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Urban Screens Manchester

 

Conference 11 – 12 October

Art and Events 11 – 14 October

 

It’s about Content!

 

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Take a closer look at selected focus and poster sessions on aesthetics and their role as communication medium on day 2 of the conference.

 

Focus Session 2: Towards a New Aesthetics of Screen Art in the Urban Environment, Cornerhouse

 

The audiovisual density of urban spaces is rapidly increasing. Adding large scale moving images to the already dynamic cityscape may overstrain the capacity of human perception. What is the definition of ‘too much’ with regards to moving images in public space? Can people live with an increased amount of activity within urban space? Are there existing moving image formats suitable for display in urban space? Or does the audiovisual density and increased rhythm of the city demand a completely new aesthetics?

 

Moderator Susanne Jaschko (DE) is the curator of Urban Screens Manchester 07. She is a Berlin based independent curator and researcher in contemporary visual and electronic art.

 

Uta Caspary (DE) will throw light upon digital media as ornament in contemporary architecture facades. She looks at how, in the present urban context, media facades oscillate between art, architecture and infotainment, replacing and expanding the function of architectural ornament.

 

Jean-Claude Bustros (CA) engages with cinema that transcends the screen, seeking strategies for human/image interaction. He is currently exploring how the strategic placement of a 'perceptive' screen, capable of reaction, can impact the daily activity of urban dwellers.

 

Media artist Günther Selichar (AT) will present Who’s Afraid of Blue, Red and Green?, an online competition and public art project based on the elementary visual building blocks of digital display screens. He looks at how screens have come to the public squares of our cities and re-established the old public space as a possible new public space.

 

Poster Session: Towards a New Aesthetics of Screen Art in the Urban Environment, Cornerhouse

 

Anette Schäfer (DE/UK) director of Trampoline, an organisation that runs regular platform events for new media art, will present examples of artists working with other forms of screen-like interfaces, illustrating alternative usages and formats of screens.

 

Theresa Caruana (UK) established Palmeda in 2005, focusing on creating public art using digital projections and live performance. She will investigate the meaningful integration of urban screens in social environments.

 

Dr Stephen Brennan (UK), Director of Marketing and Strategy of the Digital Hub Development Agency, will exemplify the role of the screen in urban regeneration which can act as a device by which communities can address concerns and ideas.

 

Register your interest now at www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk

 

Urban Screens Manchester has been curated by Dr Susanne Jaschko .

Urban Screens Manchester has been supported by Cornerhouse and BBC.

It has been funded by Arts Council England, Manchester City Council, Marketing Manchester. With support from MDDA and Manchester Knowledge Capital.

 

 

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Sarah Turner
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Urban Screens Manchester 07
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