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Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology

ZKM | Karlsruhe

Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology

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Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology

ZKM | Karlsruhe

Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology

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Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology

ZKM | Karlsruhe

Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology

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01.07.2017ZKM_Lecture Hall

As part of the exhibition »Radical Software. The Raindance Foundation, Media Ecology and Video Art«, the ZKM is hosting the »Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology« Symposium on Saturday 1 July 2017. It will reunite the former members of the Raindance Foundation – video artists Frank Gillette, Beryl Korot and Ira Schneider as well as Hollywood producer Michael Shamberg – for the first time in a joint discussion group and will present lectures by renowned media theoreticians and scholars. The symposium will be moderated by Davidson Gigliotti.In the early 1970s, the »Raindance Foundation« established itself as a pioneering protagonist of radical media critique and the promoter of a new democracy in the era of electronic mass media. Through theoretical and practical, experimental investigations of the medium of video, the aim was to create the prerequisites for individual self-determination and the construction of a democratic community. Inspired by theoreticians such as Gregory Bateson, »Raindance« developed the concept of a »Media Ecology«, a model for the description of the environment as an information-processing system, in which technical, social, psychological and aesthetic aspects are finally able to be handled as a whole. The »Radical Software« journal founded by Raindance in 1970 anticipated the future of the internet society with the words, »power is no longer measured in land, work or capital, but by access to information and the means to distribute it«. According to the claim, other social systems and individual lifestyles could only be developed by establishing alternative, decentralized information structures. Not least due to confronting workable models and methods to analyze and design an environment that is characterised by electronic communication media, these theses and experiments of the »Raindance Foundation« have a topical relevance for the current technological developments and accompanying social challenges, such as the relationship of social media and democracy, security, monitoring and individual freedom. Program11 am–11:10 amWelcoming Speech Peter Weibel11:10 am–11:20 am Introductory Speech Margit Rosen and Judith Bihr11:20 am–11:30 amA Brief History of »Raindance« George Barker 1:30 am–12:15 amArtistic Research. Interactive social experiments in art and science Elisabeth Fritz (University of Jena) 12:15–12:30 pm Coffee break 12:30 pm–1:30 pmExhibition tour 1:30 pm–2:30 pmLunch Break 2:30 pm–3:45 pmAll Hail the Cybernation?— archiving and organizing with cameras and ANTSElizabeth Coffman (Loyola University Chicago)Ted Hardin (Columbia College Chicago)4pm – 5:30 UhrDiscussion PanelFormer Members of the Raindance Foundation Frank Gillette, Beryl Korot, Ira Schneider, Michael Shamberg (via Skype)Moderation: Davidson Gigliotti5:30 pm–6pm Concluding Remarks George Barker, Judith Bihr, Margit RosenOrganization / InstitutionZKM | Center for Art and Media

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01.07.2017ZKM_Vortragssaal

Im Rahmen der Ausstellung veranstaltet das ZKM am Samstag, 1. Juli 2017 das Symposium »Raindance. Research and Development in Video Art and Media Ecology«, das die ehemaligen Mitglieder der Raindance Foundation – die Videokünstler Frank Gillette, Beryl Korot und Ira Schneider sowie den Hollywoodproduzenten Michael Shamberg – erstmals wieder in einer gemeinsamen Diskussionsgruppe, moderiert von Davidson Gigliotti, vereint und Vorträge renommierter MedientheoretierInnen und WissenschaftlerInnen präsentiert.In den frühen 1970er-Jahren etablierte sich die »Raindance Foundation« als wegweisender Akteur einer radikalen Medienkritik und Promoter einer neuen Demokratie im Zeitalter elektronischer Massenmedien. Durch theoretische und praktisch-experimentelle Untersuchungen des Mediums Video sollten die Voraussetzungen für individuelle Selbstbestimmung und die Gestaltung eines demokratischen Gemeinwesens geschaffen werden. Inspiriert von Theoretikern wie Gregory Bateson entwickelte Raindance die Vorstellung einer »Medien-Ökologie«, ein Modell für die Beschreibung der Umwelt als informationsprozessierendes System, in dem technische, soziale, psychologische und ästhetische Aspekte nicht mehr getrennt behandelt werden können. Die von Raindance 1970 gegründete Zeitschrift »Radical Software« antizipierte die Zukunft der Internet-Gesellschaft mit den Worten: »Macht wird nicht mehr in Land, Arbeit oder Kapital gemessen, sondern durch den Zugang zu Informationen und die Mittel zur Verbreitung«. Nur durch die Etablierung alternativer, dezentraler Informationsstrukturen, so die Forderung, könnten andere gesellschaftliche Systeme und individuelle Lebensstile entstehen. Nicht zuletzt durch die Auseinandersetzung um tragfähige Modelle und Methoden zur Analyse und Gestaltung einer von elektronischen Kommunikationsmedien geprägten Umwelt haben die Thesen und Experimente der »Raindance Foundation« eine aktuelle Relevanz für die gegenwärtigen technologischen Entwicklungen und die damit einhergehenden gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen, wie das Verhältnis von sozialen Medien und Demokratie, Sicherheit, Überwachung und individueller Freiheit. Bitte beachten Sie: Die Konferenzsprache ist Englisch. Programm11:00–11:10 UhrPeter WeibelWelcoming speech11:10–11:20 Uhr Margit Rosen, Judith BihrIntroduction11:20–11:30 UhrGeorge Barker A Brief History of »Raindance«11.30–12:15 UhrElisabeth Fritz (University of Jena) Artistic Research. Interactive Social Experiments in Art and Science 12:15–12:30 Uhr Coffee break 12:00–13:00 Uhr Exhibition Tour13:30–14:30 Uhr Lunch Break 14:30–15:45 UhrElizabeth Coffman(Loyola University Chicago)Ted Hardin (Columbia College Chicago)All Hail the Cybernation?— archiving and organizing with cameras and ANTS16:00 – 17:30 UhrFrank Gillette, Beryl Korot, Ira Schneider, Michael Shamberg (via Skype)Discussion PanelFormer Members of the Raindance Foundation Moderation: Davidson Gigliotti17:30–18:00 Uhr George Barker, Judith Bihr, Margit RosenConcluding remarks Organisation / InstitutionZKM | Karlsruhe

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ZKM | Karlsruhe
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Idle
Started
Oct 24th, 2017
Latest Episode
Dec 11th, 2017
Release Period
8 per year
Episodes
9
Avg. Episode Length
31 minutes
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English

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