Program

The Network as a Space and Medium for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Art Practice

Sunday, Nov. 8, Landmark Café at Bergen Kunsthall

19:00-22:00 Digital Arts Performances and Demonstrations
Jörg Piringer (AT), Roderick Coover (Temple University-US), Talan Memmott (Blekinge Technical Institute–SWE), Chris Funkhouser (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Renée Turner (NL), Serge Bouchardon (Technical University of Compeigne–FR), Michelle Teran (DE), JR Carpenter (CA), John Cayley (Brown University–US).

Monday, Nov. 9, University of Bergen, Dragefjellet, Aud. 4

9:00-9:40 Coffee and Registration
9:40-10:00 Welcome and introduction to conference themes: Scott Rettberg (Digital Culture–UiB)
10:00-11:30 Panel: Social networks and networked cultural practices: Jill Walker Rettberg (Digital Culture–UiB), Anders Fagerjord (University of Oslo), Renée Turner (NL)
12:00-13:00 Lunch, Location TBA
13:15-14:45 Panel: The evolving online global cultural landscape of electronic literature: Joseph Tabbi (University of Illinois, Chicago), Raine Koskimaa (University of Jyvaskyla), Eric Rasmussen (Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag), Serge Bouchardon (Technical University of Compeigne–FR)
15:00-16:45 Panel: Remix culture, machinima, and mash-ups: Chris Funkhouser (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Linn Søvig (Infomedia–UiB), Michelle Teran (DE)

Monday, Nov. 9, Landmark Café at Bergen Kunsthall

20:00-23:00 Digital Arts Performances and Demonstrations
Barbara Campbell (AU), Simon Biggs (Edinburgh College of Art–UK), Kate Pullinger (De Montfort University–UK), Scott Rettberg (UiB), Rob Wittig (University of Minnesota/Duluth–US), Judd Morrissey and Mark Jeffrey (Art Institute of Chicago–US), Nick Montfort (MIT-US), Maria Mencia (Kingston University–London–UK).

Tuesday, Nov. 10th University of Bergen, Dragefjellet, Aud. 4

9:00-9:30 Coffee
9:30-10:45 Panel: Interdisciplinary approaches to producing interactive audiovisual art forms: Roderick Coover (Temple University–US), Talan Memmott (Blekinge Technical Institute–SWE), Maria Mencia (Kingston University–London–UK), Daniel Apollon (Digital Culture–UiB)
11-12:15 Panel: Collective narratives online: Scott Rettberg (Digital Culture–UiB), Barbara Campbell (AU), Judd Morrissey (Art Institute of Chicago–US), Rob Wittig (University of Minnesota–US), Kate Pullinger (De Montfort University–UK)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:45 Panel: Approaches to “close reading” and “close writing” digital artifacts: Maria Engberg (Blekinge Technical Institute–SWE), John Cayley (Brown University–US), Ana Laws (Infomedia–UiB), Nick Montfort (MIT–US)
15:00-16:00 Plenary discussion: The future(s) of network-based collaborative interdisciplinary art practice.