The following selected conference activities will be audio
broadcasted live. Copies of the archived files
will also be available immediately after the broadcast.
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In addition, text reports of selected conference sessions will be posted as they become available.
Friday, March 27
Earle Mack, Chairman, New York State Council on the Arts
10:00-11:45am Opening Plenary: The Arts In a Digital Age
8:00-9:30pm Living Inside Design
Dr. Thomas Middlehoff, BMG Entertainment, will speak followed by
Avant-garde composer Mikel Rouse presenting, "Living Inside
Design," a solo performance with digital films by Cliff Baldwin.
Saturday, March 28
Michael Royce, Deputy Director of NYSCA, will MC, with live
performances by Nick Didkovsky and Joshua Fried.
Sunday, March 29
A cross-section of attendees - artists, arts organization staff,
funders and business partners - were asked to act as observers for the
duration for the conference. They will share their observations about the
impact of the conference, both from a personal perspective and as a member
of the larger arts and cultural community. The observers will suggest
next steps for actions that will help to advance our common interests and
concerns. James Bower, Head of Institutional Relations for the
Getty Information Institute; Carol Kinne, interdisciplinary artist
and Colgate University faculty member; Susie Nam, Deputy Editor of
the New York Times on America Online; and Charlie Baisney Rivera,
photographer and executive director of En Foco.
Session (Date/Time)
Status
Opening Remarks
Friday, March 27th, 9:30-10:00am
Archived
Opening Plenary: The Arts In a Digital Age
Friday, March 27th, 10:00-11:45am
Archived
Living Inside Design
Friday, March 27th, 8:00-9:30pm
Archived
Arts Festival
Saturday, March 28th, 8:00-8:45pm
Archived
Closing Plenary and Reporting Out
Sunday, March 29th, 11:00-12:00pm
Archived
9:30-10:00am Opening Remarks
Stanley S. Litow, Vice-President of Corporate-Community
Relations, IBM Corporation
For some members of the arts community, working with digital
technology is a foray along a new path, with the excitement and
apprehension any such journey entails. For others, engagement with these
tools has been at the center of their work for decades. Joan
Shigekawa, Associate Director for Arts and Humanities at the
Rockefeller Foundation, and Steven Johnson, cofounder and
Editor-in-chief, FEED Magazine, will share their experiences and explore
the implications of working in the arts at the start of the digital age.
They will be joined by internationally acclaimed electronic artist
Steina Vasulka, who will perform.
8:00-8:45pm Arts Festival
11:00-12:00pm Closing Plenary and Reporting Out