| Digital Dialogues : connecting in art
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EXHIBITION Exhibiting Artists:
Gair Dunlop 11 – 24 September 2003 AcadiaUniversity Art Gallery |
WORKSHOPS 9, 18, 30 September 2003 9 October 2003 For more information on workshops see |
| EXHIBITION RECEPTION Thursday, 11 September 7 – 9 p.m. Acadia University Art Gallery |
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| Digital Dialogues
: connecting in art and science Interactivity: there's more to it than gaming and instant communication.
What can computer This summer an interdisciplinary initiative (Ideas In Residence - Creative Dislocations: Sense of Place and Digital Connections in the Rural Landscape) at Acadia University has been investigating the shifting grounds of collaboration and dialogue in the age of digital media. New imaging technologies have provided new tools to explore the world around us: they have also enabled new ways to communicate and share this information. Using an action-research approach to art, dialogues with Acadia faculty have been integrated in an audio-visual interface which allows viewers to access differing perspectives on this vital topic. Visual materials drawing on the human and natural systems of life around the Bay of Fundy underlie a series of audio sequences on what new media techniques mean for the arts and sciences. Theexhibition in the Art Gallery features a high resolution version of the interface . The workshop series will take place September 9, 18, 30 and October 9 2003. Some of the issues and ideas brought forward in these dialogues will be expanded and debated. Audience participation is desirable! About the Exhibition: Digital Dialogues: connecting in art and science is an exhibition of works using digital media to explore the dynamics of human activities and environmental change in the Bay of Fundy area, a highly sensitive ecosystem with a rich cultural history. Artist Curator Gair Dunlop: Information artist Gair Dunlop’s work covers a wide range of subject matter that varies both in form and content, and is based on inquiry into the relation of identity, place, and the body. Dunlop’s past exhibits have included internet works, large-scale photographic pieces, and short films, in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. Dunlop’s recent work Cumbernauld Town for Tomorrow, is an online exploration of an entropic utopia: www.cumbernauld.nu |
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September workshops take place in the New Communication Technologies – Cultural Politics & the Environment 9 September 4:30 - 6 p.m. Chair: Michael Leiter, V.P. Academic (on leave) & Department of Psychology
Discussants: Gair Dunlop, Visiting Artist/Curator, David Duke, History & Classics Mapping & New Insights into the Interplay of Nature & Culture 18 September 4:30 - 6 p.m. Chair: Les Oliver, School of Computer Science
Discussants: Gair Dunlop, Visiting Artist/Curator & Paul Abela, Philosophy Digital Images & Creative Processes – Visual & Aural Practices in the Sciences & the Arts 30 September 4:30 - 6 p.m. Chair: Bruce Matthews, Dean of Arts
Discussants: Gair Dunlop, Visiting Artist/Curator & Tom Archibald, Mathematics & Statistics Imaging Estuaries, Organisms & Molecular Surfaces 9 October 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. Chair: Cyrus McLatchy, V.P. Academic (acting)
Discussant: Thomas Ellis, Dean of Research & Graduate Studies |
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Artist Curator: Gair Dunlop
Cynthia Alexander Thanks to: Peter Smith With the financial assistance of The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology, support from the Vice-President Academic of Acadia University and the Acadia Institute for Teaching Technology |
