The Artist as Ecologist
Liveable environments in the age of media
Stadtverordneten-Saal at the Rathaus (Town
Hall) Dieburg, Marktplatz 8
Nov 14 (14.00 –18.00h) – Nov 15 (10.00 –18.00h)
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Speakers’ schedule:
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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| 13.15 |
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doors
open, admittance; registration |
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| 14.15 |
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opening
greetings by the Mayor of Dieburg and a representative of University of
Applied Sciences Darmstadt
Introduction:
Sabine Breitsameter, Setting the sail |
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| 14.45 |
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Keynote
1: Derrick
de Kerckhove (Canada), The (mis)Adventures of the Senses.
McLuhan's-'Mosaic' approach and interdependency in the media sensual
experience |
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| 15.30 |
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Impulse
1: Kai Buchholz (Darmstadt), Aesthetic
Sustainability and
"Lebensreform". Glimpses into the birth of ecology
Impulse
2: Bettina
Oppermann (Hannover), On Sound. From ecology to data, from data to arts
Summary; question & answers; discussion |
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| 16.30 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 17.00 |
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Keynote
2: Helmi
Järviluoma (Finland), Soundscape Ethnography, Culture and
Sustainability (with the possibility of German translation) |
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| 17.45 |
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Impulse
3: Hannes
Raffaseder, Sound/E/Scape. Sonic perception and sound design in the
digital age
discussion |
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
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| 10.00 |
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doors
open |
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| 10.15 |
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greetings
and info by the conference team
Impulse 4:
Birte Frommer (Darmstadt),
Urban Landscapes. Our perception of them and their influence on us.
Spatial and Environmental Planning
Impulse 5: Klaus
Schüller, Artists
and Residences. The influence of creativity on its environment
Impulse
6: Michelle Bunn, Building Place for Personal
Mythmaking. Location of
Identity in the network society Summary; question & answers;
discussion |
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| 11.15 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 11.45 |
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Keynote 3: Antoine Schmitt (France), An Ecology
of Being.
Dynamicinteractions between human nature and the nature of reality
(with the possibility of German translation)
Impulse 7:
Sabine Breitsameter, Ecology and Experiment. Expanding media in
practice Discussion |
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| 12.45 |
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Lunch Break
guided tour through the current exhibition Station Heimat.
Media/landescapes/environments at Museum Schloss
Fechenbach next to the
Town Hall |
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| 15.00 |
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Keynote 4: Raitis Smits (Riga), Emerging
Techno-Ecological
Art Practices. Shifts from new media to post media conditions
Impulse
8: Hans Ulrich Werner (Offenburg), From
Soundscape Dialog
towards A/R/T/ography of Sound. Reflection in action in art, research
and teaching
Impulse
9: Michael Iber, Digging into Sound. Auditory data exploration and expertise listening
Summary; question &
answers; discussion |
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| 16.00 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 16.30 |
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Casting
the anchor: Roundtable of all speakers and attendees |
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| 17.45 |
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Final Statement |
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thanks to the director of the Museum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg, Maria
Porzenheim M.A., and her staff and to the staff of Dieburg City Hall. |
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collaboration with the following courses by the Faculty of
Media/Hochschule Darmstadt (Media Arts and Sciences):
Expanded Cinema – Expanded Media (B.A.)
Leadership by Arts: Techno Ecology (M.A.)
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