AD508 Advanced Electronic Visualization in Art and Design III
Seminar and Conferences [AD508 III]

INTRODUCTION

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

Gerfried Stocker, Director of the ARS Electronica – Museum of the Future, Linz, Austria; Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, art curator and media artists. Creator and founder of NewMediaArtProjectNetwork; Franz Cerami, curator, producer, theoretician in the digital art field, director of the conference and event, “Monumedia,” Naples, Italy and a digital designer and promoter of the contest "Miss Digital World”; Shirley Shor, San Francisco-based new media artist and writer; Carolina Cruz-Neira, Associate Director of VRAC, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University; Maria Roussou, interactive virtual reality designer, researcher, producer, and educator, engaged in combining innovative technology with education and culture; Josephine Anstey , VR artist and assistant professor in the Department of Media Study (DMS), University at Buffalo; Dave Pape programmer and developer, assistant professor in the department of Media Study at the University ot Buffalo; Petra Gemeinboeck, Viennese architect and interactive media artist.