Syndicate: MASS '98 - Media Art Symposium Stockholm

[Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@v2.nl>]

From: fredrik snellman <fredrik.snellman@kultur98.stockholm.se>

MASS '98 - Media Art Symposium Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden, December 7-11

MASS '98 - Media Art Symposium Stockholm takes place during five days in
December. MASS '98 includes a three-day symposium with internationally
renowned scholars, critics, curators and artists; two days of intensive
workshops; presentations of leading media art organisations.
	The symposium is organised under three themes: Media, Distribution and
Reception; exploring the production practices of new media, the
distribution requirements and possibilities of new media technology, and
the challenges new media technology makes on art and society.
	Leading artists, curators and researchers in interdisciplinary fields
will lecture on such topics as Art and Interactivity, the History of Media
Arts, Immersive Technologies, New Media Technology and Museology, Curating
Media Art, Art on CD-ROM, the Sociology of  Technology, Hypertext. There
will be intensive workshops in Radio on the Internet, Curating on the
Internet, Curating Media Art and Non-Linear Storytelling.  In the evenings
there will be guest presentations by the leading international organisation
s Ars Electronica, Linz, ZKM/Zentrum Fur Kunst Und Medietechnologie,
Karlsruhe, ICC/Intercommunication Center, Tokyo and CAIIA/Centre for
Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, Wales.



Speakers
Roy Ascott
Dir. and founder of CAIIA/Center for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive
Arts
Media: 'History of Media Arts'

Tony Bennett
Curator; writer; Professor, Open University, UK
Distribution: 'New Museology'

Wiebe E Bijker
Prof. & Dir. of Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and
Modern culture
Reception: 'Sociology of Technology'

Char Davies
Immersive technology artist
Media: 'Immersive Technologies - A presentation of Osmose and
Ephemere'

Timothy Druckrey
Independent critic, curator and writer
Distribution: 'Challenges and Developments'

Anne-Marie Duguet
Director of the Sorbonne Center of Aesthetic Research of Cinema and
Audiovisual Arts
Media: 'Video'

Lars O Ericsson
Critic; Professor, Dept. of Philosophy,
Stockholm University
Reception: 'Aesthetics'

Erkki Huhtamo
Professor of Media studies at the University
of Lappland
Distribition: 'Curating'

Martin Jay
Writer; Professor, Dept. of History, UCLA
Reception: 'Vision & History'

Heidi Grundmann
Editor of Austrian Kunstradio - Radiokunst
Media: 'Radio'

Perry Hoberman
Installation and performance artist; teacher at School of Visual Arts, New
York
Media: 'Art & Interactivity'

Hans Peter Schwarz
Director of ZKM Media Museum Karlsruhe
Distribution: 'Media museum'

Astrid Sommer
Editor of Artintact  CD-ROM magazine,  ZKM Center for Art & Media
Distribution: 'Art on CD-ROM'

Jennifer Terry
Ph. D. in History of Consciousness, UCLA
Reception: 'Gender/Technology'

Benjamin Weil
Ada Web-gallery; Dir. of New Media, ICA, London
Distribution: 'Exhibiting on the Net'



Programme 7- 11 december


Symposium
Monday 7 December: Media
The first day of the symposium explores developments in the production
practises of media art. Topics include: History of Media Art, Immersive
Technologies, Video, Radio, Hypertext, Art and Interactivitity.

Tuesday 8 December: Distribution
The second day addresses the challenges new media technology places on the
traditional institutions and distribution channels for art. Topics include:
 Challenges and Developments of Media Art, Exhibitions on the Internet,
Curating Media Art, Museology and New Media Technology, and Art on CD-ROM.

Wednesday 9 December: Reception
The final day of the symposium explores the effects new media technology
has on aesthetics, vision, politics, place and science. Topics include:
Vision and History, Gender and Technology, Architecture, Aesthetics,
Politics and New Media Technology, the Sociology of Technology.



Workshops
Thursday 10 December: Radio on the Internet
Taking Austrian KUNSTRADIO as a point of departure, this workshop will
cover the potential of radio on the Internet.
Conductor: Heidi Grundmann

Thursday 10 December: Curating on the Internet
How does the Net differ from the museum? What is the role of the curator
in curating on the Internet? What are the new problems/new opportunities?
Conductor:  Not yet confirmed

Friday 11 December: Curating Media Art
Can traditional institutions handle the economic and technical aspects of
media art; can media art be confined within the limits of traditional art
contexts?
Conductor: Timothy Druckrey

Friday 11 December: Non-Linear Storytelling
How does new technology influence storytelling? What narrative structures
are enabled by crossing literature with technology? What are the platforms
of production and distribution for hypertext writing?
Conductor: Not yet confirmed



Presentations & Exhibition
Presentations of major international media centers. Open to the public.
7 Dec: ZKM/Zentrum Fur Kunst Und Medietechnologie, Karlsruhe
8 Dec: Ars Electronica, Linz
9 Dec: CAIIA/Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, Wales
10 Dec: ICC/Intercommunication Center, Tokyo

MASS =9198 will be accompanied by an exhibition of media art. Open to the
public.



Time & Place
7 - 11 Dec 1998
Symposium: 10:00 - 17:15
Workshops: 10:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 -16:00
Presentations: 18:00 - 20:00
Lunch: 12:00

MASS '98 will take place at Heaven Conference Center in central Stockholm (
Kungsgatan 65)



Application
Fill in the application form and send it by mail or fax to:
MASS '98, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe 1998,
Box 16398, SE-103 27 Stockholm, Sweden
Fax: +46-8-698 19 99
Applications can also be made through our Web-site:
www.mass98.com
Group reservations: contact MASS '98.
The application is valid when the application fee is paid. You will
recieve a confirmation when the application fee is registered on our
account.
Sweden: PG 439 04 26-7
Foreign:	Payments should be made to our account with
	POSTGIRO SWEDEN SE-105 06 STOCKHOLM
	SWIFT-address: PG SISESS
	Account holder: Stockholm-Europas Kulturhuvudstad 1998
	Account number: 439 04 26-7
Please write the name of the applicants and state that the payment
concerns
MASS '98.

Payments must be made before 20 November.


Application fee
Symposium
3 days: 2750.- SEK /pers.
1 day: 1500.- SEK/pers.
Students:
3 days: 500.- SEK/pers. (student applications must be accompanied by
motivation).
Fees include entrance to the symposium, presentations, exhibition, lunches
and coffee.

Workshops
625.- SEK /pers. for each workshop
Students:
300.- SEK/pers. for each workshop (student applications must be
accompanied by  motivation).
Lunch is not included. The number of participants for the workshops are
limited. Do not make payment until you have received a confirmation.



Accomodation
For participants requiring accomodation in Stockholm during the event,
MASS '98 recommends Hotellcentralen, +46 -8-789 24 25, for advance
reservations of hotel rooms in Stockholm (free of charge). The average
price for hotel rooms is 1000.- SEK/night.
MASS '98 will arrange with reservations of hotel rooms if bookings is made
before 14 November. Use the enclosed "Hotel Service" form.



Further information
MASS '98, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe
Box 16398, SE-103 27 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46-8-698 1998, Fax: +46-8-698 1999
mass@kultur98.stockholm.se
www.mass98.com (release in November)


MASS '98 Organisational Staff
Carin Fischer: President and Secretary General
Beate Sydhoff: Program Director
Bo-Erik Gyberg: Programme Coordinator Film/IT/Media
Anette Ericsson: Programme Secretary IT/Media
Johan Abrahamsson: Project Manager Media Art
Fredrik Snellman: Producer MASS '98
Anna-Sofia Axelsson: Project Assistant
MASS '98 Initiators and Programme Consultants:
Helene Bostrom & Janet Colletti

The language for the symposium is English.
The programme is subject to change.