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Subject: [NEW-MEDIA-CURATING] Preservation Of Complex Digital Objects
Symposia (POCOS): Registration now open for Software Art event
From:    "Leo Konstantelos" <l.konstantelos at HATII.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK>
Date:    Mon, August 22, 2011 5:53 pm
To:      NEW-MEDIA-CURATING at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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Preservation Of Complex Objects Symposia (POCOS)

We are pleased to announce the 2nd POCOS Symposium on Preservation of
Software Art

11-12 October 2011, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, UK

Organised by the Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute
(HATII) at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Online registration: http://www.pocos.org/index.php/registration
Symposium Fee: Free + £10 donation for refreshments (payable at the event)

Preservation of software art presents challenges in many fronts, including
complex interdependencies between objects; time-based and interactive
properties; and diversity in the technologies and practices used for
development.

This exciting two-day symposium will provide a forum for participants to
discuss these challenges, review and debate the latest developments in the
field, witness real-life case studies, and engage in networking
activities. The symposium will  promote discussion on such topics as:

• Implications and advances in preserving software art
• Issues of ephemerality
• Significant properties for software art
• Software art as performance
• Legal and Ethical issues in collecting, curating and preserving
software art
• Interpretation and Documentation

Keynote Speakers:
• Richard Rinehart - Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, USA
• Simon Biggs - Edinburgh College of Art, UK

Presenters include:
• Vicky Isley and Paul Smith - boredomresearch / NCCA, Bournemouth
University, UK
• Michael Takeo Magruder - King's Visualisation Lab, King's College
London, UK
• Perla Innocenti - History of Art, University of Glasgow, UK
• Leo Konstantelos - HATII, University of Glasgow, UK

The programme also includes break-out sessions for participants to discuss
key topics in preservation of Software Art.

For more information, please visit the POCOS page at:
http://www.pocos.org/index.php/pocos-symposia/software-art
Download the brochure at:
http://pocos.org/images/pub_material/leaflet_software_art.pdf

Bookings are now open at the project website – however, space is limited
so please book early. A waiting list will be maintained once the symposium
is fully booked in case of late cancellations.

We look forward to welcoming you at the event!


Preservation Of Complex Objects Symposia (POCOS) has been funded by the
JISC Information Environment Programme 2009-11
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Dr Leo Konstantelos
Principal Investigator, POCOS
HATII Preservation Research Officer

11 University Gardens
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QH

Skype: l.konstantelos
T: +44 (0)141 330 7133
E: L.Konstantelos at hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk
W: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk