THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS THE ISEA NEWSLETTER # 15, MARCH 1993 __________________________________________________________________________ Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Jurgen Claus (Germany), Roger Malina (US), Ivan Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz (Brazil). Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth Shostak. ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel 31-10- 2020850, Fax 31-75-701906, Email ISEA@RUG.NL or A430WYNA@DIAMOND.SARA.NL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas FISEA93 Roman Verostko ZKM VIDEO AWARD Roger Malina 11th WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL Erik Quint CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION CALL FOR ARTICLES PUBLICATIONS CALENDAR SELECTED ITEMS FROM FAF/LEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas The number of ISEA members is growing steadily. This is good news, although it must be said that most new members are associate members. This fact has financial implications for us i.e. no money comes in from as- sociate members, but we have to send out more Newsletters (all over the world). Insofar as this occurs electronically, there is no big problem but since many members are not on Email yet, they receive a hard copy sent via airmail. Recently we have been trying to obtain a Dutch grant subsidy, as ISEA headquarters are located in Holland. Sad to relate, the subsidy was refused. The refusal was justified by the following: ISEA is international and not a Dutch affair, and ISEA is promoting technology rather than art! How misunderstood can one get? Our next move will be to try and find some sponsorship. We urge all our members to suggest ways to establish ISEA a more professional footing. It has been possible to find the funding for all three symposia so far (and we do not have to worry about the next one either), but it seems much more difficult to find material support for what is the goal of the symposia i.e. creating a permanent structure for communication and cooperation within the electronic arts. Anyway, we thank all the regular members that support us financially, and we hope all associate members will become regular members in due course. Some regular members have applied for membership and are receiving the Newsletter, but haven't bothered to pay. Shame on you! Good news for those people: you can now pay with your VISA card. Rectification In the last Newsletter (#14), the address of ISEA94 (Helsinki) was men- tioned. However, by mistake it was announced as the Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art. Of course '94 is the Fifth. The Fourth is taking place next November in Minneapolis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISEA93 Roman Verostko Fourth International SYMPOSIUM on E L E C T R O N I C A R T The MINNEAPOLIS HILTON NOVEMBER 3-7 1993 MCAD - MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN (Hosting Institution) WHO ATTENDS Artists, musicians, scientists, curators, educators, arts critics, those interested in art & science. FOCUS "the art factor". Information processing by artists. Connecting artists and machines. Critical assessment of the artist-machine dialectic. EMERGING TECHS Arts applications: artificial life, virtual reality, automata, networking. WORKSHOPS Introductory and advanced. Sound & image generators, networking arts, body movement, automata. POSTER SESSIONS Artists, musicians, performers, researchers - current theory & practice. OPENING ADDRESS Friday. Jan Hoet, Director, Museum Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium; Artistic Director, Documenta IX, Kassel 1992; President, International Association Art Critics. PLENARY ADDRESS Saturday. Brenda Laurel, researcher, writer, consultant on interactive media and interface design. JURIED EXHIBITIONS Walker Art Center: Electronic theater (animation, interactive works) MCAD Gallery, Alternate Spaces: Art Show, Installations Tedd Mann Concert Hall (U of Minn): Concert & Performance Events Whitney Theater (Mpls Community College):Concert & Performance Events ENDORSEMENTS: ISEA Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts ISAST Leonardo, International Society for Art Sciences & Technology ANAT Australian Network for Art and Technology YLEM Artists Using Science and Technology INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS: Roy Ascott (U.K.), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus (Germany), Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (Portugal), Ross Harley (Australia), Craig Harris (US), Theo Hesper (Indonesia), Itsuo Sakane (Japan), John Lansdown (United Kingdom), Nadia Magenat-Thalmann (Switzerland), Artemis Moroni (Brazil), Wim van der Plas (Netherlands), Simon Penny (US), Stephen Pope (US), Christine Schopf (Austria), Philippe Queau (France), Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan). SUBMISSIONS: Deadline range April 15-June 15. Address FISEA 93 for Call for Participation. REGISTRATION: Address FISEA 93 for Registration Package. FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art & Design 2501 Stevens Av S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA TEL: 1-612-8743754 FAX: 1-612-8743732 EMAIL: fisea93@mcad.edu Program Director: Roman Verostko EMAIL: roman@mcad.edu TEL: 1-612-8252720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZKM VIDEO AWARD Roger Malina A TV Company (SWF) and a public institution for culture (ZKM) are spon- soring an award for new media. 50 art videos selected will be broadcast on German television. Prize money ($19,000 US total) will also be awarded. Entries must be submitted by May 15, 1993. For complete information contact: ZKM, (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologien) Karlsruhe, Kaiserstrasse 64, PO Box 69 19, D 75000 Karlsruhe 1, Germany. Tel 49-721-93400, Fax 49-721-934019. Info from Dieter Daniels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL Erik Quint 19 - 25 April 1993, The Hague, The Netherlands. The aim of the festival is to make the international developments acces- sible in the field of electronic media art. At the same time, the festival serves as an international meeting place for artists, producers, distribu- tors and curators working in electronic media art. As always, the programme consists of an international selection of recent video tapes, multimedia installations and special (subsidiary) programmes. Other activities include the video market and the academy day. Further more, the new Kijkhuis has the use of a large (about fifty square metres) priva-lite screening window which will allow a large part of the Spui to become an open air theatre. Video Tapes An international selection of one hundred video tapes, as expected extremely diverse thematically and aestheticaly, together with the installations form the heart of the festival. Special Programmes -Documentary and electronic media arts. A review of fifteen years of documentaries on electronic media art, including installations. A number of the accompanying lectures considers the (im)possibility of the audiovisual registration of electronic media art. -Demontage: film/video, appropriation/recycling. This is a co-production with IVAM, the museum for modern art in Valencia. It is structured around the theme Found Footage; the re-use of audio visual material in new productions. Video Market April 22 and 23, 1993, 14.00-19.00 hours Offers producers, distributors, magazine editors, art institutes and art schools the opportunity to present themselves and their products. The Video Market will feature extensive viewing facilities, stands for displaying brochures and access to telephone and fax facilities for all participants. Also, each participant will have an advertisement in the festival catalogue. The cost of participating in the video market is Hfl.500 (approx. US$ 300). For more information, previews of tapes and illustration material, please contact: Erik Quint/Anke Stapels World Wide Video Festival Spui 189, 2511 BN The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-70-3644805 Fax: 31-70-3614448 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION (Support Computer Graphics (ACM Siggraph)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART FROM THE MACHINE Deadline for entries - May 15, 1993 (postmark) Computer art show to be held during the SIGGRAPH `93 conference in Anaheim, California, August 1 - August 6. This is not a SIGGRAPH sponsored event, but rather a show of printed computer art during SIGGRAPH `93. This show will showcase: inkjets, serigraphs, photo-etchings, plotter output, linotronic output, photography and other marriages of computer and print technology. There are no specific requirements regarding content. You may submit up to 5 slides, clearly labelled, information about output media, biography, statement of intent, hardware/ software used, any other relevant materials, and $3.00 per slide (to help pay for exhibition space) Entries may be sent to: Stewart McSherry, 4782 Panorama, San Diego, CA. 92116, USA. Tel 1-619-3380972 (voice and fax) E-mail: mcsherry@sdsc.edu GRAPHICS INTERFACE 93 May 17-21, 1993, North York, Canada Graphics Interface is seeking contributions for the electronic theatre program. Submissions due: April 1, 1993 Info and submissions: John Amanatides, GI'93 Local Arrangements chair, Department of Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 Canada Tel: 1-416-7362100, Fax: 1-416-7365872, Email: AMANA@CS.YORKU.CA FOURTH EUROGRAPHICS WORKSHOP ON RENDERING June 14-16, 1993, Paris, France Topics: Radiosity, Ray tracing, Illumination models, Volume rendering, Human perception issues, Colour, Texture mapping, Sampling, Filtering and anti-aliasing. Extended Abstracts due: March 26, 1993 Info & submissions: Francois Sillion, LIENS, Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France. Tel: 33-1-44322042, Fax: 33-1-44322080, Email: SILLION@DMI.ENS.FR SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY July 8 - 11, 1993, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Organized by: The School for Contemporary Arts and the Computer Graphics Research Lab at Simon Fraser University, in conjunction with the National Dance Association of America. Consists of: Paper sessions, Panel discussions, Dance videos and Concerts involving Interactive Performance and Multi Media Dance works. Topics: Interactive Performance Studies, The Compositional Process and its Relationship to Technology, Applications of Video and Film, Computer Systems for Choreography and Dance Notation and Virtual Reality. Deadline for all submissions: March 31, 1993 A detailed two page abstract should be sent for all submissions. Dance viseo or interactive performance must also include a video tape. Accepted papers and video submissions required in final form by May 31, 1993 Submissions and info: Thecla Schiphorst, Computer Graphics Research Lab Centre for Systems Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. Tel: 1-604-2913610, Fax: 1-604-2914424, Email: THECLA@CS.SFU.CA VISUALIZATION '93 SYMPOSIUMS October 25-26, San Jose, USA 1. Symposium on Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality Topics: Display and interaction hardware including tracking, gesture recognition, and graphics/audio/force/tactile displays. Software architec- tures. Interaction techniques. Environment design. Human factors. Applications to visualization. Other applications. Submissions: Long papers (5000 words), short papers (2500 words), position statements (2500 words) and panel proposals. Send 6 copies. Submissions due: March 31, 1993 Info and submissions: Steve Byron, NASA Ames Research Center, MS T045-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, USA. Tel: 1-415-6044524. Email: BRYSON@NAS.NASA.GOV 2. Symposium on Parallel Rendering Topics: Polygon scan conversion, Ray tracing, Radiosity, Volume rendering Constructive solid geometry, Surface generation, Scientific visualization Massive parallel computation, Performance analysis, I/O and display issues Architectural impact on algorithms Submit 5 copies of draft, including an abstract and key words. Draft should not exceed 8000 words. Submissions due March 31, 1993 Info and submissions: Tom Crockett, ICASE, M.S. 132C NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-0001, USA Tel: 1-804-8642182, Email: PRS93-INFO@ICASE.EDU REALIDAD VIRTUAL Autumn, 1993, Madrid, Spain Art Futura is an electronic art festival that has taken place in Barcelona for the last three years. Art Futura 93 will have split personalities this year, with an edition in Barcelona from 19-24 April, and another one in Madrid in the autumn. This year's theme is "Artificial Life", and Bar- celona's edition will feature Karl Sims, William Latham, Susam Amkraut and Michael Girard, Stelarc, Javier Mariscal and Moebius. We are very interested in being contacted by artists around the world working in the field of AL and being able to show some of their works of art in Madrid this autumn. Please, send any description, visual material (slides, photos, videos) or anything that will give us an idea about your work, and the kind of equipment needed to show it. Information: Alberto Arnedillo Realidad Virtual Almirante 26-3, 28004 Madrid, Spain Tel: 34-1-5312938/5230509, Fax: 34-1-5233309, Email: contact ISEA INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL 1993 November 4-10, 1993, Arnhem, Holland AVE aims at stimulating the new and investigative use of time-based electric, electronic or visual mediums in modern art practice. AVE will present films, videos, installations, performances, audioart, etc. For more information and entry forms, contact: AVE, PO Box 307, 6800 AH Arnhem, Holland Tel: 31-85-511300, Fax: 31-85-517681 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR ARTICLES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [the] INFINITE EDGE Focusing on the Edges of Culture, examining the Fringes of Reason and the Reasons of Fringe, the Here and Now and Soon-to-Be, via unstrcutured Tones that Ebb and Flow from In-Form Information to Formless Rants of Altered States. [the] Infinite Edge is Divided into the following sections: GENESYS -Notes from the Editor, Letters from those that Grep and/or Grok the Infinite Edge. 32-BIT -Soundbytes of the World, Unite and Take Over. Blurbs per taining to interesting news and products, quotes, technology, factoids MODERN -Cultural Commentary - Realizing, Focusing, and Morphing the PostModern World. 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If you would like to contribute to [the] Infinite Edge in any way, shape, or form, please send all queries, submissions, tips, words of wisdom, etc., to me on the Internet at: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu If you do not have Internet access, please send mail to: Andy Hawks, 4290 South Mobile Cir. #D, Aurora, CO 80013, USA By the way, I am looking at offering [the] Infinite Edge at a cost of US $3 per issue. The first issue is not completed yet, but if you are anxious, please contact me via email or snail mail (airmail). ARACHNET ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF VIRTUAL CULTURE Special issue: VIRTUAL CULTURE AND LAW The Arachnet Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture (EJVC) announces a call for papers for a special issue on Virtual Culture and Law, to be published in June 1993. Virtual culture is computer-mediated human experience, behavior, thought, meaning, action, or interaction, such as electronic mail, conferences, and journals; information distribution and retrieval; the construction and visualization of images, representations, or models of reality or worlds; and global connectivity. The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture is a refereed journal whose purpose is to foster, encourage, advance, and communicate scholarly thought, (including analysis, evaluation, and research) in multiple disciplines about virtual culture. Papers for the special issue may address any aspect of the intersection of virtual culture and law, from the practical (such as copyright and liability issues) to the theoretical (the law and virtual communities; computer-mediated communication and the future of law.) For more information concerning style and form of the article, contact ISEA. The deadline for the June 1993 special issue is May 1, 1993. All submissions must be by electronic mail to: James Milles, Special Issue Editor, EJVC Issue on Virtual Culture and Law Head of Computer Services Saint Louis University Law Library Email: millesjg@sluvca.slu.edu (source: Arachnet) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following information concerns an electronic bulletin, available on request from ISEA, either electronically or as a print out. FEDERAL INFORMATION NEWS SYNDICATE (FINS). Communicating the Emerging Philosophy of The Information Age. Federal Information News Syndicate, Vol I, Issue 5 (902 words) Read this issue of FINS to consider: * Value-conflicts in cyberspace, human limitations, & censorship, which can crush the internet's ability to free the expression of the whole people; and * opportunities for high-quality dialogue that can confront the problem situation squarely and help close the values-gap. (source Arachnet) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PSYCHOSCAPE March 27 - April 7, 1993 at O Art Museum , Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition of ArtLab's 1st open collaboration. Artists: Bulbous Plants, Digital Therapy Institute and Hideaki Motoki. Contact: ARTLAB, Dk bldg. 5F, 7-18-23 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Japan Tel +81-3-5410-3611, Fax +81-3-5410-3615 11th EUROGRAPHICS UK CONFERENCE March 30-April 1, York, England Contact: Rob Fletcher, Computing Service, University of York, Heslington, York, Y01 5DD U.K. Tel: 44-904-433816, Fax: 44-904-433740, Email: CONFERENCE@EG.UK.CO.UK INTERMEDIA CONFERENCE 30 March - 1 April 1993 Keynote Presentation by News Electronic Data CEO John Evans, Converging Industries Panel, Artists Talk About the New Media. San Jose Convention Center Contact: Intermedia Customer Service, Mary Johnson, Tel: 1-203-3528240 MONTAGE'93 Deadline for papers 1 April 1993 Contact: Montage '93, International Festival of the Image, 31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607-1499, USA, Tel: 1-716-4428897, Fax: 1-716-4428931 VIRTUAL REALITY 93 Impact & Implications 6-7 April, 1993, Olympia Conference Centre, London, England. Registration Fee before 23 March: 499.38 Pound Sterling Registration Fee after 23 March: 534.63 Pound Sterling Contact: Conference Registration Dept Meckler, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT, U.K. Tel: 44-71-9760405, fax: 44-71-9760506 CYBERTRONICS Through 17 April, 1993 Series of events dedicated to the interaction of technology and physicality in the medium of sound. The series features Stelarc, Mark Trayle, Elise Kermani, Takehisa Kosugi, Laetitia Sonami, and Trimpin and Todd Machover. Contact: The Kitchen, 512 West 18th St., New York, NY, USA. Tel: 1-212-2555793 THE FUTURE OF THE FAMILY SNAP 19 April, 1993 >From shoebox to interactive computer image bank! What will new technology, and new ideas of "family" mean for the future of the snapshot. This one-day conference includes presentations by artists, photo theorists and multi-media technologists. It will discuss the family snap as domestic history, as enabling tool, and as fun. Contact: The Exploratorium, McBean Theater, 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA USA, Tel: 1-415-5526866 MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS'93 13-15 April 1993, Banff, Alberta, Canada. "Forging the Links: Market-Technology-Policy" Contact: Dr. Dorothy Phillips, Communications Research Center, 3701 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8S2, E-mail: dorothy@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca CREATIVITY AND COGNITION Cognitive science, art and design practice: An International Symposium 13-15 April 1993, Loughborough University of Technology, UK Contact: The Lutchi Research Centre, Loughborough University of Tech- nology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. Tel: 44-509-222694, Fax: 44-509-610815, E-mail: p.j.holligan@lut.ac.uk ARTEC'93 The Third International Biennale in Nagoya 23 April - 6 June 1993, Nagoya, Japan. An event of art and technology, consisting of four main parts; international competition and exhibition, open competition and exhibition, lighting and illumination and a symposium. Contact: The Open Competition, The Council for the International Biennale in Nagoya, c/o the Chunichi Shimbun, 1-7-2, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-11, Japan. Tel: 81-52-2210753, Fax: 81-52-2210739 INTERCHI'93 24-29 April, RAI Conference Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM Conference Contact: European Office: Soerenseweg 32, 7314 CE Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Tel: 31-20-5485591, Fax: 31-20-6441746. North-American Office: P.O. Box 1279, 1355 Redwood Way, Pacifica, CA, 94044 USA. Tel: 1-415-7381200, Fax: 1-415-7381280 E-mail: ic93-office-na.chi@xerox.com NCGA '93 26-29 April 1993, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, USA Computer Graphics Solutions: Applications for Implementation The 14th annual conference and exposition sponsored by the National Computer Graphics Association (NCGA), dedicated to computer graphics applications for engineering and business graphics. Contact: NGCA, 2722 Merrilee Drive Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22031 USA. Tel: 1-703-6989600, Fax: 1-703-5602752 3CYBERCONF The Third International Conference on Cyberspace 14 May - 15 May, 1993, The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Registration deadline March 30, 1993 For more information, e-mail 3cyberconf@bongo.cc.utexas.edu, or write 3Cyberconf, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. Tel: 1-512-4711922, Fax 1-512-4710716 35th AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL May 26 - 30, 1993, Niles, USA AVFA, P.O.Box 48659, Niles, IL 60714. Tel: 1-708-6986440, Fax: 1-708-8231561 COMPUTER ANIMATION '93 June 17-18, 1993, Geneva, Switzerland CG INTERNATIONAL June 21-25, 1993, Lausanne, Switzerland Contact: Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, MIRALab, CUI 24, rue du General Dufour, CH-1204 Geneva, Switzerland Email: THALMANN@UNI2A.UNIGE.CH READING PRINTS Through 6 July, 1993 The use of language as a pictorial element in twentieth-century printed art is the subject of the installation, which traces the dynamic and ever-diversifying role of language in modern and contemporary art in general and in the print mediums in particular. Contact: The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 St. New York, NY USA. Tel: 1-212-7089400 WORKING CONFERENCE ON GEOMETRIC MODELING IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS June 28-July 2, 1993, Genova, Italy Focus: Disciplines, Roles, Applications Contact: Bianca Falcidieno, Instituto per la Matematica Applicata-CNR Via L.B. Albereti 4, 16132 Genova, Italy. Tel: 39-10-515510/517639, Fax: 39-10-517801, Email: FALCIDIENO@IMAGE.GE.CNR.IT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION, RENDERING AND VISUALIZATION July 12-14, 1993, Ankara, Turkey Contact: Varol Akman, ATARV-93 Dept. of Computer Engineering & Information Science Bilkent University, 06533 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey Tel: 90-4-2664040, Fax: 90-4-2664127, Email: ATARV@TRBILUN.BITNET SIGGRAPH 93 Conference: August 1 - 6 1993 Exhibition: August 3 - 5 1993 Anaheim, California Anaheim Convention Center. For general information : SIGGRAPH 93, Conference Management, Smith, Bucklin & Associates, 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Phone 1-312-3216830, Fax 1-312-3216876, Email: SIGGRAPH93@SIGGRAPH.ORG ARS ELECTRONICA June 1 - 19, 1993, Linz, Austria. Information: Franckstrasse 2a, A4010 Linz, Austria. Phone: 43-732-53481267, Fax: 43-732-53481270 PACIFIC GRAPHICS '93 August 30 - September 2, 1993, Seoul, Korea. Contact: Sung Yong Shin, Computer Science Department Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology 373-1, Kusung-dong, Yusung-ku, Daejon 305-701, Korea Tel: 82-42-8693528, Fax: 82-42-8693510, Email: SYSHIN@CS.KAIST.AC.KR ICMC1993 International Computer Music Conference 1993 Date: Sept. 10-15 , 1993 Place: Waseda University Tokyo, Japan Early registration dead line: July 10th Info: contact ISEA __________________________________________________________________________ Selected items from Fineart Forum, Volume 7 #3 and Leonardo Electronic News, March 15, 1993. The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts contribu- tes to Fineart Forum and republishes the items on electronic art on behalf of its members. FAF is published by the Mississippi State University/NSF Engineering Research Centre. LEN is published by the International Society for Art, Science and Technology on behalf of The Art, Science and Tech- nology Network. __________________________________________________________________________ SPACE: Student Poster and Animation Competition and Exhibition MaryKate Haley The ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, George Mason University, and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts is sponsoring a computer graphics Student Poster and Animation Competition and Exhibition. The posters and video pieces will be on exhibit in Anaheim California at SIGGRAPH '93. Selected video pieces will also be shown in the Information Age exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution, Washintgton, D.C. Deadline is June 15 1993. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Contact : MK Haley or Jackie White Art Dept. 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Their unique invention is the only autostereographic three-dimensional hard copy medium in the world that is entirely computer generated. PHSColograms are created from digital imagery with striking true-to-life colors in the highest resolution. In their finished stage, they are displayed in light boxes. An observer does not have to stand at certain angles or wear special glasses to see the images. PHSColograms also have some movement. As an observer passes by, the image seems to follow. They are often described as floating sculptures or three-dimensional photographs. (Art)n is presently working on commercializing their technology for CAD, CAID, Advertising, Entertainment, Fine Arts, Medical, and Scientific Visualization markets. Other plans include downsizing the process for desktop users. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART INDEX AND ARTS & HUMANITIES SEARCH NOW ON FIRSTSEARCH AND EPIC DESIGN-L Art Index, the H. W. 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For more information call: Tam Dalrymple 1-614-7615054, Nita Dean 1-614-7615002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS & COMPOSITIONS: X COLLOQUIUM ON MUSICAL INFORMATICS Francesco Giomi Milan, December, 2-4, 1993 Deadlines: 3/15/93: Arrival of extended abstracts (scientific papers, posters, demonstrations); 5/31/93: Arrival of music compositions and descriptions; Contact & send contributions to: Comitato Organizzatore del X Colloquio di Informatica Musicale c/o L.I.M. - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione Universita' degli Studi di Milano via Comelico, 35, I-20135 Milano (Italy) Tel: 39-2-55006338/382/380 (answering machine) Fax: 39-2-55006373 E-mail: MacLim@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it Acknowledge-To: < CONSERVA@IFIIDG.FI.CNR.IT > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART AND HOLOGRAPHY, A NEW PUBLICATION. The International Catalogue for Holography will be published four times a year, each issue features the work of eight artists, illustrating their work (in colour), offering their own views and comments on their work and the medium, and providing biographical details. Every other issue con- tains a specially commissioned critical essay on the visual, creative, aesthetic, social or political aspects of the medium. Subscription costs. 65 German marks, 25 Pounds Sterling or 55 US Dollars. Payable in the above currencies by cheque. By international money order in German Marks. By direct bank transfer to Deutsche Bank Konto Nr 643 2330, BLZ 370 700 60. Send subscriptions to The Creative Holography Index, Postfach 200210 5060 Bergisch Gladbach 2, Germany. Fax: 49-2202-30497. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIL ART SHOW Dana Fritz/Dan Collins Upcoming E-Mail/Snail Mail Art Show at Arizona State University. Postal address: Fritz/Collins, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. 1- 852-871505. We're part of the Intermedia program at ASU. Dan Collins, Email: iddlc@asuvm.inre.asu.edu or iddlc@asuacad ________________________________________________________________________ The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien- tists and their institutes, making it easier for the institutes and individual members to share expertise with each other. The aims of the Inter-Society are to promote a structured approach to electronic art and to help finance worthy electronic art projects. For membership information contact ISEA at POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, Holland (Tel 31-10-2020850, Fax 31-75-701906, Email ISEA@RUG.NL). ISEA distributes a hard copy version of this Newsletter in order to keep its members, who have no access to Electronic Mail, informed. Those members can, if they desire, get in touch with the Email addresses men- tioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA. Support: Groningen University, Amsterdam University, De Fabriek/Hollandia. End of ISEA Newsletter #15