In late September, more than 200 new media practitioners from around
the world gathered at the Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) at The Banff
Centre for the first Refresh! international conference on the history
of media art, science, and technology. Today marks the launch of an
educational resource for new media artists, researchers, historians and
students across the globe - access to the Refresh! conference online:
http://www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/programs/archives/2005/refresh/
Visit this comprehensive archive to watch and listen to discussion on
the relationship between new media and the disciplines of art history,
anthropology, computing sciences, media studies, and other intercultural
contexts.
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The webcast includes the inaugural Rudolf Arnheim lecture, by curator
and art historian Sarat Maharaj, honouring the crucial role of Rudolf
Arnheim in the history and theory of the interaction of art, science,
and new technologies. Catch London-based writer and curator Jasia
Reichardt on the evolution of computer-based art, and the development
of
electronic sculpture, art robots, and environments. Watch Andreas
Broeckmann, director of the transmediale festival for art and digital
culture in Berlin, present on the effect of the machine on creative
thinking, and Edward Shanken, professor of art history and media theory
at the Savannah College of Art and Design, address methodologies for
analyzing the role of science and technology in the history of art.
Find
out what Michael Century and Sheila Petty had to say on the transition
between analog and digital technologies within the institution, and the
issue of race in 'cybertheory'.
The Refresh! conference was hosted by BNMI, Leonardo / ISAST, and the
Database for Virtual Art and was generously supported by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Daniel Langlois
Foundation, Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts,
Goethe-institute, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Villa Vigoni, UNESCO
DigiArts, INTEL and ITAU Cultural.
Refresh! is one of the flagship events of the 10th anniversary
celebration of BNMI, marking a decade of work by inspired artists,
producers and researchers. As BNMI looks to the next 10 years, it will
continue to engage in research, development, training and the
exploration of broader social, political and cultural issues, informing
new media in its many contexts.
Susan Kennard
Director & Executive Producer
The Banff New Media Institute
The Banff Centre
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