Conference: Transmodalities: mind, art, new media http://www.citrinitas.com/transmodalities/index.html 1 - 2 December 2005 Sabanci University, Orhanli, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Turkey Convened by Elif Ayiter ayiter@sabanciuniv.edu

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2005 - Plymouth, England. The Planetary Collegium with Sabanci University, Istanbul International Conference: Transmodalities: mind, art, new media http://www.citrinitas.com/transmodalities/index.html 1 - 2 December 2005 Sabancı University, Orhanlı, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Turkey Convened by Elif Ayiter ayiter@sabanciuniv.edu Transmodalities: mind, art, new media is a conference that presents ideas, proposals, and projects by artists and scholars of the Planetary Collegium in association with faculty of the Sabanci University. Increasingly artists work across cultural modes, media and genres, invoking both science and mythology, technology and tradition. The postmodernist turn has become the transmodal transit, as we hyperlink and network our way through the emergent realities that new models of the world and our own subjectivity are creating. New media art is at once pragmatic and philosophical; it generates interactivity and transformation both socially and aesthetically, while reflecting on the changing nature of perception, connectivity and consciousness. Its outputs are deeply layered, with associations, meanings, feelings, histories, unities and discords richly woven into new telematic, digital or post-biological environments, providing us with new experiences and creative visions. Roy Ascott 2005
Thursday 01/12/2005 09.45 - 10.00 10.00 - 10.15 10.15 - 12.30 12.30 - 13.30 13.30 - 15.30 15.30 - 16.00 16.00 - 18.30 Friday 02/12/2005 10.00 - 12.30 12.30 - 13.30 13.30 - 15.30 15.30 - 16.00 16.00 - 18.30 Thursday 01/12/2005 Registration Introductory Talk: Roy Ascott Session 1/ Chair: Elif Ayiter Speakers: Diane Gromala, Nameera Ahmed, Feride Çiçekoğlu, René Stettler, Claudia Westermann Open discussion: 30 minutes Lunch break Session 2/ Chair: Murat Germen Speakers: Roy Ascott, Selim Birsel, Cristina Miranda de Almeida, Başak Şenova Open discussion: 30 minutes Coffee break Session 3/ Chair: Alex Wong Speakers: Michael Punt, Nazif Topçuoğlu, Francesco Monico, Zeynep Günel, Elif Ayiter, Adnan Yıldız Open discussion: 30 minutes Session 4/ Chair: Selim Balcısoy Speakers: James Moore, Alex Wong, Orhan Cem Çetin, Mike Phillips, Murat Germen, Ekmel Ertan Open discussion: 30 minutes Lunch break Session 5/ Chair: Selçuk Artut Speakers: Karin Sondergaard, Başak Alper , Margaret Dolinsky, Selim Balcısoy, Yacov Sharir Open discussion: 20 minutes Coffee break Session 6/ Chair: Yacov Sharir Speakers: Norbert Herber, Deniz Gül, Shaun Murray, Selçuk Artut, Nicolas Reeves, İbrahim Cansızoğlu Open discussion: 20 minutes