International congress concerning the production, presentation and preservation of media art

June 19 – 22, 2003

Industrie Museum Zeche Zollern II/IV, Dortmund

The program and a database for abstracts and lectures are available at

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Congress text

With the support of the European Community, medien-kunst-netz dortmund has launched a research project comprising various case studies dealing with questions of the production, presentation and preservation of media art.

Co-operation partners include the Netherlands Institute for Media Art - Montevideo/Time Based Art, the Center for Culture and Communication C3 in Budapest, and the Stuttgart based art historian Hans Dieter Huber.

The congress "404 Object Not Found: What Remains of Media Art" is the (provisional) conclusion and public platform of the project. The congress encompasses lectures, panel discussions and study groups. In addition to presenting the case studies, international experts are invited to present their experience, strategies and current projects in the field of media art.

Speakers

Alain Depocas

Daniel Langlois Foundation, Montréal

Anne-Marie Duguet

Université Paris 1, Paris

Nikolett Eross

Cr, Budapest

Johannes Gfeller

Hochschule für Gestaltung, Kunst und Konservierung, Bern

Colin Griffiths

Contemporary Arts Logistics, Vancouver

Heiner Holtappels

NIM, Amsterdam

Hans Dieter Huber

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart

Agathe Jarczyk

Restorer Media Art, Bern

Caitlin Jones

Guggenheim, New York

Andreas Lange

Computerspiele Museum, Berlin

Pip Laurenson

Tate Modern, London

Muntadas

Artist, New York

Tilman Linden/Sakarowski

Netart-Datenbank, Berlin

Miklos Peternak

C3, Dudapest

Jeff Rothenberg

RAND Corporation

Vivian van Saaze

Researcher Conservation Theory Media Art, Amsterdam

Ulrich Stürmer

Restorer Media Art

Zoltàn Szegedy-Maszak

Artist, Budapest

Ute Vorkoeper

Art Historian, Hamburg

Gaby Wijers

NIM, Amsterdam

and others (subject to change)

Organisers

Hans D. Christ

Iris Dressler