The 10thInternational Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology – RE:SOURCE – will celebrate Media Art Histories and the role that its main agents have had in the multiple developments of art, science and technology with a focus on the past 60 years.
The title ‘RE:SOURCE’ refers to a sub theme specifically introduced in the MAH Venice edition of the conference series. This theme will be centred on the climate crisis and questions of ecological sustainability considered in all their ramifications analysed through the lenses of Media Art (History).
The main historical theme of the conference series – the histories of Media, Art, Science and Technology – will form the core of the event. This will be integrated by a number of sub themes including the following:

  • Track 1: “Memory. How to create future memories: documentation, preservation and new technologies” (media art conservation, preservation, documentation, archival research, role of researchers in curatorial practice).
  • Track 2: “Climate Actions, Environment and Public Humanities” (public media art that addresses climate emergency and social topics).
  • Track 3: “Pioneers of Media art” (media art history pioneers past and present, artists, curators, new technologies).
  • Track 4: “Media art history outside and inside the museum” (curation, museology, cinema, games, media arts museums); re-enacting of exhibitions, new technologies and curatorial practice.

Programme

Keynote Speakers

Andrés Burbano

Andrés Burbano is a transdisciplinary artist and scholar; he is an associate professor in the Arts and Humanities School at the Open University of Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) and a Visiting Lecturer at Donau-Universität (Krems, Austria). He holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California at Santa Barbara (California, EEUU). He has developed most of his academic career in the School of Architecture and Design at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). His research projects focus on media history and media archaeology in Latin America and the Global South, 3D modeling of archaeological sites, and computational technologies' historical and cultural impact. Burbano is author of Different Engines: Media Technologies from Latin America (Routledge, 2023) and has been appointed ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 conference chair.

Andrés Burbano

Andrés Burbano is a transdisciplinary artist and scholar; he is an associate professor in the Arts and Humanities School at the Open University of Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) and a Visiting Lecturer at Donau-Universität (Krems, Austria). He holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California at Santa Barbara (California, EEUU). He has developed most of his academic career in the School of Architecture and Design at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). His research projects focus on media history and media archaeology in Latin America and the Global South, 3D modeling of archaeological sites, and computational technologies' historical and cultural impact. Burbano is author of Different Engines: Media Technologies from Latin America (Routledge, 2023) and has been appointed ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 conference chair.

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Christiane Paul
Christiane Paul

Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Associate Prof. at the School of Media Studies, The New School. She has written extensively on new media arts and lectured internationally on art and technology. Her recent books are 'Context Providers – Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts' (Intellect, 2011; Beijing Beepub Media & Culture Publishing Co., 2012), co- edited with M. Lovejoy and V. Vesna; 'New Media in the White Cube and Beyond' (UC Press, 2008); and 'Digital Art' (Thames and Hudson 2003; expanded new edition 2008). As Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, she curated several exhibitions—including 'Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools, Profiling' (2007), 'Data Dynamics' (2001) and the net art selection for the 2002 Whitney Biennial—as well as artport, the Whitney Museum’s website devoted to Internet art.

Christiane Paul
Christiane Paul

Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Associate Prof. at the School of Media Studies, The New School. She has written extensively on new media arts and lectured internationally on art and technology. Her recent books are 'Context Providers – Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts' (Intellect, 2011; Beijing Beepub Media & Culture Publishing Co., 2012), co- edited with M. Lovejoy and V. Vesna; 'New Media in the White Cube and Beyond' (UC Press, 2008); and 'Digital Art' (Thames and Hudson 2003; expanded new edition 2008). As Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, she curated several exhibitions—including 'Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools, Profiling' (2007), 'Data Dynamics' (2001) and the net art selection for the 2002 Whitney Biennial—as well as artport, the Whitney Museum’s website devoted to Internet art.

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Jussi Parikka
Jussi Parikka

Dr Jussi Parikka is Professor in Digital Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University in Denmark where he leads the Digital Aesthetics Research Centre (DARC). He is also visiting professor of at Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) and at FAMU at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he leads the project Operational Images and Visual Culture (2019-2023, funded by the Czech Science Foundation). In 2021 he was elected as member of Academia Europaea. His published books include Insect Media (2010), Digital Contagions (2007/2016) and A Geology of Media (2015), and A Slow, Contemporary Violence (2016). Recently, he co-edited Photography Off the Scale (2021) and is the co-author of The Lab Book: Situated Practices in Media Studies (2022). His book Operational Images is forthcoming in Spring 2023. Parikka’s books have been translated into 11 languages including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Czech, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Jussi Parikka
Jussi Parikka

Dr Jussi Parikka is Professor in Digital Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University in Denmark where he leads the Digital Aesthetics Research Centre (DARC). He is also visiting professor of at Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) and at FAMU at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he leads the project Operational Images and Visual Culture (2019-2023, funded by the Czech Science Foundation). In 2021 he was elected as member of Academia Europaea. His published books include Insect Media (2010), Digital Contagions (2007/2016) and A Geology of Media (2015), and A Slow, Contemporary Violence (2016). Recently, he co-edited Photography Off the Scale (2021) and is the co-author of The Lab Book: Situated Practices in Media Studies (2022). His book Operational Images is forthcoming in Spring 2023. Parikka’s books have been translated into 11 languages including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Czech, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

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Organiser

MiC, Direzione Generale Educazione, ricerca e istituti culturali.
MiC, Direzione Generale Educazione, ricerca e istituti culturali.

Venue