Hot Enough? Art, Activism and Wireless Technology During the Republican National Convention with Yury Gitman, Tad Hirsch, Natalie Jeremijenko, Joshua Kinberg, neuroTransmitter, and moderator Jonah Peretti Monday, September 27, 7PM The New School, Theresa Lang Center, 2nd Floor 55 West 13th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues Description: Relatively inexpensive, accessible, and packing tremendous punch with at times just one individual at its origin, wireless technology has become a tool of protest or opinion-making--the flip side of the pervasive electronic surveillance under which we now live. This panel examines how artists employ wireless technology to reach unprecedented masses, to recast the concept of "collaboration," to redefine and politicize the urban environment, and to achieve unparalleled levels of immediacy. Unexpectedly, the Republican National Convention in New York provided a common focus and purpose to diverse and divergent initiatives and, in hindsight, enables us to assess the efficiency of the new technology.