 11/27/06 The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School
Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 6:30 PM Radio Communities: The Other Side of the Electronic Divide The New School 55 West 13th Street New York City Radio has reemerged as one of the most accessible media. Cheap, omnipresent, and now low-tech, it is transforming the way we think of geography and public place in locations as disparate as Oaxaca, Beirut, and the Lower East Side. Radio has gained additional prominence and validity in politically charged situations which demand anonymity of dissenting citizens. What political, cultural and humanitarian goals can be served exclusively by this medium? How does radio function as a tool for shared information? This panel will discuss the ability of airwaves to keep the world connected near and far when other technology fails. Panelists: Khin Phyu Htway, student, The New School; Voice of America, Burmese service William H. Siemering, President, Developing Radio Partners Pete Tridish, Prometheus Radio Project Gregory Whitehead, artist Moderator: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, Producer, Outer Voices Monday, December 4, 2006, 6:30 PM Open Source: On the Line The New School 55 West 13th Street New York City Artists and technologists mine the promising aesthetic and political possibilities afforded by different open source systems, a powerful concept that is revolutionizing human interaction. In the open source concept, something given for free becomes, thanks to its ubiquity and utility, valuable and even indispensable. Panelists examine sites like Wikipedia and Digg.com, as well as p2p networks and social networking sites. They also explore offline artwork, arts institutions and businesses that have sought to adopt open source models and current challenges to its continuation such as net neutrality. Panelists: Cory Arcangel, artist Joy Garnett, artist Daniel Mayer, Co-founder, Wikipedia Laura Quilter, Founder, Fair Use Network Moderator: Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts, The Whitney Museum of American Art Co-sponsored by Rhizome.org. For further information, contact kuonic@newschool.edu |
