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SUMMARY: Euphoria & Dystopia Research Symposium
LOCATION:49 McCaul St\, Toronto\, ON
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/68559
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Euphoria & Dystopia symposium invites reflection on the digital concern=
s of the 1990s and early twenty-first century, weighing these preoccupation=
s 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 discussion=
s:
The Material Known as Data(the imminence of data, its analysis & visualizat=
ion, memory & documentation)
Physics, Perception, Immersion(graphics, 3D worlds, the underlying scientif=
ic grounding for new media)
Becoming Machine, Staying Human(artificial life, artificial intelligence, r=
obotics)
The Art Formerly Known As New Media (curatorial practice, digital art=E2=80=
=99s exhibition and historicization)
Social and Individual Identity(new media identities, gender, cultural diffe=
rence, health & wellness)
Money and Law(new media economies and social policy)
Production and Distribution(models of collaboration in new media)
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