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Topic 352 Creating Democracy Seminar SF
visionary cyberculture zone 11:22 PM Apr 1, 1994
(at peg.UUCP)
From: <peg!visionary>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:15:42 -0800
From: Phil Agre <pagre@weber.ucsd.edu>
From: "Eric S. Theise" <verve@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: Creating Democracy, SF State, 4/7
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CREATING DEMOCRACY: Technology, Pedagogy, and the Arts
A symposium sponsored by the Inter-Arts Center of
the School of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University
Thursday, April 7, 1994; 3:00-8:45 PM.
Free Admission
Little Theater, Creative Arts Bldg, SFSU
415/338.1478
DESCRIPTION
How are knowledge and creativity transformed by technology? Who has
access to new and existing tools of communication and artistic
expression? This program of panel discussions and screenings will
address recent developments in such areas as electronic imaging, digital
media, virtual reality, and the Internet. At the same time, it will
consider alternative applications of such everyday conveniences as the
telephone and radio. The symposium will focus on the implications of
these technologies for educational and community groups.
THE CULTURE AND POLITICS OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION (3:00-4:45 pm.)
How do emergent technologies shape and respond to social relations? How
are cultural producers responding to the challenges posed by the digital
revolution?
RICHARD BOLTON. Artist and writer who teaches at the University of
California at Santa Barbara. He is the editor of *The Contest of
Meaning* (MIT Press, 1991) and *Culture Wars: Documents from the Recent
Controversies in the Arts* (The New Press, 1993). His installation The
Revolution Will Be Televised is on view at Eye Gallery through April 16,
1994.
SALLY JO FIFER. Executive director of the San Francisco-based Bay Area
Video Coalition, former editor of the media journal Video Networks, and
co-editor of the anthology *Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to
Video Art* (Aperture, 1992).
ROBERT RILEY. Curator of media arts at the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art. A widely published author on issues of aesthetic theory and
media communications, Riley was previously curator of video and
performance art at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston.
ERIC THEISE (moderator). Hosts the Internet, Matrix, and News
conferences on The WELL, an internationally accessed computer
conferencing system. A co-founder of Bay Area Internet Literacy, he is
the organizer of the "Jacked In" series at Modern Times Bookstore,
editor of the "Internet Domain" of the forthcoming Millennium Whole
Earth Catalogue, and a contributor to Wired Magazine.
KATHLEEN TYNER. Nationally recognized curriculum consultant and
executive director of the organization Strategies for Media Literacy.
Tyner has written numerous essays on educational technology and is the
co-author of *Media and You: An Elementary Media Literacy Curriculum*
(Educational Technology Publications, 1991).
VIDEO SCREENINGS (5:00-6:45 pm.)
*Staking a Claim in Cyberspace* (1993) Paper Tiger Television. Looking
beyond the information superhighway, this work analyses the role of
corporations in the development of the nation's evolving communications
EcoNet.
*State of Emergency: Inside the LAPD* (1993) by Julia Meltzer and Liz
Canning, in collaboration with Michael Zinsun. Using portable
small-format video cameras, citizens monitor and analyze the practices
of one of the nation's most notorious law enforcement bodies.
*Low Power Empowerment* (1993). Paper Tiger Television. Shot on
location in Ireland and the United States, this tape explores the
potentials of low-power radio to promote community dialogue and
understanding.
COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND DEMOCRACY (7:00-8:45 pm.)
Technology offers both tremendous possibilities and potential problems
for a democratic society. Panelists will discuss creative uses for
existing and emerging means of public communication.
LAWRENCE ANDREWS. Artist, Filmmaker, and faculty member at the
University of California at Santa Cruz. His most recent film is *And
They Came Riding into Town on Black and Silver Horses* (1993). Andrews
is currently an artist-in-residence at Capp Street Project, where he is
preparing an installation on pirate radio.
JESSE DREW (moderator). Media activist and member of Paper Tiger
Television. He teaches at the California College of Arts and Crafts,
The New College of California, and in the Inter-Arts Program at San
Francisco State University. Paper Tiger's most recent production is
*Staking A Claim in Cyberspace* (1993).
LINDA JACOBSON. Member of the D'Cuckoo techno-tribe, editor of
*Cyberarts: Exploring Arts and Technology* (Miller Freeman, 1993), and
author of *Garage Virtual Reality: The Affordable Way to Explore Virtual
Worlds* (Prentice-Hall/Sams, 1994) discussing low cost ways for artists
and individuals to utilize new technology.
JOSEPH MARSHALL and MARGARET NORRIS. Educators and co-hosts of the
nationally acclaimed KMEL radio program *Street Soldiers*, which
addresses issues of gang violence. *Street Soldiers* has recently been
the topic of coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC news, the MacNeil/Lehrer News
Hour, MTV News, and many magazine and newspaper articles.
GEOFFREY SEARS. Director of the non-profit Institute for Global
Communication, which operates PeaceNet and EcoNet on-line computer
communications networks. The Institute for Global Communications is
devoted to creating international exchanges of information for social
change.
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Eric S. Theise <verve@well.sf.ca.us>
P.O. Box 460177, San Francisco, CA 94146.0177
Internet Domain Editor, Millennium Whole Earth Catalog
The WELL: internet, matrix, & news conference host + gophermeister