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“We have entered the experimental age…Experiments are no longer conducted just in the laboratory. They have become collective experiments that concern each and every one of us.”Bruno Latour, 2004
What is experimentation? What makes art ‘experimental’? What are the results of aesthetic experiments and why do we need them? Could artists invent new modes of experimentation with/for science? What are the differences between experiments and inventions; experiments and failures; experiment and innovation? How do we set up ethico-scientific-aesthetic experiments?
This conference will showcase and discuss innovative arts projects by leading practitioners, thinkers and research groups that model new forms of transdisciplinarity and offer new ways of addressing real-world issues. These include works that have successfully ‘changed the world’ as well as speculative initiatives that radically change the way we think. It will survey the results and potential of Experimental Arts, inviting leaders in the field to discuss how we can extend and support a platform for path-breaking experimentation.
The main conference will be preceded by a two-day National Postgraduate Conference on Experimental Arts.
Key speakers include: James Crutchfield (Complexity Sciences Centre, University of California, Davis) and David Dunn (Art and Science Laboratory, Santa Fe); Donald Brook (Flinders University); Amy Balkin (CCA; Stanford); Mischa Kuball (Academy of Media Arts, Cologne); Chris Bosse (UTS; L.A.V.A.); Terry Smith (Pittsburgh; NIEA); Elizabeth Ann Macgregor (MCA, Sydney); Adrian Mackenzie (University of Lancaster); Victoria Vesna (University of California, Los Angeles) Lyndal Jones (RMIT); Pia Ednie- Brown (RMIT); Joyce Hinterding (University of Sydney); Richard Goodwin, Paul Thomas, Paula Dawson, Douglas Kahn, Anna Munster, Nigel Helyer, Jill Bennett (NIEA, UNSW); iCinema, Centre for Interactive Cinema, UNSW with a screening of its immersive, interactive work Scenario.
Program of Events
DAY ONE Friday 19th August
Formative Technologies
Douglas Kahn (Professor)
Professor Media and Innovation at NIEA, UNSWJoyce Hinterding
Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, sound/video/cross disciplinary artistDennis Del Favero (Professor)
Professor at the College of Fine Arts, Director, iCinema Centre, Deputy Director, NIEA, UNSW, media artistMaurice Pagnucco (Associate Professor)
Head, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSWTimothy Barker (Dr)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Politics/History
Michael Goldberg
Senior Lecturer and Chair of the Sculpture, Performance and Installation studio at Sydney College of the Arts, the university of Sydney, artist, curatorIan Howard (Professor)
Dean of the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, artistZanny Begg
Director, Tin Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning , University of Sydney, curator, artist ,writerKathy Temin (Dr)
Senior Lecturer at Monash University in the Faculty of Art and Design, Melbourne, artist
Open Session
Kerry Thomas (Dr)
Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and Art Education at the College of Fine Arts and founding member, Creativity Research Group at NIEA, UNSWKaren Profilio
Head Teacher Creative Arts.,North Sydney Girls High School and Co-President Advocacy, Support and Membership of the Visual Arts and Design Educator’s Association, NSW (VADEA)Louise Fowler-Smith
Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Director, Imaging the Land International Research Institute (ILIRI), COFA, UNSW, artistBonita Ely (Dr)
Senior Lecturer, School of Art, COFA UNSW, artistJohn Conomos (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor, Sydney College of the Arts , University of Sydney, artist, critic,writer
Agency/Materiality
Petra Gemeinboeck (Dr)
Senior Lecturer (Interactive Media Arts), COFA, UNSW, media artistMari Velonaki (Dr)
Co-Director, Centre for Social Robotics, Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney, media artistEllen Balka (Professor)
Professor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Senior Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Experimental Humanities
Edward Scheer (Associate Professor)
Deputy Head School of English, Media and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSWErin Brannigan (Dr)
Lecturer, Dance Program. School of English, Media and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSWStephen Muecke (Professor)
Professor of Writing, School of English, Media and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW
Bio Art/Sense Perception
Andre Brodyk (Dr)
Lecturer, School of Drama, Fine Art and Music, University of Newcastle (Australia), Biotech artistJohn Tonkin
Lecturer, Digital Cultures Program, University of Sydney, media artistJondi Keane (Dr)
Senior Lecturer in the Image: Film/Video/Animation/Photography/Visual Arts. School of Communication and Creative Arts. Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, media artist
Experiments in Collaborative Experience
Adrian Mackenzie (Dr)
Lancaster UniversityAnna Munster (Associate Professor)
Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and Art Education at the College of Fine Arts, UNSWPia Ednie-Brown (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor, Architecture program and research stream leader at SIAL, senior lecturer design and theory, RMIT
Affective Experiments
Jennifer Biddle (Dr)
Senior Research Fellow and Director of Indigenous and Cross-Cultural Research, Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics, UNSWKirsten Hudson (Dr)
Lecturer, School of Design and Art and the School of Media, Cultural and Creative Arts, Curtin University, media artistJennifer Deger (Dr)
ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIEA, UNSW and Research Fellow at the Center for Religion and Media, New York University
Urbanism & Design
Jo Russell-Clarke (Dr)
Lecturer, Architecture, University of Adelaide, registered landscape architect (AILA)Mathieu Gallois
Architect and artistSelena Griffith
Senior Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
DAY TWO Saturday 20th August
Urban Construction
Richard Goodwin (Professor)
School of Art, School of Design Studies, Director and Founder, Porosity Studio, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, artistHeike Klussmann (Professor)
Professor of Art and Architecture, University of Kassel, Germany, artistThorsten Klooster
Architect, Berlin, GermanyTim Schork
Lecturer, Department of Architecture. Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University
New Materialities
Victoria Vesna (Dr)
UCLA, media artistPaula Dawson (Associate Professor)
School of Art, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, artistPaul Thomas (Associate Professor)
Head of Painting, School of Art, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, artist
Health/Body
Sherryl Ryan
CEO, Culture at Work, ArtistMichael Garbutt (Dr)
Senior Lecturer, School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, UNSWLeah Heiss
Lecturer, School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University, media artist
Ecology/Sustainability
Stephen Healy (Dr)
Senior Lecturer, School of History and Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSWLinda Williams (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor Art, Environment and Cultural Studies, School of Art, RMIT UniversityLyndal Jones (Professor)
Professor of Contemporary Art, School of Media and Communication, RMIT UniversityNigel Heyler (Dr)
Creative Director, AudioNomad. Visiting Professor, NIEA, UNSWJohn Potts (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor in Media, Macquarie University
Exhibiting
Kathy Cleland (Dr)
Director, Digital Cultures Program, University of Sydney, curator, writerSusan Ballard (Dr)
Principal lecturer, Electronic Arts and Photography, Dunedin School of Art, New ZealandMarco Pasqualini de Andrade (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor of Art History, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil, curator, art criticCharles Green (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor of Contemporary Art , School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Experimental Discourse & Practice
Jim Hamlyn
Lecturer, Researcher, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland , artistLesley Punton
Lecturer, Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, artistCat Hope (Dr)
CREATEC Post Doctoral Research Fellow at WAAPA, Edith Cowan University, artistKate MacNeill (Dr)
Senior Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, University of MelbourneBarbara Bolt (Associate Professor)
Associate Dean (Academic), Victorian College of the Arts, University of MelbourneJulian Priest
Lecturer in Creative Technologies,Interdisciplinary Unit, Auckland University of Technology
Location
John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW
People
Presenters
Douglas Kahn (Professor)
Joyce Hinterding
Dennis Del Favero (Professor)
Maurice Pagnucco (Associate Professor)
Timothy Barker (Dr)
Michael Goldberg
Ian Howard (Professor)
Zanny Begg
Kathy Temin (Dr)
Kerry Thomas (Dr)
Karen Profilio
Louise Fowler-Smith
Bonita Ely (Dr)
John Conomos (Associate Professor)
Petra Gemeinboeck (Dr)
Mari Velonaki (Dr)
Ellen Balka (Professor)
Edward Scheer (Associate Professor)
Erin Brannigan (Dr)
Stephen Muecke (Professor)
Andre Brodyk (Dr)
John Tonkin
Jondi Keane (Dr)
Adrian Mackenzie (Dr)
Anna Munster (Associate Professor)
Pia Ednie-Brown (Associate Professor)
Jennifer Biddle (Dr)
Kirsten Hudson (Dr)
Jennifer Deger (Dr)
Jo Russell-Clarke (Dr)
Mathieu Gallois
Selena Griffith
Richard Goodwin (Professor)
Heike Klussmann (Professor)
Thorsten Klooster
Tim Schork
Victoria Vesna (Dr)
Paula Dawson (Associate Professor)
Paul Thomas (Associate Professor)
Sherryl Ryan
Michael Garbutt (Dr)
Leah Heiss
Stephen Healy (Dr)
Linda Williams (Associate Professor)
Lyndal Jones (Professor)
Nigel Heyler (Dr)
John Potts (Associate Professor)
Kathy Cleland (Dr)
Susan Ballard (Dr)
Marco Pasqualini de Andrade (Associate Professor)
Charles Green (Associate Professor)
Jim Hamlyn
Lesley Punton
Cat Hope (Dr)
Kate Macneill (Dr)
Barbara Bolt (Associate Professor)
Julian Priest