Preservation Of Complex Digital Objects Symposia (POCOS): Registration now open for Software Art event

[size= medium]Preservation Of Complex Objects Symposia (POCOS)[/size]

11-12 October 2011, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, UK
Online registration: http://www.pocos.org/index.php/registration
Info email: [email protected]
Symposium Fee: Free + £10 donation for refreshments (payable at the event)

Preservation of software art presents challenges in many fronts, including complex interdependencies between objects; time-based and interactive properties; and diversity in the technologies and practices used for development.

This exciting two-day symposium will provide a forum for participants to discuss these challenges, review and debate the latest developments in the field, witness real-life case studies, and engage in networking activities. The symposium will promote discussion on such topics as:
• Implications and advances in preserving software art
• Issues of ephemerality
• Significant properties for software art
• Software art as performance
• Legal and Ethical issues in collecting, curating and preserving software art
• Interpretation and Documentation

Keynote Speakers:
• Richard Rinehart - Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, USA
• Simon Biggs - Edinburgh College of Art, UK

Presenters include:
• Vicky Isley and Paul Smith - boredomresearch / NCCA, Bournemouth University, UK
• Michael Takeo Magruder - King's Visualisation Lab, King's College London, UK
• Perla Innocenti - History of Art, University of Glasgow, UK
• Leo Konstantelos - HATII, University of Glasgow, UK

The programme also includes break-out sessions for participants to discuss key topics in preservation of Software Art.
For more information, please visit the POCOS page at: http://www.pocos.org/index.php/pocos-symposia/software-art
Download the brochure at: http://pocos.org/images/pub_material/leaflet_software_art.pdf

Bookings are now open at the project website – however, space is limited so please book early. A waiting list will be maintained once the
symposium is fully booked in case of late cancellations.

We look forward to welcoming you at the event!

[size= x-small]Preservation Of Complex Objects Symposia (POCOS) has been funded by the JISC Information Environment Programme 2009-11[/size]