This is interesting. Is it my imagination, or is Jasia Reichardt the only woman of the 12 discussants on this "redux"? On 9/1/08 10:18 AM, "Grahm Beryl" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I thought this may be of interest to curators in particlar > > Yours > > Beryl > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Annick Bureaud <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: 1 September 2008 11:24:44 BST >> To: Annick Bureaud <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [OlatsNewsEnglish] Cybernetics Serendipity Redux >> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >> >> Leonardo/OLATS, co sponsor of YASMIN, is pleased to announce >> >> Cybernetics Serendipity Redux >> >> A moderated discussion on YASMIN >> Beginning September 1 2008 >> >> Discussion On YASMIN, led by Ranulph Glanville. >> Moderators Ranulph Glanville, Paul Brown, Paul Pangaro >> >> 40 years ago, Jasia Reichart's exhibition "Cybernetic >> Serendipity" showed that cybernetics, computing and art had >> arrived. >> >> 40 years later, while computers and art remain, cybernetics >> has nearly vanished, although there is a reviving interest >> in art. >> >> In celebrating Cybernetic Serendipity we have the chance to >> re-open the debate, to reconsider the relationship >> particularly between cybernetics and art, and to do so >> taking into account the way that cybernetics has developed >> during its period of near invisibility. >> >> So what is new in cybernetics, and how can that inform art: >> and, what is new in art, and how can that inform cybernetics. >> >> This is a chance to reopen the connection, to explore again, >> and to move beyond some of the current models taken from >> cognitive science, computing, AI and AL, and complexity, to >> the (much more radical) field of their origin, cybernetics. >> >> List of Discussants >> Albert Mueller: albert.mueller ( @ ) univie.ac.at >> Andreas Giannakoulopoulos: andreas ( @ ) utopia.gr >> Andrew Brouse: abrouse ( @ ) gmail.com >> Enrique Rivera: or.enrique ( @ ) gmail.com >> Ian Clothier: I.Clothier ( @ ) witt.ac.nz >> Jasia Reichart: jreichardt ( @ ) btopenworld.com >> Julien Knebusch: jknebusch ( @ ) gmail.com >> Mitchell Whitelaw: mitchell.whitelaw ( @ ) canberra.edu.au >> Paul Brown: paul ( @ ) paul-brown.com >> Paul Pangaro: pan ( @ ) pangaro.com >> Ranulph Glanville: ranulph ( @ ) glanville.co.uk, >> ranulph ( @ ) mac.com >> Roger Malina: rmalina ( @ ) alum.mit.edu >> Stephen Jones: sjones ( @ ) culture.com.au >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Olatsnewse mailing list >> [log in to unmask] >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/olatsnewse >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art > School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture, University of Sunderland > Ashburne House, > Ryhope Road > Sunderland > SR2 7EE > Tel: +44 191 515 2896 [log in to unmask] > CRUMB web resource for new media art curators > http://www.crumbweb.org >