Studio courses, and cycle of conferences, talks and meetings [local and networked] with media experts, curators, managers, authors, writers and researcher, offered within the graduate curriculum for the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago [UIC], and Electronic Visualization Laboratory [EVL]. The guest shared their experience with the students, speaking about their work, methods, and modus operandi, which enriched the student’s knowledge and information in diverse areas of specialization. In addition, representatives from cultural centers, galleries, and museums were brought into the seminar to give a view of their respective institutions, their opinions about tendencies in the digital sector, and the opportunities that their organizations can provide to artists. The seminar aspired to foster a dynamic and open dialogue exploring conceptual, artists tic, and technological aspects related to art, the Net, society, the electronic media, and current artistic/ technological tendencies seen from various viewpoints. Designed and organize by Franz Fischnaller.

Guest-Speakers

Jason Leight, associate professor and UIC/ EVL/; Alex Hill, PhD student UIC/EVL; A. Del Bimbo, Deputy Rector of the University of Florence; Shalini Venkatar, MFS UIC/EVL; Dan Sandin, media artist, Director of Electronic Visualization Laboratory,UIC; Stephen Wilson, writer, San Francisco State University; Mark Tribe, Executive Director of Rhizome; Steve Dietz, Director of New-Media Initiatives of The Walker Art Center; Giuliano Bianchi, media theorist, writer, University of Siena; Joe Hoy, designer of interactive media, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago; Doug Garofalo, Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture; Zack Simpson, media artist; Pierre Lévy, French cyber philosopher, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Knowledge, University of Ottawa; Pier Luigi Capucci, Professor, critic and media theoretician, University of Bologna, Italy.