Beryl Graham and Christiane Paul speaking in London http://isea2011.sabanciuniv.edu/transculturalism.html

We are happy to announce the ISEA2011 Istanbul Pre-Symposium Event Digital Portraits of Transculturalism - London, a one-day event taking place at the The Centre for Creative Collaboration, University of London on February 25, 2011, under the aegis of Goldsmiths College and Sabanci University. The symposium is also supported by FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and sees as partners The Arts Catalyst, SCAN and the Leonardo Electronic Almanac.

The event will form part of an international series of conferences in London, New York, and Istanbul. The symposia are the starting point to generate a discussion about the digital portraiture internationally and in response a series of digital artworks and curated exhibitions will complement the conferences.

Digital Portraits of Transculturalism - London will be preceded by a conversation on digital identities taking place on February 24 and realized in collaboration between The Thursday Club and the Leonardo Electronic Almanac. For further information click here.
Symposium Abstract
In a globalized society where the access to technology allows the re-definition of who we are as well as the choice of the arena within which we wish to play - from second life to teenagers' web communities - the construction of a personal identity is shaped not only by the physical environment in which we live but also by the virtual spaces in which we dwell.

Web communities and social networks defy political, cultural and religious controls offering to a new generation of individuals the expectation that the real space should provide the same degree of freedom of the internet - a space where sexual, cultural and social customs are defied in semipublic and semiprivate spaces.

This new type of interaction challenges our existing understanding of identity and this symposium is looking to research the affect this has on the understanding of portraiture.

What: A one day conference, Digital Portraits of Transculturalism - London.

Where: 16 Acton Street London Greater London WC1X 9NG just down the road from King’s Cross Station. Nearest tube is King’s Cross. http://www.creativecollaboration.org.uk/where.php

When: February 25, 2011 - from 10am to 7pm.

Free Admission