Arts Council England, in association with Tate Britain and Film and Video Umbrella, presents: British New Media Art. In the past 10 years, Britain has fostered a unique set of practices in the field of new media. This conference will look at these diverse characteristics and preoccupations. From the net to CD-Roms to mobile technology, British artists have found innovative, provocative and cutting-edge ways to explore themes of popular culture, conceptualism, social interventions, identity formations and networks and modes of distribution. This one-day event will present some of those practices and explores how to critically engage with new media art. What are the contexts and structures informing curatorial decisions, public reception and artistic practice? Finally it will consider its own history and use the past to inform the present. Speakers and participants include Steve Dietz, Saul Albert, Geoffrey Batchen, Sarah Cook, Nick Crowe, Desperate Optimists, Matt Fuller, Charlie Gere, Shilpa Gupta, Lucy Kimbell, Julian Stallabrass, Thomson & Craighead and Carey Young. Where: Tate Britain, Clore Auditorium When: Saturday April 3 2004, 10.00-17.30pm For further information, CLICK HERE.