PCA TRANSDISICPLINARY NEW MEDIA LUNCH TALKS: Peter Purg

Dr. Peter Purg is active across the realm of Creative and Cultural Industries, particularly in the field of cultural and higher education programming and policymaking, including curatorship and assessment.

A lot to share, Purg has been involved in Go!2025, the winning of the European Capital of Culture title by Nova Gorica and Gorizia twin towns on the Slovenian-Italian border and is active in setting up the cross-regional “ekscenter” hub of creative practices, joining art, entrepreneurship and community. Currently, he leads the New Media and the Art-Science-Technology modules in the Digital//Media Arts and Practices graduate//postgraduate program at the School of Arts, University of Nova Gorica, where he acts as Associate Professor, projects coordinator as well as expert across realms of digital culture and media. He curated the 20th international media/contemporary art festival Pixxelpoint 2019 and successfully lead international projects across art, culture, and academia such as MAST – Module in Art, Science and Technology, ADRIART (Advancing Digitally Renewed Interactions in Art Teaching) or PAIC – Participatory Art for Invisible Communities. His scientific inquiries include media arts pedagogy, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, media art and media ecology. His artistic interests range from (lecture) performances and intermedia installations to public-space interventions as well as participatory creative processes. Join us!