An event for Brisbane visitors
Melinda said it would be ok to post some info about an event in Brisbane. For those attending the lab and arriving a bit early, this event might be of interest. The event is being organised by Keith Armstrong who is also attending the Lab.
MEDIA ART, TECHNOLOGY AND THE POLITICAL
Challenging positions on new directions for Arts practice, technology and the political
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Noon - 2:00pm
The Hall Z2-226 - QUT Creative Industries Precinct
Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove
This seminar brings together two seminal thinkers and practitioners to each present challenging positions on new directions for Arts practice, technology and the political. Following their 30 minute presentations the speakers will engage in conversation, which will subsequently be opened up to the floor.
PRESENTATION 1: SIMON PENNY
University of California Irvine, Arts Computation and Engineering Group Director, Media Artist - Experience and Abstraction: The Arts and the Logic of Machines
PRESENTATION 2: TONY FRY
Designer, Writer and Editor of Design Philosophy Papers Journal - From ‘That Which Is Not One’ to Another Practice
Presented by QUT Creative Industries Faculty & the QUT Computational Arts Research Group. Introduced by Dr Keith Armstrong (QUT Research Fellow/Media Artist).