Founding DirectorÌýMark AmerikaÌýwas recently appointed a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Professor of Distinction. In January 2018,ÌýProfessor Amerika published his tenthÌýbook,Ìý°ù±ð³¾¾±³æ³Ù³ó±ð³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù±ð³æ³ÙÌý(Routledge). Last fall, The British Computer Arts Society, in conjunction with Ravensbourne and Birbeck universities, sponsored theÌýBeyond GRAMMATRON: 20 Years into the FutureÌýinternational symposium celebrating the 20-year anniversary of Amerika's groundbreaking work of net art,ÌýGRAMMATRON.
Lori EmersonÌýdelivered a keynote lecture titled "The Undersea Life of Other Networks" at the Format Matters Conference hosted by the Institut für Film, Theater und empirischeÌýKulturwissenschaft at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in December 2017. An Interview with Emerson, titled "Media Archeology Lab:Ìý Experimentation, Tinkering, Probing. Lori Emerson in conversation with Piotr Marecki," was also published in the Polish journalÌýPrzeglÄ…d KulturoznawczyÌý(Fall 2017).