10/09/2023

Dr. Olga Majcen Linn and Dr. Sunčica Ostoić participate at the RE:SOURCE conference

Dr. Olga Majcen Linn and Dr. Sunčica Ostoić, art theorists at KONTEJNER, are participating at the RE:SOURCE conference, which takes place in Venice from September 13 to 16, 2023.

Majcen Linn and Ostoić are actively engaged in the discursive contextualization of artistic practices at the intersection of art, science, and technology. At RE:SOURCE conference, they hold a presentation titled “Metaleptic Objects and Their Aesthetic Properties.”

Conference link and program can be found on these links.

The 10th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology – RE:SOURCE – will celebrate Media Art Histories and the role that its main agents have had in the multiple developments of art, science and technology with a focus on the past 60 years.
The title ‘RE:SOURCE’ refers to a sub theme specifically introduced in the MAH Venice edition of the conference series. This theme will be centred on the climate crisis and questions of ecological sustainability considered in all their ramifications analysed through the lenses of Media Art (History), and includes a number of sub themes:
“Memory. How to create future memories: documentation, preservation and new technologies”
“Climate Actions, Environment and Public Humanities”
Track 3: “Pioneers of Media art”
Track 4: “Media art history outside and inside the museum”

RE:SOURCE will host four days of panels, workshops, exhibitions, performances, and keynotes in collaboration with the Venice Centre for Digital & Public Humanities (VeDPH) at the Ca’ Foscari University, Italy.