Dear Discussion list,
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The Audio Visual (Video to …?) Theme of the Month March 2006
Many curators of new media art come from a background in video art. So
how do curators (and the audience, and the artists) get from an
understanding of video to an understanding of the different
characteristics of public art, interactive images, net art, robotics,
activism, art/science or biotechnology? How are these different to the
characteristics of video. Video curators might be expected to have good
grasp on 'time', but what else is expected for curators of new media?
Do video curators neglect 'the audio'? And how about 'space' - public
space that is.
This month, AV Festival happens in NewcastleGateshead, Sunderland and
Middlesborough, and could be said to mark a move from the traditional
'audio-visual' to the wider fields of "digital arts, music, electronic
art, games, film and new media", including biotech along the way. What
does this mean for the curating of media festivals?
<http://www.avfest.co.uk>
Invited Respondents:
Anthony Auerbach, artist, organiser and researcher, is Project Director
of Video as Urban Condition. It's about HOW video shapes urban
experience ... http://www.video-as.org
Rob Blackson, Vardy Gallery, Sunderland.
Kelli Dipple, Webcasting Curator, Digital Programmes / Education &
Interpretation, Tate
http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents
Steve Fossey, broadcast video.
Marc Garrett, Furtherfield, http://furtherfield.org
Andy Gracie, artist, http://www.hostprods.net/
Honor Harger, Director, AV Festival (participating after 12th March)
http://www.avfest.co.uk
Michelle Kasprzak is an artist, writer, and curator, and is also
currently the Programmes Director of New Media Scotland.
http://michelle.kasprzak.ca
Ken Rinaldo, artist, http://www.kenrinaldo.com/
Alistair Robinson, NGCA (Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art)
http://www.ngca.co.uk/
Matt Stokes, artist using video and other media,
http://www.smartprojectspace.net/artists/174.xml
Mirjam Struppek, curator of Urban Screens conference series,
http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/HomepageEnglisch/Contact.htm
Helen Wewiora, The Bigger Picture, and Cornerhouse, Manchester.
http://www.biggerpicturemanchester.com/
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