Euphoria & Dystopia Research Symposium

The Euphoria & Dystopia symposium invites reflection on the digital concerns of the 1990s and early twenty-first century, weighing these preoccupations against contemporary research, industrial, social and cultural trends. It includes dialogues between current digital media researchers, thinkers and BNMI participants; a student research event and a lecture and book/archive launch by Sarah Cook and Sara Diamond, the authors of Euphoria & Dystopia: the Banff New Media Institute Dialogues.

The conference will investigate seven themes through seven panel discussions:
The Material Known as Data(the imminence of data, its analysis & visualization, memory & documentation)
Physics, Perception, Immersion(graphics, 3D worlds, the underlying scientific grounding for new media)
Becoming Machine, Staying Human(artificial life, artificial intelligence, robotics)
The Art Formerly Known As New Media (curatorial practice, digital art’s exhibition and historicization)
Social and Individual Identity(new media identities, gender, cultural difference, health & wellness)
Money and Law(new media economies and social policy)
Production and Distribution(models of collaboration in new media)