"interPLAY: between creativity & information" is the intriguing title of听a one-day symposium at 91亚色 that is dedicated to exploring and challenging definitions of 鈥渋nformation鈥 from a diversity of perspectives.
Hosted by the 91亚色 Libraries, interPLAY will take place Monday, March 26, from 9am to 7pm, in听the Senate Chamber, 940 South Ross Building, and the Scott Library on the Keele campus.听
The symposium is informed by the ongoing publication of the , an experimental online catalogue raisonn茅 (or complete list) currently being developed at the 91亚色 Libraries by Adam Lauder听(left), the University's inaugural听W.P. Scott Chair for Research in e-Librarianship.
Lauder is working to develop the catalogue raisonn茅 with听Canadian Conceptual artist (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name),听and an international team of collaborators.听The development of the catalogue offers an ideal听opportunity to respond to the visionary information art of IAIN BAXTER& with fresh approaches to information, information technology, and library and information science from across the disciplinary spectrum.
Inspired by Canadian scholar and philosopher Marshall McLuhan鈥檚 transformation of information theory, from a 鈥渕atching鈥 model of communication to one of active 鈥渕aking鈥, IAIN BAXTER& began in 1966 to explore the creative possibilities of 鈥渋nformation鈥 as a medium.听The 45-year process of exploration that followed has led听the听conceptual artist听to engage with, and creatively reinterpret, information concepts across a range of disciplines, inclu
ding business, computing, and linguistics.
Marshall McLuhan
University听of British Columbia English Professor听Richard Cavell, author of McLuhan in Space: A Cultural Geography (University of Toronto Press, 2003) will present the symposium's keynote address. Cavell's book was the first to听propose that Marshall McLuhan be read as a spatial theorist.
To learn more about other presenters and symposium proceedings and to register, visit the website.听听
More about Adam Lauder
Lauder has joined the Libraries for a two-year term as the first W.P. Scott Chair for Research in e-Librarianship. He holds a master in information studies听from the University of Toronto and a masters in听art history听from Concordia University.
His research project encompasses many areas of e-librarianship including critical information studies, digital archives, scholarly communication and metadata standards. Lauder is applying听the catalogue raisonn茅 publication model in an online environment, with a focus听on IAIN BAXTER&.
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