[-empyre-] collaboration.. Empires Ruins + Networks

["Melinda Rackham" <melindar@acmi.net.au>]

This conference coming up at Acmi  seems to  be predicated on  peer-to-peer
participation and discussion with session on models of collaboration.

How is cultural difference represented in new media and contemporary art?

EMPIRES, RUINS + NETWORKS: Art in Real Time Culture
April 2 - 4 2004, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
<http://www.acmi.net.au/empires>

EMPIRES, NETWORKS + RUINS sets out to provoke a dialogue between art and
politics. It asks artists, critics and curators to think of the place and
function of art in the contemporary world. It questions how artists can
contribute to cultural and technological change.

While the debates on art and cultural difference have been raging for
decades, current circumstances are compelling us to reframe the issues.

Drawing together an exciting mix of local and international thinkers and
artists, the emphasis of EMPIRES, NETWORKS + RUINS will be peer-to-peer
participation and discussion.  High quality presentations will open the
space for discussion, workshops and critical feedback in open forums.

You are invited to register and join the dialogue with speakers and
participants that have been drawn from around the world including North and
South America, Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe.

LIMITED CONFERENCE PLACES AVAILABLE
Book online at <http://www.acmi.net.au/empires>
Email empires@acmi.net.au <mailto:empires@acmi.net.au> for more details
Phone Bookings: 03 8663 2583
Phone Inquires: 03 8663 2426

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Full conference includes keynote address and two days of the event: Full
$375 Con $121
Friday April 2, 7.30pm

Keynote address
CRISIS IN GLOBAL CAPITAL AND THE WAR ON CULTURE
Okwui Enwezor (USA) Artistic Director, Documenta
Single ticket available only for the Keynote address: Full $18, Concession
$10

Former Director of Documenta XI and curator of the exhibition the Short
Century at the Tate gallery London. He is an international scholar and
historian who has pioneered curatorial practice on the themes of cultural
difference and globalisation.

Saturday April 3

Morning session
MAPPING FLOWS AND LINKING CLUSTERS
Lisa Reihana (Aotearoa/ New Zealand) Artist
Carlos Cappelan (Uruguay/Spain) Artist
Kendell Geers (South Africa) Artist

Afternoon session
RACIALIZED SPACES: THE WITNESS IN THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE
Stefano Boeri (Italy) Architect, Multiplicity
Simryn Gill (Australia/Malaysia) Artist
Tony Birch (Australia), Writer

Sunday April 4

Morning session
THE BURDEN OF CULTURE IN THE GLOBAL CITY
Don Bates (USA/ Australia) Architect, LAB Architecture Studio
Eddie Berg (UK), Executive Director, FACT, Liverpool
Virginia Pérez Rattón (Costa Rica) Director TEOR/éTica

Afternoon
NEW MODELS OF COLLABORATION
Ross Gibson (Australia) Research Professor of New Media & Digital Culture,
UTS.
Marina Fokidis (Greece) Director of Oxymoron Artspace, Greece.
Nikos Papastergiadis (Australia) Deputy Director. Australia Centre,
University of Melbourne.

Visit the website for more details: <http://www.acmi.net.au/empires>
LIMITED CONFERENCE PLACES AVAILABLE
Book online at <http://www.acmi.net.au/empires>

Presented by The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, the Media and
Communications Program, University of Melbourne, and the Australian Centre
for the Moving Image.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. It is an initiative
of the Australia Council's Arts in a Multicultural Australia Policy.






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