Imaginary Media Imaginaries

ERIC KLUITENBERG’S (AMSTERDAM) AND TATIANA
GORYUCHEVA’S (AMSTERDAM) WORKSHOP AT THE
HUNGARIAN FINE ART UNIVERSITY DOCTORATE SCHOOL AND INTERMEDIA
DEPARTMENT

I want media with gigabytes of imagination, instead of memory
Peter Blegvad - On Imaginary Media (2004)

13-17 May 2012, Doctoral School, Hungarian University of Fine Art

Imaginary Media Imaginaries
Reflections on art, media, and imagination
Tactical Media and the Conquest of Hybrid Space

Eric Kluitenberg is an independent writer, theorist, researcher, and curator on culture, media, and technology. He is the editor-in-chief of the Tactical Media Files, an on-line documentation resource for Tactical Media practices worldwide (www.tacticalmediafiles.net). He was head of the media program of De Balie, centre for culture and politics in Amsterdam (1999 - 2011), and has been involved in a large number of key international events in the field of new media culture, such as the net.congestion - international festival of streaming media (2000), the Next 5 Minutes festivals for Tactical Media, the first and second International Symposium on Electronic Art, ElectroSmog - International Festival for Sustainable immobility (2010), and the Economies of the Commons conference series (2008 - 2012, on-going). His most recent publications include the Network Notebook Legacies of Tactical Media (Institute of Network Cultures, 2011), the theme issues Im/Mobility (2011) and Hybrid Space (2006) of OPEN - Journal for Art and the Public Domain, Delusive Spaces (essays, 2008), the Book of Imaginary Media (2006), and regular contributions to academic and cultural publications internationally.
Rethinking new media design for the networked-in public: learning from the history of institutional critique in theory and art.

Tatiana Goryucheva is a theorist, curator and lecturer based in Amsterdam. In her recent research and projects she has been exploring themes of politics of technological design, culture of democracy and social engagement with technology. Her latest projects include: "ElectroSmog" International Festival for Sustainable Immobility, panel "Food and Global Mobility"; the experimental participatory media platforms "Cool Mediators" and "Cool Media Hot Talk Show".

14 May 2012
Imaginary Media Imaginaries, Reflections on art, media, and imagination
13.00h
Meeting with students and discussion of my workshop idea (Imaginary Media) - introduction to the theme.

15 May 2012
Tactical Media and the Conquest of Hybrid Space
10.00h
Lecture / Presentation 1
12.00-13.00h
unch break
13.00h
Lecture Presentation 2 + discussion.

16 May 2012
Rethinking new media design for the networked-in public
10.00h
 Lecture / Presentation 1
12.00-13.00h
lunch break
13.00h
Lecture Presentation 2 + discussion.

18 May 2012
Group discussion of workshop results / student works
10.00h