From: Oliver Grau <Oliver.Grau@DONAU-UNI.AC.AT>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:45:29 +0200
All About Imaging: Transactions 22-23 May 2014 University of Westminster, Harrow Campus, London, HA1 3TP Co-Chairs: Sophie Triantaphillidou, Heather Barnett Transactions is an interdisciplinary symposium exploring new directions in contemporary imaging from the perspectives of art, science and technology. The symposium will bring together academics, artists, students and professionals working in contemporary imaging, to create opportunities for knowledge exchange, demonstration and discussion. Transactions aims to traverse discursive boundaries between disciplines, to build shared vocabularies, mutual understanding and new synergies. Programme Thursday 22 May 9:25 Symposium Opening Sophie Triantaphillidou (Transactions Co-Chair, Faculty of Media, Arts and Design) Derek Birch (President, RPS), Kerstin Mey (Dean, Faculty of Media Arts and Design) 9:40-11:00 Session 1 Chair: Eugenie Shinkle Oliver Grau, Danube University: Complex expressions in digital arts imagery (keynote) Kerstin Mey, University of Westminster: Vision and visuality: On the work of AES+F 11:30-1:00 Session 2 Chair: Heather Barnett Susan Aldworth, Artist: Transience Andrew Carnie, Artist: Data embodiment Howard Boland, C-LAB: Living mirror 1:00-2.00 Lunch + demos + imagery* 2:00-3:30 Session 3 Chair: Aleka Psarrou Carrina Parraman, University of the West of England: 2.5D printing Vicente Morell, University of Alicante: Contributions to 3D data processing Matthieu Chavent, University of Oxford: Under the scientific picture 4:00-5:30 Session 4 Chair: John Smith Francis Ring, University of South Wales: Imaging the invisible in medicine Gary Evans, Science Photo Library: A chemical adventure in high-speed imaging Afzal Ansary, The Royal Photographic Society: Scientific imaging - an essential tool 5:30 PRS International Images for Science 2103 exhibition opening Heather Barnett, (Transactions Co-Chair, Faculty of Media, Arts and Design) London Gallery West, University of Westminster, Harrow Campus Friday 23 May 9:25 Opening Sophie Triantaphillidou (Transactions Co-Chair, Faculty of Media, Arts and Design) 9:30-11:00 Session 1 Chair: Ralph Jacobson Lindsay MacDonald, UCL: Perceptual transactions: simulating real appearance John Jarvis, University of Westminster: Sensitivity to shape and detail in complex images Sabine Susstrunk, Polytechnic of Lauzanne: Computational aesthetics 11:30-12:30 Session 2 Chair: Sophie Triantaphillidou Chaker Larabi, University of Poitier: Is today's cinema different from yesterday's one Karsten Hacker, Framestore: The making of 'Gravity' - colour considerations 12:30-2:00 Lunch + demos + workshop* 2:00-3:30 Session 3 Chair: Silke Lange David Bate, University of Westminster: The technologies of the selfie Jacqueline Butler, University of Manchester: The photograph as haptic and virtual object Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmiths: Curating / Open / Images 4:00-5:00 Session 4 Chair: Liz Allen Rainer Usselman, Happy Finish: Photography Vanishes Jonathon Shaw, Coventry School of Art & Design: NewFotoScapes 5:00-5:45 Panel discussion, Whatever happened to photography? Chair: John Smith 5:45 Symposium Close Heather Barnett (Transactions Co-Chair, Faculty of Media, Arts and Design) * Demos: Anabelle King (Fractals in nature), Howard Boland (Living mirror), Workshop: Fotis Begklis (Wishing tree interactive story telling), Imagery: Andre Pinkowski Symposium Fee (2 days including lunch) General: £65. Students, Concessions, RPS members: £45 Registration & info Email Helen Cohen (H.Cohen02@westminster.ac.uk), subject All About Imaging Related exhibitions (All About Imaging delegates are invited) RPS International Images for Science 2013 exhibition London Gallery West, University of Westminster, Harrow Campus, HA1 3TP 23 May-16 June Private View 22 May, 5:30-8pm Broad Vision - Future Human GV Art gallery, 49 Chiltern Street, London W1U 6LY 6-28 June Private View Thursday 5 June, 6-9pm
From: Paul Brown <paul_brown@MAC.COM>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:25:13 +0100
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