BCNM 20th Anniversary Alumni Conference
A BCNM conference co-sponsored by the School of Information, the Arts Research Center (ARC), and the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
with BCNM alumni Andrea Gagliano, Andrea Horbinski, Bo Ruberg, Brooke Belisle, Caitlin Marshall, Cesar Torres, David Humphrey, Hsin-Hsien Chiu, Jiaxuan Koi (Ren), Katherine Chandler, KC Forcier, Kris Paulsen, Kyle Booten, Laura Devendorf, Margaret Rhee, Naomi Bragin, Reginold Royston, R. Stuart Geiger, Therese Tierney, Tiffany Ng, Tory Jeffay, Will Payne, Xiaowei Wang (and more!)
A two-day conference consisting of keynote lectures, artistic performances, readings, screenings, and panel discussions critically examining the field of new media at large and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni across the following topics and themes: computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.
Registration requested. Please register here!
Schedule
Thursday, April 10
9:00am - 10:00am: Coffee and Breakfast
10:10am - 10:30am: Opening Remarks: “20 Years in 20 Minutes”
10:30am - 12:00pm: SESSION A: Seeing, Reading, and Feeling with AI: Histories and Aesthetics of Algorithmic Media - David Humphrey, R. Stuart Geiger, Kaitlin Clifton Forcier, Kayla Rose van Kooten, Ken Goldberg (Faculty Respondent)
12:00pm - 1:30pm: Lunch/Roundtable 1 - Alt Ac, at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
1:30pm - 3:00pm: SESSION B: Technology and Visuality- Brooke Belisle, Katherine Chandler, Andrea Gagliano, Zina Wang, David Bates (Faculty Respondent)
3:15pm - 4:45pm: SESSION C: Race and Popular Culture- Naomi Bragin, Caitlin Marshall, Andrea Horbinski, Vincente Perez, Gail de Kosnik (Faculty Respondent)
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Reception (with art and performance) at Platform Artspace
Friday, April 11
9:00am - 10:15am: Breakfast/Roundtable 2 - Academia, at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
10:30am - 12:00pm: SESSION D: Geospatial Technologies and the Organization of Urban Space - Will B. Payne, Therese F. Tierney, Ziwei Chen, Jillian Lee Crandall, Nicholas de Monchaux (Faculty Respondent)
12:00pm - 1:30pm: Lunch/Carillon Performance ("To The Sun") at Sather Tower
1:30pm - 3:00pm: SESSION E: Contesting Technology, Intelligence, and Participation in New Media Art - Xiaowei Wang, Kris Paulsen, NAMI, Caleb Murray-Bozeman, Greg Niemeyer (Faculty Respondent)
3:15pm - 4:45pm: SESSION F: Craft, Material, and Creative Practice in Computational Design - Laura Devendorf, Cesar Torres, Eric Rawn, Eric Paulos (Faculty Respondent)
4:45pm - 5:00pm: Closing Remarks: "The Next 20 Years"