Washington State University Vancouver, the College of Liberal Arts, and Digital Technology and Culture program along with Vancouver’s Northbank Gallery present The 2007 Spring Media Artist Talk Series.

The series takes place monthly from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the months of February, March, and April at Northbank Gallery—located in 1005 Main Street, in downtown Vancouver, just walking distance from Esther Short Park––and features both international and local media artists. Other talks are scheduled for Thursday, March 29 th and Thursday, April 26 th .

 

On February 22 nd Canadian multimedia artist, Steve Gibson, kicks off the series with “Mapping Spaces:  An Introduction to Media Art in Canada in the 21 st Century,” a talk that focuses on his recent of work as well as the work of  Julie Andreyev, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

More or less loosely influenced by the Situationists, these artists consider issues of space, the body, public interaction, and mobility. Distinct from American popular media art, but equally engrossed in North American media culture, Andreyev, Lozano-Hemmer, and Gibson present critical but engaged visions of technological art practice for the new millennium.