NewCities><NewMedia Conference : LA 17-19 Jan

NEW CITIES/NEW MEDIA
Interdisciplinary Conference

January 17-19 2003
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

By way of photography, cinema, television and other visual media, urban
space is communicated and made meaningful-be it from the effect of
photography and cinema on the Modernist City to the impact of new technology
on contemporary urban planning. Accordingly, with each paradigm shift in the
aesthetics and form of mass media, our conceptualization of cities becomes
transformed and altered.

NEW CITIES/NEW MEDIA seeks to explore the ways in which urban landscapes
have transformed new media production and how new media has played a role in
transforming our urban landscapes-both historically as well as in current
production. The conference is intended to bring together an
interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners to address the
inter-play between media, the production of cities and our collective urban
experiences.

The conference will take place on the University of Southern California
campus the weekend of January 17-19 2003. Guest Speakers will include: Scott
Bakatman (Terminal Identity) and Lev Manovich (The Language of New Media).
Two new Multimedia Projects by Norman Klein and Pat O'Neill will be
exhibited, along with other media screenings throughout the weekend. There
will be a reception on Friday night featuring a large scale installation of
artist Robbert Flick's "Central Ave" project.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.usc.edu/architecture/newcities