Electra: electricity in culture
Saturday 22 May 2004
2.00pm - 7.00pm
Prof Steven Connor , Dr Jane Lewty , Sadie Plant , Disinformation vs Strange Attractor
The arrival of electricity didn't only change the face of society: it also had an enormous impact on art, literature and philosophy. Generating a host of new templates for thought and metaphors for representation, the medium brought with it an aesthetic of connectedness, of pulses, flows and relays – a new order in which the self had to be re-thought in terms of circuits and networks. Electra will combine lectures and discussions with performances by artists whose work grapples with the challenges and possibilities this new order brings about – ones that grow more intense with each advance in electronic culture.
Participants will include Joe Banks (artist), Mark Pilkington (Far Out column, The Guardian and contributing editor to Fortean Times), Steven Connor (Prof of Modern Literature and Theory, Birkbeck College), Ken Hollings (novelist), Howard Walmsley (musician), Graham Massey (musician), Sadie Plant (author of Zeros and Ones) and Jo Thomas (composer). Programmed by Tom McCarthy, writer and artist.
This event is in association with the Interdisciplinary Arts Department of Arts Council England.
This event is part of the RiArt series and is open to all. Tickets cost £10, £7 for Ri Members and concessions.
Tickets can be purchased here - http://www.rigb.org/rimain/calendar/boo ... jsp?&id=43
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Should be good - if anyone is able to go to this, then please let me know, as I'm going to be in Manchester that weekend...

l8rs,
Nick
