4th
International CAiiA-STAR Research Conference
CONSCIOUSNESS REFRAMED 2002
non-local, non-linear, non-ordinary
CAiiA-STAR in collaboration with the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth,
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Perth, 1st - 4th August 2002
Consciousness Reframed 2002 is a forum for developments in the field of
art, technology and consciousness. It follows the conferences of 1997,
1998, and 2000 convened by Roy Ascott at the University of Wales College,
Newport, each of which attracted some 200 delegates from around 25 countries,
including over 100 presenters, In August 2002, the CAiiA-STAR Research Conference
Consciousness Reframed will take in Perth, Western Australia, hosted by
the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP), and John Curtin Gallery,
Curtin University of Technology.
CAiiA-STAR is an international transdisciplinary research center based in
the University of Wales College, Newport and the University of Plymouth
www.caiia-star.net
CAiiA-STAR International Research Conference Consciousness Reframed: art and consciousness in the post-biological era, has been held at the Caerleon Campus of the University of Wales College Newport in 1997, 1998, and 2000, on each occasion attracting over 100 presenters from more than 25 countries. In August 2002, Consciousness Reframed takes place in Western Australia, hosted by Curtin University, Perth Additionally in 1998, an International Workshop The Architecture of Consciousness was also convened at the University of Plymouth. The Consciousness Reframed Conferences may be seen to parallel, from the CAiiA-STAR perspective, the bi-annual Towards a Science of Consciousness conference at Tucson, to which CAiiA-STAR members regularly contribute. The CAiiA conferences have resulted in the publication of two books: Ascott, R. (ed). 2000. Art Technology Consciousness. Bristol: Intellect Books. 234 pp. ISBN 1-84150-041-0, and Ascott, R. (ed). 1999. Reframing Consciousness. Exeter: Intellect Books. 314 pp. ISBN 1-184150-013-5. Professor Ascott guest edited the Special Issue: Computers and Post-Biological Art, Digital Creativity, 9,1. 61pp., and with Dr. Punt published A Speculative Bibliography of Art and Consciousness in Convergence, 4, (3), pp. 116-134. The 1998 CAiiA conference in Valencia, Spain, resulted in a bi-lingual book of essays by CAiiA researchers: Molina. A & K. Landa.(eds), 2000. Emergent Futures: Art, Interactivity and New Media/ Futuros Emergentes , Arte Interactividad y Nuevos Medios. Valencia: Institucio Alfons el Magnanim. pp.108. ISBN 84-7822-326-6.