January 17-19 2003
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
By way of photography, cinema, television and other visual media, urban space is communicated and made meaningful-be it from the effect of photography and cinema on the Modernist City to the impact of new technology on contemporary urban planning. Accordingly, with each paradigm shift in the aesthetics and form of mass media, our conceptualization of cities becomes transformed and altered.
NEW CITIES/NEW MEDIA seeks to explore the ways in which urban landscapes have transformed new media production and how new media has played a role in transforming our urban landscapes-both historically as well as in current production. The conference is intended to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners to address the inter-play between media, the production of cities and our collective urban experiences.
The conference will take place on the University of Southern California campus the weekend of January 17-19 2003. Guest Speakers will include: Scott Bakatman (Terminal Identity) and Lev Manovich (The Language of New Media). Two new Multimedia Projects by Norman Klein and Pat O'Neill will be exhibited, along with other media screenings throughout the weekend. There will be a reception on Friday night featuring a large scale installation of artist Robbert Flick's "Central Ave" project.
