Radiator and Digital Cultures

Symposium on Performance, Dance, and Technology Art

2 Dec 2005
4 Dec 2005

This three day international symposium comes to Nottingham in December to bring into focus artistic practices of live performance using digital technology in the form of lens based, networked or locative media. Coordinated by Digital Cultures based at Nottingham Trent University, and Radiator, based at Broadway Cinema, the ymposium forms part of Radiator 05 - the UK’s leading biannual Festival of New Technology Art.

The Symposium will bring together leading ractitioners, developers, scientists and theorists from the disciplines that make up new media performance including live art, locative and pervasive media, telematics, performance and dance, wearable, sensor based and cybernetic technologies.

Confirmed participants so far:

Alastair Bannerman (UK), Andrew Morrison (Norway), Aylin Kalem (Turkey), Blast Theory (UK), Carol Brown Dances (UK), Company in Space (Australia), Emanuele Quinz (France), Ghislaine Boddington (UK), Gob Squad (Germany), Gregory Sporton (UK), Henry Daniel (Canada), Igloo (UK), Igor Stromajer (Slovenia), Ivani Santana (Brazil), Jayachandran Palazhy (India), John Mitchell (USA), Karen Guthrie/Nina Pope (UK), Keith Armstrong (Australia), Koala Yip (Hong Kong), Kondition Pluriel (Canada), Lali Krotoszynski (Brasil), Liu Chun (China), Margarita Bali (Argentina), Marlon Barrios Solano (USA), Michelle Teran (Canada), Mine Kaylan (UK), Nuria Font (Spain), Paulo C. Chagas (Brazil), Paul Verity Smith (UK), Philippe Baudelot (France), Ran Hyman (Canada), Rimini Protokoll (Germany), Sally Jane Norman (UK), Scott deLahunta (The Netherlands), Sher Doruff (The Netherlands), Simon Biggs/Sue Hawksley (UK), Simon Pope (UK), Sita Popat (UK), Stamatia Portanova (UK), Steven Benford / Mixed Reality Lab (UK), Thecla Schiphorst (Canada), Troika Ranch (USA), Yacov Sharir (USA), Yukihiko Yoshida (Japan).

The symposium is a collaboration between the Digital Cultures Lab of Nottingham Trent University and the Radiator Festival for New Technology Art. Run by Trampoline, the Radiator Festival takes place every second year in Nottingham. While involving partners from throughout the East Midlands, the festival umbrellas Trampoline’s second home, Berlin. As a local hub for digital arts activities, Radiator aims to promote digital arts in the region while instigating exchange by inviting UK-wide and international artists to Nottingham. This year the festival expands its own boundaries to include the city streets as well as a range of new partner venues. Radiator 05 (1 - 4 Dec 2005) presents installations, screenings, workshops, talks, performances, music and satellite events live and online at Broadway, Angel Row Gallery, Future Factory, Victoria Studios, Waverley 1851, Malt Cross, Surface Gallery, Sandfield Centre and Preset. For more information go to www.radiator-festival.org

Symposium details:

Friday 2 - Saturday 3 December 2005 10am-6:30pm
Sunday 4 December 2005 10am-3pm
Powerhouse
Victoria Studio
Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ

Full weekend: £100 (concs. £ 70)
Early Birds: £80 (concs. £ 55)
Single Day: £35 (concs. £ 20)
Early Bird registration (before October 15th)

www.radiator-festival.org

Radiator is supported by Arts Council England, EM Media, UK Filmcouncil Lottery Funded, Broadway.
The Symposium is supported by Bonington Gallery, Creative Collaborations, Essex Dance, Future Factory, Nottingham Trent University and UCE Birmingham.