[node-l] Curating conference, 24th Sep, Liverpool

[Beryl Graham]

Real-time: Showing art in the age of new media
One-day conference as part of the Abandon Normal Devices festival 23-27 
September 2009

Thursday 24th September 2009. 9:30am-4:30pm.
The Art and Design Academy, Liverpool John Moores University,
Duckinfield Street, Off Brownlow Hill, Liverpool

Showing time-based art is very different to showing art objects. But 
how is art which uses the Internet, interactivity, social systems, or 
real-time computing different from video, live art, or performance? 
Rather than progressing along a smooth curve of development, art 
practices ‘other’ than those traditionally supported by the mainstream 
often seem to lurch along a rollercoaster-like path from avant-gardism 
to hyperbole, rejection to appropriation. New and emerging forms of 
art, such as online art, can go from being cutting edge to 
out-of-fashion shockingly quickly, without ever establishing the 
longevity necessary to garner a critical vocabulary and appreciation 
around the work. Which histories, whether from the field of art or 
technology, could inform the life-cycle of 'art after new media'? Which 
histories might allow for a more reflective approach to newly emergent 
forms of art, and could help viewers with short-attention spans to see 
beyond the hype?

This one-day conference aims to share the knowledge of those involved 
in exhibition practices beyond the object of art, and asks, should we 
abandon ‘normal’ curating practices, or adapt these modes to integrate 
‘the new’? This event draws experts and researchers from the fields of 
art making, curating, history and criticism to confront the slippery 
question of time -- including the timelines of production, of showing, 
and of participation.
Speakers and workshop leaders include:

-Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance 
Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
-Gavin Wade, director of Eastside Projects in Birmingham.
-Mark Nash, Head of Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the 
Royal College of Art (TBC).
-Franz Thalmair, co-founder of CONT3XT.NET collaborative curatorial 
group in Vienna with Michael Kargl (aka carlos katastrofsky) and Sabine 
Hochrieser.
-Kelli Dipple, Curator, Intermedia, at Tate Modern in London.

Tickets £18.50/ £15.50 to be purchased from http://shop.fact.co.uk/
For updates of the programme check http://www.andfestival.co.uk
For more info contact hello at andfestival.org.uk

This event is a collaboration for AND between CRUMB the resource for 
curators of new media art, and Charlie Gere of University of Lancaster. 
CRUMB has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research 
Council, and Arts Council England.


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Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
Ashburne House, Ryhope Road
Sunderland
SR2 7EE
Tel: +44 191 515 2896    Fax: +44 191 515 2132
Email: beryl.graham at sunderland.ac.uk

CRUMB web resource for new media art curators
http://www.crumbweb.org