Mon 23 August 2010
13:00–14:30h
Volkshochschule Dortmund, L 103

Moderated by Lioudmila Voropai (de)

1. 13:00h | Anita McKeown (gb): Diggers and Dreamers of the 21st Century. Creative Commons, Open Source and Digital Folklore
2. 13:25h | Joelle Dietrick (us): Flexibility After Destined Death
3. 13:50h | Edward A. Shanken (us/nl): Contemporary Art and New Media. Toward a Hybrid Discourse
4. 14:15h | Liesbeth Huybrechts (be): The Role of Risky Objects in an Internet of Things

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | P7 Theory and History of Media Art II (PDF, 251.05 KB)

Anita McKeown (gb)

Diggers and Dreamers of the 21st Century. Creative Commons, Open Source and Digital Folklore

The proposed paper considers the potential of FLOSS in conjunction with Creative Commons and copy left licensing as a 21st Century common land. The paper will outline the importance of common land for the production of an expressive culture that celebrates and enshrines the values of the communities in question and not merely a utopian dream.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | Diggers and Dreamers of the 21st Century. Creative Commons, Open Source and Digital Folklore (PDF)

Anita McKeown is Creative Director of ASU and an interdisciplinary artist living and working in South London. Her current research considers the potential of artists interventions to develop and sustain public intimacy with place and how technology can be contribute to this process.

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Joelle Dietrick (us)

Flexibility After Destined Death

This paper developed out of my attraction to painting-digital hybrids and my frustration with antiquated structures inhospitable to media flexibility. I’ve organized the paper in that order— first, as a survey of best practices, followed by thoughts on structures that allow innovative experimentation with traditional and digital media to thrive.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | Flexibility After Destined Death (PDF)

Joelle Dietrick develops two-dimensional and time-based artworks that consider contemporary nomadism and 21st century power structures. She completed a BFA in Painting at Penn State and an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego.

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Edward Shanken (us/nl)

Contemporary Art and New Media. Toward a Hybrid Discourse

The paper will: 1) analyse the relationship between new media art and mainstream contemporary art; 2) discuss why the two have emerged as separate and distinct fields of practice and discourse; 3) reveal fundamental similarities between them; and 4) argue for greater contiguity between them. The goal of the article is to establish grounds for a rapprochement between these fields as related forms of artistic production that are part of larger cultural formations emerging since the mid-1990s.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | Contemporary Art and New Media. Toward a Hybrid Discourse (PDF)

Edward Shanken writes and teaches about the entwinement of art, science, and technology with a focus on interdisciplinary practices involving new media. He edited Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology and Consciousness (California, 2003) and authored Art and Electronic Media (Phaidon, 2009).

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Liesbeth Huybrechts (be)

The Role of Risky Objects in an Internet of Things

A growing amount of designers want to create mediating objects that contribute to a participatory relation between people and space, often referred to as locative media or Internet of Things (IOT) applications. Literature, expert interviews and cases in the framework of my Ph.D. research in the field of Cultural Studies suggest that risky objects offer a good framework for designers of IOT applications, since they trigger a kind of sociality which fits well in the definition of participatory culture.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | Contemporary Art and New Media. Toward a Hybrid Discourse (PDF)

Liesbeth Huybrechts is doing a Ph.D. research in Cultural Studies (KULeuven) on the use of new media as risky objects in participatory design and art projects. She is research coordinator of socialspaces (Media, Arts & Design Fac. Genk), exploring the social potential of art, design, new media.

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