LOL Michelle.....
we got it again....hehe...
Kenneth
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on 29/11/01 4:48 AM, Michelle Hirschhorn at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> BIG OOPS + BIG APOLOGIES for sending to the list.....
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>> From: Michelle Hirschhorn <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: update: Curating New Media Symposium at the Ottawa Art Gallery
>> Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2001, 11:55 pm
>>
>
>> S,
>>
>> Good luck - I hope that it goes splendidly!! Just as you're starting, I'll
>> be recovering from the b.TV festival in Sheffield (fri & sat) - I got roped
>> into doing an 'in conversation' with one of the 'shooting live artists'
>> commissions. Wish ME luck....
>>
>> xm
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>>> From: Sarah Cook <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: update: Curating New Media Symposium at the Ottawa Art Gallery
>>> Date: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 3:33 pm
>>>
>>
>>> 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
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