Electric Fields
Electronic music and media arts festival
November 13th to the 23rd, 2008

Technology vs Democracy
Tron Screening

Join Canadian Film Institute, Quickbeam Films and Electric Fields for the presentation of the classic sci-fi film Tron. Preceding the screening will be a fun and unpredictable debate refereed by curator and writer Steve Loft. Steve will lead two of Canada's most formidable thinkers in the field in a head to head battle to determine essential truths about the role of technology in film and art. Is it a liberation force enabling the best in us? Is it a tyrannical evil keeping the worst in us in the drivers seat? Surely the real answer is a nuanced version of the two extremes, but debates are no time for gray area. Come pick a side with us!

Technology vs Democracy

Debate refereed by Steve Loft (Ottawa)
Debaters: Dana Samuel (Toronto)
and Jason Lewis (Montréal)
National Library and Archives Auditorium
395 Wellington Street
Sunday, November 16th
1 PM
Admission is free!

Tron Screening

Steven Lisberger (USA / Taiwan), 1982 (96 min)
National Library and Archives Auditorium
395 Wellington Street
3 PM
Admission: $5 (free with attendance to debate)

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