MEDIA ART NET
[Online Resources for Media Art]
A JOINT PUBLIC PROGRAM BY THE GOETHE INTITUT NEW YORK AND THE WHITNEY MUSEU=
M OF AMERICAN ART
DIALOGUE OCT 12, 7:30 PM
GOETHE-INSTITUT
ADMISSION: $10/8
Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of=
American Art, New York, will join Dieter Daniels, professor of art history=
and media theory at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, for a dialogue fo=
cusing on the groundbreaking project "Media Art Net" (www.mediaartnet.org).=
The discussion will explore the project as a model for creating resources =
on media arts.
"Media Art Net" is an online "survey" with scholarly essays, accompanied by=
comprehensive audiovisual documentation on 940 artists and 1400 art works =
from the 1920s until today. The second part of the project is now available=
online and includes 8 key topics: Aesthetics of the Digital; Art and Cinem=
atography; Cyborg Bodies; Generative Tools; Mapping and Text; Photo/Byte; P=
ublic Spheres; Sound and Image. A network of curators and writers explore s=
eminal interfaces between media and art, presenting a variety of approaches=
and contexts. In addition artistic projects are commissioned for the onlin=
e platform.
Selected essays are published in book form (Media Art Net Vol. 1 and 2, see=
: http://www.mediaartnet.org/publications/) and the specific book design is=
linked with the online platform.
The project was commissioned by Goethe-Institut and the Center for Art and =
Media (ZKM), in cooperation with the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig. Finan=
cial support was granted by the German Ministry of Research and Education. =
Editors: Rudolf Frieling and Dieter Daniels.
MEDIA ART NET -- PUBLIC PROGRAM BY THE GOETHE INTITUT NY AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM, OCT. 12, 7:30 PM
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Type: discussion