Syndicate: ICA, London, conference

["lisa haskel" <lisa@lisa.demon.co.uk>]

ICA, London
Dialogues with the Machine

27 and 28 June 1998

Dialogues with the Machine is a unique international weekend gathering
of artists, writers and organisers to re-discover the pioneer
generation of artists' work with technology, and discuss its influence
and relevance to today's media and electronic culture.

*****

The weekend includes: artists' presentations, discussions, round-table
debates, film and video screenings.

Sessions include: Convergence: Artists and Engineers/Engineers as
artists, Communication: Art as Process, Conversation: Human/Machine
collaboration, Underground/Overground: Political Motivations and
Social Context

*****

Participants include: Robert Adrian, Vienna based pioneer
telecommunications artist and activist, Roy Ascott, interactive and
network media artist and theorist,  Dennis Crompton, Member of
"Archigram", Douglas Davis, New York based artist and writer, David
Hall, film, video and television artist, Mick Hartney, film and video
artist, John Hopkins, publisher, photographer, video maker and
organiser, Tina Keane, film and video artist, John Latham, artist and
writer,  Liliane Lijn, light and kinetic artist, Paul de Marinis,
sound and technology artist, Gustav Metzger, artist, writer, proponent
of "Auto-Destructive" Art,  Lillian Schwartz, computer graphics artist
and researcher at Bell Labs, New Jersey, since 1968,  Barbara Stavini,
artist and organiser of the Artists' Placement Group from 1966,
Tjebbe van Tijen, artist, organiser, writer and archivist, Steina
Vasulka, musician and video artist (tbc), Stephen Willats, artist
using interactivity, light and collaborative processes (tbc), Jud
Yalkut, film and video artist, writer and curator.  Discussions
chaired by David Alan Mellor and David Garcia.

Programmed by Lisa Haskel
Ticket prices:  weekend passes:   £25,   £15  ICA members/concessions
  day passes: £15, £10 ICA box office: 0171 930 3647 PROGRAMME SUBJECT
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