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Date: 12/8/97 12:51 PM
RE: "CULTURE OF INTERACTIVITY" Conference
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NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
December 8, 1997
VISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES:
THE CULTURE OF INTERACTIVITY
January 17-18
<http://www.interactive-culture.org/home.html>
The Culture of Interactivity is a four-panel, two-day conference to be held
January 17-18 at Rockefeller University, 1780 York Avenue, New York City.
Cost: $125 before Dec 18
"With four sessions in two days, (Origins, Metaphors, Spaces and Changes)
each one is structured differently--designed to best serve the topic at
hand and encourage interaction between audience and presenters.
ORIGINS OF COMPUTER INTERACTIVITY
In a traditional panel format we'll delve into the history of computer
interactivity and address basic philosophical questions.
METAPHORS OF INTERACTIVITY
Next, through demonstrations of software and interfaces, we'll probe
common and uncommon metaphors.
NEW SOCIAL SPACES
the third session, where the audience, divided into groups, probes the
claims for new social spaces in a networked experiment.
CULTURAL CHANGE, DEMOCRACY & POLITICS
Finally, a solo speaker sums up and looks at the climate for change,
democracy's place, the future with active audience response.
The Culture of Interactivity starts a process -- building a community,
exploringdifferent directions in a critical yet creativeatmosphere aiming
to transform the waywe interrelate through the computer.
We welcome your interaction: Visit SPACES at any time and post suggestions.
As presenters for ORIGINS and METAPHORS post their contributions beginning
in early November, we invite you to ask questions and comment on what you
read, see, and hear there. The contribution for CHANGES will appear later.
We'll let you know when, in our NEWS section, along with other interactions
planned for our site.:
Speakers Include:
Elliot Anderson: Artist working with interactive technologies, curator,
educator, and software engineer.
WILLIAM ASPRAY: Historian of science, author or editor of a number of books
and dozens of articles, Director, Computing Research Association,
Washington, D.C. His books include John von Neumann and the Origins of
Modern Computing and A History of the Information Machine, co-authored with
Martin Campell-Kelly.
WOLFGANG COY: Professor of Computer Science and head of the Computers in
Education and Society Program in the Dept. of Computer Science, Humboldt
University, Berlin. He has written several books and numerous articles
dealing with computers, digital media, and the social and cultural issues
around both.
MARVIN DENICOFF: Director of the Information Sciences Program of the
Office of Naval Research from 1962 to 1983, where he was a pioneer in
funding major university research programs in robotics, computer graphics,
and AI, among other areas. He was a co-founder of Thinking Machines Corp.
and is a Principal Research Associate of MIT's Media Lab. Denicoff is also
a published short story writer and a playwright.
MONIKA FLEISCHMANN: Artist, head of MARS (Media Arts Research Studies
program) at the GMD (German National Research Center for Information
Technology) near Bonn, Germany.
ALAN J. FRIEDMAN, Ph.D. (Physics): Director of the New York Hall of
Science, New York City's science and technology museum. He is co-author of
Einstein as Myth and Muse (Cambridge University Press, 1985). Dr. Friedman
received the 1996 Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award from
the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
STEVE GANO: Veteran computer interface designer, with a background
including Atari Lab, Apple Multimedia Lab, and Kaleida. Now head of Modular
Arts, San Francisco.
MICHAEL JOYCE: author; pioneer noted for his hypertext fiction, including
Afternoon, A Story; and educator.
PAUL PANGARO: Computer consultant, researcher with concentration in
cybernetics, and software developer. His client list includes Xerox, Lotus,
NYNEX, AT&T, and NOVA WGBH-TV, Boston.
SARA ROBERTS: Artist exhibiting electronic installations internationally,
teacher, and Director, Graduate Program in Integrated Media, California
Institute of the Arts.
PAT SABOSIK: Long career in publishing, both paper and electronic,
including the American Library Association, Booklink, America Online, and
now with Elsevier Science Inc.
Allen Sears: Program Manager, Information Technology Office, DARPA
(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).
GARY W. STRONG: Program Director, Interactive and Intermedia Technologies
Program, National Science Foundation, and Coordinator for the NSF on the
National Science and Technology Council Committee on Computing,
Information, and Communication.
CHARLES TRAUB: Educator, founder and chair, MFA Photography and Related
Media Program, School of Visual Arts, New York.
HEINZ VON FOERSTER: scientist and humanist, whose work in physics,
biology, math, computer science, cybernetics, and the humanities defies
easy categorization. His contributions as academic, researcher, writer, and
public lecturer span more than five decades.
GRAHAME WEINBREN: Artist known for his pioneering work in interactive
installations. Also an educator and active professional in film.
All speakers and arrangements subject to change without notice.
Origins | Metaphors | Spaces | Changes
