Empyre

-empyre- soft-skinned space is an Australian based global media arts community which facilitates critical discussions on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media. The list invites guests, including new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others, to participate in thematic discussions which change monthly. -empyre- was founded by Melinda Rackham (AU) in 2002.(MedienKunstNetz)
The list is facilitated globally by a changing team of volunteers. From its instigation the -empyre- community grew exponentially and within the first year Adrian Miles (AU) and Rebecca Cannon (AU) joined briefly as facilitators. Long-term facilitators Christina McPhee (USA) and Michael Arnold Mages (USA) were invited to the -empyre- curatorium soon after, and during the next years they were joined by Jim Andrews (CA)and Felix Sattler (AU/GER). In 2005 Tracey Meziane Benson (AU) and Marcus Bastos (BR) joined the team, and in 2006 and 2007 it was extended with Sérgio Basbaum (BR), Nicholas Ruiz III (USA), Renate Ferro (USA) and Tim Murray (USA).
The list often collaborates with institutions and festivals to produce online forums for physically located events. In 2006 and 2007 -empyre- facilitated three moderated conversations on the three leitmotifs of documenta 12, as part of the documenta 12 Magazine Project. The list discussions- Is Modernity our Antiquity?; Bare Life; and What is to be done (education)? were curated and edited by Christina McPhee. Another collaboration with Cornerhouse in Manchester produced a freeware Reader on 3D Art and Games edited by Melinda Rackham and Taylor Nutall.
-empyre- is a participating magazine in the Documenta 12 Magazine Project.

-empyre- is currently archived by Pandora Archive, a project of the National Library of Australia, dedicated to preserving online publications of national significance for future generations, and by the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media at Cornell University, as a repository of emergent ideas amongst those working at the leading edge of contemporary practice.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu