CHArt TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, University of London, 25-27 Torrington Square, WC1E 7HX
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 November 2004

PROGRAMME

Since its foundation in 1985 CHArt has closely followed the extraordinary developments in arts computing that have taken place over nearly two decades. This year, for the twentieth CHArt conference we will look back at the history of the application of digital technology to art history, visual culture, the museum and gallery, and art practice. Papers will reflect upon successes, failures, and futures past.

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Futures Past and Present - William Vaughan, Chair of CHArt 1985 - 2002

THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER

9.00-9.30	REGISTRATION
9.30-9.40	INTRODUCTION - Charlie Gere (Chair of CHArt), Birkbeck College.
9.40-10.10	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Futures Past and Present - William Vaughan, Chair of CHArt 1985 - 2002.

 

SESSION ONE: EXPERIMENTAL INTEGRATION
	Catherine Mason, CACHe Project, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.	A Computer in the Art Room.
	Jennifer Gabrys, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.	Machines Fall Apart: Failure and Collapse in Art and Technology.

SESSION TWO: TRANSITIONS
	Andrew Hershberger, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.	The Medium Was the Method: Photography and Iconography at the Index of Christian Art
	Colum Hourihane, Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.	Facing the Future through the Past at the Index of Christian Art.

SESSION THREE: PAINTING BY PIXEL
	James Faure Walker, London, UK.	Painting Digital, and Letting Go.
	Ann-Sophie Lehmann, Institute for Media and Re/presentation, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.	1300 brushes - The History of the Computer as Painting-Machine.

 

SESSION FOUR: METHODS AND PRACTICE
	Pierre R. Auboiron, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.	Indexed Lights.
	Matthias Weiss, Leipzig, Germany.	Microanalysis as a means to mediate digital arts.

FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

SESSION FIVE: HISTORIES, FAILURES AND RESURGENCE
	Nick Lambert, CACHe, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.	Recursive History: Assembling a Digital Archive of Computer Art's Early Years.
	Wayne Clements, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK.	Computer Poetry’s Neglected Debut.

SESSION SIX: VIRTUAL DEPARTURES
	Mike Pringle, AHDS Visual Arts, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.	A Virtual Disaster: the Rise and Fall of Virtual Reality.
	Kirk Martinez, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK.	Fifteen Years of Art Imaging.

SESSION SEVEN: PROJECTS AND ARCHIVES
	Christine L. Sundt, Visual Resources Collection, Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon, USA.	Digital Projects Past and Present: Survivors or Fossils?
	Sian Everitt, Keeper of Archives and Collections BIAD, University of Central England, Birmingham, UK.	The Good, the Bad and the Accessible: 30 Years of Using New Technologies in BIAD Archives.

SESSION EIGHT: COLLECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION
	Vickie O'Riordan, University of California, San Diego, USA.	This is the Modern World: Collaborating with ARTstor.
	Melanie Rowntree, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.	Successes and Failures of Content Creation in Web Beginnings at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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