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Forwarded From: Iliyana Nedkova <[log in to unmask]>

> New Media Scotland & Stills are pleased to announce that you can now
> register for
>
> Designer Bodies: Towards The Posthuman Condition
> An International Symposium presented by New Media Scotland & Stills
>
> Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Gymnasium | 75 Belford Road,
> Edinburgh
> Saturday, 3rd April 2004 10:30am– 6pm
> £15 / £10 concessions (includes refreshments and buffet lunch)
> Early booking essential due to limited seating.
> Please register using the form, available from the New Media Scotland
> web site:
> http://www.mediascot.org
> For further enquires please contact Stills: 0131 622 6200
>
> The symposium aims to unravel the aesthetics, ethics and future of
> biosciences. Do works of art inspired by new scientific insights into
> genetics explore the posthuman condition? Do biomedical science and
> genetics have a similar creative impact on contemporary art to that of

> anatomy during the Renaissance? What are the implications for artists
> using DNA and genetically modified organisms as their media of choice?

> How do we view today's alliances of science and art?
>
> Speakers include:
> - award-winning artists Christine Borland, Gina Czarnecki, Gair Dunlop
> - Jens Hauser, Curator of L'Art Biotech, France - the first festival of

> biotechnological living art
> - Steve Kurtz, Critical Art Ensemble, USA – an artists' collective
> dedicated to exploring the intersection between art, technology,
> politics and critical theory
> - Dr. Keith Skene, a scientist working in Environmental and Applied
> Biology, University of Dundee
> - Dr. Warren Neidich, USA - a neuroscientist and Lecturer in
> Neuroaesthetics, Goldsmiths College, London
> - Dr. Alan Bleakley, Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Medical
> Education, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro & Peninsula Medical School,
> Exeter
> - Hannah Redler, Energy Project Leader, Science Museum, London
> - Bronac Ferran, Director of Interdisciplinary Arts, Arts Council
> England.
>
> The related exhibition, Designer Bodies shows at Stills from 3rd April

> – 6th June 2004. Artists Christine Borland, Gina Czarnecki, Jacqueline

> Donachie and Gair Dunlop use photography, film and digital media to
> explore the implications of genetics for disease treatment, human
> bioderversity, social perceptions and species boundaries. The resulting

> works spark excitement, fear and awe.
>
> Symposium organised by New Media Scotland and Stills, Edinburgh. In
> association with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Edinburgh

> International Science Festival; London Science Museum and Arts Catalyst

> - the Science and Art Agency. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council,
> Arts Council England and Edinburgh City Council.
>
> Exhibition organised by New Media Scotland and Stills, Edinburgh.
> Curated by Iliyana Nedkova. In association with Edinburgh International

> Science Festival, Clean Rooms, Arts Catalyst - the Science and Art
> Agency, Dundee University, Rfelmedia, Quigen, Sean Kelly Gallery, New
> York; Lisson Gallery, London; University of Abertay, Dundee; University

> of Glasgow; Prelinger Archive. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council,

> Arts Council England, Edinburgh City Council, Gulbenkian Foundation and

> the Wellcome Trust.
>
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> P.O. Box 23434, Edinburgh EH7 5SZ
> Tel. +44 131 477 3774
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> http://www.mediascot.org
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