Free Collaboration: Networks, Art, & Collaboration

A conference about the art of collaboration, models of critical web-specific art, and the role media technologies play in the making of social networks. What really happens when we communicate through technological channels daily?

In a high-energy context this conference brougt together artists, designers, musicians, activists, art historians and engineers in formats such as workshops, open mic, parties, performances, interviews, and brain storming sessions — all aiming at ongoing collaborations genuine dialogue, and the exchange of knowledge.

The Free Cooperation conference publication appeared (pp32, tabloid), book will be published 05/05, DVD of event is available.

Conference Participants:

16beavergroup (Ayreen, Rene Gabri; NYC)
Alan Moore (NYC)
Alan Sondheim (Brooklyn)
Allan O'Connor (Free Anarchist University Toronto)
Andrea Polli (Hunter College)
Anna Harding (Goldsmiths College; London, UK)
Arjen Keesmaat (DeWaag, Amsterdam)
Barbara Lattanzi (Smith College)
Benjamin Gerdes (NYC)
Benjamin Macko Hill (Seattle)
Blips.tk
Brian Holmes (Paris)
Caroline Koebel (SUNY at Buffalo)
Chris Coleman (SUNY at Buffalo)
Christoph Spehr (Bremen)
Critical Art Ensemble
Dave Pape (SUNY at Buffalo)
Donald Jacobs (CATE, SUNY at Buffalo)
Elizabeth Knipe (SUNY at Buffalo)
Eric Goldhagen (Open Flows, Interactivist.com)
Eva Sjuve (Rotterdam)
FACES
free103point9
Gender Changer Academy
Georg Schoelhammer (Springerin Magazine,
Vienna, Austria)
Gregory Sholette (Colgate University)
GuerillaGirlsBroadband
Hans Meyer (MapHub)
Holly Johnson (SUNY at BUFFALO)
Horit Herman Peled (Oranim College, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Jane Crayton (University of Colorado at Bolder)
Janis Demkiw ( T o r o n t o )
Jeff Maki (MapHub)
Jennifer Peterson (University of Colorado at Bolder)
Jenny Perlin (Sarah Lawrence College)
Jessica Hammer (New York University)
Jessica Leber (University of Colorado at Bolder)
John Duda (Johns Hopkins University)
Jon Ippolito (Guggenheim Museum)
Joline Blais (University of Maine)
Jon Rubin (SUNY Purchase)
Jorge Nava (University of California San Diego)
Josephine Anstey (SUNY at Buffalo)
Katherine Carl (School of Missing Studies, NYC)
Katrien Jacobs (Emerson College, Boston)
Kurt Weibers (www.globalpointstrategies.com)
Laura McGough (Washington, DC)
Loren Sonnenberg (Access Community Space, Buffalo)
Los Nukiis (NYC)
Loss Peque–o Glazier (SUNY at Buffalo)
Lucia Sommer (University of Rochester)
Carbon Defense League (Pittsburgh)
Maria Damon (University of Minnesota)
Marie-Christiane Mathieu (Montreal)
Martin Lucas (Hunter College, Manhattan Neighborhood
Network, Paper Tiger TV)
Maurice Methos (Emerson College, Boston)
McKenzie Wark (The New School)
Mike Frisch (SUNY at Buffalo)
Mike Steventon (Interaccess, Toronto)
Nathan Martin (Carnegie Mellon University)
neuroTransmitter (NYC)
Page Sarlin (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Patrick Lichty (Los Angeles, Intelligent Agent Magazine,
Yes Men)
Patrick Rosas (Brazilian Tactical Media Lab)
Paul Vanouse (SUNY at Buffalo)
Paul Visco (SUNY at Buffalo, Canisius College)
Rachel Stevens (Brown University)
Ricardo Miranda Zu–iga (College of New Jersey)
Rozalinda Borcila (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Sandy Baldwin (West Virginia University)
Sarah Lewison (University of California San Diego)
Sara Diamond (Banff Centre)
Saul Albert (University of Openess)
Scott Bricker (MapHub)
Scott Patterson (PdPal, Parsons School of Design)
Shawn Rider (SUNY at Buffalo)
Sher Doruff (DeWaag, Amsterdam)
Simon Biggs (Sheffield Hallam University/ University of
Cambridge, UK)
Simon Sheikh (Nordic Institute For Contemporary Art;
Helsinki, Finland)
Srdjan Normal (School of Missing Studies, NYC)
Stefan Ršmer (Akademie der Bildenden KŸnste, Munich)
Stephanie Rothenberg (SUNY at Buffalo)
Susan Laxton (Columbia University)
Suse Lang (DASH, NEURO, Munich)
Termite TV
Thomas Owen (Brown University)
Tim Jaeger (University of California San Diego)
Tom Leonhardt (SUNY at Buffalo)
Tony Conrad (SUNY at Buffalo)
Trevor Paglen (UC Berkeley)
Uche Nduka (Nigeria/Germany)
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Brown University)
Wolfgang Staehle (The Thing, NYC)

website: project website

sponsorship: Center for Applied Technologies in Education, The Office of The Vice President for Research (UB),  Springerin (Hefte für Gegenwartskunst), c magazine, Edward H. Butler Chair in the Department of English, Neural, The Department of Media Study, The College of Arts and Sciences