[-empyre-] Welcome to Alan Sondheim

[Renate Terese Ferro]

Dear -empyreans, 

It is with great pleasure I introduce our moderator for this open month of empyre Alan Sondheim.  Alan is a new media artist, theorist, musician, writer, and performer concerned with issues of violence, virtuality, and the stake that the real world has in the virtual. His most recent cd, with Azure Carter and Luke Damrosch, is LIMIT, based in the inconceivability of time reversal. His 3d printed distorted avatars are currently in a show in Spain; his writing, videos and soundwork are available widely. He has co-moderated -empyre- (with Sandy Baldwin and Johannes Berringer) on topics of Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual; and Absolute Terror, ISIS, and Performance.

The election of the Donald Trump has sent shockwaves across the arts, media, and cultural global landscape not to mention the political one. Many of us who live in upstate New York and beyond have spent many hours organizing, attending political rally’s and marches, writing and calling our representatives.  In two days, March 8th, International Women’s Day, many women will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of economic solidarity. In solidarity women artists at Cornell are hosting an exhibition of work donating the proceeds to Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Advocacy Center.  Amidst the gut wrenching news that we tune into daily, good things are happening and will continue to do so despite the circumstances.

Looking forward to what each of you have to say both near and far. 
Warmly,  Renate  

Renate Ferro
Visiting Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Art
Tjaden Hall 306
rferro at cornell.edu








On 3/6/17, 9:22 PM, "Renate Terese Ferro" <rferro at cornell.edu> wrote:

>Welcome to March  2017 on –empyre soft-skinned space
>Moderated by Alan Sondheim (US) and Renate Ferro (US) 
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>Open Call to our subscribers. 
>The Global Trump Effect: Culture, Arts,Humanities and More at Risk
>Week 1: March 6
>Week 2: March 13
>Week 3: March 27
>Week 4: March 27
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>On January 20th the presidential candidate Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States.  In over a month Trump has revised policies that have affected global politics, the
>environment, health, security and so much more. During the month of February we will take time talk about the rippling global effects that these policies have had on global culture, arts, humanities
>and so much more. In lieu of any invited guests we open this month up to all –empyre- subscribers and encourage them to post freely.
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>Biographies are listed below.
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>Moderator’s Biography:
>Alan Sondheim (US) is a new media artist, theorist, musician, writer, and performer concerned with issues of violence, virtuality, and the stake that the real world has in the virtual. His most recent cd, with Azure Carter and Luke Damrosch, is LIMIT, based in the inconceivability of time reversal. His 3d printed distorted avatars are currently in a show in Spain; his writing, videos and soundwork are available widely. He has co-moderated -empyre- (with Sandy Baldwin and Johannes Berringer) on topics of Pain, Suffering, and Death in the Virtual; and Absolute Terror, ISIS, and Performance.
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>Renate Ferro’s (US) creative work resides within the areas of emerging technology, new media and culture. Her artistic work has been featured at the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), The Freud Museum (London), The Dorksy Gallery (NY), The Hemispheric Institute and FOMMA (Mexico), and The Janus Pannonius Muzeum (Hungary). Ferro is a Visiting Associate Professor of Art at Cornell University.  She has been on the moderating team of -empyre- soft-skinned space since 2007 and is currently the managing moderator.
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>Renate Ferro
>Visiting Associate Professor
>Director of Undergraduate Studies
>Department of Art
>Tjaden Hall 306
>rferro at cornell.edu
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