Jaroslav Andel, FF Alumn, in a panel in Prague, December 3-5, 2001

EXCAVATING THE FUTURE: AN ARCHEOLOGY AND FUTURE OF MOVING PICTURES: ENCOUNTERS OF ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, HISTORIANS, AND FUTUROLOGISTS

Prague, December 3-5, 2001

This media symposium brings together artists, scientists, and critics to discuss theory and practice, to reflect on the past, present and future of new media, and on their social, political and cultural context. Organized by: Goethe Institute Prag, Center for Contemporary Arts Prague, National Film Archive.

As contemporary societies' dependency on new communication technologies is growing, we need to understand what the roots and ramifications of their use are. The appearance and transformation of various forms of image-making associated with the recent development of digital technology have had a major impact on our perception and our concept of reality. But, for all their novelty, these changes were unthinkable without cinema and other early technologies and methods, as well as without scientific discoveries that made them possible, starting with the exploration of the persistent image by scientists in the early 19th century.

Preliminary program:
Sunday 2nd December
5.p.m. informal meeting and Machine Centred Humanz Guy van Belle Audio-visual Performance will be confirmed
National Museum of Technology
Kostelní 42
170 78 Praha 7
www.ntm.cz

Monday 3rd December

Goethe Institut. 10. - 13.00

Opening statement:
Johann Evangelista Purkinje: From Dromology to Moving Pictures
Jaroslav Andel, Independent Scholar, New York.
Johann Evangelista Purkinje, whose work provides a framework for the conference, can be considered a precursor of dromology, a discipline that studies the perception of movement. The opening presentation argues that the exploration of the perception of movement inspired the rise and rapid advance of the technologies of moving image - a link evident in Purkinje's work. His ideas and experiments serve as historical reference for the six topical themes of the conference.

Center for Contemporary Arts
Jeleni 9
118 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
tel 00420 224373178
fax 00420 57320640
milos@fcca.cz
katherine.kastener@fcca.cz
www.fcca.cz

Goethe Institut Prag
Masarykovo nabrezi 32
CZ - 110 00 Praha 1
Tel: (00420 2) 219 62-111
Fax: (004202) 219 62-250
email: fontain@goethe.cz

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