New Media Art Mythologies | CMHTS | June, 5

COOL MEDIA HOT TALK SHOW
D.I.Y. talk show on art & media
http://www.coolmediahottalk.net/

features:

TOPIC: New Media Art Mythologies
SPEAKERS: Geert Lovink and Armin Medosch
QUESTIONS: ask-it-yourself now and during the show at http://www.coolmediahottalk.net/

Tuesday June 5, 20.30 CET
live video stream and interface for online participation: http://www.coolmediahottalk.net/livepage.jsp
location: De Balie, Amsterdam http://www.debalie.nl (bring your laptops and mobiles)

EXTRA: music performance of Remus (humanworkshop records) http://www.humanworkshop.com


ABOUT THE TOPIC:

New Media Art Mythologies.
..to be questioned…

Recent discussions about (new) media art concerned a wide range of issues: starting from the validity of the term itself and ending with questioning the very premises of the modes of distinction through which the (new) media art field constitutes itself as a form of art, cultural practice, social context, institutional domain, and discourse. The feeling of a certain Rubicon, provoking self-introspective reflections, was expressed by many. The coming edition of Cool Media Hot Talk Show on the topic "New Media Art Mythologies" will welcome persistent critical voices of the media art scene - Geert Lovink and Armin Medosch. They will present their judgements and arguments regarding the current critical stage in the development of new media art. The debates will address socio-cultural position of new media art in a historical perspective, which both speakers are discussing extensively in their writings.
Preliminary suggested focal points are:

- The marginalised position of new media art within the broader cultural context.
- New media art vis-A