[Syndicate] Conference in Sofia, 19/20.09. - considerations

[Francesca]

this reminds me that it would be nice to
1. have reports on conferences
2. know about conferences bit more before than a couple of days

ciao
ciao
francesca


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alain Kessi" <kessi at kein.org>
To: "nettime" <nettime-l at bbs.thing.net>; "Syndicate" <syndicate at anart.no>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: [Syndicate] Conference in Sofia, 19/20.09. - "All Museums Are
Virtual"


> Hi all!
>
> You are cordially invited to the conference "All Museums Are Virtual" we
> are organizing in Sofia today and tomorrow in the context of the
> travelling medi at terra .01 festival. You can find more information on
> <http://www.cfront.org/virtual01>.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dimitrina & Alain
>
> ---------
>
> ALL MUSEUMS ARE VIRTUAL
> Public Conference with Discussions
>
> 19/20 September 2001
> at the Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Center, bul. Al. Stamboliiski 17, Sofia
>
> part of the microMuseum of medi at terra .01
> De-globalizing / Re-globalizing
> Athens >> Lavrion >> Sofia >> Belgrad >> Maribor >> Frankfurt
> (14 September-15 October)
>
>
> co-organized by the curatorial team of Communication Front and
> medi at terra, in collaboration with the Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Center,
> Sofia, and the ArtToday Foundation, Plovdiv.
>
>
> PROGRAM
>
>
> Wednesday, 19 September 2001
>
> 10:00 - 11:20 Culture of Resistance
> Lecture and discussion with Dr. Rosen Petkov
> R.P. is the president of SCAS - Students' Association for Computer Art,
> Sofia. Director of the "Computer Space" festival for computer art,
> Sofia. Teaches at the Technical University, Sofia.
>
> /ten minutes break/
>
> 11:30 - 12:50 Museum of Places
> Lecture and discussion with ass. prof. Dr. Ivaylo Ditchev
> I.D. is assistant professor of cultural history and theory at the
> University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski". Author of scientific
> articles and reviews. Author of the books "Eroticism of Authorship"
> (1992), "The Gift in the Age of Its Technical Reproducibility" (1999),
> among others.
>
> 12:50 - 14:30 Lunch break
>
> 14:30 - 15:50 The Artistic Collection in the Age of Its Digital
> (Re)Production
> Lecture and discussion with ass. prof. Dr. Irina Genova
> I.G. is art historian, researcher, critic and curator. Works at the
> Institute of Art Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Science and teaches
> at the New Bulgarian University. Author of scientific articles, reviews
> and criticism. Scientific editor, with Angel Angelov, of the compilation
> "Afterhistories of Art" (2001), which reviews the difficulties in the
> face of the history/histories of art through the debate on the "end of
> art" from the 1980ies on. Assistant professor at the New Bulgarian
> University at the Department of Cultural History.
>
> /ten minutes break/
>
> 16:00 - 17:20 My Museum - My Fortress
> Lecture and discussion with ass. prof. Dr. Svilen Stefanov
> S.S. is art historian, critic, curator, artist and writer. Teaches
> theory of contemporary art at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. Has
> curated, over the past ten years, exhibitions that have been important
> for the development of contemporary visual arts in Bulgaria. Author of
> the books "The Bulgarian Press of the 20ies (Peculiarities of Visual
> Language)" (1994) and "Cultural Dimensions of the Visual (The Dynamics
> of New Bulgarian Art)" (1998).
>
> 17:20 - 18:00 Coffee break
>
> 18:00 - 20:00 microMuseum, De-globalizing / Re-globalizing
> Medi at terra.01 International Art and Technologies Festival, Athens,
> Greece
> Maria X
> M.X. is curator, co-director of the Center for Media Art and New
> Technologies "Fournos" and the Medi at terra festival.
> Manthos Santorineos
> M.S. is the artistic director of the Medi at terra festival and director of
> the Center for Media Art and New Technologies "Fournos", Athens, Greece.
>
> 20:00 - 21:00 Cocktail
>
> 21:00 - 22:00 microMuseum, De-globalizing / Re-globalizing
> Medi at terra.01 International Art and Technologies Festival, Athens,
> Greece
> Maria X
> Manthos Santorineos
>
>
> Thursday, 20 September 2001
>
> 16:00 - 17:10 All Museums Are Virtual
> Lecture and discussion with Dimitrina Sevova and Alain Kessi
> D.S. is an artist and curator. Founder of the TED Gallery for
> contemporary art, Varna. Curator of the annual international project for
> electronic and media art and theory Communication Front, based on her
> idea and concept.
> A.K. is a journalist, media activist and theorist, and programmer.
> Curator, with Dimitrina Sevova and Emil Miraztchiev, of Communication
> Front.
>
> /ten minutes break /
>
> 17:20 - 18:30 Bulgarian Art on the Internet
> Lecture and discussion with Vladimir Petkov
> V.P. is editor-in-chief of the server for culture and art <cult.bg>.
>
> 18:30 - 19:00 Coffee break
>
> 19:00 - 20:10 Hackers Between Literature and Visual Arts
> Lecture and discussion with Yordan Efftimov
> Y.E. is a poet, theorist and critic. Senior assistant of literature
> theory at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Teaches history of
> antique literature at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". Author of
> about 30 scientific articles and over 100 reviews. Last collection of
> poems "Opera Nigra" (2001).
>
> /ten minutes break /
>
> 20:20 - 21:30 The Body As A Museum
> Lecture and discussion with Virginia Zaharieva
> V.Z. is a poet, psychoanalyst, editor-in-chief of the P.S. magazine on
> questions of gender, theory and literature, and journalist. Author of
> poetry and theoretical articles. Last collection of poems "Quadrille One
> Late Afternoon". (1996)
>
> At the last minute we receive confirmation that Dimos Dimitriou, artist
> from Athens, Greece, will be coming to the conference and hold a
> lecture. The program will be slightly modified to accommodate his
> lecture.
>
> The organizers reserve the right to change the program as published here
> for reasons that are outside their influence.
>
> Concept: Dimitrina Sevova & Alain Kessi <sevokessi at cfront.org>
>
> The curatorial team of Communication Front <http://www.cfront.org>
> Dimitrina Sevova, Alain Kessi and Emil Miraztchiev
> e-mail: <curators at cfront.org>
>
>
>


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