Screenscapes:past, present,future
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 9:00am to Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 5:00pm
Location: University of Sydney Email: peter.marks@arts.usyd.edu.
The proliferation of screens is a signature feature of modern and contemporary life. Screens located on computer, cinema, television or mobile platforms offer possibilities for entertainment, communication, art, manipulation and surveillance, creating new forms of identity, community, expression and social control. These developments in turn have created a rich and rapidly changing set of research initiatives within and across academic fields. Screenscapes: Past Present Future offers a space for the examination of these and other issues, including the creation of screen communities and identities, the remediation of screen technology into other cultural forms, the history and future of screen technology, aesthetics, audiences, developments in mobile screens, and the use of screens in visual and data surveillance.
Keynotes speakers are Professor Sean Cubitt (University of Melbourne) and Professor David Trotter (Cambridge University). Other confirmed speakers include Professor Peter Kuch (University of Otago) Professor Gerard Goggin (University of New South Wales) and Professor Julian Murphet (University of New South Wales).
Organising committee: Peter Marks, Chris Chesher, Kathy Cleland.