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"Curating Digital Art" panel event
Tuesday July 8th, 2-4pm
Commonwealth Institute, London
Admission Free

In recent years, digital art has presented an increasing curatorial
challenge to art institutions. Digital art practice often suggests an
emphasis upon systems rather than objects, remote rather than local events,
and privileges reproduction over authenticity. Significant galleries such as
the Walker Art Centre, ICA, Whitney Museum of Art and Tate Modern have all
tackled the issue of institutional support of digital art, with varying
degrees of success.

This panel brings together a range of curators involved in the definition of
contemporary digital art. They will discuss a range of questions, including:

*Can digital art be considered within a larger visual arts framework, or
should it be considered as a separate discipline?

*What are appropriate means for presenting digital art -- are galleries
valid display systems for it, or is a process-based residency model more
successful?

*What are the specific aesthetic challenges of digital art and are the
various institutional frameworks addressing these challenges?

*Who is shaping these new models of artistic production? Are certain
experimental art practices not being represented because of their means of
production?

*How representative is the digital art that gets shown in galleries of the
scope of actual digital art practice?

Panel members: Charlie Gere (chair), Helen Sloan, Honor Harger, Walter van
der Cruijsen, Beryl Graham

The panel is part of Plug-in 03, annual degree show of the London College of
Music and Media, a Faculty of Thames Valley University (TVU)

For further details and map, see http://www.tvu.ac.uk/plug-in03/prog3.html
<http://www.tvu.ac.uk/plug-in03/prog3.html>
or contact James Coupe, Lecturer in Digital Art: [log in to unmask]


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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Tuesday July 8th, 2-4pm</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Commonwealth Institute, London</FONT=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Admission Free</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">In recent years, digital art has pres=
ented an increasing curatorial challenge to art institutions. Digital art pr=
actice often suggests an emphasis upon systems rather than objects, remote r=
ather than local events, and privileges reproduction over authenticity. Sign=
ificant galleries such as the Walker Art Centre, ICA, Whitney Museum of Art=20=
and Tate Modern have all tackled the issue of institutional support of digit=
al art, with varying degrees of success.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">This panel brings together a range of=
 curators involved in the definition of contemporary digital art. They will=20=
discuss a range of questions, including:</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">*Can digital art be considered within=
 a larger visual arts framework, or should it be considered as a separate di=
scipline?</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">*What are appropriate means for prese=
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cess-based residency model more successful? </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">*What are the specific aesthetic chal=
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">*Who is shaping these new models of a=
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">*How representative is the digital ar=
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Panel members: Charlie Gere (chair),=20=
Helen Sloan, Honor Harger, Walter van der Cruijsen, Beryl Graham</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">The panel is part of Plug-in 03, annu=
al degree show of the London College of Music and Media, a Faculty of Thames=
 Valley University (TVU)</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">For further details and map, see </FO=
NT><A HREF=3D"http://www.tvu.ac.uk/plug-in03/prog3.html"><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">or contact James Coupe, Lecturer in=20=
Digital Art: [log in to unmask]</FONT>
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