Day 1: Friday 5th of August
3 to 5pm DATA Event 48.0: Discussion Panel: Rosa Menkman, Karl Klomp, Gijs Gieskes,
Tom Verbruggen and Benjamin Gaulon. Lead by Rachel O’Dwyer.
5.30 to 7pm Audio / Visual Performance by Karl Klomp and Tom Verbruggen / GamePak.
7pm – 9pm Exhibition Opening,
Day 2: Saturday 6th of August
11am to 5pm DATA Workshop 15.0: Circuit Bending Workshop lead by:
Karl Klomp, Gijs Gieskes, Tom Verbruggen and Benjamin Gaulon.
DeFunct / ReFunct (5th to 27th of August 2011)
With international visual artists: LoVid (USA), Karl Klomp (NL), Gijs Giesked (NL), Benjamin Gaulon(FR/IRL), Tom Verbruggen (NL) and Rosa Menkman (NL).
Following the success of the Symposium Refunct09 part of ISEA 2009, co-organised by DATA and the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA), Defunct / ReFunct, will further investigate the limits of technologies and Technological obsolescence using a variety of strategies such as Hardware Hacking, Circuit Bending, Audio Visual Noise and Glitch Art.
This event is a unique opportunity in Ireland to discover and experience current artistic and technological development in this fascinating field of artist research. And to engage with the contextualization of this new art practice.