SYMPOSIUM: CURATING AND PRESENTING NEW MEDIA ART
Introduction and program

More and more often new media make their entry in the activities and programming of museums and cultural institutions. The rigid delineations between mass culture, 'high art' and economy are subject to swift erosion, which results in new ways of cultural production and processes, based on collaboration and information sharing. The internet has set itself up as a new industrial environment, a breeding ground for 'immaterial' forms of creativity and social relations. How can curators and cultural institutions, traditionally focussed on presentable art objects, deal with this, as a mediator between artists and the audience? On the other hand more and more bridging models are created between art, science and industry, creating room for artists to work with new technologies, not merely classical film, audio and video technology, but also mobile and locative media, 'wearables' or Virtual Reality. The digital is all around us and is used by artists as a resource, as well as a medium. Too often, however, frames of reference are missing, for curators as well as the audience. When it comes to presenting the practical matters surrounding the presentation of many of these works, information and knowledge are scarce. How can organisations find new approaches - pragmatic and philosophic - in their assignment of supporting, preserving and making available art practices? These questions ultimately lead to an insight: maybe the most interesting potential of curating and presenting new media is how this might inherently alter the current practice itself.

Artists, exhibition makers, programmers and critics share their views and experiences during a symposium, leaving a lot of room for debate with the audience.

With: Jacob Lillemose (Artnode, DK), Iris Dressler (Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, D), Sarah Cook (University of Sunderland, UK), Laurence Rassel (Constant, B) en De Geuzen (NL, B), Kobe Mathijs (B)

Date: 16 october 2005 from 14:00 till 18:00
Place: Nadine, Herderstraat 30 , 1050 Brussel
With 85 participants
Languages: English, Nederlands, Français
Organised by Digitaal Platform of IAK and IBK, in cooperation with the argosfestival and with the support of Nadine.