Colliding and Surrendering: chaos and freedom where art and technologies meet, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 11 – 13.10.2017.

The symposium and exhibition in Singapore presented artworks curated in joint collaboration with Web3D Art Gallery, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane, University New South Wales Art & Design (UNSW) Sydney and NTU Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), A.D.M., College of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, and NTU Art & Heritage Museum. Based on interdisciplinary and hybrid approaches of art and science in media art, the symposium examined artistic expressions for large scale immersive displays.

The three-day symposium and a month-long exhibition in Singapore were aimed at presenting interdisciplinary collaborative artworks, which combine fields of art and science, technology, from visualizations of microscopic plankton to the abstract poetics of a flight pattern database.

Fourteen international research institutions, media labs, and cultural enterprises used Media Art Nexus NTU as a platform to display new media art created by interdisciplinary teams: UCLA Design|Media Arts Programme, UCLA Art|Sci Center and California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI); the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Science Visualization Lab Die Angewandte; Empowerment Informatics Program (EMP) at the University of Tsukuba Japan; Expanded Perception & Interaction Center (EPIC) at the University New South Wales Art & Design (UNSW); School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent (EDA); URBANSCREEN GmbH & Co. KG; Art & Design, Auckland University of Technology (AUT); Valparaiso University (Valpo) Purdue University Northwest (PNW); National Research University of Electronic Technology Moscow (MIET); Parsons School of Design New York (Parsons); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU).

Symposium Participants and Speakers
Curators and artists gave a series of talks about the motivation behind the works and shared their methodologies: Victoria Vesna (UCLA), Alfred Vendl and Martina Fröschl Visualization Lab Angewandte, June Kim (UNSW) Tomasz Bednarz (UNSW Art & Design), Mateusz Marpi Marcinowski (Obscura San Francisco), Anastasia Tyurina, (MIET), Andrew Denton (AUT), Rocio von Jungenfeld (EDA), John Brumley (EMP, University of Tsukuba), Mark Chavez (Giant Monster), Elke Reinhuber (ADM) for more visit: https://onoff100101010.com/programme/symposium-programme/

Exhibition Programme
In conjunction with the Symposium, a media art exhibition with 24 projects by 27 international and local artists co-curated and co-produced for the exhibit at the MAN NTU.

Exhibition curated 27 Artists Victoria Vesna (UCLA), Alfred Vendl and Martina Fröschl Visualization Lab Angewandte, June Kim (UNSW) Tomasz Bednarz (UNSW Art & Design), Mateusz Marpi Marcinowski (Obscura San Francisco), Anastasia Tyurina, (MIET), Andrew Denton and Jennifer Nikolai (AUT),Rocio von Jungenfeld (EDA), John Brumley (EMP, University of Tsukuba), Matthew Martin (AUT), Yeohyun Ahn, (Valpu) Ge Jin (PNW), Filip Michalski (University of Wroclaw), Jed Segovia (Parsons), Mark Chavez (Giant Monster), Ina Conradi (ADM), Elke Reinhuber (ADM), Ross Adrian Williams (ADM), Al-Azmir Ibrahim (ADM), Zhang Longfei, (ADM), Debbie Ng, (ADM), Madeline Ngai (ADM), Issac Ting (ADM), Wong Song Yu (ADM), Tan Kwang Boon (ADM). For more visit https://onoff100101010.com/programme/symposium-programme/

In November of 2017 the works travelled to Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre, UNSW (EPICentre) Sydney for the occasion of the event titled “Visualisation Matters 2017 – Art + Science+ Design + Engineering”. Type of Event: Art Exhibition ON|OFF 100101010 Sydney, The exhibit took place at the 360 immersive space at the Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre, UNSW (EPICentre) and Data61, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington (Sydney) Australia. Date of Event: 21 – 22.11.2017. Curators June Kim (UNSW Art & Design), Ina Conradi, (NTU), & Tomasz Bednarz. Please visit About Speakers. The event was designed to inspire audiences and demonstrate how art, science, design, and engineering can closely connect through visual creativity.

Curator of the exhibit and Symposium organizer Ina Conradi, Mark Chavez and June Kim & Tomasz Bednarz, (UNSW). Supported by: NTU Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), A.D.M., College of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, and NTU Art & Heritage Museum