
Event in the context of the current exhibition
/dis/connecting/media/ - conference on the medium telephoneWith the exhibition "Pronto! On Telephony." [plug.in] is a cooperation partner of /dis/connecting/media/ an international conference on the medium telephone.
Among the speakers are also three of the artists of the exhibition: Unsworn Industries, Graham Harwood/Richard Wright and !Mediengruppe Bitnik.
The symposium takes place at baselcitystudios at Frankfurt-Strasse 36 (Basel Dreispitz). On saturday evening, !Mediengruppe Bitnik will give an artist talk at [plug.in] and the curators will give a guided tour through the exhibition.
For the conference programme and further information see:
http://www.disconnectingmedia.ch
The conference is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Universities of Basel and Bern.
The symposium is organized by the interdisciplinary graduate program Prodoc Aesthetics of Intermediality. Play Ritual Performance from the Universities of Basel and Bern and the leading house Institute for Media Studies (/i/f/m) Basel.