Presented a lecture on the histories of intermedia art, drawing on the legacies of Dada, Fluxus, post-war conceptualism, early feminist practice, avant-garde music, experimental film, video art and post-modern dance.
The aim was to enrich an art historical framework for discussing contemporary art practices involving performative, participatory and social methodologies — which are also often collaborative and interdisciplinary, as well as artworks involving interactive or networked components.
Presented at the Fast Forward on Media Art international museology forum, Pallazzo delle Arti, Naples 2007
Presented a lecture and co-produced this international symposium, which brought together artists, curators, theorists and researchers to explore the implications of real-time interaction and audience participation on performance and media art practice. Since the later half of the twentieth century, network theories have impacted our thinking about social and cultural issues and this event sort to elucidate artistic strategies and new artforms that engage with those ideas.
Speakers: Mark Amerika, Alexander R Galloway, Andrea Zapp, Kate Rich, Paul Sermon and Kelli Alred. Chaired by Kate Southworth.
Produced in collaboration with Falmouth University, Tate Modern Auditorium, London 2007