ISEA International
The series of ISEA symposia is coordinated by ISEA International. Founded in the Netherlands in 1990, ISEA International (formerly Inter-Society for the Electronic/Emerging Arts) is an international non-profit organisation fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organisations and individuals working with art, science and technology. ISEA International Headquarters is supported by the University for the Creative Arts (UK).
Mission
ISEA International is an international non-profit organisation fostering interdisciplinary discussion and knowledge exchange among culturally diverse organisations and individuals working at the intersection of art, science, and technology.
Dr. Jeremiah Ambrose, ISEA Headquarters Executive Director
Nationality : Irish
Current country of residence : United Kingdom
Roll :
Programme Director
Profession : Computing & Creative Technology in the
School of Games & Creative Technology, University for the Creative Arts.
His main research
interests include digital arts, media futures and experimental practice. He is particularly
interested in interactive 360 environments, and exploring how his practice, pedagogy and research
into XR aesthetics intersects with creative technologies.
jeremiahambrose.com
Erandy Vergara, Chair
Nationality : Mexican
and Canadian
Current country of residence : Canada
Role :
Chair of ISEA International
Profession : Assistant Professor in the Faculty of
Fine Arts and Communications, MacEwan University and Curator, Printemps numérique
Her main
research interests include climate responsibility, decolonisation, equity, internet cultures and
widespread bias in algorithms.
erandyvergara.art
Everardo Reyes, Secretary
Nationality : French
and Mexican
Current country of residence : France
Role :
Secretary of ISEA International
Profession : Academic, Professor of Information
and Communication Sciences, Co-director of the Masters in Digital Humanities, Université Paris 8 –
Vincennes-Saint-Denis. Responsible for international relations, EUR ArTeC. Associate member of the
Cultural Analytics Lab. Art Papers Chair for SIGGRAPH 2019 – Los Angeles.
ereyes.net
Michel Van Dartel, Treasurer
Nationality : Dutch
Current country of residence : The Netherlands
Role :
Treasurer of ISEA International
Profession : Director (V2_ Lab for the Unstable
Media) and Professor (Avans Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology).
Pat Badani
Nationality :
Argentinian, Canadian, and US citizen
Current country of residence : USA
Role : Chair of ISEA-International Archives Subcommittee; Special Advisor to
ISEA2020 & ISEA2023; Chair of Community Network Subcommittee 2017-2022; IIAC member (ISEA
International Advisory Committee)
2013-2016.
Profession : Independent
cultural researcher/producer; former Integrated Media Professor at the School of Art, Illinois State
University, USA; Interdisciplinary Media Arts graduate program acting Director at Columbia College
Chicago; Editor-in-Chief of Media-N Journal, the New Media Caucus; and Lead Guest Editor of
“Artelogie,” EHESS, France.
Research areas include ecosystems, energy flows and food webs.
patbadani.net
Ricardo Dal Farra
Nationality :
Argentinian
Current country of residence : Canada and Argentina
Profession : Professor of music and media arts at the Music Department of
Concordia University in Canada.
Director of the Electronic Arts Research and Experimentation
Centre (CEIArtE) at National University of Tres de Febrero in Argentina. Directing the Latin
American Electroacoustic Music Collection. Founder-director of the Understanding Visual Music (UVM)
and Balance-Unbalance (BunB) international conference series.
concordia.ca
Tanya Ravn Ag, PhD
Nationality : Danish
Current country of residence : Denmark
Profession : Danish
curator and scholar examining perceptual experience, expanded reality, temporality, and
technogenesis in relation to urban and virtual media aesthetic phenomena and art.
She was a
visiting fellow at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, and is currently a
postdoc researcher at the Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of
Copenhagen.
www.tanyaravnag.net