| Web Art in
Malaysia: The Early Years |
> University Scholars Programme > Cyberart Research Initiative > National University of Singapore > > Web Art in Malaysia: The Early Years > > by > Niranjan Rajah > Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Applied and > Creative Arts Universiti Malaysia Sarawak > > Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2002 > Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm > Venue: Cyberarts Studio, level 5, Block Admin (Old Admin Building) > > Abstract > This lecture will discuss the impact of the Internet on artistic > practice in Malaysia. It will review six years of web based art activity > and art networking in Malaysia. This includes a demonstration of works > like Niranjan Rajah's The Failure of Marcel Duchamp/ Japanese Fetish > Even!, 1996. http://www.hgb-leipzig.de/waterfall/ and E-ART ASEAN Online. > http://eartasean.unimas.my, a pioneering networking hub for electronic > art in Southeast Asia. The discussion will involve an appraisal of the > successes and failures of these six years. It is set in the broadest > cultural, political, economic and social contexts. > > > About the Speaker > Niranjan Rajah is an art historian, cultural theorist, curator and > internet artist. He is associate professor and deputy Dean of the Faculty > of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak In 2002, he > completed a visiting associate professorship at UCLA. He is a researcher > with the CAiiA/STAR - group that integrates 'the Centre for Advanced > Inquiry in the Interactive Arts,' at the University of Wales College, > Newport, and 'the Centre for Science, Technology and Art Research,' in the > School of Computing, University of Plymouth. Niranjan has served on the > Malaysian National Art Gallery's Planning and Acquisitions Committee > (1996-97) and has curated and co-curated many national and international > exhibitions, including Malaysia's '1st Electronic Art Show' (National Art > Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 1997). He is currently a member of the Board of > Directors of ISEA, the Inter Society for Electronic Art and sits on the > programme committee for the 11th ISEA which will take place in Nagoya in > mid 2002. Niranjan is co-founder of 'EART ASEAN Online', an internet > portal for electronic art in Southeast Asia. His writings on art have been > published extensively. |
