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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ =3E =3EINTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN THE ELECTRONIC ARTS =3ETO SPEAK IN CHICAGO AT ISEA97: =3EA WEEK-LONG SYMPOSIUM AND FESTIVAL =3EOF THE ELECTRONIC ARTS =3E =3EEighth International Symposium on Electronic Art =3EThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago =3ESeptember 22-27, 1997 =3Eweb page: http://www.artic.edu/=7Eisea97 =3E =3ECHICAGO - More than 1,000 artists, critics, educators, scientists, and =3Epolicy planners from around the world will gather in Chicago beginning =3ESeptember 22 and continuing through September 27 for ISEA97, a week-long =3Ecelebration of the electronic arts hosted by the School of the Art =3EInstitute of Chicago. Subjects being discussed include ethical issues =3Einvolving the use of electronic media, freedom of speech on the Internet, =3Ethe architecture of cyberspace, as well as a broad range of topics = related =3Eto new electronic media. =3E In conjunction with the conference, ISEA97 is presenting a =3Ecity-wide festival of electronic arts with more than 200 artists from 20 =3Ecountries represented in exhibitions and events at over a dozen sites =3Ethroughout Chicago. The official ISEA exhibition site is located at the =3ESchool of the Art Institute White Tower Building at 847 W. Jackson Blvd. =3EIn addition, the School of the Art Institute Betty Rymer Gallery and =3EGallery 2 are presenting exhibitions to coincide with the symposium. = Other =3Evenues include the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Chicago Cultural = Center =3Eand the Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois at =3EChicago. Many presentations are open to the public and free-of-charge. =3ELocal galleries and alternative exhibition spaces are also hosting =3Ecollaborative programs, exhibitions and events. =3E Internationally-acclaimed author, performer and recording artist =3ELaurie Anderson, kicks off ISEA97 with an opening presentation, Tuesday, =3ESeptember 23, at 6 p.m. in the Art Institute of Chicago's Rubloff =3EAuditorium. Serving as Honorary Chair for ISEA97, Laurie Anderson is = known =3Efor her audacious, often humorous performance art and intriguing =3Eapplications of electronic and computer technology. =3E Sherry Turkle, author of Life on the Screen: Identity In The Age of =3EThe Internet, opens the morning session of the conference in the Rubloff =3EAuditorium on Wednesday, September 24, at 10 am with a presentation =3Eexamining the expanding electronic world. Turkle, a licensed clinical =3Epsychologist, explores the anxieties and opportunities that arise as a =3Eresult of the staggering changes technology brings. She has written = three =3Ebooks, has received fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller =3EFoundations, and has appeared on such shows as =22Nightline,=22 =22The = Today =3EShow=22 and =2220/20.=22 =3E Nolan A. Bowie, an advocatefor under-represented populations, will =3Espeak in the Rubloff on Thursday, September 25, at 9 a.m. In his work as= a =3Ecommunications attorney, an associate professor at Temple University and = a =3Epublic policy planner, Bowie is concerned with issues of equity and = access =3Eto information. For his extensive work in framing communications policy, =3EBowie has received the Community Award from Black Citizens for Fair Media =3Eand the Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson =3EFoundation. He has also served as Assistant Special Prosecutor with the =3EWatergate Special Prosecution Force. =3E Mexican-born performance artist and writer Guillermo Gomez-Pe=F1a =3Espeaks in the Rubloff Auditorium on Friday, September 26, at 9 a.m. =3EThrough his work in electronic arts, Gomez-Pena investigates cultural and =3Ecross-cultural issues with countries who share borders. He has explored =3Ethe US/Latino/Chicano relationship through his use of journalism, =3Eperformance, radio, video, poetry and installations. From 1984-1990 =3EGomez-Pe=F1a founded and participated in the =22Border Arts Workshop,=22 = and =3Econtributed to the National Public Radio program =22Crossroads.=22 An = editor =3Eof =22High Performance=22 and =22Drama Review,=22 his awards include a = MacArthur =3EFellowship and the Prix de la Parole at the International Theatre = Festival =3Eof the Americas. =3E ISEA97 offers educational opportunities to complement regular =3Econference proceedings. Two full days of workshops on Monday and = Tuesday, =3ESeptember 22 and 23, address hands-on technological issues, novel =3Eapproaches to teaching in this field and other topics related to = electronic =3Eart, a term which refers to all art using electronic technology as an =3Eessential prerequisite for production. =3E Events on Wednesday through Saturday, September 24 to 27, consist =3Eof plenary sessions by the three keynote speakers, paper and panel =3Epresentations, and numerous small group moderated discussions. The final =3Eday of the conference remains open for participants to attend the = extensive =3Earray of exhibitions and events accompanying the symposium. =3E ISEA97 also presents career advancement opportunities in both =3Eacademia and business through a job exchange, posted on the ISEA97 = website =3Eat http://www.artic.edu/=7Eisea97, at the conference, and through special =3Eworkshop offerings. =3E ISEA97 is being hosted by the School of the Art Institute in =3Econjunction with the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts, an = organization =3Ewhich initiated this series of symposia in 1988 to support an = international =3Enetwork of groups and individuals in the field of electronic art. Past =3EISEA conferences have been presented in Rotterdam, Montreal, Helsinki, =3EMinneapolis, Sydney, Groningen and Utrecht, Holland. =3E The School of the Art Institute of Chicago gratefully acknowledges =3Ethe following sponsors for their generous support of ISEA97: = MacLean-Fogg =3ECompany, Molex Incorporated, Neoglyphics Media Corporation, the =3EGoethe-Institut Chicago and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in =3Ethe Fine Arts. =3E =3E =3Estay up to date =40 http://www.artic.edu/=7Eisea97 =3E =3E=23 =23 =23 =3E