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Better than Fantasy: Reality Engineering and the Computer Amsterdam, 31 augustus - 2 september 2001 een internationaal seminar georganiseerd door The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University en Stichting Mediamatic. Zie hieronder het complete programma in het Engels. contactpersoon: Justine Smithuis (AMSU), tel. 020-6200225, e-mail justine@amsu.edu websites: www.amsu.edu, www.mediamatic.net (met excuses voor cross-posting) Introduction The symposium Reality Engineering and the Computer provides a glimpse into the past and the future of the computer-assisted construction of reality. * It will consider different aspects of the provocative and lively exchange between fantasy and reality, concentrating particularly on the role of computers and computer networks. One could, for instance, see computers as waystations on a track running from idea, to design, to experience (from the imagination of things to their representation) and back again. The symposium covers three days, each of which will concentrate on a separate theme: Net, Trip and Sound. --Net-- On the first day, Net, the symposium will examine the 'protocols' with which reality is 'engineered'. How do Mercedes Bunz, essayist and editor of the German cult magazine de:Bug, and Jodi Dean, author of Aliens in America, see the information politics of the World Wide Web? In discussions with other speakers chaired by Arie Altena and Noortje Marres, they will tackle questions such as: How are specific realities coordinated on Internet? How do protocols enable other kinds of knowledge? and What are the micro-politics of ICT? --Trip-- The second day, Trip, will look at various aspects of reality engineering as promulgated in the books and works of George Dyson and Bert Mulder as 'science faction'. The scientists Arjen Mulder and Dirk van Weelden will guide us through the cool language of the computer, the gentle world of drugs, and the unbounded environment of outer space. George Dyson, renowned for his study of the origins of the computer, Darwin among the Machines, lets us in on a secret 1950s American plan to build a space-ship powered by nuclear bombs. Bert Mulder explores, in his own inimitable way, the space between fact and fiction. --Sound-- The third day is given over to Sound. Under the direction of Paul Groot and Roland Spekle, science fiction, music and the plastic arts will be reviewed as products of the computer. Guest of honour is Miltos Manetas, the Los Angeles-based artist whose site www.manetas.com embodies his own, particularly personal, reality. Other artists, composers and musicians for whom electronic fields are means to artistic ends will also be presenting their work. * See, for instance, Paul Edwards' book The closed world, a study of the birth of the computer from the perspective of the Cold War of the '50s and '60s. Mediamatic will be devoting special attention to this in a later symposium. Applicant Profile This seminar is intended for free-floating academics and joystick intellectuals. Language English Location The seminar will be held at Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324 and Club BABY, Keizersgracht 676 in Amsterdam. Fee NLG 1250 (Euro 567.23), including lunches and free access to the cultural and social evening programme of the Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University. Application Applicants should return the completed application form before 1 August 2001 to the Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University, P.O. Box 53066, 1007 RB Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tel: +31 (0)20 6200225, fax: +31 (0)20 6249368. There is a limited number of scholarships, covering the course fee, available for participants from Central and Eastern European countries. Please contact the course co-ordinator at The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University for more information. If you wish to apply, send a letter of motivation, curriculum vitae and a letter of recommendation along with your application form. Please note that all materials should be written in English. Registration Participants are expected to register for the seminar on Thursday 30 August from 4 to 5 p.m. at Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324 in Amsterdam. At 5 p.m. a welcoming drink will be served to all participants and trainers. P R O G R A M M E Friday 31 August Net 10.00 - 10.15 Introduction 10.15 - 11.00 Noortje Marres 11.00 - 11.15 break 11.15 - 12.00 Mercedez Bunz 12.00 - 13.00 lunch 13.00 - 13.45 Christiaan Alberdingk-Thijm 13.45 - 14.30 Jodi Dean 14.30 - 14.45 break 14.45 - 15.45 discussion Saturday 1 September Trip 10.00 - 10.15 Introduction 10.15 - 11.00 George Dyson 11.00 - 11.15 break 11.15 - 12.00 Bert Mulder 12.00 - 13.00 lunch 13.00 - 13.45 Dirk van Weelden 13.45 - 14.30 Arjen Mulder 14.30 - 14.45 break 14.45 - 15.45 discussion Sunday 2 September Sound 10.00 - 10.15 Introduction 10.15 - 11.00 Miltos Manetas 11.00 - 11.15 break 11.15 - 11.30 Roland Spekle 11.30 - 13.00 'Clicks and Cuts in Post-digital Music': Kim Cascone (to be confirmed) 13.00 - 14.00 lunch 14.00 - 15.15 central discussion in Club BABY 16.00 - 18.00 the EUREKA moment of... Course Leaders and Lecturers Christiaan Alberdink-Thijm (NL) is an Internet-lawyer and attorney in Amsterdam. Arie Altena (NL) is editor of Mediamatic Magazine. He writes about 20th-century literature, new media arts and the WWW. Mercedez Bunz (D) is a culture critic and editor of the German magazine de:Bug. Kim Cascone (US) is a recording artist and head of "Silent Records". Jodi Dean (US) teaches political, feminist, and cultural theory at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. She wrote: Aliens in America. George Dyson (US) is a historian of technology and author of Baidarka (1986) and Darwin among the Machines (1997). His is currently completing a history of Project Orion, the 1957-1965 attempt to build a space ship powered by nuclear bombs. Paul Groot (NL) is editor of Mediamatic Magazine and art critic. Miltos Manetas (US) studied Visual Arts in Brera-Milan, Italy. Lives and works between Los Angeles and New York. As an artist he is especially interested in the world of computer games. Noortje Marres (NL) is currently doing research on the philosophy of science and technology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Arjen Mulder (NL) is biologist and essayist. He published several books on media, bodies, literature and photography. Bert Mulder (NL) is director of 'De Informatie Werkplaats' and lectures throughout Europe on new media and the architecture of information systems. Roland Spekle (NL) organises concerts and cultural events in Holland and abroad. Dirk van Weelden (NL) is a novelist and writes for several newspapers. Course Co-ordinators Justine Smithuis (The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University), tel. +31 (0)20 6200225, fax +31 (0)20 6249368, e-mail justine@amsu.edu. Jans Possel (Mediamatic Foundation) Mediamatic Foundation Mediamatic Foundation was established in 1983 as a meeting place for video artists and TV dissidents. In 1985, it started Mediamatic Magazine, which has evolved in today's illustrious quarterly on art, media and the changes being brought by techno-culture, hypermedia and virtuality. From spring 2000 onwards, Mediamatic Magazine is only available on the Internet. The Foundation also organises workshops, under the title of Designing Behaviour, which focus on the way media behave. The current programme is aiming at the development of the fundamental aspects of interactivity in an interdisciplinary way. In addition to these activities, Mediamatic arranges public presentations of new media art and design. These presentations draw on various disciplines: theatre, visual arts, music, literature, television and architecture. ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. 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