THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS THE ISEA NEWSLETTER # 18, JUNE 1993 __________________________________________________________________________ Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Paul Brown (US), Annick Bureaud (France), 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, 31-79-612930, Fax 31-79-611737. Email ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL or ISEA@SARA.NL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS EDITORIAL SFU CONFERENCE ON DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY Thecla Schiphorst GOLDEN PLOTTER COMPETITION Dr. W. Schneider SPECIAL SPACE PROBLEMS Alexander Karinsky FISEA 93, LAST OPEN CALL Roman Verostko THE VIRTOPIA VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECT Paul Brown CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION EXHIBITIONS PUBLICATIONS CALENDAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORIAL Busy Times. In July, ISEA will organize a panel session at Montage 93, the large event on visual art and electronics in Rochester (NY), USA. On August 4 (at 12 noon) the annual ISEA/ISAST Meeting will take place during Siggraph in Los Angeles. The Meeting will be hosted by: Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (Wim van der Plas and Roman Verostko), Art Science Technology Network (Annick Bureaud), Leonardo/ISAST (Craig Harris, Roger Malina ) and YLEM (Beverley Reiser). The purpose of the meeting will be to present plans for the Fourth Inter- national Symposium on the Electronic Arts to be held in Minnesota in 1993, the fifth symposium to be held in Helsinki in 1994 and the sixth symposium to be held in Montreal in 1995. Organisers of other international events will be invited to make available their information. For the exact location of the meeting, see the Siggraph Program. Right now, Minneapolis is mailing the Preliminary Program for FISEA 93 while Heslinki is printing the Call for Participation for ISEA 94. Montreal is raising funds for ISEA 95. ISEA Brasil has been very active again lately, see the piece by Rejane Spitz in this Newsletter. Here in Holland, we are trying to get sponsors to support ISEA. Some companies have become Institutional Members recently and we are talking to another large company to find ways to cooperate. ISEA, together with other parties, is founding MAD, to stimulate the production of Art on CD-i. See this Newsletter. So, let us keep this editorial short: back to work! MAD Recently, an initiative has started to stimulate the production of art on CD-i. For this purpose a new foundation is being founded: MAD, Multi Art Disk. Founding parties are: Grafico de Poost (the designers of the hard copy of this Newsletter, they do a lot of design work for CD-i produc- tions), ISEA, SAVE (Smart Audio Visual Enterprises, a company that inter- mediates and advices in computer animation and CD-i productions) and V2, organizer of electronic art events in Holland. CD-i (the 'i' stands for interactive) is a consumers product, developed by Philips. It can be connected to an ordinary TV. The disk contains up to 72 minutes of full motion video (compressed), stills, text and audio. It has interesting educational and recreational possibilities, but MAD thinks, it makes a great medium for Art too. All sorts of existing art, but also and especially: special purpose interactive art for CD-i. MAD wants to help artists get their work published on CD-i. Anyone interested in any side of this project, is requested to contact ISEA. Galleries We have been requested to provide names of galleries that are interested in computer graphics art. We like to extend this request to you. Who knows of galleries interested in electronic art? Send suggestions to ISEA. Thank you. ISEA Brasil Rejane Spitz has been helping to organise the virtual reality event 'Mostra Atlantic de Realidade Virtual'. She was one of the three members' jury for the selection of the works for the Digital Painting Exhibition. She also has written an article for the Catalogue and will be chairing one of the Panels. Email The Hack-Tic organisation offers a (not very expensive) possibility to get an Email-connection: XS4ALL (Access for all). XS4ALL is a UNIX machine that is connected to the Internet. They have telnet and ftp, as well as mail and news. You can use XS4ALL to connect to other hosts on the Inter- net without extra charge. You can also get files, chat with other people from all over the world, read your private e-mail, participate in the UseNet and much, much more. An account on XS4ALL costs 25 guilders per month. If you use it for more than 15 hours in a month, you'll pay 2.50 for every extra hour. You get 1MB of disk space to use, you pay 2.50 per month for every extra MB. No other fees are involved. If you call in over the phone or via telnet from another host on the Internet. You can sign up by typing 'new' as the login name. Just follow the instructions on your screen. Telnet : hacktic.nl (193.78.33.42) Phone : 31-20-6902493 (8 lines) Voice line: 31-20-6001480, press Touch-Tone 3 after our VMB picks up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFU CONFERENCE ON DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY Thecla Schiphorst July 8-11, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Planned events for the Conference on Dance and technology include a computer telepresence link between Merce Cunningham from the Jacob's Pillow Festival and the conference participants at SFU. A keynote address will be given by Bob Lockyer, Director of Music and Arts Television at the BBC, and internationally renowned for his explorations of dance and the camera. A second keynote address will be given by Myron Krueger, a pioneer in the field of artificial reality, and author of the book, "Artificial Reality II". An international Screening of dance video works curated by Barbara Clausen selected from among recent work viewed at Dance Screen 93 in Frankfurt Germany along with selected conference video dance submissions will be presented. An evening of new performance works in dance and technology will also be featured. In order to bring participants and delegates together, an international reception, and night in downtown Vancouver will follow the evenings performance events. Interactive installations from movement artists in Germany, France and Canada will be on display. Workshops exploring dance and virtual reality, dance and computer graphics, dance and interactive lighting, computer compositional tools for choreogarphy, dance and midi interactive systems, dance notional systems, and multi-media computer systems for dance will be offered. Other offerings included technical sessions designed to give dance artists an opportunity to see what is current and cutting edge in the world of interactive multi-media and performance. Paper and panel sessions will be given from dance artists around the world, including speakers from Canada, England, Sweden, Germany, France, Portugal, Australia, and the United States. Conference Fees are $125 Canadian. (payable in Canadian funds, cheque or bank draft) On campus housing is available, and must be booked bu June 11 l993, to ensure availability. For housing information contact Suzanne Nazareeno, SFU Residences and Housing, phone 1-604-2914503. For registration information contact: Thecla Schiphorst, Conference Chair (Email: thecla@cs.sfu.ca) Sang Mah, Local Arrangements Chair (Email: sang@cs.sfu.ca) Computer Graphics Research Lab, Centre for Systems Science Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, V5A 1S6 Tel: 1-604-2913610, Fax: 1-604-2914424 Preleminary Program on request available at ISEA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLDEN PLOTTER COMPETITION Dr. W. Schneider, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck The computer art competition 94 for the Golden Plotter is still being prepared. We had some delay in the production of the entry papers which will be finished soon and be sent to the artists. Each sign of interest or participation is being registered in our files. Our new phone# is 49-2043-23029. Our new fax (cultural affairs): 49-2043-991410 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL SPACE PROBLEMS Alexander Karinsky Back in 1986 I started the very first Underground Music & Video label 'Cosmic Conspiracy Productions' releasing incredibly ground breaking material but confined to the 'Cassette' realm because of mammoth, inflated costs back in Australia. Since having the label exposed world wide and the video material shown in four different continents in various festivals, I had arrived at a certain point when moving to New York that none of this essential material has ever been shown here in NY or the USA except for Electronic Arts Intermix's catalogue. The reason that I bring this up with you that I have the very first Cable TV program here in New york to show this kind of stuff, and the amount of response to the program is phenomenal! There is no advertising on my show, therefore no plagarism or gaining advantage from exhibiting Artists works; I simply do it for the love of it and it works! At the moment I am looking for artists who would like to exhibit videos on my show. Contact: Alexander Karinsky, P.O. Box 20203, new York, NY 10001. Tel: 1-212-3665142, Fax: 1-212-3660747. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISEA 93, LAST OPEN CALL / PROGRAM INFORMATION Roman Verostko Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art. November 3-7, 1993, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Interdisciplinary, theme is "the art factor". Works appropriate for the "Slide Show" or the "Listening Chamber" will be received up to July 15. Includes work by visual artists, performers, musicians, and those develop- ing new electronic formats including network art. Continuous showing and listening sites planned. Also appropriate faciltities for viewing work (slides, video, sound) will be available on a one to one basis during the symposium. Last Open Deadline: July 15: Slide Show, Listening Room. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM & REGISTRATION. Program and registration material available via email or pmail. Discounts on early workshop enrollment and symposium registration. Workshops are expected to fill early. Information: FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art & Design 2501 Stevens Ave S; Minneapolis, MN 55404-4343, USA Tel: 1-612-8743754, Fax: 1-612-8743732, Email: fisea93@mcad.edu Prog Director: Roman Verostko (roman@mcad.edu) Tel: 1-612-8252720 Executive Assistant: Joan Klaiber (joan_klaiber@macmail.mcad.edu) Electronic Theater/Interactive: Scott Sayre (scotts@kitchen.mcad.edu) Network Arts: Jan Zita Grover (jzgrover@kitchen.mcad.edu) Concert/Perform/Listen Chamber: Homer Lambrecht (homerl@kitchen.mcad.edu) Art Show, 2D/3D, Install: Brian Szott (brian_szott@macmail.mcad.edu) Slide Show: Judy Yourman (jyourman@kitchen.mcad.edu) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE VIRTOPIA VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECT Paul Brown (Via Arachnet) June 1993, Orlando, Florida Welcome to Virtopia - an artistic virtual world in the making. Designed as a constantly expanding series of emotional adventures, Virtopia is a work-in-progress that provides a multi-sensory feeling of total immersion within several three dimensional computer generated worlds. A barren and lonely desert interface holds a number of oases which become portals to experiences such as animated rooms full of haunting images, or a 20 foot high temperamental spider whose behavior is dependent upon yours. The work is a collaborative effort by Designer Jacquelyn Ford Morie and World Builder Mike Goslin of Orlando's Visual Systems Lab, a division of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training. The project grew out the observation that most of the virtual worlds being created today are strictly utilitarian - designed to provide opportunities such as walkthroughs of buildings before construction begins. "Virtual worlds can be unparalled vehicles for personal expression," states Morie. "The problem is that most of the tools for this new medium have not been available to artists yet. Virtual reality will explode as a dynamic medium for artistic expression as access increases. Creative forces have the potential ultimately to decide what virtual reality will become." Morie's background is well suited to this new area of expression, with advanced degrees in both fine art and computer science, and a ten year ex- hibition record of her innovative computer graphics artwork. For her, the creation of virtual environments is the ultimate way to work. "It provi- des the means to involve the viewer as a total participant in the artwork, making him or her an active part of the art." The psychological element in virtual environments is equally important to the degree of immersion a participant experiences. Mike Goslin, the other half of the creative team, contributes a degree in psychology as well as years of artistic experimentation to Virtopia. Currently pursuing a masters' degree in computer science, Goslin sees virtual reality as "one of HuxleyUs famous doors, thrown open to expose the mind of the creator, or any other place you might care to visit. Its potential is only limited by oneUs imagination." Virtopia premiered at the opening night of second annual Florida Film Festival at Orlando, May 28th, 1993, hosted by Enzian Theater. The Florida Film Festival is the very first to recognize the importance that virtual environments will have in shaping the future of entertainment media. In addition, a free Virtual Reality Seminar discussing the making of Virtopia and its impact on art, film, and society was presented by the creators of Virtopia on Sunday, June 6th, 1993. Contact: Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Institute for Simulation and Training Visual Systems Lab, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300 Orlando, FL 32826, USA. Tel 1-407-6585099, Email: morie@ist.ucf.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILICON GRAPHICS ISEA94 GRANT FOR YOUNG EUROPEAN ARTISTS. Silicon Graphics and ISEA94 announce 6-month grant projects for young, up-and-coming European artists who work in the field of electronic and computer arts. The aims of the grant are to focus on the Next Generation, one of the central issues of ISEA94, and to help the realization of new projects with aesthetic and technological interest. Silicon Graphics will provide the chosen artists with SGI-hardware accor- ding to the requirements of the projects. The artists and their projects will be presented at the ISEA94 Symposium in Helsinki 23.-28.8.1994. APPLICATION Applicants should submit a detailed description of their proposed project indicating the SGI hardware required. Application should include: - the ISEA94 entry form completed - curriculum vitae - slides, tapes or other audiovisual material; possible outline re- quirements DATES Submission deadline 1.10.1993. Notification 1.11.1993. Grant period 1.12.1993-31.5.1994. For further information, please contact: ISEA94 Project Manager Minna Tarkka, University of Art and Design UIAH/Media Lab Hameentie 135 C 00560, Helsinki, Finland Tel: 358-0-7563601, Fax: 358-0-7563602, Email: isea@uiah.fi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC GRAPHICS Visual information for everyday use 26-30 September 1994, Lunteren, the Netherlands You are invited to participate in the international symposium Public Graphics, visual information for everyday use. The symposium's objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information and practical ex- perience on the development, design, evaluation, and use of graphic products intended for the public at large. The topics of the symposium are: - The design process, methodology and management - User instructions, contents and format - Warnings - Forms - Wayfinding, signs and sign systems - Maps and plans - Graphic symbols. Leading experts in each area will give keynote speeches. In addition, submitted papers on the topics will be presented. The Public Graphics symposium is especially organized to bring together researchers and practitioners, from both industry and academia, who are working to improve the effectiveness of public information. As a joint meeting of practitioners and researchers, the symposium should provide an opportunity to discuss approaches to public information across disciplines. Enquiries regarding submission of papers or participation: Symposium Public Graphics, Harm J.G. Zwaga, Department of Psychonomics, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-30-534281, Fax: 31-30-534511, Email: zwaga@fsw.ruu.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHI 94 Celebrating Interdependence ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Boston (MA), USA April 24-28, 1994 CHI 94 encourages the participation of all members of the Human-Computer Interaction community from a wide variety of countries and cultures. For info & participation contact one of the following: Gilbert Cockton GIST, Dept of Computing Science, The University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK Tel: 44-41-339 8855x5569, Fax: 3304913, Email: COCKTON.CHI@XEROX.COM Hiroshi Ishii NTT Human Interface Laboratories 1-2356 Take, Yokosuka-Shi, Kanagawa, 238-03, Japan Tel: 81-468-593522, Fax: 592332, Email: ISHII.CHI@XEROX.COM Wayne Breeden Conference & Logistics Consultants 703 Giddings Ave, Suite U-3, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA Tel 1-410-2696801, fax 2670332, Email BREEDEN.CHI@XEROX.COM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR ART Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) will be hosting a show of COPY ART-- art created with the aid of a photocopier. The show will run from July 22 to September 30, 1993. Submission deadline is the end of June. Mail art. These should be small creations, e.g. 8.5" by 11", that you send us by mail or FAX, we hang up, and never return. Framed art open to artists in the San Francisco bay area. Send slides for jury selection. Art Show, Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Tel: 1-415-812-4443 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXHIBITIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From July 8th onwards, there will be a juried exhibition of computer graphics and image processing art in the Rode Hoed, Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. The event was organized by Professional Imaging, the Dutch computer graphics design journal. ISEA is represented in the jury and as this Newsletter goes in print, we can already say that the quality of the submitted pieces is very high. Go and see it for yourself! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERACTIVE POETRY I am co-developer of an interactive poetry authoring system, COLLOQUY, with Robert Chiles of Kent State University. DOS only. It is available from us (cheap! $25 for single Beta license). I'll send an ASCII text of general information, including examples of a poem, to anyone who'd like to know more. If someone who reads this wants to try a similar idea on the Mac, I think Hypercard has real possibilities. Contact: Judith Kerman, KERMAN@TARDIS.SVSU.EDU NOMAD SEEKS SUBMISSIONS An Interdisciplinary Journal of The Humanities, Arts, And Sciences Manuscript submissions wanted in all interdisciplinary fields! Nomad is a forum for those texts that explore or examine the undefined regions among critical theory, visual arts, and writing. It is a bi-annual, not-for-profit, independent publication for provocative cross-disciplinary work of all cultural types, such as intermedia artwork, metatheory, and experimental writing, as well as literary, theoretical, political, and popular writing. While our editorial staff is comprised of artists and academics in a variety of disciplines, NOMAD strives to operate in a space outside of mainstream academic discourse and without institutional funding or controls. Details from: NOMAD, c/o Mike Smith, 406 Williams Hall, Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA. Email: msmith@garnet.acns.fsu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR Support LEN/FAF -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIGITAL SUMMER June 9 - September 10 1993, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Seminars (QuarkXtensions/CD-I/MultiMedia), workshops, discusions etc. Info: Electronic Publishing Services, P.O. Box 15660, 1001 ND Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Telefax: 31-20-6209655 THE 4TH MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION June 29 - 30, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London, UK. Registrations and enquiries should be directed to: P.O. Box 3021, 3502 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-30-932209, Fax: 31-30-931419 COMPOSER TO COMPOSER July 7 - 11, 1993 Interactive Music, Media & Performance The Telluride Institute's COMPOSER TO COMPOSER program returns with a new focus this Summer. Tele-communications media, human-machine interaction and performance collaborations 'set the stage' in this Rocky Mountain setting, as multi-disciplined composers creatively conspire to turn the Information Revolution into a Cultural Revolution. Featuring: Composers Laboratory,Discussions & Workshops, Public Presen- tations & Tele-Composer's Event with guest composers: Donald Buchla, Mark Coniglio, Paul DeMarinis, David Dunn, Joan La Barbara John Mitchell, Richard Povall, David Rosenboom, Morton Subotnick, Woody & Steina Vasulka and a live interactive exchange with composers at the ELECTRONIC CAFE INTERNATIONAL, Santa Monica, CA. Saturday, July 10, Sheridan Opera House 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM. Contact: Richard Lowenberg, Program Director, The Telluride Institute, The Stronghouse, Box 1770, 283 South Fir St., Telluride, CO 81435, USA. Tel: 1-303-7286960, Fax: 1-303-7284919, Email: tellinst@csn.org MONTAGE 93 July 11 - August 7, Rochester (NY), USA International Festival of the Image Montage consists of exhibitions, symposia, electronic theater and many other events. r. Info: Montage 93, 31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607-1499, USA Tel: 1-716-4428897, Fax: 1-716-4428931 OBERLIN WORKSHOPS July 18-25 & July 26-31, Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, USA. The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites you to participate in the 1993 workshops in electronic and computer music. Details: Gary Lee Nelson, Director fnelson@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu Brochure and registration forms: Office of Outreach Programs, Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074, USA. Tel: 1-216-775-8044 SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA IN EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY July 26 - July 31, 1993 Savannah, Georgia, USA. Contact: davidb@citadel.edu ELECTRONIC IMAGING AND THE VISUAL ARTS July 28-30, National Gallery, London, UK. Info: VASARI Ltd., 237 High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire CU11 1TJ, U.K. Tel: 44-0-252-313437, Fax: 44-0-252-311540 SIGGRAPH 93 August 1-6, 1993, Anaheim (CA), USA Info: Siggraph 93, 401 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Tel 1-312-6446610, fax 3216876, Email CMSBA@SIGGRAPH.ORG 12th VIDEO ART FESTIVAL September 2-5, '93, Locarno, Switzerland Info: AIVAC, POB 763, CH-6600 Locarno, Switzerland. Tel 41-93-312208, Fax 312207 EUROGRAPHICS 93 6-10 September 1993, Barcelona, Spain Topics: Advanced Interaction, Cooperative Working & Visualization in: CAD, Animation, Electronic Publishing & Geographical Information Systems Info & registration Eurographics 93 Palau de Congressos, Dept de Convencions Fira de Barcelona, Av Reina Maria, Cristina s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain Tel: 34-3-4233101, Fax: 4262845, Email: EG93@LSI.UPC.ES EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL September 12-26, '93, Osnabruck, Germany Experimental film and video art, installations, performances, seminars, Info: European Media Art Festival, POB 1861, D-4500 Osnabruck, Germany. Tel: 49-541-21658, Fax: 28327 HIGH SPEED MOTION ANALYSIS, SYSTEMS & TECHNIQUES October 11-15 1993, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Seminar/workshop provides comprehensive coverage of the systems and techniques of high speed image capture and analysis of physical events. The course is divided between lecture and laboratory session. Among the topics are high speed photography & photonics, video camera technology, image processing etc. Info & registration: Center for Continuing Engineering Education College of Engineering & Applied Science 929 North Sixth Street, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA Tel: 1-414-2273200, Fax: 2273146 VIPER'93 October 19-23 1993, Lucerne, Switzerland. 14th International Film- and Videofestival. Info: VIPER, Loewenstrasse 20, PO Box 4929, CH-6002, Lucerne, Switzerland. Tel: 41-41-517407, Fax: 41-41-5288020. 2. VILEM-FLUSSER-SYMPOSIUM October 28-31 1993, Royal Palace, Antwerpen, Belgium. Information: Angenommen/Suppose, Ridderlaan 59, 2596 PG Den Haag, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-70-3244953, Fax: 31-70-3282708. 5th INTERNATIONAL VIDEO WEEK October 29 - November 6 1993, Geneve, Switzerland. Info: SIV, Saint-Gervais Geneve, 5 rue du Temple, 1201 Geneve, Switzerland Tel: 41-22-7322060, Fax: 41-22-7384215. INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL 1993 November 4-10 1993, Arnhem, The Netherlands Contact: AVE. PO Box 307, 6800 AH Arnhem, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-85-511300, Fax: 31-85-517681 IMPAKT November 25-29 1993, Utrecht, The Netherlands Festival for experimental art. Film, video, music, installations. Info: Arjon Dunnewind, Impakt c/o Ekko, Bemuurde Weerd wz 3, 3513 BH Utrecht, Holland. Tel: 31-30-317457, Fax: 31-30-310402 IMAGINA 94 February 16-18, 1994, Monte-Carlo. 13th Monte-Carlo Forum on Computer Graphics, Virtual Worlds, Special Effects, Conferences, Exhibition, Pixel-INA Competition Film Show NEW VISIONS March 1994, Glasgow, Scotland, UK New visions is an international festival of creative video, experimental film and audiovisual practice. Its open to work originated in Super 8, 16mm, all formats of video and in all genres. The festival will consist of several programmes of work drawn from international open submission. Contact: New Visions, 2/9, 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8QD, Scotland, UK. Tel: 44-41-2216380, Fax: 44-41-2217775. ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Rotterdam University, Amsterdam University, V2 Organisation, Tell Productions, YLEM, ISAST, Renderstar Technology, Media Research, Museum der Stad Gladbeck. End of Newsletter