THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS THE ISEA NEWSLETTER # 16, APRIL 1993 __________________________________________________________________________ Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Paul Brown (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 31-79-611737, Email ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL or ISEA@SARA.NL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas MEDIEN LABOR MUNCHEN Prof. Herbert Francke WIN 2K's OF GOLD Wim van der Plas MANIFESTATION FOR THE UNSTABLE MEDIA V V2 Organisation IAKTA WORKSHOP Yoshiyuki Abe WORKING PAPERS 6 Jim Demmers CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION PUBLICATIONS CALENDAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER & EMAIL ADDRESSES ISEA POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands Tel during (Dutch) office hours: 31-79-612930, other hours: 31-10-2020850 Fax: 31-79-611737, Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL ISEA Newsletter Fax: 31-75-701906, Email: ISEA@SARA.NL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas With time, our Calendar is becoming more complete. We have had positive comments on that. However, there are two remarks to be made: 1: it is not as complete as we would like, and 2: this newsletter is supposed to be more than a calendar. Considering these points further, we note that: 1: In fact, the newsletter is rather one sided. What is lacking, to a large extent, is music and music-related art events. The idea behind ISEA is interdisciplinarity. All the arts will start to merge, thanks to the electronic revolution. That is why we need the communication structure that ISEA tries to provide. Who is going to send us more information on electronic and computer music events? 2: Please, do not hesitate to give us your thoughts on any aspect of electronic art. We would welcome practice, such as reviews of events, or theory. Do not leave it up to the correspondents alone. They do not get paid for this either! Pieces should be no longer than one half to one page. If possible, send material by Email. We are happy to be able to tell you that all the International Symposia on Electronic Art currently planned are making good progress. In Minneapolis (4th ISEA) they are working like crazy, judging proposals and preparing the preliminary program. In Helsinki, Minna Tarka was appointed coor- dinator in order to organize the fifth symposium next year for the Univer- sity of Industrial Arts. The Montreal group has held a number of meetings in order to finalize their plans for ISEA '95. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIEN LABOR MUNCHEN Prof. Herbert Franke A new laboratory has been created in Munich for the implementation of interdisciplinary Media Art projects: the Medien Labor Munchen - MLM. It is currently housed in the second floor of the Kunstlerwerkstatt in the Lothringer Strasse, and was set up through the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Office (Kulturreferat) of the City of Munich with the help of several industry sponsors, including the Siemens Cultural Program. In its pilot phase, the primary task of the MLM will be to hold courses and workshops on the artistic possibilities of the new media, as well as to convey basic technical knowledge on their use and implementation. These classes are open to all interested parties - especially artists, but also to people in the natural sciences and humanities. The goal of these courses is to enable participants to independently use electronic tools to carry out long-term projects at the MLM. Beyond this, criteria for an aesthetic of the new media arts and appropriate forms for their presen- tation should be developed. Further, lecture series, conferences and exhibitions are planned in order to engage a broad section of the public in a discussion on the media arts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN 2 K's OF GOLD Wim van der Plas Since gold is still very hard to synthesize, this is the way to get it. CorelDRAW organizes an ongoing competition for its registered users. This competition has been going on for a few years and the winners of this year will receive their prizes during an 'Academy Award of Graphics' on the 20th of May in the National Gallery of Ottawa, Canada. There are 1,000,000 Canadian dollars to be won, plus 2 kilograms of gold. The results of the competition are published in an annual book called Corel Art Show available from the book store. The new competition starts in August. There are monthly competitions until April, so you can enter more than once. For further information: tel 1-613-728-8200, fax 728-2891. For Holland/Europe: POB 616, 2130 AP Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANIFESTATION FOR THE UNSTABLE MEDIA V V2 Organisation 1 - 10 October 1993, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands The 5th edition of this annual festival will be on the BODY: 'the physical body in relation to the immaterial body in electronic space', 'the body as an architectural object that can be designed', 'the body in ruin', 'the body without organs' and more of these topics wil be addressed to. In general our relation to nature will be a central issue: 'is man still the measurement of all things ?' and 'are we machines living in a hyper cartesian age ?'. The festival will have an analytic approach on our technological society in relation to the arts. An exhibition, radioshow, symposium and some performances will be part of this festival that will present an international group of artists and scientific researchers. Participating artists will be: Stelarc (Australia) performing with his third hand and a virtual 4th hand; Erik Hobijn (NL) with his 'Delusions of self immolation'machine that can give you an extreme physical and psychological experience; Paul Sermon (UK) presenting his 'Telematic dreaming' an intimate work that tries to evoke an interaction between the telematic and the physical body; Arthus and Marilouise Kroker (Canada) will talk on the 'body invaders'; Gregory Whitehead (USA) will take part in the live radioshow on October 1st and bring some radiobodies to live. Other artists will be involved in this festival. For more information please contact: V2 Organisation, PO Box 11007, 5200 ES 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-73-137958, Fax: 31-73-122238. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IAKTA WORKSHOP Yoshiyuki Abe September 16 , Senri Life-Science Center, Osaka, Japan. Organization: The International Association for Knowledge Technology in the Art The Labolatories of Image Information Science and Technology (L.I.S.T) Chairmen: David Cope, Bernard Bel and Haruhiro Katayose Abstract: Following the 1993 ICMC in Tokyo, Japan, a Workshop on Knowledge Technology in the Arts will be held in Osaka, 3 hours from Tokyo by train, and 1 hour by plane. The Workshop is sponsored by the International Association for Knowledge Technology in the Arts, IAKTA, Inc., Boston, MA, USA (Otto Laske, President) and Laboratories of Image Information Science and Technology, Osaka, Japan (Haruhiro Katayose, Workshop Coordinator). We are herewith calling for papers on applications of symbolic and connectionist AI to topics in composition, design, performance, and teaching in the computer arts (music, film, video, poetry, dance, sculpture, drawing, performance art, etc.). In particular, we are looking for reflections upon the impact of knowledge technology (algorithms, knowledge bases, neural networks, hypermedia, virtual reality) on the artistic process. We are also encouraging tutorial materials on these topics which are geared to encouraging novices in the field to become involved with new technologies in the arts. Email submission is welcome. Important constraints of submission are: 1. 1000-word abstract (English), due by April 30, 1993 2. June 30, 1993: notice of acceptance/rejection 3. July 30, 1993: deadline for submitting camera-ready, free format text 4. Workshop fee: equivalent of US$ 20.00. The Workshop will comprise papers, panels, demonstrations, and a computer music concert, as well as a banquet. Demonstrations will be presented by the Laboratories of Image Information Science and Technology. Secretariat: Haruhiro Katayose, L.I.S.T, Laboratory of Image Information Science and Technology, Senri Life-Science Center 11F, 1-4-2 Shinsenri-higashimachi Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 565 Japan. Fax: 81-6-8732040, Email: katayose@inolab.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKING PAPERS 6 Jim Demmers PUBLIC DOMAIN as an organization is devoted in both theory and practice to examinations of the relationships between art and ideas, and more specifically, the role that technology plays in constituting modern life and thought. To facilitate these explorations we conduct a series of presentations called WORKING PAPERS several times a year, publish a limited edition of the journal PERFORATIONS, and provide on-line computer network services for Public Domain members. This Spring's series of WORKING PAPERS will be held at the Homage Coffee House at 255 Trinity Ave. (near the Trinity gallery) in downtown Atlanta. (Their phone number is 404-525-7546). Each session will begin at 7:30 p.m. and last approximately one hour. There will be an opportunity for discussion following each presentation. Admission is free and open to the public. For further information concerning WORKING PAPERS and/or PUBLIC DOMAIN please contact: PUBLIC DOMAIN, P.O. box 8899, Atlanta, GA 30306-0899, USA Tel: 1-404-8437087, E-mail: jdemmers@pd.org (Jim Demmers) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELAESTHESIA '93 May 1993, Village Square, Brighton Marina, Brighton, UK This is an international call for FAX ART: the (techno)logical successor to mail art. Throughout May 1993, visitors to the largest Arts Festival in England will be invited to enter an extraordinary gallery where YOU can control both the environment AND the contents of the show, remotely, with your local FAX machine. We invite YOU to help decorate the gallery. Design a vertically- repeating wallpaper pattern on a sheet of paper and FAX it to us. We will then make several copies of the design, attach them together and then 'hang' your strip of wallpaper in our gallery. We invite you also to FAX other 'ornaments' for the gallery walls: clocks, decorative plates, flying ducks - let your imagination run wild! The theme of the Xhibition is "telaesthesia". We invite you to FAX to us your visual interpretations of the five known human senses and/or your experiences beyond the sixth sense. All artwork received will be displayed in our 'newly decorated' gallery space. Fax : 0273-818352 (UK), Fax: 44-273-818352 (rest of world), Faxes accepted 15th April - 31st May, 1993. Xhibition open to the public 1st - 31st May. CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS (CCRMA) SUMMER COURSES AND WORKSHOPS June 28 to July 23, 1993, Stanford University, USA For applications and information, please write: CCRMA Summer Workshops, Music Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8180, USA. Tel: 1-415-723-4971, Fax: 1-415-723-8468. 1993 CONTEMPORARY ARTS SUMMER INSTITUTE SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY COMPUTED ART INTENSIVE JUNE 28 - JULY 17 Exploring Software as a Creative Medium Interactive music systems (Daniel Scheidt), scoring & sound design (Martin Gotfrit), computer controlled installations (George Lewis), expert systems animation, (Sang Mah), choreographic software (Thecla Schiphorst). Applications are due April 30. For More Information Contact: Tanya Petreman, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, V5A 1S6 Canada. Tel: 1-604-2914672, Fax: 1-604-2915907. Email: Tanya_Petreman@sfu.ca PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 1994, CALL FOR ENTRIES Since 1990, the Prix Ars Electronica for Interactive Art has been awarded for artwork using virtual reality, screen based interactive hypermedia, interactive multi-media installations, interactive hypertext and cinema, interactive sound and virtual sculpture and other types of interactive art involving the use of computers. Prize winners have included Myron Krueger, Paul Sermon, Monika Fleischmann /Wolfgang Strauss, Knowbotics Research, David Rokeby, William Seaman, Stephen Wilson, Joachim Sauter, Jill Scott, Chico McMurtrie/Rick Sayre, Jeffrey Shaw and Norman White. The deadline for entries for the 1994 Prix Ars Electronica for Interactive Art is 28 February, 1994. Three Prizes with a total value of $25,000 will be awarded. Submissions must include a videotape demonstrating the nature of the interactivity involved in the artwork and making clear the in- novative and creative use of the computer. Prizes are also awarded separately in the categories of Computer Animation and Computer Music. For further information and to receive entry blanks contact: Prix Ars Electronica, ORF, Franckstrasse 2a, 4010 Linz, Austria. Tel: 43-732-6900267, Fax: 43-732-6900270. NETWORKING PROJECTS WANTED FOR FISEA 93 FISEA 93, to be held in Minneapolis, MN, in November 1993, is seeking proposals for papers and panels on networking among artists and networking projects. Please send proposals before May 15, 1993, to: Jan Zita Grover, Artpaper, 2402 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55114 USA. Email: jzgrover@mcad.edu ONE MINUTE WORLD FESTIVAL July 30, '93, Sao Paulo, Brasil Deadline for sending tapes: Works from 3 seconds to 60 seconds. Ask for conditions of entry before sending tapes. Info: Agencia Observatorio, Rua Prof. Rubia Meira 50, Sao Paulo, Brasil Tel/fax: 55-11-8512846 France: Catherine Derosier, tel 33-81-309030, fax 309525 England: Michael Maziere, tel 44-71-2844588, fax 2676078 Spain: Juan Carlos Perez, tel 34-1-4417188, fax 4419884 A CALL TO ALL MAIL 7 FAX ARTISTS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE: MAKING COMMUNITY(IES) Resist, a foundation celebrating 25 years of funding grassroots social change, is sponsoring an art event in Fall 1993. There will be an inter- national MAIL ART and FAX ART component to the show OPEN TO EVERYONE. Mail art: No returns; documentation to all. Send mail art only to: P. O. Box 1136, Kendall Square., Cambridge MA 02142 USA. Mail art deadline late September '93. Fax art: During the show only -- number TBA. Send a S.A.S.E. or two international postal reply coupons for more mail and fax details. Arts Resist, One Summer Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA. E-mail: jeremias@mit.edu EDUGRAPHICS '93 First International Conference on Graphics Education. 6-10 December 1993, Hotel Alvor Praia, Alvor, Algarve, PORTUGAL. The conference aims at gathering together outstanding educators in graphics, which will give keynote lectures reviewing, presenting the state-of-the-art and discussing future directions on their respective fields. The conference will be open to contributors from all ranks and from all over the world. Graphics will be be focused on from a wide and comprehensive point of view. The conference will not be one more "computer graphics education" meeting but a truly all-encompassing event on all aspects and sub-areas of Graphics. The conference shall be known for its openness, anti-clique and anti-politics philosophy. Keynote speakers shall be outstanding specialists in all of the various sub-domains of Graphics. Subject areas include : Technical Drawing, Engineering Graphics, Descrip- tive, Geometry, Theoretical Graphics and Geometry, Computational Geometry, Geometric, Modeling, CAGD, Computer and Computational Graphics, CADD, CAI, CAD/CAE, Image Synthesis and Processing, Scientific Visualization, Human- Computer Interface, Animation and Fractals. Co-Chairs : Vera B. Anand Clemson University, USA, Luiz A. Vieira Dias, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, Harold P. Santo, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Organizing Committee Chair: Prof. Harold P. Santo, Department of Civil Engineering IST - Advanced Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal Tel/Fax : 351-1-848-2425, E-mail : d1663@beta.ist.utl.pt EDUGRAPHICS '93 will be held concurrently with "COMPUGRAPHICS '93 - Third International Conference on Computational Graphics and Visualization Techniques" (same date and venue). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO LECTURES COMPUTER GRAPHICS Lectures by the originators of today's important computer technologies. (Discount for ACM members until May 7, '93). Available from: University Video Communications, POB 5129-LL, Stanford, CA 94309, USA Tel 1-415-8130506, Fax 8130315, Email: UVC.LEMON@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU THE ARACHNET ELECTRONIC JOURNAL ON VIRTUAL CULTURE March 22, 1993 Volume 1 Issue 1 Tabble of contents: 1.Feature Articles. -Education, Cyberspace and Change by J.L. Lemke. -Abductive Multiloguing: The Semiotic Dynamics of Navigating the Net. by Gary Shank. 2.The Cyberspace Monitor, edited by Algirdas Pakstas. Editor message, Media Reviews (Books: 'Internet: Getting Started') Netware Reviews (Software: Electronic Journal System) (Services: Internet Talk Radio), Netware Tutorials (Listserv/Ldbase), Meetings/Conferences/ Exhibitions/Events/Projects. Papers may be submitted at anytime by email or send/file to: Ermel Stepp - Editor-in-Chief, M034050@MARSHALL.WVNET.EDU LISTSERV Retrieval Instructions: Send e-mail to LISTSERV@KENTVM (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU Leave the subject line empty. The message must read: GET EJVCV1N1 CONTENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR Thanks: SCOPE Magazine/Computer Graphics World/LEN/FAF -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO POSITIVE April 1-31 '93, Liverpool, England Installations by Peter Callas, John Conomos & David Haines, Barbara Steinman and others. Performances by Annie Griffin, Solid State Opera, Robin Blackledge. Seminars and screenings. Info: Eddie Berg, Movolia, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX England. Tel: 44-51-7092663, Fax: 7092150 IBERCAD 93 April 19-24, '93, Barcelona, Spain Info: World Computer Graphics Association, 2033 M St, NW, Suite 399 Washington, DC 20036-8446, USA. Tel: 1-202-7759556 39th INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE April 22-28, '93, Oberhausen, Germany Main theme: 'Confrontation between different cultures'. Also a program of pop promos from Britain and the US and of ads from Brasil and South Africa. International TV Forum with South Productions, Channel Four. Film market, competition. Info: Int. Kurzfilmtage, Chr. Stegerstrasse 10, D-4200 Oberhausen 1, Germany, Tel: 49-208-852591, Fax: 856414 VISION April 25-29, '93, Denver, USA Info: XPLOR International, The Electronic Document Systems Association 2550 Via Tejon, Suite 3L, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274-6809, USA Tel: 1-310-3733633 NCGA 93 April 26-29, '93, Philadelphia, USA Conference of the National Computer Graphics Association. Includes Film & Video Competition computer animation. Info: NCGA, 2722 Merrilee Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22031-4499, USA. Tel: 1-703-6989600 THE INFORMAL EUROPEAN ARTS AND MEDIA MEETING 1 - 4 May 1993, Felix Meritis Building, Amsterdam The informal European Arts and Media Meeting, 'Beyond Mass Media', wishes to strengthen and contribute to the growth of the network of which producers, arts institutions, broadcast and media people and organisations are a part. It aims to be a think-tank and meeting point for key thinkers and practitioners of the audiovisual and arts worlds of Europe. The meeting should stimulate, challenge and encourage cooperation and collaboration. Contact: The Felix Meritis Foundation, PO Box 53066, 1007 RB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (The envelop should be marked 'IEAM'. Tel: 31-20-6262321 Fax: 31-20-6249368. TYPE-X, ART-X May 6-8, '93, Philadelphia, USA Printing Expo. Info: Graphic Communications Three, 7500 Old Oak Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44130, USA. Tel 1-216-8262878 8e IMAGES DU FUTUR Montreal, Canada, May 14-September 19, '93 "Largest exhibition on art, new technologies and communications in the world": holography, computer animation, virtual reality, interactive sculptures, multimedia installations. Special focus on New York. International computer animation competition; 5 categories art, theatrical, advertising, logo/film credits, special FX. Jury awards and people's choice awards (September 15). Info: Mario Tremblay, La Cite des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montreal 15 rue de la Commune ouest, bur 101, Montreal, Canada H2Y 2C6 Tel: 1-514-8491612, Fax: 1-514-9820064 ENVIRONMENTAL ART AT THE EXPLORATORIUM. 14 May - 6 September, 1993 Meanderings by Michael Brown, Terraforms:Duet for Sandbox and Computer by Al Jarnow, Cloud Rings by Ned Kahn, Water Waves: A multi-monitor video installation by Andrej Zdrawic. Contact: The Exploratorium, McBean Theater, 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA USA, Tel: 1-415-5526866 VIRTUAL REALITY 93 May 19-21, '93, San Jose, USA. Info: Meckler Corp., 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880, USA Tel: 1-800-6355537 CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING IMAGES May 21-22, '93, Pace University, New York, NY, USA. Sponsored by NYC ACM/SIGGRAPH Contact: Professor Francis T. Marchese, Department of Computer Science, Pace University, New York, NY 10038, USA. Tel: 1-212-3461803, Fax: 1-212-3461933, E-Mail: MARCHESF@PACEVM.Bitnet SILICON GRAPHICS EXPO May 25-27, '93, San Jose, USA Info: SG Expo, 12343 Hymeadow Drive, Bldg. 3, Austin, TX 78750, USA Tel 1-800-727EXPO [translation?] MULTIMEDIA '93 May 27-29, '93, Toronto, Canada Info: Susan Blair, Multimedia Trade Shows Inc., 7-70 Villarboit Crescent Concord, Ont., Canada L4K 4C7. Tel: 1-416-6602491 19th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL June 1-6, '93, Annecy, France Info: Centre International du Cinema d'Animation, POB 399, F-74013 Annecy, France. Tel: 33-50-574172, Fax: 678195 CINE VIDEO PSY '93 June 8-11, '93, Lorquin, France Info: Assn. Video Psy, Centre Hospitalier Specialise, F-57790 Lorquin, France. Tel: 33-87-231412, Fax: 231410 ARS ELECTRONICA June 14-18, '93, Linz, Austria Main theme: 'Genetic art - artificial life'. A symposium with inter- national geneticists, exhibition, videos, music, media projects and the international competitions: computer animation, computer graphics, com- puter music and interactive art. Info: ORF-Ars Electronica, Frankstrasse 2A, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Tel: 43-732-6900267, Fax: 6900270 ACH CONFERENCE June 16-19, 1993, Georgtown University, Washington, DC, USA 1993 Joint International Conference of The Association for Computers and the Humanities and The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computers This conference is the major forum for discussion of the preparation, encoding, and use of character-based electronic text and for computerbased research in literature, linguistics, and related humanities disciplines. Details from: Dr. Michael Neuman, ACH-ALLC93, Academic Computer Center, 238 Reiss Science Building, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA. Tel: 1-202-687-6096, Fax: 1-202-687-6003, Email: ach_allc93@guvax.georgetown.edu COMPUTER ANIMATION 93 June 17-18, '93, Geneve, Switzerland. Computer animation in the following categories: science & industry, motion picture, corporate communication. Info: Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Mira Lab, CUI, 24 rue General Dufour, CH-1204 Geneve, Switzerland. Tel: 44-22-7876581, Fax: 7353905 Email: THALMANN@ELDI.EPFL.CH MOSTRA ATLANTIC DE REALIDADE VIRTUAL 21 June - 2 July 1993, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A two-week event consisting of Virtual Reality demonstrations, workshops and lectures, and a Digital Painting exhibition. Presentations include: - Mandala System performance (Vincent John Vincent - The Vivid Group, Canada) - V.R. demonstrations by Bryan Hughes (Renaissance Foundation, USA) - Coletiva ATLANTIC de Pintura Digital (Collective exhibition of Digital Paintings) - Curator: Rodrigo Toledo - Workshops (by Vincent John Vincent and Bryan Hughes) - Seminars: - Applications of V.R. - V.R. applied to art & entretainment - Electronic Art: a combination of art and science Coordinator: Rejane Spitz Sponsored by: CIA. ATLANTIC de PETROLEO Supported by : ISEA (South America) Contact: Maria Byington or Rodrigo Toledo, CANDIDO MENDES CULTURAL CENTER Rua da Assembleia 10 / 616 - CEP20119-900, Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BRASIL Tel: 55-21-5312000, (ext. 257), Fax: 55-21-2242111 MONTAGE '93 July 8 - August 7, '93, Rochester, USA. International festival of the image. The fusion of art & technology and the future of visual communications. Exhibitions, lectures, panels, international film festival, video, computer animation, time-based electronic work, arts & technology exposition, conferences, workshops. Info: Lisa Farrell, Montage 93, 31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607-1499, USA. Tel: 1-716-4428897 COMPUTER MUSIC WORKSHOPS July 18-25 and July 26-31, Oberlin College, USA Two Workshops in Electronic and Computer Music. The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites you to participate in the 1993 workshops in electronic and computer music. Contact: Office of Outreach Programs, Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA. Tel: 1-216-775-8044, Email: fnelson@oberlin.edu ICS 93 July 19-23, '93, Tokyo, Japan. International conference on supercomputing. Info: Julie Eitzer, ACM, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-9998, USA. Tel: 1-212-8697440 ELECTRONIC IMAGING AND THE VISUAL ARTS July 28-30, National Gallery, London, UK. Preliminary information about the 1993 EVA conference (Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts) is now available. Two days of pre-conference tutorials on fundamentals of imaging applications, and advanced technical topics, will be offered July 26-27. In addition to the annual EVA conference, a series of related one-day seminars is being held in Paris, Edinburgh, Madrid, and Amsterdam through April 1994. For full details and registration information, contact the conference organizers: VASARI Ltd., 237 High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire CU11 1TJ, U.K. Kingdom Tel: 44-0-252-313437, Fax: 44-0-252-311540 SIGGRAPH '93 August 1-6, '93, Anaheim, CA, USA International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. Includes Multi-Media '93. Includes Electronic Theater and Art Show. Info: Leona Caffrey, Smith, Bucklin & Ass, 401 North Michigan Av, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Tel: 1-312-6446610, Fax 3216876, Email: S93@SIGGRAPH.ORG MUSIC EDUCATION : AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PERSPECTIVE A half-day workshop to be held on Wednesday 25th August, 1993 as part of AI-ED 93, the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, 23rd-27th August, 1993, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Workshop submissions and enquiries should be sent to : Matt Smith, Dept. Computing, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK7 6AA, UK Tel: 44-908-652682, Fax: 44-908-652140, Email: m.r.smith@open.ac.uk 7TH FREIBURG VIDEO FORUM September 2-5, '93, Freiburg, Germany A forum for experimental and documentary videos: reality & fiction, art & politics. Info: Medienwerkstatt Freiburg, Konradtstrasse 20, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany. Tel: 49-761-709757, Fax: 701796 12th VIDEO ART FESTIVAL September 2-5, '93, Locarno, Switzerland Info: AIVAC, POB 763, CH-6600 Locarno, Switzerland. Tel 41-93-312208, Fax 312207 EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL September 12-26, '93, Osnabruck, Germany Experimental film and video art, installations, performances, seminars, international student forum. Info: Alfred Rotert, Int. Experimentalfilm Workshop, POB 1861, D-4500 Osnabruck, Germany. Tel: 49-541-21658, Fax: 28327 4TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC FILM FESTIVAL September 23-30, '93, Montreal, Canada International competition, public screenings, conferences. Info: Herve Fischer, Fest. Int. du Film Scientifique, 15, rue de la Commune ouest, Montreal, Canada H2Y 2CD Tel: 1-514-8491612, Fax: 9820064 ICSPAT'93 Sept 28 - Oct 1, Santa Clara, CA, USA. The International Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology will be held on September 28 - October 1 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Papers must be received by May 14, 1993. Contact: DSP Associates, 18 Peregrine Rd., Newton Centre, MA, 02159, USA, Tel: 1-617-9643817, Fax: 1-617-9696689, Email: World@world.std.com INTERFACE'93 The 18th Annual Conference for Humanities and Technology. 21-23 Oct 1993, Atlanta, USA Call for papers deadline is May 1, presentations limited to 20 minutes. Send abstracts (100 word single-spaced top centre age) to: Interface '93, Humanities and Social Sciences Department Southern College of Technology, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA 30060-2896, USA. Tel: 1-404-5287202 THE BODY IN RUIN 1993, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands The V2 Organisation is a center for art & technology. In 1993 a series of events are focussed on the body. 23, 24 and 25 April: 'Most Incredible Machines' with Gordon Monahan (Can) Laura Kikauka (Can), Brad Hwang (K) and Bastiaan Lips (BRD/NL) 14, 15 and 16 May: 'Neo Nature', a project by Horst Rickels (NL) and Viktor Wentik (NL) June: 'Music with Machines' with Clarence Barlow (India) and STEIM (NL) June: 'Synesthetics: stimulation & Stimulation', program curated in cooperation with Gottfried Hattinnnger (A). With Just Merit (A), Dannniel Charles (F) and others. September: 'Prosthesis: the body as an architectural object' NOX (architecture collective, NL), Diler & Scofido (USA) and others. Contact: V2 Organisation, PO Box 11007, 5200 ES 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-73-137958, Fax: 31-73-122238. ________________________________________________________________________ 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 the address on the front page. 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 Newsletter