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Subject: Lynn Hershman Leeson: Autonomous Agents, A Real + Second
LifeSymposium, and Second Life Workshops and Cultural Tour
/Lynn Hershman Leeson: Autonomous Agents
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*A Real + Second Life Symposium*
Saturday 24 November 2007
1.00pm - 5.00pm GMT
/A Real + Second Life Symposium/ coincides with the major retrospective
exhibition /Autonomous Agents: The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman
Leeson/. The Guardian's preview of the show spoke of Hershman as an
artist 'for whom the creation of self-identity is less a vain game than
a matter of profound political import'.
Working in performance, installation, video and film, new media and
technology, Lynn Hershman Leeson has explored identity, politics,
surveillance and artificial intelligence, operating at the vanguard of
artistic innovation from the 1960s onwards.
/A Real + Second Life Symposium /considers the accumulation of Hershman
Leeson's practice and its habitation within live space, cinematic space,
the buildings of museums and galleries and most recently, the virtual
space of Second Life.
Through 20 minute long presentations, a range of academics and artists
will talk about Hershman Leeson's practice, as well as identity,
politics, surveillance and artificial intelligence. Confirmed speakers
include Prof Gabriella Giannachi (Centre for Intermedia, Exeter
University), Prof Amelia Jones (University of Manchester), Prof Nick
Kaye (Centre for Intermedia, Exeter University) Michael Shanks (Faculty
Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center, California) and Jackie Stacey
(University of Manchester) as well as the artist herself - Lynn Hershman
Leeson.
This free symposium will take place in real life in The Whitworth Art
Gallery, Manchester on Saturday 24 November 2007 1.00pm - 5.00pm GMT and
on the same day in Second Life at 3.30pm - 4.30pm GMT. Contact
[log in to unmask] for Second Life location.
/Autonomous Agents, A Real + Second Life Symposium/ is in collaboration
with /The/ /Performing Presence Project/, a four-year partnership
between University of Exeter, Stanford University and University College
London funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK and
with the support of Stanford Humanities Lab, California. /Performing
Presence/ is available at: _http://presence.stanford.edu/
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*Booking
*To book a place at this free symposium please call Sue Fletcher on 0161
275 7472 (Mon, Wed & Thurs) or email [log in to unmask]
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Second Life Workshops
*Second Life is a 3-D virtual world built and owned entirely by its
millions of residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it's an
environment where property is bought and sold, businesses are set up and
events from exhibitions through to gigs and parties take place. Led by
Second Life experts Gediminas Morkys and Juan Hiriart, these workshops
will guide you through the basics and the etiquette of Second Life,
answer any questions you may have, and even help you write script to
make objects.
Thursday 15 November 2007 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Thursday 22 November 2007 2.30pm - 4.30pm
The sessions will respond to the needs of participants, so all levels of
SL knowledge will be catered to.
Six computer terminals are available but you can also bring your own
Wi-Fi enabled laptop, connecting to www.telegeneration.com
<_http://www.telegeneration.co_ (the Gallery's wireless provider).
*Second Life Cultural Tour
*Increasingly, Second Life is becoming an important venue for cultural
events. Led by Mathias Fuchs, this tour takes you through some of the
cultural highlights of Second Life and looks at the possibilities (and
limitations) of culture and creativity there.
Saturday 1 December 2007 2.30pm - 3.30pm
No specialist computer or Second Life skills needed
*Booking
*These events are free
Please call Sue Fletcher on 0161 275 7472 (Mon, Wed & Thurs)
or email [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> _for more information
The Whitworth Art Gallery
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom
M15 6ER
www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth <_http://www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth_>
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