Curating New Media - December 2, 2001 - Ottawa

[Claudia Westermann]

Curating New Media

Sunday December 2, 2001

A one-day public forum on the current state of new media art and its place 
in our galleries and production/distribution
centers. This event follows from recent seminars on new media curating 
co-hosted by CRUMB in England. With moderators Sara Cook of Curatorial 
Resource Upstart Media Bliss and Nina Czegledy of Critical Media.

http://www.criticalmedia.ca/
the schedule and registration info.

10:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Arts Court Theatre
2 Daly Avenue
Ottawa, Canada



            Curating New Media

            Sunday December 2, 2001, 10:00 - 5:00 p.m.
            Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa

            Registration and admission are free.



            This one-day public forum on the topic of the current state of new
            media art and its place within our galleries and
            production/distribution centers, following from recent seminars on
            new media curating co-hosted by CRUMB in England (Baltic, May
            2001; Media Centre Huddersfield, October 2001).

            The symposium represents a timely and unique opportunity to
            consider and discuss among peers from across Canada, the issues
            arising from the burgeoning field of new media, highlighting 
some of
            the fissures and opportunities that have arisen in the shifting 
ground
            between traditional, institutionally-based curatorial practice 
and new
            models less bound to specific locales. It seeks to initiate a 
dialogue
            between artists, venues, funders and audiences by defining and
            discussing relevant issues and Canadian practice.

            The event will be comprised of three sessions, centered on the key
            areas of Production, Distribution, and Consumption. Each session
            will feature 2 to 3 presentations followed by open discussion. The
            presentations will focus primarily on inclusive, overall issues of
            producing, presenting and experiencing new media in Canada and
            will be illustrated by novel approaches, practical examples and 
will
            indicate directions to take in the future. These include: the 
shifting
            relationship of art to industry the hybrid role of 
artist-curator online
            communities/local community education global network
            dissemination the changing role of museums and collections the
            creation of new media production centers in regional galleries,
            audience interactivity art and science collaborations


            The preliminary symposium schedule and speaker list is as follows:

            10:00AM TEA/COFFEE
            Introductions from Renee Baert, Nina Czegledy and Sarah Cook

            10:30 ˆ 12:15 PRODUCTION
            Nichola Feldman-Kiss (artist, Ottawa)
            Michelle Kasprzak (artist and co-curator of year.01, Toronto)
            Catherine Richards (artist, Ottawa)

            12:15 - 13:45 LUNCH BREAK

            13:45 ˆ 15:00 DISTRIBUTION
            Kathleen Pirrie-Adams (Interaccess Gallery, Toronto)
            Skawennati Tricia Fragnito (independent curator, cyberpowwow,
            Montreal)

            15:00 - 15:20 TEA/COFFEE BREAK

            15:20 - 16:50 CONSUMPTION
            Jean Gagnon (Fondation Daniel Langlois, Montreal)
            Liane Davison (Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC)
            And speaker TBA

            16:50 - 17:00
            CONCLUDING REMARKS
            Sarah Cook and Nina Czegledy



            Reservations:
            Ottawa Art Gallery: 613-233-8699, ext. 221
            Or sarah.e.cook at sunderland.ac.uk

            Attendance at the symposium is free, but spaces are limited.

            The symposium is preceded on Saturday evening from 8 p.m. to 11
            p.m. by an ŒInformation Technology and Art‚ e-lounge event at the
            old City Registry Building on Nicholas St. (corner Daly). For more
            information visit www.itac.ca.

            http://www.itac.ca/itandart

            This symposium is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts
            and the
            National Gallery of Canada Research Fellowship Programme.