Randall Packer
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Works in WASHINGTON, District of Columbia United States of America

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BIO
Since the 1980s, multimedia artist, composer, writer and educator Randall Packer has worked at the intersection of interactive media and live performance. He has received international acclaim for his socially and politically infused critique of media culture, and has performed and exhibited at museums, theaters, and festivals throughout the world. Packer is also a writer and scholar in new media, most notably the co-editor of Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality and the author of his long running blog: Reportage from the Aesthetic Edge. He holds an MFA and PhD in music composition and has taught multimedia at the University of California, Berkeley, Maryland Institute College of Art, American University, CalArts, and Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, where he teaches the art of the networked practice. Most recently, he developed Open Source Studio (OSS), an international project exploring collaborative online research and teaching in the media arts. Packer is also an artist educator at the Museum of Modern Art: his online course received an award from Museums and the Web as the best educational site of 2014. Packer works and teaches remotely from his underground studio bunker in Washington, DC.
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DISCUSSION

"Speech of the Rockies"


Speech of the Rockies"
Randall M. Packer
Wednesday, February 26th, 1pm @ Hale 270
University of Colorado, Boulder
presented by the TECHNE Digital Artist Series

Randall M. Packer, Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology
in Washington, DC, continues his nationwide tour at the University of
Colorado, Boulder, where he will deliver the "Speech of the Rockies."
He will be announcing a bold new campaign entitled "10,000 Acts of
Artistic Mediation," intended to mobilize artistic forces across the
nation in these extraordinary times of crisis. The Secretary will
also discuss the recent activation of the new artist-driven political
party, the Experimental Party, the "party of experimentation," in the
Department's effort to bring the artists' message to center stage of
the political process. The Experimental Party intends to recruit,
support, and coordinate viable artists to celebrate the universal
spirit of collective expression, to seek volunteers to help speak
oracular truths and the most radically liberating critique of reason,
and to engage students in acts of appropriation through art and
polemic, manifesto and demonstration, love and politics.

Calling him "a man of great integrity, a man of great judgment and a
man who knows the arts," President George W. Bush announced his
decision to nominate Randall M. Packer to serve as Secretary of the
United States Department of Art and Technology on November 12, 2001.
Upon confirmation by the Senate, Packer pledged to renew the war on
cultural poverty, reduce the incidence of a one-way exchange of
information between an active agent and a passive recipient, and
combat discrimination so no American feels outside the field of
aesthetic inquiry of the contemporary media arts.

******

The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org

The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.

The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net

The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.

DISCUSSION

Re: hypertext


A quote from the man who coined the word hypertext, Ted Nelson:

"Everything is Deeply Interwingled

DISCUSSION

New Media Forum II : Alex Galloway


New Media Forum II
Presented by the Maryland Institute College of Art
and the MICA Center for New Media
in association with the Digital Media Center
of Johns Hopkins University

Alex Galloway
"How to Hack Multiplayer Games"

Time: Tuesday, February 18th, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Mount Royal Station Auditorium (S3)
Maryland Institute College of Art
Mount Royal Ave. & Cathedral Street, Baltimore
All Lectures are free and open to the public
Reception will follow

This lecture will show a new technique of "game remixing," whereby
two or more multiplayer game servers are collaged together in real
time.

Alex GALLOWAY is the former Director of Content & Technology of
Rhizome.org, a leading on-line platform for new media art. Alex has
created several computer art projects including the networked screen
saver "Every Image." He has co-founded RSG (Radical Software Group),
which is developing "Carnivore" - after the FBI software of the same
name - that uses packet-sniffing technologies to create vivid
depictions of raw data. "Carnivore" was given a Golden Nica award in
Net Vision / Net Excellence at Ars Electronica 2002. He recently
joined the faculty of New York University where he teaches digital
media art.

Alex Galloway's "Carnivore" Project:
http://www.rhizome.org/carnivore

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Upcoming Lectures:

Tuesday, March 18th
Margot LOVEJOY, "A Turn-Table"
Margot LOVEJOY will provide an exploration of her work on several
fronts, regarding new roles, new themes, new experiments in finding
participation and audience.

Tuesday, April 15th
Perry HOBERMAN, "Unexpected Obstacles"
Perry HOBERMAN will comment on the influence of technology on our
perception and the determination of our every-day life through his
installations and interactive environments. In this way, he expresses
the euphoria of many utopias in both a nostalgic and sarcastic way.

For more information:

MICA Center for New Media
Randall Packer, Director
http://cnm.mica.edu

MICA Office of Communications
410.225.2300

DISCUSSION

"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation" @ UCLA


Randall Packer
"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation"
Tuesday, February 11th, 6pm @ EDA (104 North Kinross)
University of California, Los Angeles

presented by the
UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts
(310) 825-9007

Randall M. Packer, Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology
in Washington, DC, will announce a new campaign, "10,000 Acts of
Artistic Mediation," intended to mobilize artistic forces across the
nation in anticipation of the National Election in 2004. The
Secretary will also discuss the recent activation of a new
artist-driven political party, the Experimental Party, the "party of
experimentation," in the Department's effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. The Experimental
Party intends to recruit, support, and coordinate viable artists to
celebrate the universal spirit of collective expression, to seek
volunteers to help speak oracular truths and the most radically
liberating critique of reason, and to engage students in acts of
appropriation through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration,
love and politics.

Calling him "a man of great integrity, a man of great judgment and a
man who knows the arts," President George W. Bush announced his
decision to nominate Randall M. Packer to serve as Secretary of the
United States Department of Art and Technology on November 12, 2001.
Upon confirmation by the Senate, Packer pledged to renew the war on
cultural poverty, reduce the incidence of a one-way exchange of
information between an active agent and a passive recipient, and
combat discrimination so no American feels outside the field of
aesthetic inquiry of the contemporary media arts.

******

The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org

The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.

The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net

The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.

DISCUSSION

"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation" @ UCLA


Randall Packer
"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation"
Tuesday, February 11th, 6pm @ EDA (104 North Kinross)
University of California, Los Angeles

presented by the
UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts
(310) 825-9007

Randall M. Packer, Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology
in Washington, DC, will announce a new campaign, "10,000 Acts of
Artistic Mediation," intended to mobilize artistic forces across the
nation in anticipation of the National Election in 2004. The
Secretary will also discuss the recent activation of a new
artist-driven political party, the Experimental Party, the "party of
experimentation," in the Department's effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. The Experimental
Party intends to recruit, support, and coordinate viable artists to
celebrate the universal spirit of collective expression, to seek
volunteers to help speak oracular truths and the most radically
liberating critique of reason, and to engage students in acts of
appropriation through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration,
love and politics.

Calling him "a man of great integrity, a man of great judgment and a
man who knows the arts," President George W. Bush announced his
decision to nominate Randall M. Packer to serve as Secretary of the
United States Department of Art and Technology on November 12, 2001.
Upon confirmation by the Senate, Packer pledged to renew the war on
cultural poverty, reduce the incidence of a one-way exchange of
information between an active agent and a passive recipient, and
combat discrimination so no American feels outside the field of
aesthetic inquiry of the contemporary media arts.

******

The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org

The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.

The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net

The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.