New Media Art Symposium

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ORGANIZERSArt Department, Queens College, The City University of New York
HG Contemporary Art Center
PROJECT CURATORJohn C. Hwang, Executive Director, HG Contemporary Art Center
DATESaturday, September 23rd, 2017
TIME8:30am – 5:30pm
VENUELeFrak Concert Hall
Queens College, The City University of New York
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, New York 11367
KEYNOTE SPEAKERGregory Sholette, MFA
Artist, Associate Professor, Queens College, The City University of New York
PANEL SPEAKERSChloe Bass, MFA
Artist and Public Practitioner, Assistant Professor
Queens College, The City University of New YorkJonah Brucker-Cohen, Ph.D.
Artist, Assistant Professor
Lehman College, The City University of New York

Yi-Ping Pong, Ph.D.
Artist & Art Historian
Founder of the visual art magazine “VIEW”, Taipei, Taiwan

Bo Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Symposium Schedule

Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, The City University of New York

08:30 – 09:00Registration / Coffee
08:50 – 09:00Opening Remark, Tony Gonzalez, Chair, Art Department, Queens College
09:00 – 09:40Professor Chloe Bass
【My Feed Is Different From Yours: The Social Practice of Social Media】
09:40 – 10:20Dr. Yi-Ping Pong
【Heroom】
10:20 – 11:00Dr. Jonah Brucker-Cohen
【Critical Networked Experience】
11:00 – 11:40Dr. Bo Zheng
【An Online Learning Platform for Chinese Socially Engaged Art】
11:40 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:00Keynote Speech – Professor Gregory Sholette
【Is “Another Art Work” Possible? 】
14:00 – 16:00Panel Discussion
Moderator Gregory Sholette
16:00 – 17:30Open Floor
17:30Closing Remark, Tony Gonzalez, Queens College / CUNY