GAZING INTO THE 21st CENTURY
Second international conference on Image Science in Goettweig
October 16th -18th 2008
www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
Never before has the world of images changed so fast and the way images are
produced transformed so drastically as in recent times. Second Life,
Micromovies, Flickr, Virtual Reality, YouTube, Visual Music, Scientific
Visualisation, Google Earth etc. are keywords standing for a multitude of
new possibilities for individual producing, projecting and distributing of
visual material.
The images¹ historical development between innovation, reflection and
iconoclasm reaches a new level of global complexity in the 21st century.
These transformations have hit society to a large extent unprepared.
Nevertheless we have to recognize that we will not be able to handle the
knowledge burst of our time without further development of new forms of
visualization and ³orders of visibility².
What inspiration do these new worlds of images gain from art? What influence
does the medium have on the iconic character of the image? What chances and
challenges do image dealers and museums face with the ³liquidity² of the
image?
Together with international colleagues from science and art and keynotes by
Felice FRANKEL (Harvard University, MIT), Barbara STAFFORD (Chicago) and
Peter WEIBEL (ZKM) the conference will discuss the inventory, classification
and historiography of the recent worlds of images concerning the worlds of
art, popular culture and science.
The lectures and discussions will cover the following topics:
* NEW IMAGE FORMS AND TECHNIQUES
* NEW STRATEGIES IN VISUAL ARGUMENTATION
* NEW PRACTICES OF IMAGE TRANSFER
Lectures among others by: Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise ANGERER, KHM; Dr. Elize
BISANZ, University Lueneburg; Prof. Dr. Oliver GRAU, Danube University; Dr.
Stefan HEIDENREICH, Humboldt-University Berlin; Mag. Jan HENSELDER, Berlin;
Dr. Susanne HOLSCHBACH, HGB Leipzig; Dr. Harald KRAEMER, University Bern;
Prof. Dr. Ann-Sophie LEHMANN, University Utrecht; Mag. Katja MAYER,
University Vienna; Prof. Michael NAIMARK, University of Southern California;
Michael NAIJAR, Berlin; Tim Otto ROTH, Koeln; Susanne SCHUMACHER MA,
University Zuerich; Dr. David STEINMAN, University of Toronto; Dr. Dolores
STEINMAN, University of Toronto; Prof. Dr. Nicolay VAN DER MEULEN,
University Basel; Dr. Ingeborg REICHLE, BBAW Berlin; PD Dr. Martin SCHULZ,
HfG Karlsruhe.
At the same time an exhibition of scholarly POSTERS chosen by a jury from
the international call with applicants from 19 countries is taking place at
the DIS.
Information and registration:
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis/goettweig2008
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The DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCE is situated in the Goettweig Monastery in
the UNESCO World Heritage Wachau near Vienna.
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS of the Department for Image Science (DIS)
* www.donau-uni.ac.at/dbw *
Mag. Carl AIGNER (St. Poelten), Prof. Dr. Brigitte FELDERER (Vienna), Prof.
Dr. Felice FRANKEL (Boston), Dr. Harald KRAEMER (Bern), Prof. Dr. Goetz
POCHAT (Graz), Prof. Dr. Wolf SINGER (Frankfurt), Prof. Dr. Christa SOMMERER
(Linz); Prof. Dr. Wolfgang WELSCH (Jena)
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