Symposium: Media art and the Art Market
10th October 2016
LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz

Invited Speakers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kannonier, Dr. Stella Rollig, Dipl. Ing. Gerfried Stocker, Dr. Christa Sommerer, Dr. Christiane Paul, Dr. Annette Doms, Dr.Pau Waelder, Wolf Lieser.
Detailed speakers’ list and abstract on: http://interface.ufg.ac.at/blog/

Schedule:
09:00 – 09:05
Welcome Address by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kannonier
Rector of the University of Art and Design, Linz

09:05 – 09:15
Welcome Address by Dr. Stella Rollig
Director of LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz

09:15 – 09:35
Ars Electronica – 37 Years of Supporting Electronic Art
Dipl. Ing. Gerfried Stocker, Director of the Ars Electronica GmbH, Linz

09:35 – 09:55
Media Art and the Art Market – New Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Christa Sommerer, Head of Interface Cultures, University of Art and Design, Linz

10:00 – 10:40 Short Break

10:45 – 11:25
Collecting the Digital – Materials, Markets, Models
Dr. Christiane Paul, Associate Professor at the School of Media Studies, The New School, and Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

11:25 – 11:55 Discussion

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:40
How to Promote Media Art? From an Idea to a Business
Dr. Annette Doms, Artistic Director at UNPAINTED Art Fair, Munich

14:40 – 15:20
Browse, Download, Subscribe: Selling Art Online
Dr. Pau Waelder, Art Critic, Curator and Researcher, Mallorca

15:20 – 15:35 Coffee Break

15:35 – 16:15
How Digital Art has Affected the Art Market
Wolf Lieser, DAM Gallery, Berlin

16:15 – 16:45 Discussion and Summary

17:00 – 17:45
Visit of the Interface Cultures Student Exhibition “Priceless” curated byAlessio Chierico at the University of Art

18:00 – 19:00
Concert at Sonic Lab of Anton Bruckner University
Audio Visual Concerts feat. Se-Lien Chuang & Andreas Weixler,Aleksandra Bajde & Emre Sihan Kaleli, Stefan Tiefengraber, “Homo Restis” Costume Sound Performance by Jens Vetter and Sarah Leimcke.

Organized by Interface Cultures, Kunstuniversität Linz University of Art and Design, Linz in collaboration with Ars Electronica GmbH; supported by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy under the Higher-Education Structural Fund Austria.

Venues:
LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1 4020 Linz
University of Art Domgasse 1 4010 Linz
Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Hagenstrasse 57 4040 Linz