[-empyre-] SPECIAL -smpyre- EVENT VIA ZOOM, MARCH 19TH, 2021

[Renate Ferro]

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The Dawn of Aquarius: Mini-Conference via zoom
Friday, March 19th, 9:30am EST NY, USA / 8:00pm IST Mumbai, India

Zoom Link to Register https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdemsrzspH9Qs924AZuHFNHHXudUcSdaA

The -empyre- global community has moved from the virtual space of the net to real space by supporting several special projects over its history. It was featured as part of documenta 12's Magazine Project; the Anderson Art Ranch in Snowmass, Colorado; City Light Books, San Francisco; Exit Art, New York City; The Centre Pompidou, Paris; ISEA (International Symposium for Electronic Arts) Istanbul, Turkey and Hong Kong; and HASTAC, Lima, Peru; and STWST and Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria.  

-empyre- is thrilled to utilize the Cornell Zoom platform via the NET to deliver this event. The three-hour mini-conference will feature a cross-disciplinary group of presenters with broad participant discussion. For Schedule please see the attached .pdf

-empyre- soft-skinned space and the Tinker Factory, Cornell University collaborate with curator, Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala and the Lakeeren Gallery, to host an online Zoom mini-conference, The Dawn of Aquarius: Art, Intuition and Technology. 

The Covid pandemic has tested the technologies of health and safety.  This has been simultaneously compounded by an environment of rising international tides of political and social unrest.  Additionally, the precarity and health of our environment defined by changing temperatures driving natural disasters, food and water shortages, and economic fragility have influenced social and political spheres. In early 2021, an astrological change shifted the cycle of the stars based on the precession or tilt of the earth.  

This movement from the Piscean Age to that of Aquarius invites heightened intuition, creativity, intelligence and a moment when we collectively as humanity care for our planet, its bio-diversity, ecology and all sentient life. Since the Age of Aquarius is about collective community and communication, we extend this invitation to join us as we respond to the world through cross-disciplinary perspectives. How can we as artists, academics, technologists, and theoreticians consider the zones between intuition, art and technology to consider the future. 
 
Guests include: 
Raqs Media Collective 
             artist’s collective-Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata
             Sengupta, Delhi, India
Jennifer Fisher
             professor, curator, York University, Toronto, Canada
Jolene Rickard
             Visual Historian, artist, curator, Associate Professor, Cornell University
Tim Murray
             writer, curator, Professor, Cornell University
Sheba Chhachhi
 	artist, activist, New Delhi, India
Arshiya Lokandwal, 
              Art historian, curator, founder Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India 
Renate Ferro
           artist, Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University

Sponsors:
 -empyre- soft-skinned space http://empyre.library.cornell.edu
the global community of new media artists, curators, theorists, producers, and others who participate in monthly thematic discussions via an e-mail listserv

Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India www.lakeeren.com

The Tinker Factory, Cornell University 
a lab for cross-disciplinary art, technology and research 

Organizers:  
Renate Ferro, Visiting Associate Professor of Art, Cornell University
Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala, gallerist and founder Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India
Cornell PhD, Art History 2012

CONTACT:          Renate Ferro  rferro at cornell.edu
                             Or Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala lakeeren at gmail.com


 



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