ignite2001: digital programme

ignite2001:digital programme
Moving Image Centre presents:
IGNITE DIGITAL SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOPS

THE SYMPOSIUM
The ignite2001 Digital Symposium will include a panel of international experts exploring digital media within performance and exhibition. Practitioners, researchers and critics will present portfolios of work with an emphasis on showing key examples of innovative practice.
This forum is open to anyone but of particular interest to those working in the fields of digital technology including web site design, live\performance, web casting, digital video production, digital installation and CD authoring.

Schedule
Saturday 9th June, Alberts, The Edge. $50/40

10.00 - 10.15am
Deborah Lawler-Dormer
Director of the Moving Image Centre, Introduction and Welcome

10.15 - 11.15am: Keynote Address
Mike Stubbs
Supported by the British Council. Mike Stubbs is a Curator, artist and Senior Research Assistant from University of Dundee, Scotland. Encompassing film, video, mixed-media installations and performance, his work has been commissioned across Britain and broadcast internationally.

A presentation of recent developments and artistic projects in the UK involving digital installation. Artists will include Granular Synthesis and a wealth of projects which have been staged at Hull-time-Based Arts where Mike was the founding Director some 13 years ago.. Mike’s work The River, a triple-projection video-installation will be exhibited at the Moving Image Centre’s gallery from 5th June.

11.15 - 11.45am
Sean Cubitt
Sean Cubitt will examine issues concerning the field of digital aesthetics. He will highlight the work of several net artists. Sean is Professor and Chair at the Screen and Media Studies, Waikato University. He was previously Professor of Media Arts at Liverpool John Moores University, England. His books include Timeshift: On Video Culture, Videography: Video Media as Art and Culture, Digital aesthetics and Simulation and Social Theory. He is currently working on a book on special effects cinema for MIT Press and co-editing The Third Text Reader and a collection on postcolonial science fiction.

11.45am - 12.15pm
Sean Kerr
One of NZ’s most prolific interactive artists in recent years, Sean will be profiling his work and some of the challenges faced when working within a gallery context. In addition he will be addressing some of the curatorial projects that he has recently presented. Sean is Lecturer in Digital media at Massey University School of Art and Design in Wellington. His work is currently on show at the City Gallery, Wellington.

12.15 - 1.30pm lunch

1.30 - 2.30pm: Keynote Address
Living in Mixed Realities
Monika Fleischmann and Wolfgang Strauss
MARS - Exploratory Media Lab GMD - Institute for Media Communication, Germany. Supported by Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes Wellington
What does it mean to live, play and work in a world shaped and perceived through digital media, networks and architectures of real-virtual space? The development of complex communication spaces, life environments and economic models is an interplay of technical, social, and artistic forces - Mixed Realities of Art, Science and Technology.

The design of a Mixed Reality Architecture, which connects processes in virtual space to the social environments and cultural practices of real places, presents challenges to technologists, scientists and artists alike. In such an architecture the basic design elements are networked structures for new forms of collaborative work and knowledge discovery, human-centred interaction and awareness, media spaces and advanced interfaces. Monika and Wofgang’s projects explore the ways in which Mixed Reality can be understood and supported through creative interdisciplinary practices.

2.30 - 2.55pm
Morag Brownlie
Morag Brownlie is a short-film director, dancer, choreographer, live performance artist and costume designer. Over the past twelve years Morag has experimented with multi-media performances.
She has collaborated with many video artists and directed her own short film Mesmer… Morag has written and directed her own multi-media shows such as The Passage, Untampered Original and The Key. In addition, she has choreographed and directed large-scale commercial projects including the New Zealand Wearable Art Awards for 9 years. Morag will discuss her live performance work and will show some examples of her work.

2.55 - 3.05pm Afternoon tea break

3.05 - 3.25pm
Raewyn Turner
Raewyn is a local digital media artist who is particularly interested in developing multimedia installations of a simulated synaethesic fusion of vision, sound and olfaction. She uses rhythm to create resonant relationships between the senses. Raewyn has a long history in painting and working with contemporary live music performance. Her work includes designing the lighting for Split Enz for 8 years. Five years ago Raewyn began producing digital media works and has shown her work in France, Australia, England and USA. Raewyn will show a selection of her recent work and will discuss ways in which the work can be removed from the usual screen presentation.

3.30 - 3.50pm
Kog Transmissions
Kog Transmissions are a New Zealand music label dedicated to releasing electronic music. Since starting the music label in 1998, they have released 20 albums of varying styles, ranging from ambient techno, drum and bass and the in-between. Kog produce digital
animation and video loops for live sampling during performance. There work has added a significant contribution to the local electronic music scene. Kog will talk about some of their recent projects including Splore and The Big Chill.

3.50 - 4.00pm
Open question and answer session.

DIGITAL MEDIA WORKSHOPS
Mike Stubbs
Digital Dance 01
Monday 11th June, 9:00am - 12:00noon,
The Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall. $50/40
This morning workshop will be facilitated by UK artist and researcher Mike Stubbs and will be a practical opportunity for dancers to explore different camera and film-making techniques to transfer choreography from live performance to film. Participants will work in small focus groups and have the opportunity to work as director, choreographer, camera–
handler and performer on a piece of work.
Places limited to 25
Tertiary dance experience preferred but not essential
Observers welcome

Monika Fleischman & Wolfgang Strauss:
Digital Dance 02; Staging Mixed Reality: Navigation/ Space/Map/Mobile
Tuesday 12th June, 10am - 4pm,
The Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall. $50/40
Monika Fleischmann and Wolfgang Strauss introduce Mixed Reality concepts in media art and their new project netzspannung.org – a media lab in the internet. During the workshop participants are invited to discuss and create the making of knowledge discovery maps as an interface for orientation and navigation in Mixed Realities.
http://imk.gmd.de/mars
http://netzspannung.org
http://netzspannung.org/cast01
http://imk.gmd.de/images/mars/files/staging-siggraph.pdf

SCREENING OF DANCE FILMS
Monday 11th June 2001, 4.30 - 7.00pm, Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, FREE
Forward Motion is an extraordinary snapshot on film of Britain’s contemporary theatre dance featuring innovative collaborations between choreographers and directors. It will include works by Mark Baldwin, CandoCo Dance Company, Miranda Pennell and many others.
Mike Stubbs will introduce this programme, and will screen two of his films; Sweatlodge and Man Act.

For more info email mic@mic.org.nz
or call (09) 360 2502 for information.

*Discounted price applies to MIC members, students, bCard holders and beneficiaries.

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