Computers in the History of Art - 20th Annual Conference
FUTURES PAST: TWENTY YEARS OF ARTS COMPUTING
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 November 2004
Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, University of London,
25-27 Torrington Square, London WC1E 7HX, England

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-------Program-------
CHArt Twentieth Annual Conference

FUTURES PAST: TWENTY YEARS OF ARTS COMPUTING
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 November 2004

Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, University of London, 25-27
Torrington
Square, WC1E 7HX.

PROGRAMME

Since its foundation in 1985 CHArt has closely followed the
extraordinary
developments in arts computing that have taken place over nearly two
decades.  This year, for the twentieth CHArt conference we will look
back at the history of the application of digital technology to art
history, visual culture, the museum and gallery, and art practice.
Papers will reflect upon successes,
failures, and futures past.

9.00 - 9.30 REGISTRATION

9.30 - 9.40 INTRODUCTION -  Charlie Gere (Chair of CHArt), Birkbeck
College.

9.40 - 10.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Futures Past and Present - William
Vaughan, Chair of CHArt 1985 - 2002.

THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER

SESSION 1 - EXPERIMENTAL INTEGRATION

10.10 - 10.45
Catherine Mason, CACHe Project, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
A Computer in the Art Room.

10.45- 11.20
Jennifer Gabrys, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Machines Fall Apart: Failure and Collapse in Art and Technology.

Tea/coffee

SESSION 2 -TRANSITIONS

11.50 - 12.25
Andrew Hershberger, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.
The Medium Was the Method: Photography and Iconography at the Index of
Christian Art.

12.25 - 1.00
Colum Hourihane, Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, New
Jersey, USA.
Facing the Future through the Past at the Index of Christian Art.

Lunch

SESSION 3 - PAINTING BY PIXEL

2.15 -2.50
James Faure Walker, London, UK.
Painting Digital, and Letting Go.

2.50 - 3.25
Ann-Sophie Lehmann, Institute for Media and Re/presentation, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
1300 brushes - The History of the Computer as Painting-Machine.

Tea/coffee

SESSION 4 - METHODS AND PRACTICE

3.50 - 4.25
Pierre R. Auboiron, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Indexed Lights.

4.25 - 5.00
Matthias Weiss, Leipzig, Germany.
Microanalysis as a Means to Mediate Digital Arts.

FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

SESSION 5 - HISTORIES, FAILURES AND RESURGENCE

10.10 - 10.45
Nick Lambert, CACHe, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Recursive History: Assembling a Digital Archive of Computer Art's Early
Years.

10.45 - 11.20
Wayne Clements, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK.
Computer Poetry's Neglected Debut.

Tea/coffee

SESSION 6 - VIRTUAL DEPARTURES

11.50 - 12.25
Mike Pringle, AHDS Visual Arts, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.
A Virtual Disaster: the Rise and Fall of Virtual Reality.

12.25- 1.00
Kirk Martinez, Department of Electronics and Computer Science,
University of
Southampton, UK.
Fifteen Years of Art Imaging.

Lunch

SESSION 7 - PROJECTS AND ARCHIVES

2.15 - 2.50
Christine L. Sundt, Visual Resources Collection, Architecture & Allied
Arts
Library, University of Oregon, USA.
Digital Projects Past and Present: Survivors or Fossils?

2.50 - 3.25
Sian Everitt, Keeper of Archives and Collections BIAD, University of
Central
England, Birmingham, UK.
The Good, the Bad and the Accessible: 30 Years of Using New
Technologies in BIAD Archives.

Tea/coffee

SESSION 8 - COLLECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION

3.50 - 4.25
Vickie O'Riordan, University of California, San Diego, USA.
This is the Modern World: Collaborating with ARTstor.

4.25 - 5.00
Melanie Rowntree, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Successes and Failures of Content Creation in Web Beginnings
at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED

BOOKING

CHArt Member:
TWO DAYS £90   (£70 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £50 (£40 before 15 Oct 2004)

Non-member:
TWO DAYS £120 (£100 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £70 (£60 before 15 Oct 2004)

CHArt Student Member:
TWO DAYS £60   (£40 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £30 (£20 before 15 Oct 2004)

Student Non-member:
TWO DAYS £70   (£50 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £35 (£25 before 15 Oct 2004)


The booking form is also online on http://www.chart.ac.uk  Bookings made
before 15 October 2004 will be entitled to a discount.  Conference Fees
(pounds sterling) - include coffee/tea breaks and lunch.  Send bookings
to: CHArt, HAFVM, Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD.
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