Strategic Arts Initiative (S.A.I.) 2.0 was an media arts exhibition presented concurrently at InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Toronto) and V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media (Rotterdam) from November 3-5, 2011, in conjunction with McLuhan 100 and McLuhan in Europe 2011. S.A.I. 2.0 was a re-installation of Strategic Arts Initiative (S.A.I.), which originally took place in 1986 between Toronto and Salerno, Italy, and Paris.

S.A.I. 2.0 featured works by Graham Smith, Norman White, David Rokeby, Carl Hamfelt, Laura Kikauka, and Doug Back, with an accompanying essay by media and technology scholar Derrick de Kerckhove, who wrote the original text for S.A.I. and was instrumental in realizing both iterations of the exhibition. The exhibition programming included live streaming from Rotterdam, artist presentations, a panel discussion between writer and curator Arjen Mulder and Derrick de Kerckhove, and the world premier screening of the film Them F*cking Robots, a documentary about participating artist Norman White directed by Ine Poppe and Sam Nemeth.

S.A.I. 2.0 was produced with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

 

 

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $154 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil  a investi 154 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.