{"id":1339,"date":"2006-10-02T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2006-10-02T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/02\/the-upgrade-johannesburg-presents-our-first-panel-discussion-collecting-digits\/"},"modified":"2007-10-19T13:35:40","modified_gmt":"2007-10-19T11:35:40","slug":"the-upgrade-johannesburg-presents-our-first-panel-discussion-collecting-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/02\/the-upgrade-johannesburg-presents-our-first-panel-discussion-collecting-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"the Upgrade! Johannesburg presents our first Panel Discussion: Collecting Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"artist\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atjoburg.net\/upgrade\/\">the Upgrade! Johannesburg<\/a> presents our first Panel Discussion: Collecting Digits<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Friday October 6, 2006 @ 3pm:<br \/>\nPanel Discussion: Collecting Digits<br \/>\nWSOA Digital Arts. Map: <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalarts.wits.ac.za\/artworks\/contact\/map.htm\">http:\/\/digitalarts.wits.ac.za\/artworks\/contact\/map.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>panel and discussion on the possibilities and problems with collecting new media art<\/strong> will include presentations by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/warrensiebrits.co.za\/\"><strong>Warren Siebrits<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; founder of one of Johannesburg&#8217;s most prestigious contemporary and modern commercial art galleries<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/franci-cronje\/\">Franci Cronje<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; curator of several collections &amp; competitions, including  Sasol New Signatures<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/\"><strong>Nathaniel Stern<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; digital and interactive  artist, in several public &amp; private collections<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joburg.org.za\/2004\/sep\/sep10_jag.stm\">Clive Kellner<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Director of the Johannesburg Art Museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>About Upgrade! Johannesburg<br \/>\nAbout once per month a group of new media students, artists and curators gather in Johannesburg, South Africa. At each meeting one or two artists present work &#8211; theirs, or a favorite&#8217;s &#8211; in order to foster critique, dialogue and collaboration in our growing digital arts scene. The Upgrade! Joburg grew out of Professor Christo Doherty&#8217;s (WSOA Digital Arts; Map ) regular Friday &#8216;Digital Soirees&#8217; at Wits School of the Arts, and artist Nathaniel Stern&#8217;s atjoburg initiative, both founded between 2002\/3 and still ongoing. They wanted to invite a larger, participative audience into their space, and be plugged into a more diverse and international network. Our first official Upgrade! featured Daniel Hirschmann, a South African Wits alumnus who also studied at NYU&#8217;s Interactive Telecommunications Program, and went on to help shape the Physical Computing studio at Fabrica. At number two, Stern presented MTAA&#8217;s brilliant work remotely (with their permission), rather fitting given their initial involvement in the first NYC Upgrades&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atjoburg.net\/upgrade\/index.html\">http:\/\/atjoburg.net\/upgrade\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Upgrade! Johannesburg presents our first Panel Discussion: Collecting Digits Friday October 6, 2006 @ 3pm: Panel Discussion: Collecting Digits WSOA Digital Arts. 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