PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Experimenta UtopiA Now
FORUM: Paradise Lost or Utopia Regained?
Interactive media art now - FREE!
Public Forum chaired by Darren Tofts (Professor of Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology and a leading academic in the field of media art).
Australian and international artists explore the opportunities for interactive art to take us into uncharted territories, ask some tough questions about the current state of media art in the twenty-first century and ponder the future of the medium. Panel members include interactive media artists: Van Sowerine (Australia), Christa Sommerer (Austria), Niklas Roy (Germany), David Kousemaker (Amsterdam), Jean Dubois (Canada) and Matthew Gingold (Australia)
Date: Friday 12 February 2010
Time: 6pm for a 6:15pm start – 7:45pm
Venue: Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Studio 1, Federation Square
TALKS/TOURS:
Curator/artist talks inside the exhibition FREE!
Get up close and personal with the artists and curators that have made Experimenta Utopia Now come alive.
Curator talk with Experimenta
curator Amy Barclay
Date: Saturday 13 February 2010, 2:00pm
ARTIST LECTURE
BY ARCHITECT ANNIE K KWON (USA)
PRESENTED BY ARCHITECTURE+PHILOSOPHY AND EXPERIMENTA
Date: Tuesday 16 February 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: RMIT 8.11.68 (Bldg 8, 360 Swanston St. Level 11, Lecture Theatre 68, to the right of the lifts
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Artist talk
with Australian artist, writer and academic Kit Wise
Date: Saturday 20 February 2010, 2:00pm
Curator and Artists Talks at the Arts Centre, BlackBox, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
Artist talk
with Australian artists Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine
Date: Saturday 27 February 2010, 2:00pm
Curator and Artists Talks at the Arts Centre, BlackBox, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
Media Tykes FREE!
Every Tuesday morning during the exhibition, mothers, fathers, grandparents, carers and guardians are invited to attend Experimenta Utopia Now with their children (aged 1 – 5yrs) for a short interactive exhibition tour encouraging children to activate the artworks in the exhibition and have fun while learning about art.
Date: Tuesday 16 & 23 February, 2 & 9 March
Time: 10:00am-11:00am
Venue: the Arts Centre, BlackBox, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
WORKSHOPS: Sonic Vibrations
presented by international media artist Niklas Roy (Germany)
Blend everyday objects with the power of basic tech to create and take home a fully functioning sonic manipulator. Plug straight into your new baby amp (provided by Experimenta) and produce some hot new tunes.
Date: Saturday 13 February 2010
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Venue: Signal, Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne
(Behind Flinders St Station towards Sandridge Bridge)
Age Group: 13 – 20yrs
Cost: $50 (lunch and workshop materials provided)
Visit: signal.net.au for more info
Experimenta Artist Lab
presented by Australian media artists Jesse Stevens and Tim Humphry
Experimenta Artist Lab is a space for innovation, experimentation, creative collaboration and learning new skills. The ‘workshop’ style lab is designed to give artists, designers and other creative types the tools and skills they need to move their existing practice into the interactive realm by introducing them to the basic technology needed to produce physically interactive artworks.
Date: Sunday 21 February 2010
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Venue: Signal, Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne
(Behind Flinders St Station towards Sandridge Bridge)
Age group: 18+ (no experience with microcontrollers/sensors needed)
Cost: $85 (lunch and workshop materials provided)
Bookings for all Workshops:
Call 03 9650 9977 or email experimenta@experimenta.org
