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From: Kennard, Susan <Susan_Kennard@banffcentre.ca>
Date: Nov 22, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: REFRESH! complete conference stream launched
To: BNMI Info <BNMI_INFO@banffcentre.ca>
For immediate release
November 22, 2005
Banff New Media Institute launches webcast for Refresh! conference on new
media art, science, technology
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.
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.
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For more information contact:
Iwona Erskine-Kellie * BNMI Assistant
+1-403-762-6652 * iwona_erskine-kellie@banffcentre.ca
Susan Kennard
Director & Executive Producer
The Banff New Media Institute
The Banff Centre
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Box 1020, Station 40
Banff, Alberta Canada T1L 1H5
Tel. +1 403 762 6481
Fax. +1 403 762 6665
http://www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi
