Theory

Research in 2009


The book Cinéma, interactivité et société (Cinema, interactivity and society)

A 272-page book was created as a follow-up to the first symposium “Cinéma, interactivité et société” that took place in Poitiers from November 19th to 21st, 2008.

The book was edited by Hubertus von Amelunxen (principal of the ÉESI) and Jean-Marie Dallet.

Cast (no guarantee)

Summary

Preface
- Hubertus von Amelunxen (de)
Theorist of images; rector of the European School of visual arts (ÉESI), Angoulême-Poitiers, France

Introduction
- Jean-Marie Dallet (fr)
Artist; professor researcher at the European School of visual arts (ÉESI); in charge of the laboratory Figures of Interactivity, Angoulême - Poitiers, France.

Essays
« Aux marges du cinéma » (On the fringes of cinema)
1 - Jacques Aumont (fr)
Critic and theorist of cinema; professor, University of Paris 3 (Sorbonne-Nouvelle), EHESS, Paris, France.

2 - Victor Burgin (gb)
artist; Millard Professor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College of University of London, United Kingdom; professor, History of consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz, United states.

3 - Louise Poissant (ca)
Dean of the faculty of arts, professor, UQÀM, Montreal, Canada.

4 - Bernard Perron (ca)
Professor, University of Montreal, Canada.

5 - Gene Youngblood (us)
Film theorist, United States.

« Nouvelles stratégies et nouveaux réseaux de diffusion » (New strategies and new broadcasting networks)
6 - Yves Bernard (be)
Professor, ERG; head of the association "Imal", Brussels, Belgium.

7 - Jean-Claude Bustros (ca)
Professor, University of Concordia, Montreal, Canada.

8 - Alain Liedts (be)
Director of the fondation Liedts-Meesen, Ghent, Belgium.

9 - Bernard Stiegler (fr)
Philosopher; Associate Professor at UTC, France; director of IRI, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

10 - Peter Weibel (at)
Director of the ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.

« Histoires des dispositifs pour l’image, le son et l’interactivité » (A history of devices for pictures, sound and interactivity)
11 - Jim Campbell (ca)
Artist, San Francisco, United States.

12 - Anne-Marie Duguet (fr)
Professor, University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.

13 - Julien Maire (fr)
Artist, Berlin, Germany.

14 - Louis-Claude Paquin (ca)
Vice-Dean of research and creation in the Faculty of Communication and teacher at the University of Québec in Montréal. He is also researcher at the Hexagram and member of the Ciam, Canada.

15 - Steina Vasulka (us)
Artist, Santa Fe, United States.

« Scénarios et récits interactifs » (Interactive scripts and narratives)
16 - Samuel Bianchini (fr)
Artist; professor, University of Valencienne, France; member of the Calhiste laboratory (University of Valenciennes) and associate member of the Lam / Citu (Federation of laboratories of the Universities of Paris 1 and Paris 8), France.

17 - Jean-Louis Boissier (fr)
Artist; professor, University of Paris 8, France et teacher at the National School of Decorative Arts (aestethics of fine arts and new media); head of the laboraty Aesthetics of the new media, France.

18 - Luc Courchesne (ca)
Artist; director, School of Industrial Design, University of Montréal, Canada; Vice-President, Society of Arts and Technology (SAT)

19 - Masaki Fujihata (jp)
Artist; professor, Director at Graduate school of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

20 - Stéphane Natkin (fr)
Director of The Graduate School of Games and Interactive Medias (ENJMIN), Angoulême; professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), Paris, France.

21 - Jeffrey Shaw (au)
Artist; professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; director of the research centre iCinema, Australia.

22 - Douglas E. Stanley (fr)
Artist; professor researcher at École supérieure d’art of Aix-en-Provence, France

23 - Gwenola Wagon (fr)
Artist; professor, University of Paris 8, France.

« Décrire, annoter et mettre en relation les images et les sons » (Describe, tag and link pictures and sound)
24 - Bertrand Augereau (fr)
Lecturer and research worker at the University of Poitiers in the SIC department of the XLIM, CNRS Research Institute, France.

25 - George Legrady (us)
Artist; professor of Interactive Media in the Media Arts & Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

26 - Yannick Prié et Vincent Puig (fr)
Professor, University of Lyon 1, LIRIS, France.
Co-director of the IRI, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

27 - SLIDERS_lab (fr)
Artists; teachers and research workers at the European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI), France.

Portraits
30 full-page portraits (cmjn)

Photo report
A 45-picture report (cmjn) about the side aspects of the symposium.

Biography
The authors' biographies

Credits, thanks