sounds like a good event about collecting ...
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From: Julia Bell <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: 17 August 2012 12:10:05 GMT+01:00
To: Julia Bell <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: FYI - Manchester Contemporary Free Programme for Curators
The Manchester Contemporary Programme for Curators: FREE but booking required.
Please see the information below and to reserve your place please follow this link:http://www.themanchestercontemporary.com/page.cfm/Action=Seminar/libID=1/listID=2/t=m/trackLogID=19322_827DC7478A
Friday 28 September 2012
10am - 11am : Exclusive Tours of the fair led by Paulette Terry Brien and Laurence Lane (Co-Directors of The International 3 and Curatorial Coordinator of The Manchester Contemporary)
2pm - 4pm : Seminar & Discussion : "Data Collection : Collecting the Future ?" : Exhibiting and Collecting Digital and New Technology artworks.
Speakers: Lindsay Taylor (Harris Museum & Art Gallery), Jen Southern (artist and research associate), Roger McKinley (Research and Innovation Manager FACT)
Lindsay Taylor, Exhibitions Officer: Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston. Lindsay will talk about their experience of commissioning, acquiring and 'future proofing' digital artwork and will provide an overview of 'Digital Aesthetic³ 2012' an international exhibition, conference and website celebrating digital art curated in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) that will take place at Harris Museum & Art Gallery and UCLAN from 5th Oct 2012 - 5th Jan 2013. More information from :www.digitalaesthetic.org.uk<http://www.digitalaesthetic.org.uk/> , www.harrismuseum.org.uk<http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/>
Roger McKinley, Research and Innovation Manager FACT, Liverpool (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). Roger will talk about www.artplayer.tv<http://www.artplayer.tv/>, developed by FACT with funding from Arts Council of England, Artplayer is an online video platform aimed at artists and organisations wanting to profile their work and engage digitally with new audiences. www.fact.co.uk
<http://www.fact.co.uk/>Jen Southern, artist and research associate. Jen Southern is an artist and research associate in sociology at Lancaster University, where she is affiliated to the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) and mobilities lab. Jen will talk about how participatory digital art, using purpose built technologies, presents particular challenges for selling and collecting. www.theportable.tv
<http://www.theportable.tv/>7.30pm onwards: Late night openings at various leading visual arts venues across Manchester (artists’ studio complexes, commercial galleries, publicly funded galleries), further details and map will be provided.
For more information about The Manchester Contemporary, venue location and directions please visit: www.themanchestercontemporary.com
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Julia Bell
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Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
Research Student Manager, Art and Design
MA Curating Course Leader
Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
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* Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media (2010) from MIT Press
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* A Brief History of Curating New Media Art, and A Brief History of Working with New Media Art (2010) from The Green Box http://www.thegreenbox.net<http://www.thegreenbox.net/>
* Euphoria & Dystopia: The Banff New Media Institute Dialogues (2011) from Banff Centre Press and Riverside Architectural Presshttp://www.banffcentre.ca/press/39/euphoria-and-dystopia.mvc
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