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Suzanne Anker, Visual Artist+Theorist–Announced as Arts Conference Plenary

Published on February 28, 2011 in Headline and Newsletter. 1 Comment

Suzanne Anker, will speak in a plenary session at the Arts Conference, 9-11 May 2011 at BBAW in Berlin, Germany.

Suzanne Anker is a visual artist and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences. She works in a variety of mediums ranging from digital sculpture and installation to large-scale photography to plants grown using LED lights. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally in museums and galleries including the Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian Institute, the Phillips Collection, P.S.1 Museum, the JP Getty Museum, the Mediznhistorisches Museum der Charite in Berlin, the Center for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin, the Pera Museum in Istanbul and the Museum of Modern Art in Japan. More…

Theater Studies and Researcher, Erika Fischer-Lichte–Berlin Arts Conferernce Plenary

Published on February 26, 2011 in Headline and Newsletter. 1 Comment

Erika Fischer-Lichte will join the 2011 Arts Conference in Berlin, 9-11 May at BBAW in Berlin as a plenary speaker.

Erika Fischer-Lichte is director the International Research Centre “Interweaving Performance Cultures” and Professor of Theatre Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. From 1995 to 1999 she was President of the International Federation for Theatre Research. She is a member of the Academia Europaea, the Academy of Sciences at Goettingen, and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. She has published widely in the fields of aesthetics, theory of literature, art, and theatre, in particular on semiotics and performativity, theatre history, and contemporary theatre. More…

Nina Czegledy–Media Artist, Curator and Writer–to give Plenary in Berlin

Published on February 25, 2011 in Headline and Newsletter. 1 Comment

Nina Czegledy will participate as a plenary speaker at the 2011 Arts Conference, 9-11 May at BBAW in Berlin, Germany.

Nina Czegledy is a media artist, curator and writer, that has collaborated on international projects, produced time based and digital works, and participated in workshops, forums and festivals worldwide. Czegledy is a Senior Fellow at KMDI, University of Toronto, Adjunct Associate Professor at Concordia University, Montreal and the current Chair of the Inter Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA). She has exhibited her work with the ICOLS group and toured with the Girls & Guns collective and the Achtung Baby! Project in East Europe. Czegledy’s latest Aurora Feast Public Art Collaborative Project has been presented at Heureka the Finnish Science Centre, Finland, at the Gowett Brewster Gallery in New Zealand and the Waves Festival in Riga, Latvia. More…

Prof Günter M. Ziegler, Institute of Mathematics at FU Berlin, to speak at Arts Conference 2011

Published on December 31, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

Günter M. Ziegler, Professor in the Institute of Mathematics at Freie Universität Berlin, will be joining the 2011 Arts in Society Conference at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany from 9-11 May 2011.

Günter M. Ziegler was born in München, Germany, in 1963. He got a PhD at MIT with Anders Björner in 1987. Since 1995 he is a Professor of Mathematics at TU Berlin. In 2006 he became the founding chair of “Berlin Mathematical School”, where he remains active as a co-chair. He is a member of the DFG Research Center MATHEON “Mathematics for Key Technologies” since its start in 2002. In 2011 he has joined Freie Universität Berlin as a MATHEON Professor.

His interests connect discrete and computational geometry (especially polytopes), algebraic and topological methods in combinatorics, discrete mathematics and the theory of linear and integer programming. He is the author of “Lectures on Polytopes” (Springer-Verlag 1995) and of “Proofs from THE BOOK” (with Martin Aigner, Springer-Verlag 1998), which has by now appeared in 14 languages. His latest book is “Darf ich Zahlen? Geschichten aus der Mathematik” (“Do I count? Stories from Mathematics”, Piper, Munich 2010). More…

Announcing–2011 Arts Conference, Berlin

Published on September 30, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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We are pleased to be holding the Sixth International Conference on the Arts in Society at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany from 9-11 May 2011.

Updates and announcements on plenary speakers, the conference dinner and tours, and the program will all be shared with the Arts in Society Community. Join our online conversation by subscribing to our monthly email newsletter and subscribing to our Facebook, RSS, or Twitter feeds at http://artsinsociety.com.

We look forward to receiving your proposal for the Call for papers, and hope you will be able to join us in May 2011 in Berlin!

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Arts Conference–Share Your Photos

Published on July 31, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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To those of you that joined us at the 2010 Arts Conference in Sydney, or if you’ve participated in a previous conference, please share your photos of the conference with your friends and colleagues that you met while at the conference. Pictures of the conference sessions, dinner, tour, the Biennale and ‘down time’ are all welcome!

Join our Arts Conference Flickr group here, and upload your pictures to easily share. Once you’ve joined, simply click on ‘Add something?’, and upload your photos or videos of the conference.

For information on sharing your photos with Flickr, please read more here.

Arts Conference Dinner and Pre-Conference Biennale Tour–Now Online

Published on June 28, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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Conference Tour – Pre-Conference Biennale Tour – Wednesday, 21 July 2010 – 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM (10:30-15:30)

On Wednesday, 21 July, we have organized a Pre-Conference Day Tour of the 17th Biennale of Sydney with Dr. Caleb Kelly from the University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, including visits to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Pier 2/3 and Cockatoo Island.

Conference Dinner – Friday, 23 July 2010 – 6:15 PM (18:15)

The conference dinner will be held in the Auditorium at Sydney College of the Arts, providing a perfect setting to dine with friends and colleagues.

Join us for a three course sit-down meal, including entree, main dish, dessert, wine, beer and beverages, as well as all taxes and gratuity.

Prior to the conference dinner, we welcome you to join us for our featured Book Launch–BRUCE BARBER: WORK 1970-2008, edited by Blair French and Stephen Cleland. The launch will begin just after the conclusion of the day’s sessions at 5:15 PM (17:15). The dinner will then begin in the Auditorium at 6:15 PM (18:15).

For more information and to reserve your place on the pre-conference tour and/or at the conference dinner, please see the conference Activities and Extras.

Sydney Arts Conference–Special Program Events and Exhibitions Announced

Published on June 27, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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The 2010 Arts Conference, held at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, will feature special exhibitions from proppaNOW Aboriginal Artists Collective and Shanghai based artist Wang Tiande. Conference participants are invited to attend the Artists’ Reception and Exhibition Opening after the conference on Thursday, 22 July from 5:00-7:00 PM.

Additionally, prior to the conference dinner on Friday, 23 July, participants are invited to our featured book launch, BRUCE BARBER: WORK 1970-2008, edited by Blair French and Stephen Cleland.

Please visit the Arts Conference Program webpage for further information on the 2010 Special Program Events and Exhibitions.

Redesigned Newsletter: Now Launched

Published on April 28, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

The Arts Newsletter re-launch marks the start of a new approach to connecting with and reaching out to our Arts Community. The newsletter will be sent out on a monthly basis and will contain important community news, conference updates, and publication information.

It is the hope of Common Ground Publishing that this newsletter will provide you with a more positive experience connecting with the Arts Community.

If you are not currently a subscriber but would like to receive future newsletter emails, please go to artsinsociety.com and click on “Sign Up: Our Newsletter” in the upper right-hand corner.

If you have inquiries, concerns, or general comments, please feel free to contact the newsletter team at support@ artsinsociety.com.