Technology Expanding the Horizon: Schedule
Thursday March 29
10am--12:30pm
The Imaged Landscape/How Technology Changes Our Perception of the Land:This panel will consider how the imaged landscape has been used and continues to be used as a device for changing our perception of the land. An ongoing dialogue between truthful representation and fictional construction, the imaged landscape contributes to our understanding and perceptions of our environment.
Panelists: videographer/photographer Peter Garfield, photographer Lori Nix, and historian Vicki Goldberg. Moderator: film historian, Ron Green
2:30pm--5pm
2. Remapping Power: Action in Virtual and Physical landscapes: Artists are increasingly using electronic media to create, disseminate and research their projects, which has resulted in an expansion in the notion of public art and activism. The Internet audience is engaged in ways that cause a rethinking, and possibly a reconnecting to physical places, people and communities.
Panelists: cyberart activist Ricardo Dominquez and media artist and culture jammer Andy of 'the Yes Men' with performance philosopher Shannon Bell as respondent. Moderator: Amy Youngs.
Friday March 30
10am--12:30pm
3. Creating and Exploring Technological and Biological Nanoscapes
Nanotechnology, or working within the nano-scale, means grappling with a new landscape. Though it is much too small to “see” in the traditional sense, we are nevertheless confronted with an increasing number of images and narratives emerging from this realm.
Panelists: Russian theorist/biotech artist Dmitry Bulatov and nanotechnology scientist/artist James Gimzewski with Robert Davis, Director of Nanotech West OSU as respondent. Moderator: Ken Rinaldo.
2:30pm--5pm
4. Rediscovering Geography in the Everyday Landscape: Where do irrationality, spontaneity, and surprise fit into our daily existence? How do performance, sculpture, and architecture in the everyday environment disrupt notions of similitude? How can artists use geography as a canvas to introduce a new wildness in the city?
Panelists: architect/artist Vito Acconci and conceptual artist/sculptor Erwin Wurm with art historian/author Martha Buskirk as respondent. Moderator: Robert Ladislas Derr.
All panels will be videotaped and available to the public as downloadable media on the symposium website: http://artandtech.osu.edu/simhorizon/
EXHIBITIONS: opening reception March
29 at 5 PM in Hopkins Hall Gallery, and Re-Surfacing, Haskett Hall Silver Image Gallery 6-9pm
Technology Expanding the Horizon: Repositioning the Coordinates - Hopkins Hall Gallery +Cooridor -an exhibition showcasing the work of the Technology Expanding the Horizon: A Reinterpretation & Investigation of the Landscape symposium panelists. This collection of work expands our notions of the landscape. Opening March 29th.
Re-Surfacing – OSU Department of Art student curated exhibition considers the concept of the landscape in conversation with the Technology Expanding the Horizon: A Reinterpretation & Investigation of the Landscape symposium, featuring artists from an international call.