Espace Mendès-France
November 19th – 21st 2008
http://www.figuresinteractives.com
Together with the University of Quebec in Montreal and the University of Poitiers, the European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI) and the Espace Mendès-France have devised the launch of a two yearly international multidisciplinary series of meetings from the Fall of 2008, in the form of a think-tank focusing on the “Figures of Interactivity”.
The first international symposium, Cinema, Interactivity and Society calls upon artists and research fellows to seek to broaden horizons from the standpoint of cinema, by scanning a range of issues associated with the perception and the creation of images in motion, viewed from the critical angle of interactivity.
During a three day run, artists, philosophers, theorists and research fellows from the media, the cinema, video-games and the interactive sphere generally, will come together in the new auditorium of the National Theater of Poitiers (France) to share their know-how and their spirit of inquiry as well as their doubts, concerning the tendency to transition to which society is committed.
Speakers
Hubertus Von Amelunxen / Bertrand Augereau / Jacques Aumont / Yves Bernard / Samuel Bianchini / Jean-Louis Boissier / Victor Burgin / Jean-Claude Bustros / Jim Campbell / Grégory Chatonsky / Luc Courchesne / Frédéric Curien / Jean-Marie Dallet / Anne-Marie Duguet / Masaki Fujihata / Thierry Guibert / Christian Laroche / Georges Legrady / Alain Liedts / Julien Maire / Denis Mellier / Stéphane Natkin / Louis-Claude Paquin / Bernard Perron / Louise Poissant / Yannick Prié / Vincent Puig / Jeffrey Shaw / Douglas E. Stanley / Bernard Stiegler / Steina & Woody Vasulka / Gwenola Wagon / Gene Youngblood
Registration
The deadline for registration is Friday November 7th at 12 noon.
Registration on line: http://www.figuresinteractives.com or by phone: +33 (0)5 45 92 20 62.
Useful information
contact person: Agnès Brunet / +33 5 45 92 20 62 / [email protected]
European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI)
The European School of Visual Arts (École Européenne Supérieure de l’Image, ÉESI) offers in Poitiers and Angoulême, a teaching linked to digital art and new narratives within a pedagogy based on research topics and artistic projects. Studies lead to master’s degrees in Comics Strips and Art and Science as well as to higher national diplomas in art.
http://www.eesi.eu
Espace Mendès-France
Situated in the heart of the romanesque city of Poitiers, the Espace Mendès-France, the center for scientific and technical culture of Poitiers, is invested with three missions: popularizing the sciences and their professions, educating the public in science and technology, and providing a forum for discussion of social and cultural issues.
http://maison-des-sciences.org
For more information go to: http://www.figuresinteractives.com
