Articles

ARCH - Virtual Museum Symposium

Definition of the Virtual Museum
Legal Aspects
Technical Parameters and Future Development
Content
Art in the Digital Age

Thursday, May 7, 1998

• Dinner at Schloss Leopoldskron

Friday, May 8, 1998

• Morning:
  opening remarks by Francesca von Habsburg (Austria)
  1) Definition of the Virtual Museum
• Afternoon:
  2) Legal Aspects
• Dinner hosted by the mayor of Salzburg

Saturday, May 9, 1998

• Morning:
  3) Technical Parameters and Future Development
• Afternoon:
  4) Content
• Dinner hosted by the governor of Salzburg

Sunday, May 10, 1998

• Morning:
  5) Art in the Digital Age
• Press Conference
  Following the symposium, a press conference will be held, at which the most important points will be recapitulated and the results presented.

The symposium is open to the press. For your accreditation please contact:

Pierre Collet
Executive Director
Verein der Freunde der Stiftung ARCH
Gstuttengasse 29
A-5020 Salzburg
Austria

Tel: +43 662 84 26 16 29
Fax: +43 662 84 26 15
mobile: +43 664 412 21 02

e-mail:pc@arch.co.at

Francesca von Habsburg,
Founder and Chairman, ARCH (Austria)

Alonzo C. Addison,
Project Director, University of California at Berkeley (US)

Peter A. Bruck,
Managing Director, Techno-Z R&D (Austria)

Graham Defries,
Attorney, Bird & Bird (UK)

Matthew Drutt,
Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (US)

Volker Grassmuck,
Sociologist, Media Researcher (Germany)

John Hanhardt,
Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (US)

Lynn Hershman,
Media Artist and Professor for Electronic Art at the University of Califonia, Davis (US)

Thomas Krens,
Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (US)

Robbin Murphy,
Artist and Co-founder, artnetweb (US)

Michael Naimark,
Media Artist, Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto (US)

Hans-Peter Schwarz,
Director, ZKM Media Museum (Germany)

Jeffrey Shaw,
Director, ZKM Institute for Visual Media (Germany)

Charles Simonyi,
Chief Architect, Microsoft Corporation (US)

Peter Weibel,
Media Artist and Curator (Austria)

John Wyver,
Chairman, Illuminations (UK)