Fwd: Related Cyberarts Events
kanarinka
Women’s Caucus for Art, Boston
in collaboration with Night Visions at Lesley University
in recognition of the Cyberarts Festival
presents an afternoon and evening considering new media arts
Thursday, May 3rd, Prospect Hall, 1803 Mass Ave, Porter Square,
Cambridge, MA
3:00-5:30 PM
Local Exposure: Wall projections curated by the ICAs Carole Anne Meehan
Screenings of
Femlink: One woman artist/one video/one country (femlink.org)
Sarina Khan Reddy, With Us or Against Us (2001)
Faith Wilding, Teleoperator (2003)
5:30-7:00 PM STUDENT PANEL
A panel that explores works by students at colleges in the Boston
area who are experimenting in new media. Chaired by John C. Landry,
M.F.A. candidate in Electronic Visualization at the University of
Illinois, Chicago.
7:30-9:00 PM WOMEN AND/OF SPEED PANEL
A panel focusing on the ways in which contemporary women artists have
engaged the notion of speed in their artistic production through
subject matter and new technologies.
Bebe Beard, “Fast Women” by AstroDime Transit Authority
· A screening of excerpts from AstroDime Transit Authority’s
Fast Women and consideration of their project as a whole, by video
artist Bebe Beard.
Natasha Khandekar, The Diverse Practices of Speed: From Physical
Locative Actualities to Advanced Technologies
· An exploration of the ways in which contemporary women
artists explore speed from diverse perspectives and using a wide
array of artistic practices to achieve their goals, by
Natasha Khandekar, director of Art Interactive in Cambridge
Margaret Dolinsky, Art as a Virtual Reality on the International Grid
· A close examination of virtual reality experiences for the
fine arts being developed by women and showcased on international
test beds that utilize high end computing facilities called the Grid,
by Margaret Dolinsky, Assistant Professor and Research Scientist at
the School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Jennifer Brayton, Rapid Technological Reliance/Rapid Technological
Burnout: The Experiences of Canadian Cyberfeminism
· An outline of the real world implications of rapid
technological innovations upon PAR-L, Canada's first electronic
feminist organization, across the last 10 years, by Jennifer Brayton,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson
University.
Chaired by Cynthia Fowler, Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute
of Technology.
9:00-9:30 PM RESCREENING:WILDING, KHAN READY, AND FEMLINK
9:35 TO MIDNIGHT: PERFORMANCE ART
Shrine Keepers by Lucilda Dassardo-Cooper, L”Merchie Frazier, Ekua
Holmes, Mari Novotny-Jones, Catherine Tutter, Anna Wexler
An intermedia performance with sound and visual projections of street
shrines for young people slain in Boston
Soup by Leah Gauthier
A conceptual and relational work that consists of cooking and sharing
soup. Participants are asked to turn off their electronic devices
and enjoy a humble meal with each other.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Cynthia Fowler <fow...@wit.edu>
> Date: April 16, 2007 2:39:22 PM EDT
> To: kanarinka <kana...@ikatun.com>
> Subject: Related Cyberarts Events
>
> Hi Catherine,
> How are you? I'm attaching a flyer with information about a program
> sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art in response to the Cyberarts
> Festival. Thought you or some of your friends might be
> interested. If
> you could pass the word around, I'd be most appreciative. Hope you
> might be able to make part of the events as well.
> Cynthia
>
> ---------------------------------
> Cynthia Fowler, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Department of Humanities, Social
> Sciences and Management
> Wentworth Institute of Technology
> Phone: 617-989-4246