The following message is posted to several list servers. Please forgive any duplicate messages that you receive. ----------------------------------- CHArt Nineteenth Annual Conference CONVERGENT PRACTICES New Approaches to Art and Visual Culture Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD Thursday 6 - Friday 7 November 2003 - PROGRAMME - The focus of the CHArt 2003 Annual Conference is on the effects of emerging technologies and hybrid media on art and visual culture, particularly where these developments have fostered and encouraged new practice. The conference will discuss the ways in which new media has helped to redefine museum or gallery identity, led artists to develop new forms of practice and challenged educators. -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER SESSION ONE: NEW MEDIA/HISTORIES PERFORMING HISTORIES: VISITORS AS CHARACTERS IN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION MEDIA Malcolm Ferris, University of Hertfordshire, UK FROM SCULPTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE DIGITAL SUBLIME: UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM AESTHETIC James Coupe, Thames Valley University, UK Celina Jeffery, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA. FROM WORK TO TEXT: THE DISSEMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HYBRID AND PROCESS-BASED PRACTICE Helen Sloan, Southern Collaborative Arts Network, UK Paul Smith, boredomresearch, UK CYBERNETICS, CYBERNATION AND CYBORGIFICATION IN JOHN MCHALE'S TELEMATHS OF THE 1950S Jennifer Way, University of North Texas, USA -------- LUNCH - WITH DEMONSTRATIONS -------- SESSION TWO: HERITAGE/MUSEUMS SCIENCE AND CULTURE: AN INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY Ann Borda, Alpay Beler, Science Museum, UK CAREERING ALONG THE HERITAGE HIGHWAY Veronica Davis Perkins, Middlesex University, UK USING THE INTERNET TO FIND LOOTED ART: SUCCESS OR FAILURE? Shauna Isaac, London, UK DISPLAYING CHALLENGING WORKS OF ART USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Tessa Meijer, Tate Britain, London, UK -------- FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER SESSION THREE: REPRESENTATIONS NEWS FROM NOW WHERE?: THE DIGITAL SPACES OF TELEVISION Stephen Boyd Davis, Middlesex University, UK DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION: LOCATION-SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND PUBLIC PUBLIC AUTHORING IN THE MUSEUM Giles Lane, London School of Economics, London, UK./Proboscis, UK Rachel Murphy, Rudegirl Designs, UK VIRTUAL WEEGEE: ARCHITECTURAL AND LOCAL HISTORY THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE 3D MODEL Marja-Leena Ikkala, Certes, Computer Arts Centre at Espoo, Finland ARCHITECTURAL-MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACES: DIGITAL EXPLORATION OF THE UNBUILT Daniela Sirbu, University of Lethbridge, Canada -------- LUNCH - WITH DEMONSTRATIONS - CHART ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING -------- SESSION FOUR: EDUCATION THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS ON ART AND CULTURE IN GHANA: CASE STUDY AT THE COLLEGE OF ART, KUMASI McBoafo Foli Annku Western University College Tarkwa, Ghana West Africa NEW MEDIA: ITS AESTHETIC AND REPRESENTATION Irina Costache, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, USA VISUALISING ART HISTORY Katja Kwastek, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany VIRTUAL REALITY IN HERITAGE AND EDUCATION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Maria Roussou, Greece ------- DEMONSTRATIONS The Virtual Pilgrimage: Canterbury and Saint-Denis -an interdisciplinary online approach to two churches at the intersection of medieval culture. by Miranda Howard Haddock, Western Michigan University, USA INFONOISE: Interactive installation and its representation. by Gordana Novakovic, London, UK Digitising John Ruskin's teaching collection at the Ashmolean Museum by Rupert Shepherd, The Ruskin Project, UK fineart.ac.uk: Celebrating the history and achievement of UK fine art education. by Polly Christie, The Visual Arts Data Service, UK ------- BOOKING The booking form is available online on www.chart.ac.uk. Bookings made before 15 October 2003 will be entitled to a discount. Conference Fees (pounds sterling) - include coffee/tea breaks and lunch. TWO DAYS ONE DAY CHArt Member: £90 (£70 before 15 Oct 2003) £50 (£40 before 15 Oct 2003) Non-member: £120 (£100 before 15 Oct 2003) £70 (£60 before 15 Oct 2003) CHArt Student £60 (£40 before 15 Oct 2003) £30 (£20 before 15 Member Oct 2003) Student: £70 (£50 before 15 Oct 2003) £35 (£25 before 15 Non-member Oct 2003) Send bookings to: CHArt, School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. [log in to unmask], Fax +44 0207 631 6107. -- Marlene E. 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