Pacific Rim New Media Conference http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/prnmsThe political and economic space of the Pacific Rim represents a dynamic context for innovation and creativity. Experimentation in art, science, architecture, engineering, design, literature, theater and music is emerging new forms of cultural production and experience unique to the region. The complex relations and diversity of Pacific Rim nations is exemplified throughout the hybridized communities that comprise Silicon Valley. As the 10th largest city in the United States, San Jose is an important portal on the Eastern edge of the Pacific region, which shares deep historical and cultural connections that range from Latin America, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia to Asia. ZeroOne San Jose: An International Festival of Art on the Edge highlights the Pacific Rim as a central theme by presenting the most significant achievements in art, theory and research from throughout the region. The CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University will host a two-day pre-symposium entitled the Pacific Rim New Media Summit co-sponsored by Leonardo. The Summit is intended to explore and build interpretive bridges between institutional, corporate, social and cultural enterprises with an emphasis on the emergence of new media arts programs in 7 areas: Creative Community, Curatorial, Education, Directory, Eco-Social Activism, Mobile Computing and Urbanity, and Latin American – Pacific / Asia New Media.Transvergent Evening is the official reception for the Pacific Rim New Media Summit. It is the first event of the Festival open to the public and includes a keynote presentation by a world-renowned scholar, a reception at the new City of San Jose/SJSU Martin Luther King Library, and a commissioned avant-garde music concert at a local night club. A special feature of the Pacific Rim theme is the Container Culture exhibition that will be featured on Cesar Chavez Plaza that will present new media artist projects from Pacific Rim port cities.
Pacific Rim New Media Summit Working Groups:
Creative Communities Forum Co Chairs: Kim Walesh, Assistant Director of Economic Development for the City of San Jose - USADavid Nieh, Shanghai --The City of San Jose will invite delegations from Singapore, Tokyo, Taipei, Shanghai, Seoul and Mumbai to discuss and share strategies, initiatives, and lessons learned with peer counterparts in Pacific-Asian cities, develop new relationships and identify opportunities for ongoing, cross-community collaboration involving cultural and economic development.
Mobile Computing and Urbanity Chair: Roh Soh Yeong, Director, Arts Centre Nabi-South Korea - South Korea --Research and development of da mobile computing/communications media project as a response to an ambitious urban project in Seoul Korea – the reclamation of the Chongkye Chun river that has been buried under concrete since the development era of the early 1970's. This working group will collaborate together with a lead artist who will be in residency at the NABI Art Centre.
Curatorial Chair: Steve Dietz,Independent Curator, Director ISEA2006 Symposium/ZeroOne Festival - USA --Exploration of new models and opportunities for enabling collaborative and distributed exhibitions. Focus on the Container Cultural, a site installation of shipping containers transformed into artworks. Each container is curated by a internationally renown curator from 5-7 port cities in the Pacific-Asia region.
Latin American-Pacific/Asia New Media Initiative Chair: Jose-Carlos Mariategui, Director ATA - Peru --Development of relations, strategies and processes among artists/artist teams, organizations and creative professionals in both Asia and Latin America. Focus is on consideration of ‘emergent markets’.
Directory Chair: Irina Aristarkhova, Director Cyberarts Research Initiative - Singapore --Design and implementation of a meta-directory database of Pacific Rim new media artist and related institutions, cultural organizations, research institutes and governmental agencies. A resource to be make available on the Web.
Ground and Practice Chair: Danny Butt, Independent researcher in new media, arts and education fields--To address the cultural diversity of new media networks, identifyingalternative futures of networked media proposed by indigenous cultural andartistic practices, and related self-determination initiatives
Education Chair: Fatima Lasay, Assistant Professor University of Philippines College of Fine Arts-Philippines --Identification and adressment of Pacific Rim new media academic systems with specific examination of regional political economies of education and development and their impact on local communities.
Pacific Rim Residency Chair: Julianne Pierce, Executive Director of The Australian Network for Art and Technology-Australia --Development of cross cultural and regional programming to enable artist residency projects between academic institutions, research centers, corporations. Examination of cross programming between organizations and symposia.
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