Lecture Series: Media Arts and the Archive Danube University / Department of Image Science / Krems, Austria Leading experts discuss contemporary handleing of Media Art from research to the archive. How have digital media changed our perception and interaction with images? How do museums and archives address the new challenges of collecting, researching, indexing and interpreting Media Art? Numerous contemporary issues arise for debate through Media Arts, from the image and media revolutions, human-machine interaction, to globalization and surrveillience society. What connections do we find between media art and the archive addressed in these controversial topics. The Lecture Series "Media Art and the Archive" focuses on proposed solutions for the central dilemma of arts politics of our time. Internationally chosen experts from art history, humanities, museum studies and art envision solutions, strategies, and ground-breaking results from a variety of research fields. PROGRAMM Prof. Jeffery Shaw (CityU / HK) 08.08.2016, Danube University The Age of Experience Dr. Ana Peraica (DanubeU / AT) 02.11.2016, Danube University Media of Self-Representation and Media Politics Dr. Andreas Broeckmann (Leuphana / GER) 03.11.2016, Danube University Machine Art - History and Aesthetics Patricia Falcao (Tate Modern / UK) 10.11.2016, Danube University Preserving, Documenting and Displaying Media Art Dr. Harald Kraemer (CityU / HK) 05.12.2016, Danube University Multimedia Classics - Hypermedia Hermeneutics: On the Increasing Loss of Digital Cultural Heritage Morten Sondergaard (AalborgU / DK) 6. 12. 2016, Danube University Sound + Art + Archives Ramón Reichert (Universität Wien / A) 13. 12. 2016, Stift Göttweig, Zentrum für Bildwissenschaften Analogizität Digitalität Postdigitalität, Erna Fiorentini (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin / GER) 16.02. 2017, Danube University Visual Worlds LOCATION Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems / 17.00 18:30, unless otherwise noted. Department für Bildwissenschaft: www.donau-uni.ac.at/dbw Archive of Digital Art www.digitalartarchive.at