Syndicate: That Media Thing

[Marieke Istha <istha@montevideo.nl>]

That Media Thing - International symposium

http://www.montevideo.nl/thatmedia/thatmediathing.html

May 28th, 1999, 10.00 - 17.00 h. 2 Hoog Achter

Organized by the Netherlands Media Art Institute, MonteVideo/TBA, in
co-operation with ASCA (the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis) and
L&B(Lier & Boog) / Global Vernunft.

Participants:

Artists:
Peter Bogers (NL)
Ken Feingold  (USA)

Curators:
Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ, Reservate der Sehnsucht, hARTware
Projekte Dortmund.

Theoreticians:
Marie-Louise Angerer, Professor of New Media, University of Salzburg
Annette W. Balkema (moderator), journal L&B
Joost Bolten, researcher New Media
Siegfried Zielinski, Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne.

Synopses of the speakers' statements now online:
http://www.montevideo.nl/thatmedia/thatmediathing.html

>From  May 28th, this website will also be open to those who wish to
respond in a chatbox to these statements untill October 8th. A follow-up

That media Thing II will  be organized  on this day.

That Media Thing will focus on such questions as: in how far can we make

a distinction between media art and other forms of art? Can media art
theoretically be defined by one single enclosed model, or should we
rather embrace the pluriformity encountered in both theory and practice?

In media art, the lack of restraint with regard to tradition - which is
characteristic of other, more established media - becomes clear in the
manner of presentation. This is why That Media Thing will prioritise the

problems of presentation.
At That Media Thing, the speakers' different points of view should spark

off a debate on the possibility of new and topical concepts.

A report of the symposium will be published (in English) in L&B, Vol.
15, mid-October 1999.

Info
Bart Rutten (Programming) bart@montevideo.nl
Marieke Istha (Communication)  info@montevideo.nl

The Netherlands Media Art Institute, MonteVideo/TBA
Keizersgracht 264, NL 1016 EV Amsterdam
T: +31 (0)20 623 7101
F: +31 (0)20 624 4423
info@montevideo.nl
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