[-empyre-] "Archiving New Media Art: Ephemerality, and/or Sustainability." curatorial approach

[Johannes Birringer]

dear all

this just came in from a graduate student, and you might like to hear about it and pass it on, it seems to touch upon our subject, and Patrick's interesting warning voice,  in a nice way.  I adore the way curators talk about antiquated concepts/data of the human. 


<< Post-Human//Future Tense>> 

Exhibition Dates: 
November 1st - December 17th
Exhibition Space: 
Columbia College Chicago, Arcade Gallery, 618 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Jurors: 
Jason Salavon (UofC)
John Manning (SAIC)
Melissa Potter (Columbia College Chicago)

As we enter an era where humanness is becoming an antiquated
consideration, what will humanism be in the future of cybernetics, networked
communications, artificial media saturation and synthetic biology?
Post-Human//Future Tense explores this concept, academically referred to
As Post-Humanism, through the lens of current graduate students, a contingent
who has the unique experience of developing their craft alongside the
current technological push. Through the exploration of where technological
advancements and digital progress will take society, Post-Human//Future
Tense awakens a deeper understanding of what it means to be alive today.

CALL FOR ARTWORK
Eligibility: You must be a currently enrolled graduate student in a
Post-Baccelaureate, MA, MFA, or PHD program to be considered for this
exhibition. Post-Human//Future Tense is accepting artworks including, but
not limited to sculpture, installation, painting, digital video works,
film, interdisciplinary pieces and performance works. We are looking for work
that explores the concept of a "contemporary post-human condition" or the role
of the human body (or lack of role) in a society enmeshed in technology.
Artwork Deadline: October 11th, 2010.  Full submission details available
at: http://bit.ly/9MiZbB

CALL FOR PAPERS 
Post-Human // Future Tense is also currently accepting submissions of
scholarly papers that deal with the Post-Human, again, you must be a
currently enrolled graduate student to be considered for this opportunity.
Writings could consider, but in no way are limited to: What is the role of
embodiment in a Post-Human Society? How will Post-Humanism affect the
discourse of contemporary art? Will a Post-Human society have  any use for
art at all? Were the early seeds of Post-Humanism planted in the reductive
absurdism of the high  modern? Does technology actually ENHANCE humanism
by bringing the world closer together, allowing for  shared ideas,
communication, and societal democratization? Papers deadline: October
15th