| Michael Heim on Tue, 1 Feb 2000 03:10:43 +0100 (CET) |
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| <nettime> CyberForum in 3-D World: Feb. 2nd, 9th, 26th at 1:30 pm PST |
CyberForum@ArtCenter Wednesday, February 2, 2000, 1:30 pm PST Peter Lunenfeld and panel meet in 3-D avatar world Email: [email protected] Web: www.mheim.com/cyberforum/index.htm The CyberForum@ArtCenter presents real-time online author chats. The series debuts Wednesday, February 2nd, 2000, 1:30 pm PST, with authors drawn from The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media (MIT Press, 1999) collected and edited by Peter Lunenfeld, following his seminal 1995 conference. On Wednesday, February 2nd at 1:30 pm PST, Peter Lunenfeld and panel arrive in avatar to discuss how his ideas have evolved since the original conference. The discussion is open to the public. Forums run one hour either Wednesdays or Saturdays. The next CyberForum occurs Wednesday, February 9th at 1:30 pm PST and features Michael Heim, author of Virtual Realism and The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality. On February 26th, at 1:30 pm PST, Katherine Hayles, author of The Cosmic Web and How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics, addresses the Forum. Future CyberForum speakers include: Carol Gigliotti Katherine Hayles, Feb. 26, 1:30 pm PST Michael Heim, Feb. 9, 1:30 pm PST George Landow Brenda Laurel Peter Lunenfeld, Feb 2, 1:30 pm PST Lev Manovich William J. Mitchell Email questions to [email protected] Visit the website www.mheim.com/cyberforum/index.htm for further information and speaker bios To participate: Download the free Eduverse 3D browser from www.activeworlds.com/edu/awedu_download.html Install the software and enter as a tourist in Eduverse. The left panel of the Eduverse browser shows a list of worlds. Choose "ACCD" world and follow the other avatars to the Forum location. The Virtual Worlds Team at Art Center will be there to guide you. The CyberForum@ArtCenter is a production of the Virtual Worlds Team at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, under the direction of Michael Heim ([email protected]) # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]