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SCANZ 2009 recollections

by grant corbishley
Residency 2009: Projects & Stories, Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Grant Corbishley, a senior lecturer and coordinator of the Collaborative Projects courses at WelTec in Wellington, shares his thoughts on the last few days of the residency, and the symposium which followed.
04/13/2009 12:12

Poroporoaki

by grant corbishley
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
A summary of the poroporaki held at the end of the SCANZ symposium.
02/24/2009 16:02

Curatorial Workshop

by sarah cook
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
On Friday February 6, Sarah Cook from CRUMB will lead an invite-only New Media Art Curatorial Workshop at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Information will be forthcoming. http://www.crumbweb.org
01/31/2009 20:12

Raranga Tangata: The Weaving Together of People

by sally jane norman
Residency 2009: Projects & Stories, Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Raranga Tangata: the weaving together of people. This Polynesian expression, used to designate the Internet, is one of many powerful poetic testimonies to the living culture of the Maori people of Aotearoa – New Zealand. Polynesian cosmogony vividly shows how a collectively shaped and transmitted narrative can offer cognitive handles to those seeking meaning amidst the chaos of complex worlds.
01/27/2009 08:48

Kupenga, Knots, Haveknots

by sally jane norman
Residency 2009: Projects & Stories, Symposium 2009: Interconnections
A paper by Sally Jane Norman, reflecting on maori culture and the relationships it has to the intertwinedness of networks.
01/27/2009 08:48

Ka muhe'e, he i'a hololua: Kanaka Maoli art and the eluding of globalization in Hawaii

Symposium 2009: Interconnections
My thesis in the paper makes a connection with ancient knowledge to form an approach for the contemporary context.
01/20/2009 11:19

Leonardo Education Aotearoa Forum

by Ian Clothier, Nina Czegledy
Education for Sustainability, Symposium 2009: Interconnections
The introductory Leonardo Education Aotearoa Forum @ SCANZ2009 is aimed to establish LEF in NZ. The session is co-chaired by Nina Czegledy of Leonardo Education Forum (LEF, co-chair), and Ian Clothier.
01/17/2009 16:02

Enacting Collective Intelligence

by helen varley jamieson, miljana peric, suzon fuks, dan agnihotri-clark, james cunningham, vicki smith
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Pierre Levy’s notion of collective intelligence provides an alternative model for thinking about the world, and for thinking itself; a model that is increasingly apparent in our contemporary world of densely interconnected, cross-pollinating global networks.
12/11/2008 10:00

The taonga of radio spectrum: articulating Maori knowledge of wireless interconnectivity

by Zita Joyce
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Using my research into the Waitangi claims to radio spectrum as a base, through local conversations I would like to explore the broader dimensions of Maori and other forms of indigenous knowledge in relation to wireless interconnectivity.
12/11/2008 10:00

Complexity and Cybernetics Redux

by Nina Czegledy
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Through correlations between biology, mathematics, mysticism, spirituality and the theory of complex systems, it appears that certain theological and philosophical principles can be linked to chaos theory and complexity.
12/11/2008 10:00

Poetry, Physics and Politics

by Dick Whyte
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
In this paper I plan to talk about haiku poetry (the short Japanese poetic form) and the connection between Western translations and quantum physics, through the work of philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
12/11/2008 10:00

Digital Oracles and the Search Dictatorship

by Martha Gabriel
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Since ancient times oracles have been used by men to help them to choose paths, and in the Digital Era we live in, we realize that oracles keep being used more than ever, but now in a new digital form.
11/23/2008 22:54

Negotiating the Parameters of Missed Conversations in Urban Spaces

by Mike Baker
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
This proposal critically explores the forces of indeterminacy which I maintain are responsible for the dynamics which create the personna of the ‘stranger’ in encounters between people in urban spaces.
11/23/2008 22:54

Corpus Corvus Work-In-Progress

by Heather Raikes
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Corpus Corvus is an experimental augmented reality performance work that utilizes an integrated physical/media choreographic vocabulary, stereoscopic 3D projection, motion capture animation, electroacoustic sound composition, and spatialized ambisonic sound.
11/23/2008 22:54

Aboriginal Terraformations

Symposium 2009: Interconnections
Two figures from entirely different walks of life crawl out of their cultural cocoons only to find themselves in a terra incognita that they must hasten to choreograph in order to continue avoiding each other.
11/23/2008 22:54

Discursive Formations: Circumnavigating the 'crop circle' phenomenon via contemporary art theoretical discourses

by Emil McAvoy
Symposium 2009: Interconnections
How might the elusive ‘crop circle’ phenomenon be circumnavigated via contemporary art theoretical discourses? Why is this phenomenon currently unrepresented in such discourses? What problems do the particularities of the phenomenon pose for their consideration through discourse? Can the ongoing contestability of the crop circles’ authorship as human or ‘non-human’ produce expanded conceptions of the phenomenon? What is the phenomenon’s relationship to multidisciplinary research and critical artistic practice, including that connected to Aotearoa New Zealand?
11/23/2008 22:54

Distracted Bodies

Symposium 2009: Interconnections
‘Distracted Bodies’ is a collaboration between different time zones, manipulating time and site through complex structures of the digital and the ‘real’. Relationships are constructed through illusions of presence and absence via chaotic and disparate use of time, place, distance and perception.
11/13/2008 21:01

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About SCANZ
Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) is New Zealand’s premier art and technology event and involves a symposium, artist residency, and public exhibition. It occurs every two years, and has typically involved a mix of Aotearoa New Zealand and international artists, producers, theorists and curators many of whom are leading practitioners. Held in New Plymouth, SCANZ 2011 will be the third event.


SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens
A symposium followed by a residency is to be held late January to early February 2011 in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. It seeks to bring a range of knowledge groups together to investigate the cultural roots of climate change and seek out poetically pragmatic approaches to encouraging the cultural and behavioural shifts required. Initial expressions of interest are due 21 November, 2009. Please see here for more details.

SCANZ 2009 international participants included Nina Czegledy, Brett Stalbaum, Sally Jane Norman, Jacques Sirot, Sarah Cook, Andrew Gryf Paterson, Dan Torop, Melinda Rackham and Dominic Smith of The Polytechnic. Participants based in New Zealand included Lisa Reihana, Stella Brennan, Sean Kerr, Rachel Rakena, Natalie Robertson, Danny Butt, Herman Pi’ikea Clarke, Alex Monteith, Naomi Lamb, Caro McCaw, Jon Bywater, Julian Priest (UK/NZ) and many others.

Occurring along side the 2009 residency was a two day symposium (February 7 and 8), presentation evening & exhibition (opened February 7), and curatorial workshop.

 

 

 

 

 

Intercreate.org gratefully acknowledges the support and partnerships of:

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Creative New Zealand

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery


Puke Ariki
Puke Ariki


Shell New Zealand
Shell New Zealand
Sustainability Fund, 60 Springs


Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT)


TSB Community Trust
TSB Community Trust


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Phosphor Essence Ltd.


 

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