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EOI Space, Network, Memory: Media Art & the Transitional City
Call for Expressions of Interest for the ADA BookSprint: Space, Network, Memory: Media Art and the Transitional City, an immersive, innovative, collaborative writing event. To produce a publication that critically addresses a significant body of creative work, interwoven with documentation and discussion of media art practices from around Aotearoa that engage with the interconnected themes of space, network, and memory.
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ADA Mesh Cities Christchurch
ADA Mesh Cities is a series of events held over 2013-15. It proposes to address the role of media arts in the city, exploring key issues such as urban space, social engagement, memory and speculative futures through a series of symposia and artist workshop tours. The latest event in the programme is the ADA BookSprint November 23-28 2015.
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Mesh Cities Artist Tour 2013
Mesh Cities Artist for 2013 is Dr Janine Randerson who will developing a collaborative network for a new work. ‘Neighbourhood Hope Index’ uses clouds and sound to map affective zones in post-earthquake Christchurch. The framework for this artwork stems from the emergent currency of data in the plan for a better city. A so-called silver lining for the embattled inhabitants is that a ‘smart’ city may emerge where the instrumental measurement of traffic flows, water quality, air quality and urban weather can be remedied.
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Why Mesh?
A roundtable discussion event was held at The Physics Room Gallery on the 30th of March. This was to begin the research project with a thorough grounding with the projects and artist communities operating already in the this space. A group of fifteen discussed their work and the alignment with proposed themes as part of the launching of this project.
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ADA Symposium Dunedin September 13-15 CFP
Space : Network : Memory sought proposals for provocations, panel participation and presentations of work engaging with aspects of the broad range of practices and approaches necessary for rethinking the contemporary city, the networks that surround and emerge from it, and the memories it holds.
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Douglas Kahn: Arts of Sound & Electromagnetism
DECEMBER 2010.
A distributed masterclass, anchored by Kahn’s keynote and participation in the Whanganui ADA Symposium, followed by speaking and performance events in Christchurch and Auckland and informal time meeting with local practitioners.