The third ADA symposium ADA_emerge, focused on notions of emergence and was hosted by University of Otago and Dunedin School of Art. International keynotes were presented by Steve Dietz, Melinda Rackham and Anna Munster. It included a screening and performance programme at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Friday 25 November Registration and Opening Event, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 7-12 pm Sound: Michael Morley (Dunedin), Simon Kong (Christchurch), Alison Isadora (Netherlands) Image: Daniel Belton and Good Company, Iain Cheesman, Kim Pieters and Peter Stapleton, Nathan Thompson, Ana Terry, Stella Brennan, Don Hunter. 7.00 Doors and Bar Open, Conference Registrations. 7.30 Screenings Stella Brennan: […]
ADA was born of the observation that although new media artists were often highly networked in terms of both their own practice and their professional relationships, there was no national organization drawing together those with a common interest in digital art.
The 2nd ADA symposium was hosted by AUT University in Auckland, and was titled simply: SYMPOSIUM. A range of artist presentations looked at definitions of the digital, as well as asking questions of the ADA network itself: who are we? what do we want? and where are we going?
The aim for the end of the day is to develop a document, a manifesto, a five point plan for the development of the Digital Arts in New Zealand.
The 1st ADA symposium was subtitled “New Media in New Zealand” and was hosted by Sean Cubitt and Stella Brennan at Waikato University in honor of Waikato’s roots as the first Internet Gateway in New Zealand (way back in 1989). This was the first gathering of interested individuals who would form into the ADA Network.