The Multidisciplinary Grid 2020 Conference

Michel Ben Arrous Announcement
Location
Israel
Subject Fields
Architecture and Architectural History, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Digital Humanities, Educational Technology, Urban Design and Planning

Last May, HIT's Department of Multidisciplinary Studies was supposed to host on campus an international conference entitled "The Multidisciplinary Grid 2020". With great regret, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was cancelled. As an alternative, the conference will be held online on November 23rd 2020 -- attendance is free, registration through the invitation's attached link is required.

The conference is aimed at examining the ‘grid’ as a cross-disciplinary theme with a multiplicity of expressions in terms of definitions, concepts, perceptions, representations, and histories. The ‘grid’ has always played a significant role in shaping the spatial imaginaries of a wide range of fields: from Hippodamus of Miletus to the Cartesian revolution in mathematics, from the visual arts to archaeology to 'smart cities' and artificial intelligence. Hence, there is no single essence of the grid, and the conference is open to all associations between orthogonal frames and ordering devices, between geo-coded networks and technical operations, via off-the grid situations.

As the 'grid' has become an all-encompassing term, signifying a vast array of infrastructural and communication networks through which contemporary life is mediated and controlled, it is commonly viewed as a quintessential symbol of modernity. This conference strives to explore a new horizon of relationships and fusion of the 'grids' in these areas as manifested between humans, between machines, and between humans and machines ‒ bridging philosophical, cultural, pedagogical, technical and ethical issues. The conference will in this way foster a fruitful dialogue concerning the grid among researchers, practitioners and artists.

Allow us to also draw your attention on the exciting 3D digital art exhibition "Gridded Fabric(-ations)" that will take place in parallel to the conference (see program for exhibition's prelude).

Contact Information

Registration and further information: https://www.hit.ac.il/sites/en/grid

Contact Email
liorin@hotmail.com