[eccr] V2_/DEAF03: Symposium Information is Alive

> > 28 February 1 March.
> > Time: 10:45  17:00 hours.
> > Location: Auditorium, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museumpark 18-20,
> > Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
> > Admission: ? 80,- for two days, ? 50,- for one day, discount (student,
>cjp,
> > RotterdamPas, 65+): ? 60,- for two days, ? 40,- for one day.
> >
> > Lectures by:
> > Arjun Appadurai, Simon Conway Morris, Ingo Günther, Scott Lash, Winy Maas,
> > Brian Massumi, Sadie Plant.
> > Moderation by: Manuel DeLanda
> >
> > The symposium is part of and deals with the theme of the Dutch Electronic
> > Art Festival  'DEAF03 Data Knitting', organized by V2_, Institute for the
> > Unstable Media (25 February - 9 March 2003 in Rotterdam)
> >
> > The symposium will be in English.
> >
> > Publication available: see text below.
> >
> > Symposium 'Information is Alive'
> >
> > 'Information is Alive' focuses on archives as unstable, plastic, living
> > entities. Information storage, processing and transmission take place on
> > many levels: individually, in our memories; collectively, in stories,
> > rituals, laws, celebrations, games, concepts, language, image and
> > architecture; biologically, in fossils and in bodies as living forms; and
> > technologically, in archives and databases. In the last 20 years
> > information has been stored and retrieved more and more by means of digital
> > technologies.
> >
> > Unlike more classical archive models, digital databases need not be ordered
> > hierarchically, for they are made accessible through highly complex linking
> > technologies which no longer need to work linearly, as they did with
> > old-style computers. Search engines can be designed to find the proverbial
> > needle in the haystack or even to create a haystack where there are only
> > needles. A digital archive, like the human memory, need not be a static
> > system. The value of what is stored lies in how it can be used in the
> > present, lies in it's operationality instead of its meaning. Memory is a
> > process that functions in the present and is continually updated through
> > that mode of functioning.
> >
> > Research into neurological, social, cultural and evolutionary information
> > storage  lived archives of habits and practices, continuously being broken
> > down and rebuilt  provides a model or tool for understanding the
> > possibilities of multilinear and nonlinear archiving. The atomization of
> > the archive in the database has made the whole 'Art of Memory' into a
> > technological, interactive art that suddenly becomes a highly urgent topic.
> > First, for all those institutions that feel the need to 'open their
> > archives', second for all those who describe and study modes of being,
> > third for all those who design and use our new archives, be it books,
> > websites, cities or other forms. The theme of the symposium lies in the
> > exploration of unexpected developments that may arise through the storing,
> > linking, reprocessing, transforming and complexifying of what otherwise
> > would simply have remained as raw data.
> >
> > 'Information is Alive' brings together a high profile and interdisciplinary
> > group of scientists, theorists, artists and architects who will present and
> > discuss their ideas and projects and invite the audience to enter into
> > active public dialogue.
> >
> > Lectures by:
> > Arjun Appadurai (IND/USA), anthropologist, professor at Yale University.
> > His recent research focuses on ethnic violence and the modern nation-state.
> > Appadurai is writer of 'Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of
> > Globalization' (1996).
> >
> > Simon Conway Morris (GB), palaeobiologist, professor of Evolutionary
> > Palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge (GB). In 1990 he was elected
> > Fellow of the Royal Society. Conway Morris has done field research in the
> > most diverse places, such as China, Mongolia, Australia and Greenland. He
> > has published, among much else, 'The Crucible of Creation' (1998).
> >
> > Ingo Günther (D), artist, journalist. In the early 1980s he evaluated and
> > publicized satellite data that dealt with political and military hotbeds.
> > Since 1989, Günther uses globes as a medium for his artistic and
> > journalistic projects.
> >
> > Scott Lash (USA/GB), sociologist, author of Critique of Information (2002).
> > His interests include information society, global media, continental
> > philosophy, technology and culture, and the problem of 'flows'.
> >
> > Winy Maas (NL), architect, co-founder of MVRDV, an office that produces
> > designs and studies in the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape
> > design and design philosophy. With MVRDV he has published many books, among
> > which 'FARMAX: Excursions on density' (1998) and 'Metacity/Datatown' 
> (1999).
> >
> > Brian Massumi (CDN), philosopher, teaches at the University of Montreal
> > (CDN). Massumi is interested in the relationship between technology,
> > science and humanoria. His publications include 'Parables for the Virtual:
> > Movement, Affect, Sensation' (2002). Massumi is translator of the works of
> > Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.
> >
> > Sadie Plant (GB), philosopher, teaches philosophy at Manchester University.
> > She was director of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit at Warwick
> > University. Plant has published extensively in the field of gender and
> > technology, among which 'Zeros + Ones: Digital Women and the New
> > Technoculture' (1997). She is one of the pioneers of cyber feminism.
> >
> > Moderation by:
> > Manuel DeLanda (MEX/USA), writer, filmmaker, media artist, programmer and
> > software designer. Author of among others 'Phylum: A Thousand Years of
> > Non-Linear History' (1997). DeLanda teaches at Columbia University New York
> > (USA) 'Philosophy of History: Theories of Self-Organization and Urban
> > Dynamics', and 'Philosophy of Science: Thinking about Structures and
> > Materials'.
> >
> > Program
> > Friday 28 February 2003
> >
> > 10.45: opening words V2_
> > 11.00: introduction Manuel DeLanda
> > 12.00: lecture Scott Lash
> >
> > 13.00: lunch break
> >
> > 14.00: lecture Simon Conway Morris
> > 15.00: lecture Ingo Günther
> >
> > 16.00: tea break
> >
> > 16.15: panel discussion
> > 17.00: end
> >
> > 17:15 Presentation of the 'Digital Depot' of the Museum Boijmans Van
> > Beuningen, free entrance for symposium participants
> >
> > Saturday 1 March 2003
> >
> > 10.45: openings words Manuel DeLanda
> > 11.00: lecture Brian Massumi
> > 12.00: lecture Arjun Appadurai
> >
> > 13.00: lunch break
> >
> > 14.00: lecture Winy Maas
> > 15.00: lecture Sadie Plant
> >
> > 16.00: tea break
> >
> > 16.15: panel discussion
> > 17.00: end
> >
> >
> > You may register for the symposium by sending an e-mail to (tickets /at/ v2.nl) or
> > via the festival website http://deaf.v2.nl. For more information on
> > registration, phone: +31 (0)10 750.15.15
> >
> >
> > Payment procedure:
> > Your registration for the symposium becomes valid upon receipt of payment.
> > V2_ will confirm your registration when both reservation and payment have
> > been received. Your ticket(s) may then be collected at the Museum Boijmans
> > Van Beuningen on the day(s) of the symposium. In case of overbooking, V2_
> > reserves the right to cancel your registration.
> > Please forward your payment to account number 245 38 96 (Postbank) in favor
> > of Stichting V2_, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, mentioning your last name +
> > 'symposium'. Alternatively, you may use the Direct Payment method at the
> > festival website http://deaf.v2.nl.
> >
> > Publication 'Information is Alive'
> > V2_, in cooperation with NAi Publishers, will release a publication
> > 'Information is Alive'; accompanying 'DEAF03 Data Knitting'. The book
> > features descriptions of the installations of the 'DEAF03' exhibition and
> > essays and interviews by Arjen Mulder, Manuel DeLanda, Brian Massumi, Sadie
> > Plant, Arjun Appadurai, Scott Lash, Simon Conway Morris, Antonio Damasio,
> > George Dyson, Winy Maas, Boris Groys, Ryszard Kapuscinski and Ingo Günther.
> > Price: ? 22,50 (during the DEAF03 festival ? 20,-). This book is available
> > at a discount in bookshops on presentation of the action coupon (action
> > number 00000 743-7371). This offer is valid from 25 February until 9 March,
> > 2003.
> > ISBN 90-5662-310-9
> >
> > More information can be found on 'DEAF03 Online': http://deaf.v2.nl
> > 'DEAF03 Online' offers the possibility to view the symposium online and to
> > participate in various festival activities.
> >
> > For educational programs and/or guided tours during DEAF03 please contact
> > Valentijn Webbers, (valentijn /at/ v2.nl) or +31 (0)10 750 15 18
> >
> >

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Carpentier Nico (Phd)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University Brussels
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