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Apologies for cross-posting. Please forward to interested parties. The Ottawa Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to a symposium CURATING NEW MEDIA Organized by Sarah Cook (The Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss: www.newmedia.sunderland.ac.uk/crumb) and Nina Czegledy (Critical Media: www.criticalmedia.ca) Sunday December 2, 10:00 - 5:00 p.m. Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa This one-day public forum on the topic of the current state of new media art and its place within our galleries and production/distribution centers follows from recent seminars on new media curating co-hosted by CRUMB in England (Baltic, May 2001; Media Centre Huddersfield, October 2001). The symposium represents a timely and unique opportunity to consider and discuss among peers from across Canada, the issues arising from the burgeoning field of new media, highlighting some of the fissures and opportunities that have arisen in the shifting ground between traditional, institutionally-based curatorial practice and new models less bound to specific locales. It seeks to initiate a dialogue between artists, venues, funders and audiences by defining and discussing relevant issues and Canadian practice. The event will be comprised of three sessions, centered on the key areas of Production, Distribution, and Consumption. Each session will feature 2 to 3 presentations followed by open discussion. The presentations will focus primarily on inclusive, overall issues of producing, presenting and experiencing new media in Canada and will be illustrated by novel approaches, practical examples and will indicate directions to take in the future. These include: the shifting relationship of art to industry the hybrid role of artist-curator online communities/local community education global network dissemination the changing role of museums and collections the creation of new media production centers in regional galleries audience interactivity art and science collaborations The preliminary symposium schedule and guest speakers are as follows: 10:00AM TEA/COFFEE Introductions from Renee Baert, Nina Czegledy and Sarah Cook 10:30 ? 12:15 PRODUCTION Nichola Feldman-Kiss (artist, Ottawa) Michelle Kasprzak (artist and co-curator of year.01, Toronto) Catherine Richards (artist, Ottawa) 12:15 - 13:45 LUNCH BREAK 13:45 ? 15:00 DISTRIBUTION Kathleen Pirrie-Adams (Interaccess Gallery, Toronto) Skawennati Tricia Fragnito (independent curator, cyberpowwow, Montreal) 15:00 - 15:20 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 15:20 - 16:50 CONSUMPTION Jean Gagnon (Fondation Daniel Langlois, Montreal) Liane Davison (Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC) And speaker TBC 16:50 - 17:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS Sarah Cook and Nina Czegledy Attendance at the symposium is free, but spaces are limited. Reservations: Ottawa Art Gallery: 613-233-8699, ext. 221 Or [log in to unmask] The symposium is preceded on Saturday evening from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. by an ‘Information Technology and Art’ e-lounge event at the old City Registry Building on Nicholas St. (corner Daly). For more information visit www.itac.ca This symposium is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the National Gallery of Canada Research Fellowship Programme. The Ottawa Art Gallery 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E2 (613) 233 8699 fax (613) 569 7660 www.oag.cyberus.ca