3SN Celebrates Life of Media Visionary
Gene Youngblood Memorial Tribute
The Unfinished Communications Revolution
Media visionary and activist Gene Youngblood, author of the 1970 book Expanded Cinema in which he predicted the future of the media arts as a communications revolution, died on April 6, 2021, at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
On Tuesday, June 15, 4pm EDT 9PM BST, the Third Space Network will present online the Gene Youngblood Memorial Tribute: The Unfinished Communications Revolution honouring his life and work. The artists, curators, and media scholars who will speak about Youngblood’s colourful life and historic contribution to the arts, are among those who pioneered the emerging forms of experimental film, video, and communications art during the latter part of the 20th century.
The Gene Youngblood Memorial Tribute will be co-moderated by 3SN Creative Director Randall Packer and media artist Kit Galloway. The event is a presentation of the Telematic LASER series (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous), co-hosted by 3SN, Currents New Media (Santa Fe), Leonardo/ISAST, and the University of Brighton/School of Art/Centre for Digital Media Cultures in the UK.
Register here
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gene-youngblood-tribute/register
Telematic LASER is co-hosted quarterly by Randall Packer of the Third Space Network & Paul Sermon of the University of Brighton/School of Art/Centre for Digital Media Cultures. A program of the Leonard/International Society of the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, the series is comprised of online public dialogues and performances that feature discussion, presentation and experimentation among leading artists, researchers, scientists and performers in the area of art & telematics.
