[-empyre-] Welcome Patrick Lichty

[Renate Ferro]

Many thanks to Christina McPhee for being a guest moderator during the month
of March and leading the discussion, How a Field Becomes Visible.
Christina is a long time collaborator and friend of -empyre- and we really
appreciate her willingness to moderate this past month. Thanks Christina!

Tim and I would  like to welcome Patrick Lichty who has agreed to join the
empyre moderating team.  It was great to catch up with Patrick at the
College Art Association this past February and we are thrilled that he has
agreed to host this month.  His commitment and interests to  conceptual art,
curating, and media activism will provide the impetus for many future months
discussions.  Patrick a warm welcome to you from the -empyre- community and
thank you for agreeing to join the moderator's team.

Patrick's biography is below.  He will be introducing this month's
discussion and guests later today, Reemergence of the Augment.

Patrick Lichty (b.1962)  is a technologically-based conceptual artist,
writer, independent curator, animator for the activist group, The Yes Men,
and Executive Editor of Intelligent Agent Magazine. He began showing
technological media art in 1989, and deals with works and writing that
explore the social relations between us and media. Venues in which Lichty
has been involved with solo and collaborative works include the TED
Conference, Whitney & Turin Biennials, Maribor Triennial, Performa
Performance Biennial, Ars Electronica, and the International Symposium on
the Electronic Arts (ISEA).

He also works extensively with virtual worlds, including Second Life, and
his work, both solo and with his performance art group, Second Front, has
been featured in Flash Art, Eikon Milan, and ArtNews.

He is also an Assistant Professor of Interactive Arts & Media at Columbia
College Chicago.

Best Wishes to all of you,
Renate and Tim



Renate Ferro and Tim Murray
-empyre- soft skinned space
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