Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology

Melbourne 26-29 November 2009

Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology.The next iteration of the Media Art History conference is Re:live which is to be held in Melbourne, Victoria in 2009. The event follows the success of the two previous Media Art History conferences, re:fresh (Banff 2005) and re:place (Berlin 2007). The conference series is an initiative of Leonardo/ISAST (International Society for Art, Science and Technology) whose International Advisory Committee will publicise the event and referee papers.
In developing the Re:live conference, we have established a national committee, to promote awareness and interest in the event across Australia. This committee is comprised of individuals who can drive forward these newer connections and reconnect with the ongoing themes established by the ‘re’ conferences. Australia provides an excellent geographic, geopolitical and geocultural space for hosting this conference. It connects regionally with both Asian and Pacific cultures and the ongoing exchange of media arts between, northern and southern hemispheres.


Keynote Presenters

Zhang Ga
Zhang Ga is a media artist and co-director of agent.netart. He has exhibited internationally at the Ars Electronica Center, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Whitney Museum of American Art and Singapore Art Museum among others, curated exhibitions, organized conferences and digital salons, written on new media art practice and criticism, and served on jury duties for media art grants.

Doug Kahn
Doug Kahn, Professor at University of California, writes and speaks about the intersections of history, theory and contemporary practice in art, music, literature, media arts, cinema, sound, electromagnetism, science, technology and politics, from the late-19th Century to the present, with an emphasis on the traditions of the avant-garde, experimentalism, bohemian and subcultural activities.

Lisa Gitelman
This fall Lisa Gitelman begins an appointment as associate professor of English and of Media, Culture, and Communications at New York University. A leading historian of the media, she is the author most recently of _Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture_ (MIT 2006). Her current projects include a book tentatively entitled _Making Knowledge with Paper_.
 

The dates for the registration process:

    01.07.2009 - Registration open
    16.09.2009 ­- Finished papers submitted

Conference chairs: Dr Paul Thomas, Professor Sean Cubitt

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