From shulea@waag.org Thu Sep 17 12:23:12 1998 Received: from [194.134.18.57] (A47.waag.org [194.134.18.57]) by A01.waag.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA24951 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:23:11 +0200 Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:23:11 +0200 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: tabody@waag.org From: shu lea cheang Subject: digi gender social body invites your on line participation hi, noting that Sandy and Jennifer Gonzalez actually won't be physically present New York. we have renamed them as floating agents. please note some changes made with this press release. please spread the news and invite participation. note also that the forum interface will only be link up tomorrow Friday...as we're still testing some bugs..and perfecting it. best sl LOG ON http://brandon.guggenheim.org September 17-21 Theatrum Anatomicum installation September 19, 18:00-20:00 Theatrum Anatomicum Opening, Amsterdam In collaboration with the 16th World Wide Video Festival in Amsterdam, Society for Old and New Media and the Guggenheim Museum present BRANDON, a public interface/installation at Theatrum Anatomicum, DeWaag from September 18 to September 21 with an Opening Party on 17:30 September 19 and a netlinked forum entitled "Digi Gender Social Body: Under the Knife, Under the Spell of Anesthesia". Held simultaneously in Theatrum Anatomicum, DeWaag (Amsterdam) and the videowall at the Guggenheim Museum Soho (New York), the forum invites interface/intervention from the net public. September 20, Sunday, 1998 14:00-16:00 Guggenheim Museum SoHo Theatrum Anatomicum 575 Broadway (at Prince Street) 20:00-22:00 DeWaag, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam The forum, held in conjunction with Shu Lea Cheang's "Brandon: A One Year Narrative Project in Installments" at the Guggenheim Museum, relocates the17th century public dissecting lessons held in Amsterdam's Theatrum Anatomicum as a digital-age net spectacle. Moderated by Lisa Cartwright with cultural critics, genderists and biotechnologist (in New York: Lisa Cartwright,Vernon Rosario,Jennifer Terry; in Amsterdam: Jose Van Dijck, Ruth Oldenziel, Susan Stryker; floating agent: Jennifer Gonzalez, Allucquere Rosanne Stone), this forum convenes a textual surgical operation on the theory and construction of technosocial bodies. Members of the public will be invited to participate on-line as well. Theatrum Anatomicum interface: design: Mieke Gerritzen, Janine Huizenga programming: Roos Eisma, Bram Boskamp installation: Joep van Lieshout construction: Atelier van Lieshout BRANDON is curated by Matthew Drutt for the Guggenheim Museum. Caroline Nevejan and Suzanne Oxnaar present BRANDON for the Society for Old and New Media. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Scott L. Gutterman Director of Public Affairs Guggenheim Museum SoHo 575 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Tel (212) 423-3840 Fax (212) 941-8410 E-mail: sgutterman@guggenheim.org Mylene van Noort Society for Old and New Media De Waag, Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012 CR Amsterdam Tel: 31-20-557980 Fax:31-20-5579880 E-mail: mylene@waag.org