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Aesthetic Crossovers of Art and Science Unit- Semester Two 2008
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SymbioticA, University of Western Australia
Elective Unit: VISA2214
http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/visa/visa2214 <http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/visa/visa2214>
This Unit is a practical and theoretical investigation, through critical engagement, of the nexus and differences of the art and science cultures through the use of the technologies of life sciences/biotechnology as an art form. The unit is run through
SymbioticA: the art and science collaborative research laboratory.
Themes explored will include the culture of the artist and scientist; the sole genius versus the lab team; creative thinking and the system of hypothesis, control and experimentation; history and philosophy of science; genohype and examples of art and science collaborations in art history. International artists in residence at
Students from all disciplines are encouraged to enrol to include diverse discussions and skill sharing.
Contact: Ionat Zurr. ionat@symbiotica.uwa.edu.au
CREDIT: 6 points AVAILABILITY: Semester Two 2008 |
The Ecological Imagination: From Land Art to Bioart
MEDIA ART HISTORY 09: Re:live
Call for papers
Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology
Melbourne 26-29 November 2009
Call For Papers – Deadline 19th December 2008
Following the success of Media Art History 05 Re:fresh in Banff and Media Art History 07 Re:place in Berlin, Media Art History 09 Re:live in Melbourne will host three days of keynotes, panels and poster sessions Media Art History 09 - Re:live, a refereed conference, is calling for papers, panels and posters on the histories of digital, electronic and technological media arts. With the theme of Re:live we are especially interested in expanding the range of topics to include sustainability, live arts and the technological arts of life, both organic and nonorganic.
Participants are asked to address at least one the following areas in their abstract:
- histories of the art-science-technology connection in particular works, careers, exhibitions and institutions, especially in national and regional perspective
- histories of biology, the life sciences and bioart in relation to media arts
- histories of the environment, environmental sciences, ideas of sustainability and ecology in the discourses and practices of media arts
- histories of liveness and performance in relation to media arts theory and practice, including network performance, multimedia performance and the relation of media to the histories of theatre
- histories of the life of machines, cyborgs, virtual communities and the arts of transmission
- histories of the liveness of real-time arts and art-science-technology collaborations in such areas as earth sciences, meteorology and astronomy
- histories of innovation, accident, discovery, and speculation on alternative futures in media arts.
For submissions information visit http://www.mediaarthistory.org
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Humanities Postgraduate Conference- Curtin University of Technology
Call for papers
Engaging place(s)/engaging culture(s)
5-6 November, 2008
Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
http://hgso.curtin.edu.au/conference.cfm
What now are place and culture? Encompassing the themes of engaging place(s)/engaging culture(s), this interdisciplinary conference seeks to open spaces for the presentation and discussion of the full range of topics and methodologies through which Humanities postgraduate students now journey and interrogate worlds and texts: to provoke conversations about local spaces, diasporic spaces, sites of subjectivity, cultural knowledges, place as urban streets, as words on a page, as paint on a canvas; culture as translocal, transnational, multi-national, global, local ...
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BRITISH COUNCIL REALISE YOUR DREAM COMPETITION
The British Council is now calling for Australia’s best and brightest to
enter the 2008 Realise Your Dream competition. It’s a professional
development award open to all Australians aged under-30 who are involved
in creative industries. Winning candidates will be flown to the UK to work
with a mentor, and even get $8,000 to help live the dream. To go into the
running, applicants need to demonstrate their creative potential, and tell
us how they’ll benefit by connecting with Britain’s best. If they’re a
winner, we’ll help organise a personally tailored work experience
programme with a leader in their field.
In the past, placements have included fashion houses Luella, Burberry and
Lara Bohinc; time with creative director Tom Dixon at Habitat; Zaha Hadid
architects; BBC Interactive; advertising agency BB/Saunders; and textile
designers Timorous Beasties, The British Museum, independent record labels
- amongst many others.
For more information visit our website at www.realiseyourdream.org.au
<http://www.realiseyourdream.org.au> or email Raynee Dewar at
realiseyourdream@britishcouncil.org.au
<mailto:realiseyourdream@britishcouncil.org.au> with any questions.
Applications close 31 July 2008
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