Dear all, We are thrilled to announce that this year's ADA symposium will take place in the unique surrounds of Whanganui. The programme will engage with the local environment and community through exhibitions, projections, and waka voyages on the Whanganui river, and as always there will be in-depth discussions on current work and interests in media art. This will be a major ADA event.
The topic of the symposium is 'Energetics and Informatics'. We have conceived the following broad thematics. * Media and Energy - exploring the material of media, information and energy in digital arts. * Energy Networks - new forms of energy production, distribution and storage - infrastructural critique. * Social Energy - participatory practice, DIY media, floss approaches, social networks as a medium for art. * Sustainable Media - re-localised media, slow media, sustainable response to globalised arts practices. We will be working with One River and have waka available for 50. So we are looking for some project ideas that explore the river. We're also on the lookout for forms of alternative transport to, from and around the city, bikes, trains, electric vehicles etc. We have also booked out the Pioneer Room in the Memorial Hall which is a fantastic modernist slab in Queens Park right in the centre of town. We are collaborating with the Sarjeant Gallery who are offering gallery space as well as the outside of the building for projections. We have exhibition and workshop space at Quay School of the Arts and Whanganui School of Design as well as The Green Bench project room and kitchen. There are other possible performance and screening venues all within walking distance. We'll be making an official announcement and call for proposals by mid September, but for now if you have any ideas, plans, suggestions or questions please drop us a mail: Email: symposium2010 at aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz cheers, ada trustees - douglas, honor, julian, stella, su, zita _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
