The Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art (SCEMFA) opened in 1995 at the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

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. The centre provides opportunities for research into electronic media and fine art with the goal of contributing to debate on national and international levels.

History

The Slade School of Fine Art had previously been home to Malcolm Hughes's Computer and Experimental Department in the 1970s.

Events and exhibitions

In 1997 SCEMFA presented ''Collision'', a

public lecture A public lecture (also known as an open lecture) is one means employed for educating the public in the arts and sciences. The Royal Institution has a long history of public lectures and demonstrations given by prominent experts in the field. In ...

series by artists, writers, and

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working with interactivity,

telematics Telematics is an interdisciplinary field encompassing telecommunications, vehicular technologies ( road transport, road safety, etc.), electrical engineering (sensors, instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and computer science (multimedi ...

, and digital works. This exhibition was followed by ''Spontaneous Reaction'', a week-long seminar funded by the Arts Council, which took a critical look at interactivity with participants from a variety of disciplines, including

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

, architecture, and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

. Throughout 1998, SCEMFA collaborated with Channel 4 UK to organise ''Cached'', a monthly event held at the

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, London. Funded by the Arts Council, this series investigated the conceptual and practical issues of producing art for the internet through a series of artists presentations.

External links

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Official blogSCEMFA timeline of key events
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History

Events and exhibitions

See also

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