A symposium presented by CIRCUIT in association with Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland. Saturday 15 August 9.45am-4.30pm.

Given the interdisciplinary strands of influence that inform contemporary moving image practice, what lineages and histories can we call upon to ground and contextualize moving image work in 2015 be it cinema, performance, video, installation and other avant-gardes? Which historical technologies resonate in contemporary practice and why? Why do certain historical projects get reclaimed and on what basis? Why do others get lost? What other kinds of disciplines ground contemporary moving image practice? Are we constantly rediscovering lost histories to explain and inform the circumstances we’re working with today?

A genealogy of moving image practice is the third annual CIRCUIT symposium, and brings together speakers from New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Featured guests include Kathy Geritz, co-editor of Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-2000.

This years symposium in informed by a festival of satellite installations, screenings and events which take place in the week leading up to the symposium on 15 August. See www.circuit.org.nz for details.

Venue: Elam School of Fine Arts, 20 Whitaker Place, Elam Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Main Fine Arts Building. Parking available at the Owen Glenn Building.

For all enquiries email Mark Williams director@circuit.org.nz