Dr Graeme Kirkpatrick - ‘Dr Kawashima and the global culture industry: Gaming and social theory’, Leicester, 9 January 2008, 4pm
| 9 January 2008 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 5:30 pm |
Wednesday 9th January 4pm
De Montfort University, Leicester Media and Film Seminar Series 2008
Room Clephan 3.02
Dr Graeme Kirkpatrick, University of Manchester - ‘Dr Kawashima and the global culture industry: Gaming and social theory’
Graeme Kirkpatrick is interested in philosophy and sociology of technology, with a particular emphasis on the social and historical contingencies that shape technology design. He is currently working on a study of the computer game as a cultural form. His book (2004) Critical Technology: A social theory of personal computing (Ashgate) won the 2005 Philip Abrams Memorial Prize from the British Sociological Association.
He is currently writing a new book on computer game studies for Polity Press.
Other on-going research projects include a study of the social context of home computing in Europe in the 1980s, and an ethnographic study of how digital visualisations function in the workplace.
No commentsKaren Lubbock with Sara Haggerty - Digital Broadway, Nottingham, 10 January 2008
| 10 January 2008 | ||
| 11:30 am | to | 9:00 pm |
KAREN LUBBOCK with SARA HAGGERTY
KAREN
WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT?
“I hope to meet lots of people and have a chat about ordinary things:
The weather, what you are having for tea, Nottingham, the cinema, dogs, the price of a loaf, football, hats…
Hope to see you on the day.”
THURSDAY 10TH JANUARY
AT BROADWAY CINEMA & MEDIA CENTRE
BETWEEN 11.30 AM - 9.00 PM.
Commissioned by Digital Broadway for the Bar Screen in February.
This work will be formed from her one day residency at Broadway.
Karen’s work focuses on the minutiae of the everyday and mostly combines conversation and imagery. She is best known for her award winning magazine Karen which has been critiqued as an antidote to the culture of celebrity.
Assistant Professor of Visual Art (Painting/New Media), Brown University - deadline 11 January 2008
Announcement of Position in Painting/New Media
Assistant Professor of Visual Art (Tenure Track)
Position: Brown University Department of Visual Art is searching for an artist to teach at the Undergraduate level. The candidate should be an artist who uses digital media as a central component of a painting practice.
Requirements: Applicants will have earned an MFA, have 3 years full time equivalent teaching experience at the college level beyond graduate school, and must be able to teach Painting, Drawing, Foundations, and relevant digital imaging applications.
No commentsHosting, MoBY - deadline 1 February 2008
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Hosting, MoBY
Deadline: February 1st 2008
MoBY (Museums of Bat Yam, Israel) is currently organizing an international group exhibition revolving around the theme of “Hosting”. Through this concept, we wish to investigate the relationship between museum-artist-work of art-viewer. We are inviting art and culture collectives, groups and collaborations to submit proposals for actions/exhibitions to take place in each of the museum’s spaces.
The exhibition will open at April 10th 2008 and close on July 10th 2008.
We welcome proposals from various “families”, ones that have been working as a group for a while, as well as ones that are formed especially for this exhibition.
The suggestions are not required to address the themes of architecture or urbanism. They should include a detailed outline of the project suggested, as well as an estimated budget, if required.
Writers, critics and curators are also invited to submit proposals for potential publication in the exhibition catalogue.
The exhibition is done in collaboration with the upcoming Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism.
e-mail: bymuseum [at] netvision.net.il
tel: 972-3-6591140
Biennale website: www.biennale-batyam.org
