<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table border="0" width="602" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 11px; "><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#444444"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 11px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></span>European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI)<br>& Espace Mendès-France </b><br><br><br><b>1st biennial: "Figures of interactivity" <br><br>Cinema,<br>interactivity<br>and society<br>International symposium<br>at TAP, Theater & Auditorium of Poitiers <br>– National Theater – France</b><br><br>November 19th - 21st 2008<br><br><a href=" http://www.figuresinteractives.com" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.figuresinteractives.com</a><br><br><br><br>Together with the <b>University of Quebec in Montreal</b> and the <b>University of Poitiers</b>, the <b>European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI)</b> and the <b>Espace Mendès-France</b> have devised the launch of a two yearly international multidisciplinary series of meetings from the Fall of 2008, in the form of a think-tank focusing on the "Figures of Interactivity".<br><br>The first international symposium, <i>Cinema, Interactivity and Society</i> calls upon artists and research fellows to seek to broaden horizons from the standpoint of cinema, by scanning a range of issues associated with the perception and the creation of images in motion, viewed from the critical angle of interactivity.<br><br>During a three day run, artists, philosophers, theorists and research fellows from the media, the cinema, video-games and the interactive sphere generally, will come together in the new auditorium of the National Theater of Poitiers (France) to share their know-how and their spirit of inquiry as well as their doubts, concerning the tendency to transition to which society is committed.<br><br><b>Speakers</b><br><br>Hubertus Von Amelunxen / Bertrand Augereau / Jacques Aumont / Yves Bernard / Samuel Bianchini / Jean-Louis Boissier / Victor Burgin / Jean-Claude Bustros / Jim Campbell / Grégory Chatonsky / Luc Courchesne / Frédéric Curien / Jean-Marie Dallet / Anne-Marie Duguet / Masaki Fujihata / Thierry Guibert / Christian Laroche / Georges Legrady / Alain Liedts / Julien Maire / Denis Mellier / Stéphane Natkin / Louis-Claude Paquin / Bernard Perron / Louise Poissant / Yannick Prié / Vincent Puig / Jeffrey Shaw / Douglas E. Stanley / Bernard Stiegler / Steina & Woody Vasulka / Gwenola Wagon / Gene Youngblood<br><br><br><b>Registration</b> <br><br>The deadline for registration is Friday November 7th at 12 noon.<br>Registration on line:<a href=" http://www.figuresinteractives.com" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none; "> http://www.figuresinteractives.com</a> or by phone: +33 (0)5 45 92 20 62.<br><br><b>Useful information</b><br>contact person: Agnès Brunet / +33 5 45 92 20 62 / <a href="mailto:cis@eesi.eu">cis@eesi.eu</a><br><br><b>European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI)</b><br>The European School of Visual Arts (École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image, ÉESI) offers in Poitiers and Angoulême, a teaching linked to digital art and new narratives within a pedagogy based on research topics and artistic projects. Studies lead to master's degrees in Comics Strips and Art and Science as well as to higher national diplomas in art. <br><a href=" http://www.eesi.eu" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.eesi.eu</a><br><br><b>Espace Mendès-France </b><br>Situated in the heart of the romanesque city of Poitiers, the Espace Mendès-France, the center for scientific and technical culture of Poitiers, is invested with three missions: popularizing the sciences and their professions, educating the public in science and technology, and providing a forum for discussion of social and cultural issues. <br><a href=" http://maison-des-sciences.org" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none; ">http://maison-des-sciences.org</a><br></span></font></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></span></div><br></body></html>