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21st International Symposium on Electronic Art [ISEA2015]
Vancouver, Canada, 14 Aug – 19 Aug, 2015, Presented by Simon Fraser University
Overview
ISEA2015 in Vancouver marks its return to Canada, 20 years since the groundbreaking first Canadian ISEA1995 in Montréal. The Symposium was held at the Woodward’s campus of Simon Fraser University in downtown Vancouver with exhibitions and events taking place at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and many other sites and venues throughout the city.
Trailers:
ISEA2015 Impression:
‘Unfinished documentary’ of ISEA2015 and its artistic directors:
Welcomes and Introductions
- ISEA International — ISEA2015
- Thecla Schiphorst & Philippe Pasquier — Introduction to the ISEA2015 Proceedings
- Kate Armstrong & Malcolm Levy — Acknowledgments
- Kate Armstrong — Introduction to the Catalogue
- Malcolm Levy — Introduction to the Catalogue
- Caroline Langill & Lizzie Muller (Museum of Vancouver) — Lively Objects: Enchantment And Disruption (exhibition intro)
- Caitlin Jones & Diana Freundl (Vancouver Art Gallery) — Beyond The Trees: Wallpapers In Dialogue With Emily Carr (exhibition intro)
- Sarah Joyce & Gordon Duggan (New Media Gallery) — 5600K Temperature Of White (exhibition intro)
- Wil Aballe (WAAP) — Quoting The Quotidian (exhibition intro)
- Vancouver Art Gallery — New Forms Festival @ ISEA2015
Organising Committee
- ISEA2015 Symposium Directors: Thecla Schiphorst & Philippe Pasquier
- Artistic Directors: Kate Armstrong & Malcolm Levy
- Communications & Social Media Chair: Maria Fedorova
Themes
Main theme
Sub-themes
- Residue
- Generative Art
- Glitch
- Body, Embody and Perform
- Prototype and DIY
- New Text
- Science and Interdisciplinarity
- Social Spaces: Design, Architecture and Cities
Partners, Sponsors & Funders
Partners:
- Simon Fraser University, especially the Faculty of Art, Communication and Technology, the School for the Contemporary Arts, the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT), the Woodward’s Cultural Unit, SFU Galleries, and MECS.
- ISEA International
Sponsors
- Dubai Design District
- The City of Vancouver
- CreativeBC
- Goethe Institut
- Italian Cultural Institute
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Funders
- The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- The Canada Council for the Arts
- The British Columbia Arts Council
- Le Conseil des Arts de Montréal
- Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec
- The French Consulate,
- Institute Française
- The Hamber Foundation