Media Release
For immediate release
November 22, 2005
Banff New Media Institute launches webcast for Refresh! conference on new media art, science, technology
In late September, more than 200 new media practitioners from around the world gathered at the Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) at The Banff Centre for the first Refresh! international conference on the history of media art, science, and technology. Today marks the launch of an educational resource for new media artists, researchers, historians and students across the globe — access to the Refresh! conference online:
www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/programs/archives/2005/refresh/
Visit this comprehensive archive to watch and listen to discussion on the relationship between new media and the disciplines of art history, anthropology, computing sciences, media studies, and other intercultural contexts.
The webcast includes the inaugural Rudolf Arnheim lecture, by curator and art historian Sarat Maharaj, honouring the crucial role of Rudolf Arnheim in the history and theory of the interaction of art, science, and new technologies. Catch London-based writer and curator Jasia Reichardt on the evolution of computer-based art, and the development of electronic sculpture, art robots, and environments. Watch Andreas Broeckmann, director of the transmediale festival for art and digital culture in Berlin, present on the effect of the machine on creative thinking, and Edward Shanken, professor of art history and media theory at the Savannah College of Art and Design, address methodologies for analyzing the role of science and technology in the history of art. Find out what Michael Century and Sheila Petty had to say on the transition between analog and digital technologies within the institution, and the issue of race in “cybertheory.”
The Refresh! conference was hosted by BNMI, Leonardo / ISAST, and the Database for Virtual Art and was generously supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, Goethe-institute, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Villa Vigoni, UNESCO DigiArts, INTEL, and ITAU Cultural.
Refresh! is one of the flagship events of the 10th anniversary celebration of BNMI, marking a decade of work by inspired artists, producers and researchers. As BNMI looks to the next 10 years, it will continue to engage in research, development, training, and the exploration of broader social, political and cultural issues, informing new media in its many contexts.
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