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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
#50 FEBRUARY 1996
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Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Ray Archee (Australia), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko
(US/Canada), Paul Brown (Australia), Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus
(Germany), James Faure Walker (UK), Roger Malina (US), Rejane Spitz (Brazil)
Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth
Shostak. Honorary Member: Herbert W. Franke
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ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel/fax 31-10-4778605,
Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL (Board) or ISEA@SARA.NL (Newsletter)
WWW URL http://www.xs4all.nl/~isea
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL . INT. COMPETITION COMPUTERKUNST . CINFERENCES & SYMPOSIA .
MUSIC . EXHIBITIONS . FESTIVALS . MAILING LIST . WWW . CALLS . CALENDAR
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EDITORIAL
#50
I guess we should open a bottle: ISEA Newsletter #50 is a fact! However,
since we are organizing ISEA96 we have no time for that now. We will open
the bottles after ISEA96...
So far, we have received some 700 proposals. And they keep coming,
even though the deadline has already passed. We will consider
proposals for as long as it's feasible to do so. The proposals for
papers, panels, posters, roundtables, workshops, and tutorials will
be sent to the International Program Committee at the beginning of
March. For other aspects of the symposium, especially the Electronic
Theater, we can still consider proposals after that date.
You could experience your own Long March through the Electronic Art
Events in September: Start in Linz, Austria for Ars Electronica
(September 2-7), then travel west for the European Media Art Festival
in Osnabruck, Germany (September 11-15) and even further west to
Rotterdam, the Netherlands for ISEA96 (September 16- 20) after which
you should stay a little longer, because DEAF, the Dutch Electronic
Art Festival continues for several days and R96 'Media Man' goes on
for another week after ISEA.
Meanwhile, several locations in the Randstad (the agglomorate of cities in
western Holland) are joining the action. The National Design Institute (host
of the Doors of Perception) and Montevideo/Time Based Arts, both in
Amsterdam, as well as the World Wide Video Centre (host of the WWV Festival)
and several departments of the The Hague College for the Arts (the
'interfaculty' Image & Sound, the Institute for Sonology and the Royal
Academy for Fine & Applied Arts), all in The Hague, are cooperating and/or
planning ISEA96 activities.
The Hague is only 20 minutes from Rotterdam (by train) and Amsterdam another
40 minutes. Good thing that Holland is so small.
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ISEA GUIDE OF ELECTRONIC ARTS
A fast (but permanently under construction) growing part of the ISEA
web pages is the ISEA Guide of Electronic Arts. Lots of links to
artists, galleries, institutions, festivals etc. Anyone who knows a
site that should be linked, please let us know. (Dirk Boon at
isea@sara.nl)
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION COMPUTERKUNST
Announcement of the International Competition Computerkunst/Computer Art '96.
Organization : Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, Germany
(Assistance : GEK-Bureau Gladbeck) Dr. W. Schneider
Cooperation: Gesellschaft fur Elektronische Kunst, Cologne ( GEK)
-ComArt, Graz/ Land Steiermark, Austria ( venue probably 1997 )
-ISEA, Rotterdam, Holland (venue on ISEA '96 , Sept., 16 - 20 , 1996)
-HNF Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum GmbH, Paderborn ( venue 1996/7 )
-Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen ( venue ? )
-Innovationszentrum Wiesenbusch Gladbeck (und ZAP )
(opening venue , Aug. 18 - Sept. 8 , 96 )
-Kunstverein/ Stadt/Stadtsparkasse Ibbenburen ( venue 1997 )
Artists interested to participate (paper of Information and application
sheets) should contact the following adress(es) :
Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, Wasserschlos Wittringen
Burgstrase 64, D 45964 Gladbeck, Germany
E-mail : 100447,1745@compuserve.com
( please write clearly full name and adress(es) , eventually e-mail )
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CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA
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"3D AND MULTIMEDIA ON THE INTERNET, WWW AND NETWORKS"
International Conference, 16-18 April 1996, Bradford, UK
SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE
"1995 was the year when the Internet became not just the coolest thing
around, but also the most important - as even Microsoft was moved to
admit in December"...."Netscape's public offering was to be launched at
$14 a share, which was increased to $28, but the price climbed from $45.75
to a peak of $174. Only Microsoft's December announcements - when Bill Gates
said his company was really, really serious about the Internet - managed to
take it down a peg" (Jack Schofield, Guardian, OnLine, 28 December 1995).
The British Computer Society Computer Graphics & Displays Group will hold
an international meeting on this theme to take place in the UK, 16-18 April
1996. There is a lot of current interest in tools and techniques
for generating, exploring and displaying graphics and multimedia via the
network and World Wide Web (WWW). New approaches for accessing, analyzing,
and collaborating on 3D graphical information over networks are being
developed. Types of data include real-time, dynamic scientific data, 3D
objects, and virtual environments. Developments such as VRML and Java allow
greater sophistication in the exploitation of the facilities of the Internet
and are generating a lot of excitement about the future.
Papers have been selected by peer review from those submitted in response
to the Call for Papers. Countries represented at the Conference include
Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, and USA.
VENUE
The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television is close to the
University of Bradford and is a collaborator in the Electronic Imaging
and Media Communications degree courses run by the University. For
further information on the degree courses see URL -
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/eimc/eimc.html
and for the University of Bradford, see URL -
http://www.brad.ac.uk/bradinfo/bradinfo.html
For information on the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television,
see URL - http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/nmpft/
The National Museum of Photography Film & Television in Bradford is part of
the National Museum of Science and Industry which includes the Science Museum,
London. The NMPFT currently has over 3 million objects and images in its
care including - The Kodak Museum of Photography, the complete records of
the Daily Herald, and has recently acquired a massive collection of UK
Television advertisements from the 1950's to the present day. It also houses
the only IMAX theatre in the UK.
The NMPFT is the most popular Museum outside London and typically has over
3/4 million visitors each year. Future plans of the NMPFT include a new
Digital Media Gallery within a planned 4000 sq metre expansion.
Conference Secretariat:
Mrs Winifred Taylor, Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Unit
University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
Tel: 44-1274-385463, Fax: 44-1274-383727, Email: W.M.Taylor@bradford.ac.uk
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E D - M E D I A 9
WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA AND HYPERMEDIA
with ED-TELECOM 96--World Conference on Educational Telecommunications
June 17-22, 1996, Boston, Mass., USA
FINAL CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS & POSTER
Submission Deadline: March 27, 1996
INVITATION
ED-MEDIA 96--World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
with ED-TELECOM 96--World Conference on Educational Telecommunications
are jointly held international conferences, sponsored by the Association
for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). These annual
conferences serve as multi-disciplinary forums for the discussion and
dissemination of information on the research, development, and applications
on all topics related to multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications
in education. ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM spans all disciplines and levels of
education and attracts leaders in the field from over 50 countries.
We invite you to attend the ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 96 conferences and
submit proposals for Short Papers and Posters/Demonstrations. This final
call is offered for participants who were unable to meet the first deadline
for submissions or were not prepared to present a finished paper or project.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Keynote Speakers, Invited Speakers, Short Papers, Papers, Panels,
Demonstrations, Posters, Workshops, Tutorials, Birds-of-a-Feather,
Roundtables, Social Program
Please send me:
__ Advance Program/Registration brochure, available in February
__ Proceedings ordering information for ED-MEDIA 95 & 96
__ ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97 Call for Papers (Calgary, Canada)
__ Brochure on AACE and its publications/conferences including:
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
- International Journal of Educational Telecommunications
__ Exhibitor booth order information
Return to: ED-MEDIA 96/AACE
P.O. Box 2966, Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA
E-mail: AACE@virginia.edu; Tel: 1-804-973-3987; Fax: 1-804-978-7449
WWW: http://aace.virginia.edu/aace
The complete Call for Papers may be obtained by returning the
information request form below or online on the AACE home page:
http://aace.virginia.edu/aace/conf/edmedia.html
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MUSIC
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY CCRMA SUMMER WORKSHOPS 1996
*Digital Signal Processing for Audio:
Spectral and Physical Models
July 22 - August 2, 1996
Individual, Corporate Affiliate Fee: $1200,
Corporate Non-Affiliate Fee: $1500
Two weeks instruction. Limited to 15 participants.
Instructors: Perry R. Cook, Xavier Serra
*Computer-Assisted Research in Musicology
August 19 - August 30, 1996
General Fee: $800, Student Fee: $600
Two weeks instruction. Limited to 15 participants.
Instructor: David Huron
The workshop is offered in cooperation with the Center for
Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities, Stanford University
* Introduction to Psychoacoustics and Psychophysics:
Audio and Haptic Components of Virtual Reality Design
June 24 - July 6, 1996
Individual fee: $800, Affiliate fee: $1000,
Corporate Non-Affiliate fee: $1200
Two weeks instruction and laboratory. Limited to 15 participants.
Instructors: Brent Gillespie, Sile O'Modhrain, Craig Sapp
Guest Lecturers: Perry R. Cook, Louis Rosenberg (Immersion Corp.),
Malcolm Slaney (Interval Research), Bill Verplank (Interval Research)
*Introduction to Algorithmic Composition
July 8 - July 19, 1996; Fee: $800
Two weeks hands-on instruction. Limited to 20 participants.
Instructors: Heinrich Taube, Fernando Lopez Lezcano,
Tobias Kunze, Nicky Hind, Jonathan Norton
*Advanced Projects in Algorithmic Composition
July 22 - August 2, 1996; Fee: $800
*Intensive Audio Digital Signal Processing
May 17 - May 19, 1996; Fee: $1500
3 days instruction. Limited to 15 participants.
Instructors: William Putnam, Julius Smith, Scott Levine
FOR APPLICATIONS CONTACT:
CCRMA Summer Workshops
Department of Music, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-8180, USA.
Tel: 1-415-723-4971, Fax: 1-415-723-8468
E-mail: aledin@ccrma.Stanford.edu, http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/
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EXHIBITIONS
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NORDIC MEDIA ART EXHIBITION "BREAKING EYES"
Opened in Helsinki in January - now the catalogue is ready. The show will
be exhibited in Stockholm in April, later on in Copenhagen and Oslo.
It includes 11 works by artists from Norway, Finland and Sweden
- Sound installations, telerobot installation, cd-rom installation,
www-installation and video installations.
See http://muu.lib.hel.fi/breyes.html
for more information. You can order a full colour catalogue with the works
and three essays (all in English) for 15 USD including postage and handling
Tapio Makela, director of MUU, Finnish artist organisation
Address: Rikhardinkatu 4, FIN-00130 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358-0-625972, Fax: +358-0-625376, mobile: +358-40-5071965
E-mail: directorkaapeli.fi
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BOY
an interactive digital video by Nino Rodriguez
I am pleased to announce that "BOY", an interactive video, has been selected
for inclusion in the following exhibitions:
January 30, 1996: "Gender and Technology"
A viewing of multiple interpretations of how technology is gendered and how
gender is explored through/by/in technology. Curated by Anita Allyn.
Presented by Videospace at Mobius, Boston, Massachusetts.
For more information, please call Mobius at +1-617-542-7416 or e-mail Anita
Allyn at dahhbahh@tiac.net.
February 19 - March 8, 1996: Alternatives '96
"Re/Presenting It: Documentary Photography Reconsidered"
Works which extend the boundaries of documentary practices.
Curated by Susan Meiselas.
Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University School of Art, Athens, Ohio.
For more information, please contact Katherine Mickle at +1-614-593-4288.
Thanks again for your support and interest, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Nino Rodriguez, 506 North Flores Street #7, West Hollywood, CA 90048, USA
Email: nino@pobox.com, Tel: 1-213-653-4266
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FESTIVALS
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ARS ELECTRONICA 1996
"Memesis - The Future Of Evolution
September 2 - 7, 1996, Linz, Austria
Prix Ars Electronica 1996 deadline April 30, 1996
Calling all Friends of Ars Electronica!
This year's Ars Electronica Festival has - among other things - new dates.
The theme of the 1996 Festival, which runs from 2nd - 7th September in
Linz, is "Memesis - the Future of Evolution". Symposia, exhibitions,
concerts, events and a wealth of art projects will illuminate the
fast-approaching moment in "digital evolution".
"Memesis" is concerned with "interactivity" as a key cultural technique,
and adresses the question of the evolutionary "fitness" of "memes" - that
is, the cognitive behavioural patterns which are propagated via
communication, and which find what amounts to an ideal environment in the
electronic media.
The 1996 Festival week - which in future will always be in autumn -
coincides with the opening week of the Ars Electronica Center, which opens
its doors on 2 September 1996. The Ars Electronica Center is now
co-organiser together with the Upper Austrian Regional Studio of the ORF-
(Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) - of the Ars Electronica Festival. Both
the Ars Electronica Center and the Festival are under new management, with
artistic responsibility vested in media artist Gerfried Stocker as the new
Managing Director of the Center. Together with Christine Schopf of the ORF,
Gerfried Stocker is also responsible for substance and conception of the
Ars Electronica Festival.
As in previous years, the Prix Ars Electronica, which was first organised
in 1987 by the Upper Austrian Regional Studio of the ORF, will again be
one of the pillars of the Festival. In fact in 1996 it is to be accorded
even greater prominence in the Festival. The Prix Ars Electronica, which
this year is funded with a total of approx. US$ 122,600, provides a forum
for both the status quo and future developments in what the Festival
addresses as "digital evolution".
If you would like to receive entry forms for the international competition
of computer arts, the Prix Ars Electronica, please contact us under the
following numbers:
Tel: 43-732-6900-267, Fax: 43-732-712121-2, Email: info@aec.at
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BIT.MOVIE 96
April 4 - 8 1996, Riccione, Italy
Over the past eight years many accomplished digital artists and animators
from all over the world presented the year's best computer-generated
animations, images and videos at the Bit.Movie Festival.
Bit.Movie is a showcase for current examples of the use of computer graphics
and computer animation in a broad spectrum of fields, including scientific
and technical research, art and entertainment. Bit.Movie attendees represent
an ever-increasing variety of skills, interests, and backgrounds within the
field of computer graphics.
Along the traditional and most known sections of the contest, like the
animation section (for animations made on personal computer and played from
the hard disk), the still image section and the video section (for professional
works recorded on videotape), new areas of computer graphics will be
investigated in this ninth edition of the competition.
Interactive Multimedia, Demo and new cool VRML have been added to stimulate
the new and investigative use of digital mediums in modern art practice,
in scientific and technical research, education and entertainment.
Bit.Movie has free participation and free entrance and not only strives to
mobilize a large audience, but also offers a unique opportunity for
international debate between artists, critics and audience.
Bit.Movie is not only a competition but also a Conference with presentations,
debates, and audience questions on the present and future of computer graphics
technologies.
Bit.Movie offers courses and seminars to learn about the latest breaking
trends, to stay current with fast-moving technology and exploit opportunities
in arts, science, education, interactive systems, 3D worlds, online graphical
societies and networked environments.
Join us! Participate in a session which suits your interests and become
a part of the eclectic network of people who are providing the Bit.Movie
public with the most exciting emotions. On the following pages you will
find submissions guidelines and deadline dates.
Carlo Mainardi, Chairman of the Bit.Movie program.
Via Bergamo, 2 - 47036 Riccione, Italy.
Tel. + Fax: 39-541-643016, E-mail: bitmovie@mclink.it
http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/bitmovie
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Why subscribe?
The RHIZOME mailing list is a forum for the exchange of critical writing,
commentary and opinion about what's going on at the intersection of new
media and contemporary art. Such a debate is crucial if new media art is to
emerge out of its current boom as a significant contribution to the broader
concerns of contemporary art.
You are invited to be outspoken and opinionated in your critique. In Europe
at least, one frequently hears comments like, "I've checked out the
Internet; there's no interesting art going on there." It's true that one
has to open a lot of world wide oysters to find a web pearl. Taking
seriously the potential of new media means raising expectations beyond the
initial gee-whiz enthusiasm over the aura of high technology. Interesting
work *is* starting to emerge, and a lively debate will allow the RHIZOME
list to function as a filter to help sort the pith from the dross.
Of course, you should feel free to write about other new media outside the
internet: VR, Nintendo, CD-ROMs, floppy disks...
At the start, the RHIZOME mailing list will be unmoderated. In order to
keep "noise" to a minimum, please use discretion in deciding when a reply
is best sent directly to the recipient, rather than to the whole list. Part
of the point of the RHIZOME project is to establish what Rop Gonggrijp of
Digital City calls "networks of trust" across the digital landscape.
Pending funding, RHIZOME will develop a world wide web resource for
critical writing and information on new media art. Eventually,
contributions from the mailing list will be selected and edited for
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Hi folks!
The daemon says:
"SUBconciousNET underwent some changes"
We have a new URL: http://www-wjp.cs.uni-sb.de/subnet/
(but the old adresse is still valid), we have a new look,
there are new projects, travelling through our realm is easier now,
so visite ScN, roam our streets and have a nice day!
In the name of the deamon,
Bernd Diemer, Sue Machert, Volker Hofmayer
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CALLS
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EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL
September 11-15 1996, Osnabrueck, Germany
Call for proposals!
We would like to warmly invite you to send in your
contributions to the 9th European Media Art Festival, to
take place in Osnabrurck between 11th and 15th September
1996.
New, experimental and artistically innovative productions
from the world of film, video, performance, installation,
multimedia and Internet will be presented and placed in
discussion.
Film & Video
A joint competition programme for Osnabrueck and Lucern.
As an absolute novum in the international film landscape,
the European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck and the
International Film, Video and Multimedia Festival, VIPER
jointly organize the most important European competition for
visually innovative film and video productions.
In this way, both festivals use their contacts and their
many years of experience in order to target new impulses and
generate increased attention for experimental film and video
art.
This offers authors the advantage of being able to send in
their films or tapes to both the EMAF and VIPER with just
one registration.
At the EMAF, the jury of German film journalists will
present the German prize for the best German experimental
film or video production. Additionally, the presentation of
a new award for an international production planned.
Specific details can be found in our next info-sheet.
The international jury in Lucern will present a prize to the
value of 5000 Swiss Francs for the best film and video work.
In conjunction with the joint competition programme,
retrospective portraits and portraits of artists will
complement the programme. In addition, performances, live
events, Internet projects and the exhibition featuring
computer and video installations will enhance and strengthen
European Media Art Festivals very distinct profile.
MULTIMEDIA
Internet and Multimedia are terms which have personified the
media discussion over the last few years. The EMAF offers a
forum for the presentation and discussion of artistic
projects within the network system and beyond commercial
structures. The emphasis in the choice of work will, simular
to the the COMMENIUS project by Ponton Media Lab, Hannover,
Germany and the advanced TECHNOSPHERE project from London
presented during the festival 1995, target the immediate
participation of the contributors and encourage a direct
discussion regarding contents and structures which goes far
beyond the simple, |show me your homepage|approach.
EXHIBITION: 11th - 29th Sept 1996
As in previous years, the Dominican Church is the central
venue for the Electronic Cafe and the exhibition presenting
the festival's video and computer installations. This
exceptional building provides the spatial element for
realising artistic concepts in an intensity of communication
between sculptural elements, projections and networked
systems.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FORUM
For some years now, an integral component of the EMAF has
been the Student Forum, where those studying at the various
European academic centres for media are given the
oppurtunity to display their current productions. This forum
has workshop character. However - or perhaps for this very
reason and on the basis of experience, it presents a
particularly lively programme and this year visitors to the
festival will be presented with a distinctive programme of
film and video works from international students, including
a large exhibition of installations as staged in 1995.
CALL FOR STATEMENTS
Artistic work integrating new forms of media is one of the
most interesting and topical in the realm of the fine arts
and visual creation. The EMAF - which has always been a
podium for discourse and creative argument - would like to
receive contributions in the form of thoughts, points of
view, essays and discussion concerning the state of media
art, its topoi and perspectives. Selected contributions will
be published in the festival catalogue
The works for the joint competition and proposals for all
other sections have to reach the EMAF in Osnabrueck no later
than 18th of May 1996.
Festivalorganization: Alfred Rotert, Hermann Noring, Ralf Sausmikat
Student Forum: Marion Gunther
More information:
European Media Art Festival.
Hasestr.71, PO Box 1861, D-49074 Osnabrueck, Germany
Tel: 49-541-21658, Fax: 49-541-28327
E-mail: emaf@ bionic.zer.de WWW: http:www.emaf.de
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ACM SYMPOSIUM ON VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY 1996
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong - July 1-4, 1996
Sponsored by: ACM SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH
The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is
a major international conference on the technical aspects of virtual real-
ity. This is the third VRST conference, with previous conferences held in
Singapore and Japan. VRST's technical program includes papers, panels,
tutorials and demonstrations of the latest VR technology and applications.
It attracts a wide range of international attendees, providing an excellent
opportunity to sample state of the art research from many international VR
research centers, and interact with researchers from around the world.
Papers from previous VRST conferences have been published in ACM Transac-
tions on Human-Computer Interaction (vol. 2, no. 3), and the May 1996 issue
of the Communications of the ACM. In addition, VRST'96 provides an excel-
lent opportunity to visit Hong Kong and other parts of Asia.
Call for Papers
VRST offers a high quality technical program, with papers reviewed by
an international program committee. The proceedings for VRST'96 will be
published by ACM, and will be available internationally after the confer-
ence through ACM and its agents. Papers are solicited on all technical
aspects of virtual reality and related technologies, including, but not
limited to, the following topics:
Input Devices, Haptic Feedback, Geometrical Modeling, Animation,
Distributed Environments, Simulation, Time Critical Rendering,
3D Interaction Techniques, VR Software, Environment Design, Collision
Detection, Games and Entertainment, Applications of VR, Output devices
Five copies of technical papers must be sent to one of the program co-
chairs by March 1, 1996. Authors of accepted papers will be notified in
April, and final camera ready copy will be required by the middle of May.
All papers must have a cover letter containing the name and address of the
contact author, along with email address, office phone and FAX number.
Papers must be sent by regular mail or courier, papers sent by FAX or elec-
tronically won't be accepted. Send papers to one of the following
addresses:
Michael Zyda Kim Fairchild
Naval Postgraduate School Institute of System's Science
Code CS/Zk, Dept. of Computer Science National University of Singapore
Spanagel Hall 516 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Kent Ridge
Monterey, California 93943-5118 Singapore 0511
Call for Tutorials
The first day of VRST is devoted to full and half day tutorials. Pro-
posals for tutorials on topics related to virtual reality and interactive
3D computer graphics should be sent to the General Chair at the address
listed below by March 1, 1996. Proposals should include the title of the
tutorial, a short description of the tutorial suitable for publication in
the final program, a list of topics covered, AV and computer requirements,
and a list of presenters with short biographical sketches. The cover let-
ter submitted with the tutorial proposal must contain complete contact
information for the tutorial organizer.
Call for Demonstrations
Facilities are available at Hong Kong University for demonstrating
innovative virtual reality applications and tools. If you are interested
in demonstrating the results of your research contact the General Chair at
the address below by March 15, 1996. A special demonstration session will
be scheduled if enough interest is shown.
General Conference Information
The conference's technical program will be held at Hong Kong University,
and special arrangements will be made at a hotel in Hong Kong's down-
town area for attendee accommodation. The hotel location is close to the
major tourist sites, cultural centers, and night life, making this is an
ideal opportunity for a family vacation. Hong Kong's excellent air connec-
tions makes this the ideal starting point for an Asian vacation, or a tour
of the major VR research laboratories in this part of the world.
Further information on VRST'96 can be obtained from the general chair
at the following address:
Dr. Mark Green, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
E-mail: mark@cs.ualberta.ca, Tel: 1-403-492-4584, Fax: 1-403-492-1071
Information can also be obtained from the VRST'96 WEB page at:
http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~mark/vrst96.html
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ART GALLERY
February 16 - April 12 1996, Chicago, Illinois
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: From Budapest to Berlin, 1914- 1923
FOCI: Joan Truckenbrod: family values, an interactive installation
Illinois Art Gallery, James R. Thompson Center SUite 2-100,
100 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Tel: 1-312-814-5322
IMAGINA
February 21 - 23 1996, Monaco, France
Conferences on Virtual Worlds, Augmented Reality, Infohighways,
Special Effects. Panels, Workshops, International Competition,
Industrial Exhibition.
Info: INA-Imagina, 4 avenue de l'Europe, 94366 Bry-sur Marne cedex,
France. Tel: 33-1-4983-2693, Fax: 3185, E-mail: imagina@imagina.ina.fr
L'ALTERNATIVA '96
February 23 - March 2 1996, Barcelona, Spain
3rd Alternative Film Festival
Info and Entry forms for both the Festival and the Grants:
La Fabrica de Cindema Alternatiu
Ms Silvia Capella or Karyn Riegel, CCCB, Montalegre 5, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: 34-3-4120-781/82, Fax: 520 or: 34-3-3180612
PANDMOMIUM FESTIVAL
March 8 -14 1996, London, UK
London Festival of Moving Images
Contact: Karen Dowell, Festival Organiser,
5- 7 Buck Street, London NW1 8NJ, UK. Tel: 44-171-4240411,
Fax: 44-171-2676078, Email: enquiries@pandaem.demon.co.uk
SIMTECT 96
March 25 - 27 1996, Melbourne, Australia
The Simulation Technology and Training Conference. Info:
Dr. Sabina Sestito, SimTecT 96
Air Operations Division, AMRL
POB 4331, Melbourne, VIC 3001 Australia
Tel: 61-3-9626-7271, Fax: 7084, Email: jennifer.edwards@dsto.defence.gov.au
WWW: http://www.cse.rmit.edu.au/simtect
11th VIDEOFORMES
March 26 - 30 1996
Videoformes, Laurent de Bussac, BP 71, 63003 Clermond-Ferrand Cedex 1,
France
Tel: 33-73-906758, Fax: 924418
8TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILM
March 29 - April 3 1996, Stuttgart, Germany.
Competitions. One prize of DM 35.000, 2 of DM 15.000 and several other
amounts to be won. Info:
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival, Teckstrasse 56, D-70190 Stuttgart,
Germany. Tel: 49-711-262-2699, Fax: 4980
DIGITAL AESTHETICS ONE
April 9 - 13 1996, Sydney, Australia
Info: Werner Hammerstingl, Convener, President, C.A.T.
P.O. Box 1545 P, G.P.O. Melbourne 3001 Australia.
Tel/Fax: 61-3-7281162, E-mail: cat@netspace.net.au
39th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL
April 18 - May 5 1996, San Francisco, USA
SFIFF, 1521 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94115-4102 USA.
Tel: 1-415-929-5014, Fax: 921-5032, Email: sfiff@sfiff.org
WWW: http://sfiff.org/sfiff
WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL 1996
April 26 - 30 1996, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Info: W.W.V.C. Spui 189, 2511 BN Den Haag, The Netherlands
Tel: 31-70-3644 805, Email: wwvideo@bart.nl
TRANSCOM
May 8 - 11 1996, Geneva, Switzerland.
An international exhibition in the field of communication and high technology
Info: Secretariat Transcom, 7 Rue de berne, PO Box 1731, CH - 1211 Geneva 1,
Switzerland. Tel: 41-22-908-1811, Fax: 1835.
MULTIMEDIA
May 22 - 25 1996, Toronto, Canada
Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre. Conference and Trade Show.
Info: Multimedia Trade Shows Inc, 7-70 Villarbot Crescent, Concord, ON L4K 4C7, Canada
Tel: 1-905-660-2491, Fax: 2492, WWW: http://multimedia.magic.ca
5CYBERCONF
June 6 - 9 1996, Madrid, Spain
Fifth International Conference on Cyberspace
Info: 5Cyberconf, Gran Via, 28. 2 planta, 28013 Madrid, Espana
Tel: 34-1-542-9380, Fax: 34-1-521-0041, E-mail: 5cyberconf@ceai.telefonica.es
http://www.telefonica.es/fat/
ED-MEDIA
June 17 - 22 1996, Boston, Mass., USA
World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Papers, Panels, Roundtables, Tutorials/Workshops, Posters/Demonstrations
Info: AACE, PO Box 2966, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA.
Tel: 1-804-973-3987, Fax: 978-7449, Email: AACE@Virginia.Edu
EUROGRAPHICS '96
August 26 - 30 1996, Futuroscope Poitiers, France
Info & Call: Eurographics'96, INRIA Rocquencourt, POB 105, 78153 Le
Chesnais
Cedex, France. Tel: 33-1-396356-00, fax: 38, E-mail: eg96@inria.fr
CADEX '96
International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Aided Design
September 9 - 12 1996, Hagenberg Castle, Hagenberg, Austria.
General Organizer and Chairman :
Harold P. Santo, GRASP - Cadex '96, PO Box 4076, Massama, 2745 Queluz,
Portugal. Tel/Fax : 351-1-439-2571, E-mail: chpsanto@beta.ist.utl.pt
ARS ELECTRONICA 1996
"Memesis - The Future Of Evolution
September 2 - 7, 1996, Linz, Austria
To receive entry forms for the international competition
of computer arts, the Prix Ars Electronica, please contact us under the
following numbers:
Tel: 43-732-6900-267, Fax: 43-732-712121-2, Email: info@aec.at
ISEA96
September 16 - 20 1996, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Including DEAF96 (Dutch Electronic Art Festival, September 17-22)
organized by V2) and in cooperation with R96 (City-wide festival on New
Media, September 16-29, organized by Rotterdam Festivals).
Contact:
ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR, Rotterdam
Tel/fax: 31-10-4778605, Email: ISEA96@HRO.NL
URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~isea or http://www.eur.nl/ISEA96
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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 mentioned in this
Newsletter by contacting ISEA.
Support: Erasmus University Rotterdam (Law Dept), Amsterdam University,
V2 Organisation, Museum der Stad Gladbeck, The Council for the Int. Bienale
in Nagoya, KITT Engineering, Viking Eggeling-Salskapet, Bratislava Academy
of Fine Arts & Design, Softimage, Inc, Lokman Productions, ARTCOM in
Deutschland e.V., Painatuskeskus Oy, Tallinn Art University, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, BSO Medialab, Koln Academy for Media Arts, Monitor
Information Systems, , Centre Georges Pompidou, Rotterdam Academy of Art &
Design , ANAT, Moviola, ZKM.
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