From: Hazel Gardiner <[log in to unmask]>

Apologies for cross-posting

A reminder that tomorrow - 15 October - is the last day for reduced fee bookings for the CHArt (Computers and the History of Art) conference. 
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CHArt Nineteeth Annual Conference

CONVERGENT PRACTICES
New Approaches to Art and Visual Culture

Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 November 2003 

- PROGRAMME -

The focus of the CHArt 2003 Annual Conference is on the effects of emerging technologies and hybrid media on art and visual culture, particularly where these developments have fostered and encouraged new practice.  The conference will discuss the ways in which new media has helped to redefine museum or gallery identity, led artists to develop new forms of practice and challenged educators.
 
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER 

SESSION ONE:  NEW MEDIA/HISTORIES
Malcolm Ferris, University of Hertfordshire, UK.        Performing Histories: visitors as characters in interactive exhibition media. 
James Coupe, Thames Valley University, UK. Celina Jeffery, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA. From Sculptural Consciousness to the Digital Sublime: Understanding the System Aesthetic.
Helen Sloan, Southern Collaborative Arts Network, UK.Paul Smith , boredomresearch, UK.    From Work to Text: The dissemination and distribution of hybrid and process-based practice.
Jennifer Way, University of North Texas, USA.   Cybernetics, Cybernation, and Cyborgification in John McHale's Telemaths of the 1950s.

LUNCH - WITH DEMONSTRATIONS

SESSION TWO: HERITAGE/MUSEUMS
Ann Borda, Alpay Beler, Science Museum, UK.     Science and Culture: An interactive community.
Veronica Davis Perkins, Middlesex University, UK.       Careering along the heritage highway.
Shauna Isaac, London, UK.       Using the Internet to find looted art: Success or failure?
Tessa Meijer, Tate Britain, London, UK. Displaying challenging works of art using digital technology.

FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER 

SESSION THREE:  REPRESENTATIONS
Stephen Boyd Davis, Middlesex University, UK.   News from Now Where?: The digital spaces of television.
Giles Lane, London School of Economics, London, UK/Proboscis, UK; Rachel Murphy, Rudegirl Designs, UK.Dimensions of Information:  Location-specific information and public authoring in the museum.
Marja-Leena Ikkala, Certes, Computer Arts Centre at Espoo, Finland.     Virtual WeeGee: Architectural and local history through an interactive 3D model.
Daniela Sirbu, University of Lethbridge, Canada.        Architectural-Multidimensional Spaces: Digital exploration of the unbuilt.

LUNCH - WITH DEMONSTRATIONS - CHART AGM

SESSION FOUR: EDUCATION
McBoafo Foli Annku Western University College Tarkwa, Ghana West Africa.        The Impact of Computer Applications on Art and Culture in Ghana: Case study at the College of Art, Kumasi.  
Irina  Costache, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, USA.    New Media: Its Aesthetic and Representation.
Katja Kwastek,  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.    Visualising Art History.
Maria Roussou, Greece.  Virtual Reality in Heritage and Education: Issues & challenges.

DEMONSTRATIONS  
Miranda Howard Haddock, Western Michigan University, USA: The Virtual Pilgrimage: Canterbury and Saint-Denis -an interdisciplinary online approach to two churches at the intersection of medieval culture; Gordana Novakovic, London, UK: INFONOISE: Interactive installation and its representation;  Rupert Shepherd, The Ruskin Project, UK: Digitising John Ruskin's teaching collection at the Ashmolean Museum; Polly Christie, The Visual Arts Data Service, UK:  fineart.ac.uk: Celebrating the history and achievement of UK fine art education.

BOOKING 
The booking form is available online on www.chart.ac.uk.   Bookings made before 15 October 2003 will be entitled to a discount.  Conference Fees (pounds sterling) - include coffee/tea breaks and lunch.            
                                                        
Fees for CHArt Member:
TWO DAYS £90   (£70 before 15 Oct 2003)
ONE DAY £50 (£40 before 15 Oct 2003)
Fees for Non-member:
TWO DAYS £120 (£100 before 15 Oct 2003)
ONE DAY £70 (£60 before 15 Oct 2003)
Fees for CHArt Student Member:
TWO DAYS £60   (£40 before 15 Oct 2003)
ONE DAY £30 (£20 before 15 Oct 2003)
Fees for Student Non-member:
TWO DAYS £70   (£50 before 15 Oct 2003)
ONE DAY £35 (£25 before 15 Oct 2003)

Send bookings to: CHArt, School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media,  Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD.  [log in to unmask], Fax +44 0207 631 6107. 




Hazel Gardiner
Research Officer
MA Digital Art History
History of Art, Film and Visual Media
Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square
London, WC1H 0PD
+44 020 7631 6181
www.bbk.ac.uk/hafvm