[Ada_list] Mesh Cities Christchurch - Update

Greetings ADA people

We are thinking today of everyone of you affected by the Feb 22 quake, and the amazing, sad, and challenging experiences of the past few years.

As you know, The ADA trust board has embarked on a project which over three + years will become a dialogue around the place of media art in public spaces - with reference to the rebuild of Christchurch. The project is a national series of workshops and symposia, which will include many exciting and challenging conversations and provocations for new works.

Creative New Zealand have granted funding towards the first two years and part of the capital sought for the Mesh Cities Christchurch project to begin. (Thanks CNZ!)

http://www.ada.net.nz/meshcities/ada-mesh-cities-christchurch/

* Towards the end of 2013 is a symposium in Dunedin (September 13-16) - exploring media art and public space: public artworks and installations using media technologies. Please put this date in your diaries now!

* At Easter, the project will launch with a critical roundtable that will define the theoretical frameworks within which the project sits. We want to engage a range of individuals from across creative sectors to explore what we see as the key questions for media art in transitional cities. We are hoping for a collective effort and new and unexpected approaches. The roundtable will also serve as a launch for the whole project and it would be great to see ADA faces old and new!

Roundtable and launch event;
Saturday 30 March - starting 11am

@ The Physics Room
Second Floor
Old Central Post Office Building
209 Tuam Street
Christchurch

One outcome of the roundtable discussion will be the call for proposals for the Dunedin symposium and a framing statement to encapsulate the project. This will be released at the launch party in the evening of 30th March

Please alert us to anyone you feel should be included in this invitation, or If you will be in Christchurch and would like to come, include your ideas we would like to hear from you by or before the 8th of March. The discussion will be available remotely as it unfolds, and an update about the day will be placed on the ADA website.

The roundtable and launch event are hosted by the Physics Room in Christchurch (Thanks Physics Room!)

RSVP email to meshcities@ada.net.nz

Many thanks on behalf of the ADA Trust board

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Launch - March 30th Christchurch
Media Art and Public Spaces Symposium September 13-16 Dunedin

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