Digital Legacies of the Avant-Garde April 14/20 Paris-New York

Digital Legacies of the Avant-Garde April 14/20 Paris-New York

The Digital Legacies of the Avant-Garde is a two-day international conference that examines the continuing influence of avant-garde concepts and practices on contemporary digital culture. Born from a partnership in transnational media between Eugene Lang College and the American University of Paris, the conference will be held in Paris on April 14 and in New York on April 20.

NEW YORK SCHEDULE

9:00am - 9:15am
Welcoming Remarks

Marco Deseriis , Eugene Lang The New School

9:15am - 11:15am
Panel: The Legacy of the AvantGarde between Generative Art and Networked Art

"Intimate Bureaucracies," Craig Saper , University of Maryland Baltimore County.

"A Programmed Aesthetic," Manfred Mohr , Artist.

"Feedback: New Media Art Histories," Christiane Paul , The New School.

Moderator: Rhadika Subramaniam , The New School.

11:15am - 12:00pm

Lunch Break

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Panel: Genealogies of Internet Art and Networked Activism

"Nettime 1995-2000 and the Rise of Netcritique," McKenzie Wark , Eugene Lang The New School.

"From Conceptualism(s) of the Americas to Artivist Gestures On-line (1998 to 2012)," Ricardo Dominguez , University of California San Diego.

"The Advantages of Not Having an Identity," Brad Troemel , New York University.

Moderator: Marco Deseriis , Eugene Lang The New School.

Speakers' bios and abstracts are available at http://www.digitallegacies.org/newyork.html.