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From: fredrik snellman <[email protected]> MASS '98 - Media Art Symposium Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden, December 7-11 MASS '98 - Media Art Symposium Stockholm takes place during five days in December. MASS '98 includes a three-day symposium with internationally renowned scholars, critics, curators and artists; two days of intensive workshops; presentations of leading media art organisations. The symposium is organised under three themes: Media, Distribution and Reception; exploring the production practices of new media, the distribution requirements and possibilities of new media technology, and the challenges new media technology makes on art and society. Leading artists, curators and researchers in interdisciplinary fields will lecture on such topics as Art and Interactivity, the History of Media Arts, Immersive Technologies, New Media Technology and Museology, Curating Media Art, Art on CD-ROM, the Sociology of Technology, Hypertext. There will be intensive workshops in Radio on the Internet, Curating on the Internet, Curating Media Art and Non-Linear Storytelling. In the evenings there will be guest presentations by the leading international organisation s Ars Electronica, Linz, ZKM/Zentrum Fur Kunst Und Medietechnologie, Karlsruhe, ICC/Intercommunication Center, Tokyo and CAIIA/Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, Wales. Speakers Roy Ascott Dir. and founder of CAIIA/Center for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts Media: 'History of Media Arts' Tony Bennett Curator; writer; Professor, Open University, UK Distribution: 'New Museology' Wiebe E Bijker Prof. & Dir. of Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern culture Reception: 'Sociology of Technology' Char Davies Immersive technology artist Media: 'Immersive Technologies - A presentation of Osmose and Ephemere' Timothy Druckrey Independent critic, curator and writer Distribution: 'Challenges and Developments' Anne-Marie Duguet Director of the Sorbonne Center of Aesthetic Research of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts Media: 'Video' Lars O Ericsson Critic; Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Stockholm University Reception: 'Aesthetics' Erkki Huhtamo Professor of Media studies at the University of Lappland Distribition: 'Curating' Martin Jay Writer; Professor, Dept. of History, UCLA Reception: 'Vision & History' Heidi Grundmann Editor of Austrian Kunstradio - Radiokunst Media: 'Radio' Perry Hoberman Installation and performance artist; teacher at School of Visual Arts, New York Media: 'Art & Interactivity' Hans Peter Schwarz Director of ZKM Media Museum Karlsruhe Distribution: 'Media museum' Astrid Sommer Editor of Artintact CD-ROM magazine, ZKM Center for Art & Media Distribution: 'Art on CD-ROM' Jennifer Terry Ph. D. in History of Consciousness, UCLA Reception: 'Gender/Technology' Benjamin Weil Ada Web-gallery; Dir. of New Media, ICA, London Distribution: 'Exhibiting on the Net' Programme 7- 11 december Symposium Monday 7 December: Media The first day of the symposium explores developments in the production practises of media art. Topics include: History of Media Art, Immersive Technologies, Video, Radio, Hypertext, Art and Interactivitity. Tuesday 8 December: Distribution The second day addresses the challenges new media technology places on the traditional institutions and distribution channels for art. Topics include: Challenges and Developments of Media Art, Exhibitions on the Internet, Curating Media Art, Museology and New Media Technology, and Art on CD-ROM. Wednesday 9 December: Reception The final day of the symposium explores the effects new media technology has on aesthetics, vision, politics, place and science. Topics include: Vision and History, Gender and Technology, Architecture, Aesthetics, Politics and New Media Technology, the Sociology of Technology. Workshops Thursday 10 December: Radio on the Internet Taking Austrian KUNSTRADIO as a point of departure, this workshop will cover the potential of radio on the Internet. Conductor: Heidi Grundmann Thursday 10 December: Curating on the Internet How does the Net differ from the museum? What is the role of the curator in curating on the Internet? What are the new problems/new opportunities? Conductor: Not yet confirmed Friday 11 December: Curating Media Art Can traditional institutions handle the economic and technical aspects of media art; can media art be confined within the limits of traditional art contexts? Conductor: Timothy Druckrey Friday 11 December: Non-Linear Storytelling How does new technology influence storytelling? What narrative structures are enabled by crossing literature with technology? What are the platforms of production and distribution for hypertext writing? Conductor: Not yet confirmed Presentations & Exhibition Presentations of major international media centers. Open to the public. 7 Dec: ZKM/Zentrum Fur Kunst Und Medietechnologie, Karlsruhe 8 Dec: Ars Electronica, Linz 9 Dec: CAIIA/Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, Wales 10 Dec: ICC/Intercommunication Center, Tokyo MASS =9198 will be accompanied by an exhibition of media art. Open to the public. Time & Place 7 - 11 Dec 1998 Symposium: 10:00 - 17:15 Workshops: 10:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 -16:00 Presentations: 18:00 - 20:00 Lunch: 12:00 MASS '98 will take place at Heaven Conference Center in central Stockholm ( Kungsgatan 65) Application Fill in the application form and send it by mail or fax to: MASS '98, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe 1998, Box 16398, SE-103 27 Stockholm, Sweden Fax: +46-8-698 19 99 Applications can also be made through our Web-site: www.mass98.com Group reservations: contact MASS '98. The application is valid when the application fee is paid. You will recieve a confirmation when the application fee is registered on our account. Sweden: PG 439 04 26-7 Foreign: Payments should be made to our account with POSTGIRO SWEDEN SE-105 06 STOCKHOLM SWIFT-address: PG SISESS Account holder: Stockholm-Europas Kulturhuvudstad 1998 Account number: 439 04 26-7 Please write the name of the applicants and state that the payment concerns MASS '98. Payments must be made before 20 November. Application fee Symposium 3 days: 2750.- SEK /pers. 1 day: 1500.- SEK/pers. Students: 3 days: 500.- SEK/pers. (student applications must be accompanied by motivation). Fees include entrance to the symposium, presentations, exhibition, lunches and coffee. Workshops 625.- SEK /pers. for each workshop Students: 300.- SEK/pers. for each workshop (student applications must be accompanied by motivation). Lunch is not included. The number of participants for the workshops are limited. Do not make payment until you have received a confirmation. Accomodation For participants requiring accomodation in Stockholm during the event, MASS '98 recommends Hotellcentralen, +46 -8-789 24 25, for advance reservations of hotel rooms in Stockholm (free of charge). The average price for hotel rooms is 1000.- SEK/night. MASS '98 will arrange with reservations of hotel rooms if bookings is made before 14 November. Use the enclosed "Hotel Service" form. Further information MASS '98, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe Box 16398, SE-103 27 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46-8-698 1998, Fax: +46-8-698 1999 [email protected] www.mass98.com (release in November) MASS '98 Organisational Staff Carin Fischer: President and Secretary General Beate Sydhoff: Program Director Bo-Erik Gyberg: Programme Coordinator Film/IT/Media Anette Ericsson: Programme Secretary IT/Media Johan Abrahamsson: Project Manager Media Art Fredrik Snellman: Producer MASS '98 Anna-Sofia Axelsson: Project Assistant MASS '98 Initiators and Programme Consultants: Helene Bostrom & Janet Colletti The language for the symposium is English. The programme is subject to change.