[-empyre-] -empyre- event in zoom space- Friday, March 19, 9:30 AM NY Time

[Renate Ferro]

-empyre- has touched down in real space at various times since 2002 but tomorrow do not miss our special zoom event.  Please register via the zoom link below. Program below.  See you all tomorrow. Renate

2021 Mini-Conference sponsored by-empyre-soft-skinned space
    and the Cornell Tinker Factory in collaboration with Lakeeren Gallery
    The Dawn of Aquarius
    Art, Intuition and Technology
    March 19, 2021, Friday 9:30 am NY Time
    
    ZOOM LINK TO REGISTER
    https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdemsrzspH9Qs924AZuHFNHHXudUcSdaA

This mini-conference will bring together a cross-disciplinary group of artists and others to consider intuition, creativity, technology and more. -empyre- soft-skinned space encourages public discourse on  networked culture and contemporary arts to consider a recent change in the astrological cycle of the stars based on the precession or tilt of the earth.  At the vernal equinox in March, the sun moves in front a different constellation of stars. The constellation of Pisces makes way for Aquarius to take front and center.  The Age of Aquarius is believed to be a moment of heightened intuition, creativity, intelligence and the 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 the public to join in listening to the curators and artists presenting but also the round table where we invite all participants to join in.  
    
    Program
    
    Opening Remarks
    9:30-9:35 am    Renate Ferro, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Arshiya Lokhandwala Mumbai, Mumbai, India
    
    9:35-9:50am 
    Jennifer Fisher, curator, Professor, York University
    "The Soul of Objects: Technologies of Intuition and Paranormal Touch"
    
    9:50-10:05am    Sheba Chhachhi, artist
    "Transition/Transformation"
    
    10:05- 10:20am    Jolene Rickard, Visual Historian, artist, curator
    "Other Than Human Relationships"
    
    10:20- 10:35am    Renate Ferro, artist, Visiting Professor Cornell University
    "Viral Technics"
    
    Break: 10:35am-10:45am
    
     10:45 am-11:00 am
     Raqs Media Collective, artists
    "Just Afterglow" 
    
    11:00 -11:15am 
    Tim Murray, Professor, Cornell University
    "Intuiting the Future of Art in the Goldsen Archive"
    
    11:15-11:30am 
    Arshiya Lokandwala, art historian, curator, and gallerist
    "Seeking Aquarius"
    
    11:30am-12:00pm 
    Round Table Conversation with all of the participants and zoom guests.
    
    Biographies
    Jennifer Fisher is a curator, writer and researcher. She is a founding member of DisplayCult, a Toronto-based curatorial collaborative. She is professor of contemporary art and curatorial studies at York University and joint editor of the Journal of Curatorial Studies. Her anthology Technologies of Intuition was published by YYZBOOKS & MAWA in 2006. 
    
    Sheba Chhachhi is a photographer, women's rights activist, writer, film-maker, and installation artist. She is based in New Delhi and has exhibited her works widely in India and internationally.
    
    Jolene Rickard is Visual Historian, an artist and curator.  She is an Associate Professor in the departments of History of Art and Art and the former Director of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program 2008-2020 (AIISP) at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Jolene is a citizen of the Tuscarora Nation (Turtle Clan), Hodinöhsö:ni Confederacy.
    
    Renate Ferro is an artist and Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  She is the curatorial moderator of -empyre- soft skinned space, the international listserv.  Her artistic work has been exhibited globally. 
    
    Raqs Media Collective was formed in the early 90s by Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta. The members of Raqs Media Collective live and work in Delhi, India. In 2001, they co-founded the Sarai program at CSDS New Delhi and ran it for a decade, where they also edited the Sarai Reader series. They have shown extensively globally,
    
    Tim Murray, a longtime member of the -empyre- moderation team, is Director of the Cornell Council for the Arts, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, and Founding Curator of the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art in the Cornell Library. He is the author of several books. 
    
    Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala is an art historian and curator and [Ph.D. Cornell University] Master’s of Arts in Curating, Goldsmith College, London], and the founding director/curator of Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India. 
    
    Companion Exhibition curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala
    The Dawn of Aquarius: A New Beginning www.lakeeren.com
    
    -empyre- soft-skinned space is a global community of new media artists, curators, theorists, producers, and others who participate in monthly thematic discussions via an e-mail listserv. -empyre-facilitates online discussion encouraging critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices, and events in networked media. Renate Ferro acts as the curatorial moderator. https://empyre.library.cornelLedu
    
    The Tinker Factory is a lab for interdisciplinary technology founded by Renate Ferro at Cornell 
    University.
    

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