Schedule
10am Welcome
10.15am - 11.15am Rick Prelinger
Redeeming Reuse: The Audiovisual Commons and the Social Contract
11.15 - 11.30am BREAK
11.30am - 1.30pm
Online Archives and Cultural Access
Chaired by Annet Dekker
Rebecca Clemens - Electronic Arts Intermix
Mike Sperlinger - Lux
Poppy Simpson - British Film Institute
Laure Prouvost - TankTV
Paul Gerhardt - Archives for Creativity
1.30-2.30pm BREAK
2.30 - 4.15pm
Artists and Archives
Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead
Vicki Bennett
David Lawson - Black Audio Film Collective
Iain Sinclair
Craig Baldwin
4.15-4.30pm BREAK
4.30 - 5.00pm
Charles Merewether - Now Time: Overcoming Matter
5.00 - 5.30pm
Plenary - all speakers
Chaired by Annet Dekker
Planetary Breakdown: Autonomous Infrastructures for a Sustainable Future Symposium
Where and When:
Artform:
Seminars and Symposia
Images:
London Fieldworks: Polaria Fieldwork Noon. Hold With Hope, Northeast Greenland, 2001. Photo: Anthony Oliver.
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth

Planetary Breakdown Symposium, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2010. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
This one-day symposium brings together an exceptional range of artists, academics and other industry experts to look at future approaches to living. It will explore the possibility of creating new autonomous infrastructures across energy, trade and transport, offering a space for everyone to contribute to an active dialogue about our futures. Confirmed speakers include:
Alternative Communities Session: Malcolm Miles, Lise Autogena, Nicola Triscott, chair David Butler
Trade Session: Kate Rich, Ashok Sukumaran, chair Sally Jane Norman
Energy Session: HeHe, London Fieldworks (Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson), Bryony Worthington, chair Rob La Frenais
Following the symposium, at 6.30pm, AV Festival 10 and BALTIC present a free lecture by artist Gustav Metzger, booking required.
Bursaries are available for artists, contact Intersections
Produced by Intersections (Newcastle University), The Arts Catalyst and AV Festival 10.