Art as a part of global systems; art in and about media; art as fieldwork of ecological thinking; art at its outer limits.

10.30-11.30 Hou Hanru/China
11.30-12.00 Peter Fend/USA
12.00-12.15 Break
12.15-12.45 Mark Napier/USA
12.45-13.15 Azza El’Hassan/Palestina
13.15-13.30 Discussion
Moderation: Tom Sherman/CDN

Hou Hanru/F/China. Independent art critic and curator has lived and worked in Paris since 1990.

Peter Fend/USA. Artist; founder of the “Ocean Earth Construction and Development Corporation”; seeks practical solutions to large-scale problems like environmental issues.

Mark Napier/USA. Artist; creates “art interfaces”, software that addresses issues of authority, ownership and territory in the virtual world.

Azza El’Hassan/Palestina. Artist, filmmaker; has made the life of Palestinian people the subject of her films, portraying the Intifada generation.

Tom Sherman/CDN. Artist and theorist; best known for his media art and writing about person/machine relationships; his latest book is 'Before and After the I-Bomb', The Banff Centre Press 2002.