The premiere installment of INDEX, a festival for media and culture, kicks off this week. Events will run all month at locations across NYC, full schedule here. I’m honored to be speaking on the opening night panel on August 3rd along with Malcolm Levy (New Forms Festival), Cornelia Lund (Fluctuating Images), Nathalie Bachand (Elektra Festival), moderated by festival organizers Victoria Keddie and Kristin Trethewey. The topic is “the festival” and we’ll be discussing a range of subjects – from logistics such as funding and support for media-focused festivals and audience building to larger questions, like problems with the classification of media art and the limitations of terminology. I’m planning to talk about recent examples of online curation and what they might have to offer to the festival format. Info below.
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DESCRIPTION
This is the first of a four part panel series. This discussion will celebrate the opening of the festival with international voices who represent the community of media festivals and a focus on technology and art. This panel begins a conversation about the landscape, process and preservation within contemporary digital culture.
WHERE
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
596 Broadway, #602
New York, NY 10012
http://www.harvestworks.org
WHEN
August 3, 2011 7:30PPM-8:30PM
DETAILS: http://www.harvestworks.org/
