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FUTURES PAST: TWENTY YEARS OF ARTS COMPUTING
CHArt Twentieth Annual Conference
11-12 November 2004
Birkbeck College, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, University of
London, 25-27 Torrington Square, London.
PROGRAMME
Since its foundation in 1985 CHArt has closely followed the
extraordinary developments in arts computing that have taken place over
nearly two decades. This year, for the twentieth CHArt conference we
will look back at the history of the application of digital technology
to art history, visual culture, the museum and gallery, and art
practice. Papers will reflect upon successes, failures, and futures past.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Futures Past and Present - William Vaughan, Chair of
CHArt 1985 - 2002
THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER
SESSION 1 - EXPERIMENTAL INTEGRATION
Listing: Conceptual Art, Computers and Architecture in the 1970s.
Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The
University of Melbourne, Australia.
A Computer in the Art Room.
Catherine Mason, CACHe Project, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
SESSION 2 -TRANSITIONS
The Medium Was the Method: Photography and Iconography at the Index of
Christian Art.
Andrew Hershberger, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.
Facing the Future through the Past at the Index of Christian Art.
Colum Hourihane, Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, New
Jersey, USA.
SESSION 3 - PAINTING BY PIXEL
Painting Digital, and Letting Go.
James Faure Walker, London, UK.
1300 brushes - The History of the Computer as Painting-Machine.
Ann-Sophie Lehmann, Institute for Media and Re/presentation, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
SESSION 4 - METHODS AND PRACTICE
Indexed Lights.
Pierre R. Auboiron, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Microanalysis as a Means to Mediate Digital Arts.
Matthias Weiss, Dortmund, Germany.
FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER
SESSION 5 - HISTORIES, FAILURES AND RESURGENCE
Recursive History: Assembling a Digital Archive of Computer Art's Early
Years.
Nick Lambert, CACHe, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Machines Fall Apart: Failure and Collapse in Art and Technology.
Jennifer Gabrys, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Computer Poetry's Neglected Debut.
Wayne Clements, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
SESSION 6 - VIRTUAL DEPARTURES
A Virtual Disaster: the Rise and Fall of Virtual Reality.
Mike Pringle, AHDS Visual Arts, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.
Title to be confirmed.
Kirk Martinez, Department of Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton, UK.
SESSION 7 - PROJECTS AND ARCHIVES
Digital Projects Past and Present: Survivors or Fossils?
Christine L. Sundt, Visual Resources Collection, Architecture & Allied
Arts Library, University of Oregon, USA.
The Good, the Bad and the Accessible: 30 Years of Using New Technologies
in BIAD Archives.
Sian Everitt, Keeper of Archives and Collections BIAD, University of
Central England, Birmingham, UK.
SESSION 8 - COLLECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION
This is the Modern World: Collaborating with ARTstor.
Vickie O'Riordan, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Successes and Failures of Content Creation in Web Beginnings at the
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Melanie Rowntree, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED
BOOKING
The booking form is available online on www.chart.ac.uk. Bookings made
before 15 October 2004 will be entitled to a discount. Conference Fees
(pounds sterling) - include coffee/tea breaks and lunch.
CHArt Member:
TWO DAYS £90 (£70 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £50 (£40 before 15 Oct 2004)
Non-member:
TWO DAYS £120 (£100 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £70 (£60 before 15 Oct 2004)
CHArt Student Member:
TWO DAYS £60 (£40 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £30 (£20 before 15 Oct 2004)
Student Non-member:
TWO DAYS £70 (£50 before 15 Oct 2004)
ONE DAY £35 (£25 before 15 Oct 2004)
Send bookings to: CHArt, School of History of Art, Film and Visual
Media, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London,
WC1H 0PD. [log in to unmask], Fax +44 0207 631 6107.
The booking form is available online on www.chart.ac.uk
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Marlene E. Gordon
Visual Resources and Music Collections
University of Michigan-Dearborn
313-593-5463
313-593-1902 (fax)
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