Nordic Outbreak Symposium

Please RSVP to [email protected] by Monday, April 1, 2013

An all-day symposium in conjunction with the Streaming Museum's Nordic Outbreak, an internationally touring exhibition of over 30 video and new media artworks by groundbreaking contemporary Nordic artists. Featuring Nordic artists, curators, and theorists, the program will offer in-depth perspectives of what "the Nordic" has come to mean in the digital age.

Speakers include Erkki Huhtamo, Professor of Design Media Arts, UCLA; Daniela Arriado, curator/producer Art & New Media, Norway; Jonatan Habib Engqvist, curator and theorist; Birta Guðjónsdóttir, independent curator and artist, Iceland; Vibeke Jensen, artist and architect, Norway; Kati Kivinen, curator, KIASMA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland; Jacob Lillemose, curator and writer, Germany/Denmark; Margret Elisabet Olafsdóttir, independent researcher, Reykjavík Academy; Marit Paasche, Head of Research, The Norwegian Video Art Archive; Superflex, artist group, Denmark; Egill Sæbjörnsson, artist; Iceland; Minna Tarkka, curator, Director, m-cult Centre for New Media Culture, Helsinki.