Andreas Broeckmann on Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:04:19 +0100 |
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
Call for ISEA 97 in Chicago |
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO TO HOST ISEA97 THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART Calls for Proposals Now Posted >From September 22 through 27, Chicago is welcoming the electronic art world's most exciting thinkers as the host of ISEA97, the Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Art. The week-long conference is organized by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in conjunction with the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts. Launching the conference are two days of workshops addressing hands-on technological issues, novel approaches to teaching in this field and other topics related to electronic art, defined as all art using electronic technology as an essential prerequisite for its production. The subsequent three-day academic sessions feature keynote and plenary speakers, academic paper sessions, topical small-group discussions, and exhibitions and events presented by today's foremost electronic arts scholars and artists. Many of Chicago's leading cultural institutions are planning to work in conjunction with ISEA'97 by hosting special events throughout the week, such as concerts, performances, and art exhibitions and installations. The ISEA97 web site: http://www.artic.edu/~isea97 contains the most current and complete information on this important international event. Calls for papers and exhibitions, a short schedule, and discussion groups to develop topics for small-group panel sessions to be held during the conference can also be found on the website. The site allows easy registration for ISEA97 with substantial discounts in fees for students and for those registering early. For those without web access, email or contact the above number with your name, address, phone and fax. "CONTENT," the theme of ISEA97, is being approached from many points of view. In the decades since McLuhan's observations on media, a profound change has taken place in the arts. As computer technology has become increasingly widespread and affordable, many artists are asking "Now what?" For years, the challenges for electronic artists have often been the overcoming of technological barriers and the pioneering of new media. Today, we find ourselves wrestling with the more perplexing questions of meaning, content, and social context. Is the medium still the message? How are computers shaping the languages of expression for our age? What can we say now that we could not say before? Do these new media change our vision of ourselves and the world? How is physical experience, even architecture, being redefined by the virtual? Does advancing technological obsolescence preclude historical continuity? Past ISEA conferences include 1996, Rotterdam; '95, Montreal; '94, Helsinki; '93, Minneapolis; '92 Sydney, '90 Groningen; and 1988 Utrecht, Holland. The series of symposia was initiated in 1988 by the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts in order to support the founding and maintenance of an international network of organizations and individuals in the field of electronic arts ("arts" is meant to include all disciplines, not excluding music, dance, theater, etc.). The conference serves as a meeting ground for interdisciplinary involvement among scientists, theorists, academicians and artists facing the problems and potentials of electronic art. # # # Joëlle Rabion ISEA97 Conference Coordinator School of the Art Institute of Chicago Department of Art & Technology 112 S. Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312/345-3571 phone 312/541-8078 fax email: isea97@artic.edu URL: http://www.artic.edu/~isea97