The Electromagnetic Bride - conference
V2_Institute for the Unstable Media
in collaboration with Goethe Institut Rotterdam

Saturday May 6th, 10.00 - 17.00 (Central European Summer Time GMT+2)

The Electromagnetic Bride examines the contemporary relationships in
the perception and actions of the human body and the global
electromagnetic environment. Taking its cues from an intersection in
the work of Nikola Tesla and conceptual contemporaries including Marcel
Duchamp, Konrad Zuse and Robert Barry, the conference will examine how
these relationships link the histories of electronic technological
innovation to the context of current artistic practice.

Featuring
Horst Zuse (Berlin) on The Origins of the Computer
Nina Czegledy (Toronto) on On Tesla and Bio-Electromagnetism
David Tomas (Toronto) on Conceptual Art and the Body's Invisible Matrix
Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag (Berlin) on his 'sonArc::ion' project
AE (Montreal) on Abstract Realism
Usman Haque (London) on Ethereal Projects
Christa Sommerer (Vienna) on Experiencing Aspects of Nanotechnology
Through Interactive Art

introduced and moderated by Stephen Kovats, V2_Institute for the
Unstable Media

Registration: please contact <vera@v2.nl>
The Electromagnetic Bride will be streamed live via <www.v2.nl>

Location:
Goethe-Institut Rotterdam
Westersingel 9
3014 GM Rotterdam
**31 (0)10 209 2090
http://www.goethe.de/ins/nl/rot/deindex.htm



The Electromagnetic Bride conference takes place in conjunction with
the exhibition:

Electromagnetic Bodies: Aether, Desire and Resonance in Art and
Technology
Opening Thursday May 4th, 2006
20.30 at TENT.CBK and 22.30 at V2_Rotterdam

Referring to the pioneering work of Nikola Tesla (1856