Panel Statement
M.A.R.I.N. – Media Art Research Interdisciplinary Network is a networked residency and research initiative, integrating artistic and scientific research on ecology of the marine and cultural ecosystems. For ISEA2009, continuing to AND Festival in Cumbria and Liverpool, we have built an 11-week Residency at the Irish Sea. In two consecutive panels we will discuss the concept of M.A.R.I.N. and two projects on board. In the first panel, Tapio Makela discusses the overall concept of M.A.R.I.N. Marko Peljhan and Matthew Biederman address issues on Open data architecture and data commons around a project The Common Data Processing and Display Unit (CDPDU). In a second panel, Ecolocated – Littoral Lives will be addressed by Nigel Helyer, Daniel Woo, Andreas Siagian and Tapio Makela.
- Tapio Makela – Location and Site in Artistic Science
- Marko Peljhan – Open Data Architectures
- Matthew Biederman – Data Practices and the Commons
- Tapio Mäkelä, is a Finnish media artist and researcher, co-founder of M.A.R.I.N. and initiator of the Ecolocated project, currently working on location based media art practices. He has been director of artist association MUU, co-founder of m-cult, and programme chair of ISEA2004.
- Marko Peljhan is a conceptual artists. He is the co-founder of Ljudmila (Ljubljana Digital
Media Lab), founder and director of the arts organization Projekt Atol, and is one of the
coordinators of the Arctic Perspective Initiative and M.A.R.I.N. projects. Since 2002 he works as Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Art/Media/Technology at the University of California Santa Barbara. - Matthew Biederman, US/Canada, works in new media contexts including installation, performance, video, and tactical media. He addresses issues of perception, media saturation, and systems by employing research strategies interwoven with public events. Born in the United States, he now lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
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