Sent from: christa@mic.atr.co.jp (Christa Sommerer) [ mod's note: Prof. Peter Weibel is someone not to miss... ] Dear friends: Japan is far, but .... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "ART-Science-ATR" International Symposium on Art and Science ATR, Japan 13 & 14 May 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATR Advanced Telecommunications Research Laboratories and the newly created MIC Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories are hosting an international symposium dedicated to the relationship between Art, Science and Technology. MIC Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories are pioneering the combination of art & science in Japan, being probably one of the first Japanese institution creating and enforcing this link. The international symposium will feature talks by the following Invited Speakers: Prof. Itsuo Sakane - Keio University, Tokyo Japan Prof. Donna Cox - NCSA, Illinois USA Prof. Dan Sandin - University of Illinois in Chicago, USA Prof. Hiroshi Ishii - MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge USA Prof. Demetri Terzopoulos - University of Toronto, Canada Prof. Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz - University of Calgary, Canada Prof. Machiko Kusahara -Tokyo Polytechnics, Japan Prof. Erkki Huhtamo - University Lapland, Finland Prof. Peter Weibel - Academy of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria Philippe Queau - Imagina INA, MonteCarlo Prof. Akira Asada or Prof. Toshiharu Ito - InterCommunication Center Tokyo, Japan Paul Haeberli - Silicon Graphics, Mountain View USA Michael Naimark - Interval Research, Palo Alto USA Peter Richards - Exploratorium, San Francisco USA Prof. Jeffrey Shaw - ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany Complete program, titles and abstracts: http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~christa/Aindex.html Place: ATR Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International 2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-02, Japan Tel: 81-77495-1402, Fax: 81-77495-1408 Dates: 13 & 14 May 1996 How to attend: Free attendance ! Please call, send email or fax to: Ms. Kana Itoh & Ms. Miho Nishimura 2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-02, Japan Phone: 81-7749-5-1212 and - 1402 Fax: 81-7749-5-1408 itoh@atr-sw.atr.co.jp, nisimura@mic.atr.co.jp How to get to ATR: Please mail to Ms. Kana Itoh & Ms. Miho Nishimura: itoh@atr-sw.atr.co.jp, nisimura@mic.atr.co.jp Organization: Christa Sommerer Laurent Mignonneau Researcher & Artist at ATR MIC Labs christa@mic.atr.co.jp, http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/christa We are looking forward to see you in Japan ! Very best regards Christa Sommerer ATR Advanced Telecommunications Research Lab MIC Media Integration & Communications Laboratories 2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku gun 619-02 Kyoto, Japan Vox: 81-7749-5-1426, Fax: 81-7749-5-1408 christa@mic.atr.co.jp http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~christa