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| [Nettime-bold] Wiretap 6.03 - Time Collisions, V2_Rotterdam, 2 April 2000 |
Wiretap 6.03 - Time Collisions An afternoon about the collision of slow and fast speeds in images, music and human perception. Date Sunday April 2nd, 2000, 14.00 - 17.00 Doors open 13.00 Location Due to V2's participation in the photo biennial, WT 6.03 will be held next door at: Scapino, Eendrachtsstraat 8, Rotterdam. Presentations by: Robert Neunteufel (A), Joel Ryan (USA/NL), Ulf Langheinrich/ Granular Synthesis (A) Moderation: Caroline Nevejan (NL) Entrance fee Fl. 7.50 Speed is probably the most typifying characteristic of our information society. New technologies are often praised for their time-saving and immediate qualities. It almost appears to be a cultural imperative to regulate our time consumption as efficiently and frugally as possible, even though time as such is volatile and impossible to contain. Our perception of time is most intense when different temporal conceptions clash. This is to say, when we experience time in an accelerated or retarded mode. The conflict between slow and fast is best witnessed in ideas of technological determinism, where the continuous development and acceleration of technological and social processes - ranging from fast food to e-commerce - are viewed as inevitable effects of progress. In contrast, these beliefs are counteracted by practices stressing the qualitative and soothing aspects of slowness. In the latter scenario the consumption of time becomes a matter of individual and conscious choice. It is thus also a critique of a society in which time is solely regarded as a precious economic good. The crucial question here is whether a culture of speed is the natural outcome of a technologised society, or not. Digital media art provides a fertile matrix for investigating these issues. During 2000, V2_ will query the phenomenon of time and its inter-relations with technology, perception, the body, media, etc. Wiretap 6.03 is the first in a series of staged temporal collisions. Participants Robert Neunteufel (A) is trained as a technical engineer and holds a PhD in educational science. He was information manager for the Technology Transfer Centre in Leoben (Styra), and adviser for the union in Graz on matters concerning the impact of informational technologies on higher education. Robert Neunteufel has been a member of the society for the Deceleration of Time (Verein zur Verzoegerung der Zeit) since 1994. This society, counting about a thousand members across Europe, was founded in 1990 by the Austrian philosopher Peter Heintel. Its main goal is to conduct quality research on the phenomenon of time. Joel Ryan (USA/NL) is a pioneer in the development of real-time interactive digital instruments and live electronic music. He has collaborated extensively with musicians and artists including Evan Parker, Michel Waisvisz, George Lewis, Steina Vasulka and Jerry Hunt. Formerly a Research Associate at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories of the University of California, he has taught philosophy, physics, and mathematics. He currently works at STEIM in Amsterdam, tours with the Frankfurt Ballet and is a lecturer at the Institute of Sonology, Den Haag. He has performed in the Concertgebau in Amsterdam, at the Akadamie Der Kunst Berlin, the Theater Chatelet in Paris, at The Kitchen and BAM in New York and the Alameda Festival in London. Most recently he has worked with William Forsyth on EIDOS/TELOS, and Sleepers Guts for the Frankfurt Ballet and Tight Roaring Circle for ArtAngel; and with James McDonald on Roberto Zucco for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Granular Synthesis/Ulf Langheinrich (A): Ulf Langheinrich and Kurt Hentschlaeger were the founders of the Viennese media art group Pyramedia, and have been collaborating since 1991 on their joint project Granular Synthesis, a term that originally derives from sound design. Granular Synthesis are particularly interested in investigating the aesthetic potential of audio-visual re-synthesis, and are experts in the field of sound manipulation. Their live performances bombard audiences with light, video and audio projections. Recent projects include: Pol 2.0, NoiseGate-M6, Sweet Heart, X-tended Thrill and different versions of the Modell installation. Moderation: Caroline Nevejan (NL) trained as a social scientist with a focus on the methodology of research in the communications domain. Since 1988 she has been deeply involved in designing digital culture. In 1994 she co-founded the Society for Old and New Media, together with Marleen Stikker. There she initiated amongst others the development of the Reading Table for Old and New Media, the Piloot project, Demi Dubble, Internet in the Sky, and Brandon (the first virtual piece of art the Guggenheim Museum in New York acquired). Since 1999 Caroline Nevejan has been a senior advisor to the board of the University of Professional Education of Amsterdam where she designs new learning environments evolving from the rise of the Information Society. Caroline Nevejan regularly lectures in national and international for on the development of the information society. She is a board member of the Doors of Perception foundation, and of the foundation Beeldrecht, which deals with artistic authorship. Bookmarks Society for the Deceleration of Time: http://members.eunet.at/ro.neunteufel/ http://www.eigenzeit.de.cx http://www.s-line.de/homepages/wwall/VVZ.htm International Society for the study of Time: http://www.studyoftime.org/ International Slow Food movement: http://www.slowfood.com/ Doors of Perception 4 - Speed: http://www.doorsofperception.com/doors/revamped_frameset.html Granular Synthesis http://www.werkleitz.de/events/biennale96/granular.html http://thing.at/granular-synthesis/html/gscred.htm Joel Ryan http://www.frankfurt-ballett.de/joel.html http://www.steim.nl Waag Society for Old and New Media http://www.waag.org --------------------------------------------- V2_Organisation Eendrachtsstraat 10 - 3012 XL Rotterdam tel: 31.(0)10.206.7272 fax: 31.(0)10.206.7271 mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.v2.nl/wiretap --------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold