[csaa-forum] FW: Urban Screens: REGISTRATION REMINDER

[Jean Burgess]

Dear colleagues,

Forwarded by request

enquiries: Elodie.Hodgkins at fedsquare.com

Cheers
Jean


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Urban Screens Melbourne 08


Mobile Publics Conference October 3-5 2008

Connected Communities Multimedia Program October 3-8 2008
Federation Square Melbourne



USM08 will present an integrated conference program, 'Mobile Publics', in the BMW Edge Theatre and an outdoor multimedia program, 'Connected Communities', involving mobile projections, VJ sets, live streaming, video and animation programs, audiovisual performances and interactives, all utilizing Fed Square's extensive screen infrastructure.


The Mobile Publics conference explores a range of new pressures and possibilities that are generated as city life is transformed by digital technology. Large screen precincts offer dynamic examples of emergent relations between media, architecture and urban space, between art and everyday life, between local and global cultures. The conference will promote new multi-disciplinary frameworks for understanding innovative public uses of technology, media and art in contemporary cities.

 Guest speakers from Australia, Japan, Korea, Germany, Netherlands, Taiwan, UK, and USA will address the following key themes:

    * the growing role of urban screens in shaping the ambiance of contemporary public space, and the new forms of agency created by media-dense environments
    * future directions in mobile and screen media, and the potential of novel interfaces to support new modes of social interaction and community building
    * the function of public art in positioning strategies for creative cities, and the capacity of large screen precincts to serve as focal points in urban regeneration projects
    * the emergence of new forms of cross-cultural exchange and the construction of transnational public spheres.


A range of Mobile Publics conference packages are open for registration at: http://www.urbanscreens08.net/registration

Please note that single tickets ($25 and $20 student/concession per session) to keynote lectures may be purchased online at http://www.urbanscreens08.net/registration
Limited tickets may be available at the door 30 minutes prior to start times


Conference Program

Keynote lectures:

Friday October 3 at 6pm BMW Edge, Federation Square


Saskia Sassen, (Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, and Member, The Committee on Global Thought, at Columbia University): New Frontiers of Global Space: Heavy Metal/Fuzzy Logic

Professor Sassen's lecture will be followed by the launch of the 'Connected Communities' multimedia exhibition
Saturday October 4 at 4.45pm BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square


Aaron Tan, (Director Research Architecture Design, Hong Kong): 'Beyond Praxis'

Dr Andreas Broeckmann, (International Curator): 'Intimate Publics: Memory, Performance, and Spectacle in Urban Environments'

Panel sessions:



Art, Technology and Public Space (Saturday October 4, 10am-11.50am)
Chair: Professor Sean Cubitt (University of Melbourne)
Speakers:
Dr Melinda Rackham (Director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology): 'our space'
Dr Yoshitaka Mori (Tokyo University of the Arts): 'Mobile Technology Culture and the Emergence of "Mobile" Subjectivities'
Dr Andreas Broeckmann: 'Test Cases for the Public Sphere. Recent Projects by Knowbotic Research'


Urban Screens and Public Space Broadcasting: A New Public Sphere? (Saturday October 4, 2pm - 3.50pm)
Chair: Assoc Professor Scott McQuire (University of Melbourne)
Speakers:
Jan Schuijren (curator of Contemporary Art Screen Zuidas in Amsterdam): 'CASZ | 362 days | 6516 hours | 219 artists showing 527 works | and counting'
Mike Gibbons (Head of Live Events London 2012): 'Live Sites UK'
Yann Le Bellégo (Sales Director, Barco Media, Asia Pacific): 'Barco Media & Entertainment - LED applications'


Strategies for Urban Regeneration (Sunday October 5, 10am-11.50am)
Chair: Dr Audrey Yue (University of Melbourne)
Speakers:
Professor Leon van Schaik AO (Architecture, Innovation Chair, RMIT Melbourne): 'Spatial Intelligence'
Mirjam Struppek (President of the International Urban Screens Association):'Urban Screens as a Communication Medium in the Process of Regeneration'
Patrick Fox (Manager of the tenantspin project at FACT, Liverpool): 'tenantspin - A Case Study'


Cross-Cultural Public Networks (Sunday October 5, 2pm-3.50pm)
Chair: Professor Nikos Papastergiadis (University of Melbourne)
Speakers:
Manray Hsu (curator of the 2008 Taipei Biennial): '2008 Taipei Biennial: A Case Study'
Professor Ien Ang (ARC Fellow, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney): 'diverCities: A Global Collaboration Space for Intercultural Dialogue'
Soh-Yeong Roh (Director of Art Center Nabi in Seoul): 'The City as Open Creative Platform'


Full program and speaker details are available at http://www.urbanscreens08.net/conference-2008

Urban Screens Melbourne 08 (USM08) is brought to you by Fed Square Pty Ltd, in association with the University of Melbourne and the International Urban Screens Association.

Enquiries: Elodie Hodgkins
Ph +61 3 9655 1952 | Fax +61 3 9663 3652
Email: Elodie.Hodgkins at fedsquare.com







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