Hello at last to the list from a CRUMB researcher who is here in
Melbourne at Superhuman!
Thank you to all for the excellent ongoing discussions so far, and
please don't take this missive as a reason to stop chatting. We
simply haven't jumped in yet so as not to interrupt (and because it's
been tremendously busy up until flying out to Australia, and
difficult to get online since being here!)
After two days of great presentations at the Superhuman symposium,
today the Superhuman Curatorial Masterclass has begun, and for up to
the minute updates on the discussions in this room, you can follow me
on Twitter: sarahecook (apologies CRUMB hasn't set up our own Twitter
feed yet, but it is on our Christmas wishlist). CRUMB's PhD
researcher Adinda van t'Klooster is here also, asking lots of great
questions to the panelists.
This morning's masterclass (Jens Hauser, Mike Stubbs, Paul Thomas)
was on the topic of nano and bio art, and discussion has revolved
around the sk-interfaces exhibition seen at FACT and Casino
Luxembourg and BEAP (the Bienniale of Electronic Arts in Perth).
Much of the discussion has tied in to the thread of George's last
post about the venues in which art/science or bio/art projects are
seen and the desires to engage different audiences than art
audiences, and where the forum is for discussion about the issues
raised by the art?
The other thread emerging here in the room is about the need for
spaces for curatorial research, and self-awareness of curators in
terms of their own research practices (i.e. their responsibilities to
research in the field of biology or neuroscience or whatever other
than the traditional field of art history... and also therefore their
responsibilities to be engaged in research with the industries
aligned with those 'emerging art' disciplines).
We've broken for lunch, and the air con in this room is slightly
overzealous, so we're heading into the sunshine to warm up, more soon!
Sarah
On 1 Nov 2009, at 15:24, Beryl Graham wrote:
> Dear List
>
> Welcome to the new theme of the month!
>
> Yours
>
> Beryl
>
> ---
>
> Art, Science, and Methods: November Theme of the Month
>
> Two recent events ask how art deals with science, moving beyond the
> debates about "two worlds" to aim for a more integrated understanding.
> In October in London the new Institute for the Converging Arts and
> Sciences at University of Greenwich asked what happens "When Art met
> the Web-Sciences"
> <http://www.gre.ac.uk/pr/articles/latest/a1742-sketching-the-future>.
> In November in Melbourne, the Super Human symposium, curatorial
> masterclass and exhibition organised by ANAT <http://
> www.superhuman.org.au/> addresses
> the themes of Augmentation, Cognition and Nanoscale Interventions
> within the field of art, and includes questions of how scientific and
> artistic bodies of knowledge intersect with human, social bodies.
>
> This month's theme invites event guests from both events to muse on a
> common theme as it relates to curating art: Building on the methods
> for cross-disciplinary or inter-disciplinary art production, can there
> also be cross-disciplinary or inter-disciplinary curating? Jon
> Ippolito
> and Joline Blais have argued that a long term 'research approach'
> related to science and technology processes is one of the great
> strengths of new media art - would list members agree?
>
> Previous CRUMB themes which might be useful in this musing are:
> 2002 August theme: Art and Science Collaborations
> 2003 July theme: Formal Research
> 2004 February theme: Formal Research 2
> 2008 December theme: Curating responsive art from bodily input
>
> Invited respondents:
>
> Gavin Artz is currently CEO of ANAT and has had a career spanning
> performance and composition, not for profit management and
> commercial business. http://www.anat.org.au/
>
> Erich Berger is an artist and curator who has worked for Laboral
> Centre for Art and Industrial Creation in Spain, Atelier Nord in
> Norway and Ars Electronica in Austria. http://randomseed.org
>
> Simon Biggs is a Research Professor at Edinburgh College of Art.
> Since 1978 Biggs has been working with computers and interactive
> systems within large-scale installations, web-based artworks and
> other media. http://www.littlepig.org.uk
>
> Pascal Brannan is an artist whose work brings together sound, image
> and performance - developing a relationship between the lo-fi and
> the high
> tech. Originally a member of Station House Opera, a commitment to
> political activism and involvement with ACT UP London, brought
> about the collaboration Bum Boy with artists Michael Atavar and
> Robert Pacitti, and his project Mr Madam is ongoing.
>
> Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr are artists, researchers and Curators,
> and formed the internationally renowned Tissue Culture and Art
> Project (www.tca.uwa.edu.au). They have been artists in residence
> in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology since 1996 and were
> central to the establishment of SymbioticA in 2000. Catts is the
> Director of SymbioticA: the Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts
> at UWA and Dr Ionat Zurr, who received her PhD from the Faculty of
> Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, UWA - is researcher and
> SymbioticA's academic co-ordinator. www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au
>
> Art Clay is an artist and curator, born in New York and lives in
> Basel. He is a specialist in the performance of self created works
> with the use of intermedia. His recent work focuses on media based
> works and large performative works and spectacles using mobile
> device. He is the initiator and Artistic Director of the 'Digital
> Art Weeks' in Zurich. http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/DAW/
> ArtclayInfopage
>
> Kathy Cleland is a writer, curator and lecturer specialising in new
> media and digital culture. She lectures in the Digital Cultures
> Program at The University of Sydney. www.kathycleland.com
>
> Johhny Golding aka Prof. Sue Golding is Director of ICAS, and Chair
> of Philosophy in the Visual Arts & Communication Technologies. Prof
> Golding is a philosopher and artist whose research covers the intra-
> disciplinary discourses associated with the electronic arts, web
> sciences and communication technologies.
>
> Tina Gonsalves’ creative investigations draw from a long-term
> interdisciplinary and collaborative practice merging art,
> technology and science, exploring social relationships, trust and
> intimacy. She is currently honorary artist in residence at the
> Wellcome Department of Neuroimaging at University College London
> and visiting artist at the MIT Media Lab. http://www.tinagonsalves.com
>
> George Khut (Doctorate of Creative Arts, University of Western
> Sydney, 2006) is an Australian artist working primarily with body-
> focused interactions and
> various forms of audience participation.
>
> Amanda McDonald Crowley is a cultural worker, curator and
> facilitator who specialises in creating new media and contemporary
> art events and programs that encourage cross-disciplinary practice,
> collaboration and exchange. She is currently Director of Eyebeam
> Art and Technology Center in NYC. http://eyebeam.org
>
> Lizzie Muller is a curator, writer, and academic at University of
> Technology, Sydney, who recently completed a PhD on the audience
> experience of interactive art. www.lizziemuller.com
>
> Stefan Müller Arisona is a senior researcher at ETH Zurich, a
> software architect at Procedural Inc. and a freelance artist.
> http://www.arch.ethz.ch/~stefanmu
>
> Paul Thomas is an Associate Professor, and Director of Centre for
> Research in Art, Science and Humanity, School of Design and Art at
> Curtin University. http://www.visiblespace.com.au
>
>
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>
> Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
> Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
> Ashburne House, Ryhope Road
> Sunderland
> SR2 7EE
> Tel: +44 191 515 2896 Fax: +44 191 515 2132
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> CRUMB web resource for new media art curators
> http://www.crumbweb.org
>
>
>
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>
> Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
> Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
> Ashburne House, Ryhope Road
> Sunderland
> SR2 7EE
> Tel: +44 191 515 2896 Fax: +44 191 515 2132
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> CRUMB web resource for new media art curators
> http://www.crumbweb.org
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