Building, University of Central
Lancashire
9:30-10:00 Refreshments and registration
10:00-11:30 Session 1
- Robert Cahen, (France) Artist, Recent Digital Works
- Dr Peter Appleton (UK) Artist and Reader In Creative Technology,
ICDC: (International Centre for Digital Content), Liverpool John Moores University
- Taylor Nuttall, (UK) Chief Executive of Folly, Virtual
relationships, individual identity and cultural growth
11:30-12:00 Refreshments break
12:00-13:30 Session 2
- The Vasulkas (Iceland, Czech Republic/USA), Artists, Recent
Digital Video Work
- Blast Theory (UK), Artists Collective
- Avi Rosen (Israel), Artist, The Ultimate Cathedral
13:30-14:30 lunch
14:30-16:00 Session 3
- Dr Alexander Galloway (USA), Assistant Professor, Department of
Culture and Communication, New York University, Current and Past Work by the Radical Software Group.
- E-boy, (Germany), Artists Collective, Parts
- David Surman, (UK) Senior Lecturer in Computer Games Design,
Newport School of Art, Media and Design, Pagentry and Play in Digital Art
16:00-16:30 Refreshments break
16:30-17:15 Plenary Chaired by Prof. Jane Prophet
Further information relating to the conference: http://www.digitalaesthetic.org.uk/