Panel discussion in Boston--Narrative in New Media Art

Title:
Narrative in New Media Art

Participants:
Sawad Brooks
Mary Ellen Strom
Martin Wattenberg

Moderator:
Jane D. Marsching

Date:
Thursday August 26, 6:00-8:30

location:
The Art Institute of Boston
700 Beacon Street
Room 215
Boston, MA 02215
http://www.aiboston.edu


Synopsis:
Internationally renowned new genres artists Mary Ellen Strom, Sawad Brooks,
and Martin Wattenberg will discuss the role of narrativity in their recent
work. Narrativity is in the midst of a Renaissance as a result of the
advent of new media at the turn of the twenty-first century. How can, has,
and is this new mass medium that is changing the world before our eyes
reform our understanding of and construction of narrative?


Bios:
Sawad Brooks is an artist and award winning designer working with
public and information spaces. With Beth Stryker, he founded Utensil
in 1997, an interactivity and art research studio. They received
numerous commissions and awards, including an ID Magazine Silver
Interactive Design Award for their hybrid space "DissemiNET." Sawad's
work has been exhibited internationally, including shows at the
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis; the Johannesburg Biennale and the Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen, Rotterdam. His ongoing project with fellow artist Warren
Sack is titled "hELLO7734 : Translation Map." It is a new network
protocol which supports a collaborative, geo-politically critical
approach to translation. With a generous grant from Creative Capital
Foundation, he is also developing a parasitic, animated architecture
project. He has taught at Yale University; Merz Akademie, Stuttgart;
Parsons School of Design, New York; and has been a Visiting Assistant
Professor at Brown University's Department of Modern Culture and
Media. He is a member of bbc art + architecture, a finalist in the
World Trade Center Memorial Design Competition. He recently founded,
OPENWORK, a firm specializing in the design of interactive
architectural spaces and products. OPENWORK has recently completed a
permanent, interactive video installation for a new Thai restaurant
located in New York City's "meat packing district."
http:/open-work.com
http://bbcaa.com


Mary Ellen Strom