MINISTERIO DE CULTURA, CENTRO CERVANTES - MADRID
08-11 MAY 2007
The First International Art Tech Media Conference has been set up in order
to reflect upon and analyse questions currently being raised about art and
new technological media within an international context. In a globalised
world, dominated by communication technologies, with countless questions
concerning a future that affects our everyday life, it is essential to make
this analysis and to consider, from different perspectives, how our
polyhedral, altered reality is being effected by the widespread use of new
technology as a support for new ideas and possibilities that are almost
infinite. We need to investigate how this occurs in different societies and
cultures and to propose models that may go beyond what has been known until
now.
The Conference will focus on three clearly complementary regions: national,
international (European, Asian) and Ibero-American.
The conference is open to the general public, especially those connected to
the visual arts and in particular those working in digital art.
The Congress will be held at three venues:
1. Ministerio de Cultura: debates and lectures related to Spanish and
international issues.
2. Instituto Cervantes: lectures and roundtables on the relationship between
Spain and Ibero-America.
3. Casa América: Lectures on the Ibero-American sphere and projection of
video art.
Main Objectives of the Congress
1. Art, as an expression that is common to all human societies, overrides
frontiers. As such, regardless of the logical importance given to the
different art sectors within Spain , the international and Ibero-American
context will be given priority.
2. To reflect, analyse and debate by sectors the current situation in art
and new media to gain a better understanding of its different realities and
necessities.
3. To present proposals that will energise and improve the relationship
between the different sectors in order to stimulate and promote Spanish
digital art both nationally and internationally.
4. To favour the presentation of proposals related to the opportunity and
need to create an " Institute of Digital Arts ", how it may be organised, its
functions, objectives and its relationship with other Institutes and
international institutions.
5. To optimise the creation of more Centres of Production and Research in
collaboration with institutions and the private sector for the development
of an innovative industrial and economic infrastructure.
6. The presentation of the book Art Tech Media 06, of selected lectures and
communiqués as well as a survey made among various sectors related to
digital art.
7. The conclusions and proposals of the Conference will be presented to the
Ministry of Culture and other national and international institutions.
Congress Structure: Round tables, lectures and communiqués
1. Round tables - The conference will be structured into roundtables by
sector in which different issues will be analysed, alternative proposals to
current models presented, and a study made of international experiences, and
the most effective way to establish a collaborative, operative and stable
Interface Platform whose objective in part will be the optimisation of
resources with shared products, research and exchange of information.
The roundtables will be formed by 5/6 people with a moderator whose main
functions will be to lead debate and present conclusions. Duration of the roundtable: 50 minutes.
Round table themes:
- Art, Science, Technology and Industry
- Museums, Art Centres, Medialabs: centres for production and exhibition
- University : research and teaching plans.
- New market for Art: galleries, fairs, biennials.
- Digital art and Patronage
- Cultural politics
- Copyright, reproduction and exhibition
- Media in the digital era
- Curation, exhibition and collectors
- Institute of the Digital Arts
- Ibero-American and Spanish cooperation
- International cooperation with Spain
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