To complement the exhibition Synthetic Times: Media Art China 2008, a Beijing Olympics Cultural project opening at the National Art Museum of China in June 2008, media art pundits debate imminent topical issues revolving around the exhibition themes: Beyond Body; Emotive Digital; The Recombinant Reality; and Here, There and Everywhere at Synthetic Times: Media Art Now. With an introduction by Zhang Ga, artistic director and curator. The evening event kicks off a pre-exhibition symposium (April 15) held at Parsons, the New School for Design, and EYEBEAM, in conjunction with the National Art Museum of China.

Part I: April 14, 2008; 7:00 pm :: MoMA, Titus 2 Theater, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY - with Fan Di’an, Alex Adriannsens, Caroline Jones, Arthur Kroker, Erkki Huhtamo and Jordan Crandall (Moderated by Mike Stubbs)

Part II: April 15, 2008; 9:30 am - :: Tishman Auditorium, Parsons The New School for Design (The New School), 66 West 12th St. New York, NY (1) Beyond Body with Miao Xiaochun and Sissel Tolaas (Moderated by Caroline Jones) (2) Emotive Digital with Erkki Huhtamo, Kurt Hentschlager, Chirco Macmurtrie, Mariana Rondon (Moderated by Erkki Huhtamo) (3) Recombinant Reality with Jordan Crandall, Luc Courchesne, Marek Walczak, Friedrich Kirschner (Moderated by Jordan Crandall) (4) Here, There and Everywhere with Arthur Kroker, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Kim Machan, Bengt Sjölén, Li Zhenhua (Moderated by Arthur Kroker).

Part III: 8 pm :: Eyebeam, Center for Art and Technology, 540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
New York - Greetings by Amanda Crowley and Performances by Eyebeam resident artists.