Stephen Wilson in Toronto

[Beatrice Beaubien]

pssssst,,, pass it on....

______________________

Artists Influencing the Direction of Science

Interactive Arena Presents a Discussion With Stephen Wilson
Monday, April 15

The Canadian Film Centre's Interactive Arena presents a discussion on the
intersections of art, science and technology with author/artist Stephen
Wilson.  In his latest book, Information Arts (MIT Press, 2001), Wilson
surveys artists, theorists and researchers working in advanced fields 
such
as biology, medicine, physics, artificial life, telepresence, body 
sensors,
artificial intelligence and information systems.

Wilson proposes that a new breed of contemporary artists can engage 
science
and technology not just to adopt the vocabulary and gizmos, but to 
explore
and comment on the content, agendas and possibilities. Thus, the artist 
can
be an active partner in determining the direction of research.

Artists Influencing the Direction of Science
Monday, April 15, 2002 at 6:30pm
Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street, Toronto
Tickets: $12 general public / $10 DX members & Film Centre alumni / $6
students & seniors
Info: 416-216-2160 / info at cdnfilmcentre.com

Head of the Conceptual/Information Arts program at San Francisco State
University, Wilson's interactive installations and performances have been
shown at galleries worldwide including SIGGRAPH, CHI, NCGA and Ars
Electronica.  His computer mediated artworks probe issues such as World 
Wide
Web and telecommunications, artificial intelligence and robotics, 
hypermedia
and the structure of information, biological and environmental sensing, 
and
synthetic voice.  He was also artist in resident at Xerox PARC and NTT
Research labs.

Wilson's published works include three books: Using Computers to Create 
Art
(Prentice Hall, 1986), Multimedia Design With HyperCard (Prentice Hall,
1991), and Worldwide Design Guide (Hayden, 1995).  Select articles
include:  Dark & Light Vision,  Artist as Researcher, Interactive Art
and Cultural Change, and  The Aesthetics and Practice of Designing
Interactive Events.

Interactive Arena is a monthly series exploring the converging worlds of
design, new media and technology by bringing to Toronto some of the most
innovative and influential thinkers at work today in international new
media.  Interactive Arena is presented by the Canadian Film Centre's 
h at bitat
in partnership with founding sponsor DXNet and patrons Holmes and Lee and
Shift.

For more info visit 
<http://www.interactivearena.ca>http://www.interactivearena.ca
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 2675 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://tekspost.no/mailman/private/syndicate/attachments/20020408/1e98c898/attachment-0001.bin>