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The guest of honor of Kurye International Video Festival will be the world renowned Cypriot/Australian performance artist Stelarc, who produces works using medical monitoring systems, prosthetics, genetic science, robotics and virtual reality. Setting out to examine the limits of the human body and gaining renown with his works that bring together the human body and art with technology and medicine, Stelarc will offer the keynote speech on June 5, 2009.

The event will be followed on June 6 by a conference titled “Body and Technology” that will take place in santralistanbul with the attendance of famous culture and media theorist Garry Hall and media artist, designer and software developer Kirk Woolford. Closing the conference on June 6 a round table discussion titled “Body, Technology and Art” will see the participation of Stelarc, scholar and critic Tuna Erdem and scholar and artist Lanfranco Aceti.
Kurye International Video Festival will last 11 days and will take place at Akbank Sanat, Bilgi University Bilgi Universitesi Santral Kampus and Talimhane Theater.

Festival Program:
Akbank Sanat Opening Screening and Cocktail: June 2, 2009, 17:00
Akbank Sanat Video Screenings: June 3/4/5/9/10/11/12, 12:00- 19:30
Istanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus Video Screenings: June 6-12, 2009, 12:00-18:00, E1 Building – Room 306
Czech Animation Workshops: June 2-4, 2009, 13:00-18:00, E1 Building – Room 306
Stelarc Seminar: June 5, 2009, 19:00, Akbank Sanat
“Body, Technology and Art” Panel: June 6, 2009, 12:00, Bilgi Santral Campus E4 Building – Room 305
Cie Mulleras Performance: June 10, 2009, 20:00, Talimhane Theate

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