=> REMIXING CINEMA: FUTURE AND PAST OF MOVING IMAGES <=

Interesting lecture coming up next month, more cinema than 'the live', but certainly bridging new media, cinema and archives.

They also offer a webcast, which of course this is no novelty these days. My problem with many physical discussion events that have an online stream is that you're denied half the engagement - if you want to join in the discussion you've got to be there in person, even 'moderated' chat streams are often not fed into the on-stage discussions. So I'm therefore delighted that these guys have offered the chance for you to post your questions to them by email after the event.

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Danube TeleLecture #4: Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 - 7pm CET
Live debate at the MUMOK in Vienna

Lev MANOVICH, internationally renowned media and art theorist (Russia/USA)
Sean CUBITT, expert in film and media theory (Great Britain/Australia)

Cinema as a visual phenomenon has accelerated increasingly over the last decades. Technical achievements at the material level like new participatory models driven by the melting of Internet, Databases, TV and Cinema are setting new standards and bringing a new dynamic to the black-box of the movie theater.

Remixing, Coding, Remapping, and Recombination of visual manifestations are revolutionizing the narrative form of film - new societal phenomena, like the VJ scene, generate immersive viewing spaces and new forms of moving image distribution. The domain of video, film, computer and net-based installations stands on the threshold of a material revolution: do they bring a new aesthetic?

Revolutionary possibilities in camera and projection techniques offer increasingly faster development cycles that also allow for innovative image languages. New historical perspectives of the cinematic revue coalesce with innovative interpretations of our visual consumer culture and foretell future developments. What can be expected ... what are the consequences?

Introduction: Oliver GRAU, Department for Image Science, Danube University

Danube TeleLecture # 4 from the MUMOK, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
Time: Thursday, Nov 8, 2007, 7:00pm CET (Start of Streaming)


+ You can attend the event in MUMOK or in realtime over the www +
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis

After the lectures the audience will have the possibility to ask the speakers questions.
Internet users may join the discussion via e-mail.

=> Sean CUBITT
Current Publications: Projection: Vanishing and Becoming, in: MediaArtHistories (2007); The Cinema Effect (2005); Aliens R Us: The Other in Science Fiction Cinema (2002); Digital Aesthetics (1998); Videography: Video Media as Art and Culture (1993).

=> Lev MANOVICH
Publications: Abstraction and Complexity in: MediaArtHistories (2007); Black Box : White Cube (2005; Soft Cinema - Navigating the Database (2003/5); The Language of New Media (2001)

The Department for Image Science at Danube University Krems created a new format of international lecture and debates on key questions of Image Science and Media Art with high-caliber experts - the DANUBE TELELECTURES. The discussion will be recorded by several cameras and transmitted live over the www. Online viewers can participate in the discussion via email. So far the debates have included: Machiko KUSAHARA, Sarat MAHARAJ, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Christiane PAUL, Paul SERMON, Jens HAUSER...