Event overview
One-day symposium at Goldsmiths, University of London
‘Life’ signifies many things. To begin with, it is a philosophical abstraction referring to our meaningful existence in the world. But ‘life’ also refers to biological processes taking place at environmental, social and cellular levels, as well as technical experiments with media, computer systems and biological models. Life as such doesn’t therefore exist: it is always mediated by language, culture, technology and biology. It is these multiple mediations of life that form the theme of this symposium Biomediations: Art, Life, Media. The term ‘biomediations’ encapsulates life’s own inherent dynamism that unfolds at environmental, social and cellular level. It also captures the creative, dynamic and evolving nature of media. The symposium will explore this intertwined process, whereby life is always mediated and whereby media themselves are living – i.e. composed of both technological and biological elements, and capable of generating new forms, unprecedented connections and unexpected events.
Programme:
10.30-12.30
Professor Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmiths, University of London
The aesthetic and ethical imperative of biomediations: opening remarks
Professor Sarah Kember, Goldsmiths, University of London
iMedia
Dr Btihaj Ajana, King’s College London
Measuring life: between the ‘who?’ and the ‘what?’
12.30-1.30 Lunch break
1.30-3.00
Dr Sarah Cook, University of Sunderland
Artistic mediations of life: some examples
Ben Craggs, Goldsmiths, University of London
What does bioart do? From biomedia to biomediation
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
3.30-5.00
Dr Lynn Turner, Goldsmiths, University of London
Tympan Alley: posthuman performatives in Dancer in the Dark
Professor Sean Cubitt, Goldsmiths, University of London
Privations, secretions
5.15-7.00
Keynote lecture:
Stelarc (performance artist and Professor at Brunel University)
Engineering aliveness and affect in artificial systems: alternate operational architectures
7pm
Wine reception
The event is free and open to all. There is no need to book, but places will be allocated on a first come, first saved basis.
This event is organised with the generous support of the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths. It is a satellite event to Transitio_MX05 ‘Biomediations’: Festival of New Media Art and Video in Mexico City (20-29.09.2013).
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2013 | 10:30am - 8:00pm |
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