body/machine: a conference on the body/technology interface Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28 in Toronto body/machine is a three-day public and academic conference dedicated to exploring the body/technology interface. Initiated by the Moving Pictures Festival, the conference is being hosted by the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University as well as downtown Toronto institutions and organizations such as Ontario College of Art and Design, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, V-tape and Pages Books. Programming runs the gamut from academic paper presentations and panels to artists'talks and workshops, public performances, installations and lecture/demonstrations. Highlights include the Anatomic Cabaret of multidisciplinary performance, installations in various downtown Toronto sites including Petra Kupper's Touch, Stelarc's Alternative Interfaces and Sophia Lycouris' Bodysight. Papers and panels on subjects ranging from the cyborg body to the future of animation will take place on York University campus. Presenters include Robert Wechsler(Germany), Kinga Araya (Canada), Terry Braun (UK), Bruce Elder(Canada), Kent De Spain (USA), Isa Gordon and Jesse Jarrell(USA) and Yacov Sharir(USA). Screenings, workshops and artists' talks round out the schedule. The Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video takes place immediately following the conference from Monday, October 29 through Saturday, November 3. Programming details and registration forms are now available at www.movingpicturesfestival.com (click body/machine) or contact: body/machine c/o Moving Pictures Festival 253 College Street, # 102 Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R5 ph (416) 961 5424/fx (416) 961 5624 bodymachine@hotmail.com
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