The international conference series, which was developed in 2004, Menaggio, Italy has been held in several international venues around the globe including Banff 2005, Berlin 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool 2011, Riga 2013, Montreal 2015, Krems/Vienna 2017, Aalborg 2019, stream during CIHA 2022 in Sao Paulo, and Venice 2023. The conference series aims to engage the growing community of scholars from a range of disciplines including art history, contemporary art practice, art theory, history of science, history of technology, media studies, image science, visual studies, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, sound studies, computer science among others to develop and share new research and scholarship in the intersecting fields of the histories of media art, science and technology.
More info about the conference series at mediaarthistory.org
The International Network supporting this conference is based on:
Initiated by Media Art History Board (Steering Committee)
Andreas BROECKMANN (Leuphana Universität, DE), Andres BURBANO (Universidad de los Andes, CO), Sean CUBITT (University of Melbourne, AU), Oliver GRAU (Soc. MediaArt), Inge HINTERWALDNER (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE), Erkki HUHTAMO (University of California, US), Machiko KUSAHARA (Waseda University, JP), Katja KWASTEK (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL), Gunalan NADARAJAN (Ann Arbor School of Art&Design, US), Chris SALTER (Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, CH), Paul THOMAS (University of New South Wales, AU).
Media Art Histories Honorary Board:
Rudolf ARNHEIM†, Linda HENDERSON (active board member 2005-2018), Douglas KAHN (active board member 2005 – 2018), Martin KEMP (active board member 2005 – 2018), Tim LENIOR (active board member 2005-2016), Douglas DAVIS†, Jasia REICHARDT, Itsuo SAKANE, Peter WEIBEL†.
Conference Advisory Board:
Everardo REYES (Université Paris 8, FR), Dolores & David STEINMAN (University of Toronto, CA), Luz María SÁNCHEZ (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, ES), Claudia SCHNUGG (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, AT), Ryszard KLUSZCZYŃSKI (Łódź University, PL), Morten SØNDEGAARD (Aalborg University, DK), Georgia SMITHSON (The University of Sunderland, UK), Angélica PIEDRAHITA (University of Monterrey, MX), Franz FISCHER (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT), Paolo BERTI (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT), Martin ZEILINGER (Abertay University, UK), Ashley SCARLETT (Alberta University of the Arts, CA).
Conference co-chairs
Track 1: Everardo Reyes, Ryszard Kluszczyński
Track 2: Katja Kwastek, Paolo Berti, Dolores & David Steinmann
Track 3: Martin Zeilinger, Andres Burbano, Ashley Scarlett
Track 4 Inge Hinterwaldner, Morten Søndergaard