THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS ISEA NEWSLETTER
#74 October- November 1999
ISSN1488-3635
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JOBS AND CALLS
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RESIDENCIES
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NATIONAL GLASS CENTRE, SUNDERLAND
NEW MILLENIUM RESIDENCIES
These two residencies offer a unique opportunity to research practises
involving glass and digital technologies for six months, based at the
National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
Benefits include:
A fee of � plus allowance for travel, materials and equipment
A studio base at the National Glass Centre and use of facilities at TEST
Digital Research Facility in Huddersfield Subsidised Accomodation
Some teaching at the University of Sunderland
Possibility of an exhibition and/or permanent commission at the NGC
Residency one - Jan 2000 - June 2000
Residency two - July 2000 - Jan 2001
Applications details are available by email from matt locke at:
matt.digitalarts@architechs.com
or snail mail by sending an SAE to:
Ann Fletcher
Head of Arts
National Glass Centre
Liberty Way
Sunderland
SR6 0GL
UK
These residencies are supported by:
The National Glass Centre, TEST Digital Research Facility, Northern Arts,
The Arts Council of England, University of Sunderland, Millenium Festival
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THE EXPLORATORIUM'S RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS
Founded in 1969 by Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, a noted physicist and teacher,
the Exploratorium embodies a "culture of learning," a place that invites
visitors, artists, scientists, educators, and developers to reach out,
experiment, and explore the natural world in new ways. From its beginning,
the museum has used the observations made by scientists and artists as a
means of developing a clearer understanding of nature and natural
phenomena among its visitors.
The Exploratorium's original exhibitry, artworks, and innovative
programming are based on a novel interactive approach to experiential
learning. On the museum floor more than 650 exhibits invite visitors to
make their own discoveries about how their world works. They can blow giant
bubbles, look inside a cow's eye, leave their shadows on a wall, or touch a
tornado. They can paint with light, explore illusions, or surf the World
Wide Web.
Since the museum opened, art and science have complemented each other on
the exhibit floor. In the words of Dr. Oppenheimer:
"Art is included, not just to make things pretty, although it often does
so, but primarily because artists make different kinds of discoveries
about nature than do physicists or geologists. They also rely on a
different basis for decision-making while creating their exhibits. But
both artists and scientists help us notice and appreciate things in nature
that we had learned to ignore or had never been taught to see. Both art
and science are needed to fully understand nature and its effects on
people. The art in the Exploratorium is therefore blended with the
science as part of the overall pedagogy."
Goals of the Residency Program
- Provide the public access to the investigative processes used by artists.
- Develop new insights and understandings by incorporating the artistic
process with other investigative processes.
- Enhance the role of the museum as a center of cultural
investigation.
- Provide a laboratory setting for artist-conducted research which, in
turn, adds to the overall creative atmosphere of the museum and provides
an intellectual and technical basis for artists.
- Initiate internal and public discourse about the relationship among art,
science, human activities, and topics related to
multidisciplinary and multicultural activities.
- Elucidate, by example, the role that artists can play in modern society.
Overview of the Residency Program
The Exploratorium Residency Program is multidisciplinary in nature and
includes a research and development process that may result in temporal
works (such as performances, films and videos, workshops, or public
presentations) as well as artworks and installations that may become part
of the museum's regular collection. There are two distinct residency
opportunities, further described below.
Experimental Residencies
An Experimental Residency is short-term, generally lasting one to two weeks
in length. Residency activities are focused on facilitating a dialogue
between an artist and the staff, introducing his or her work to the museum.
There is no expectation that the artist will develop a physical exhibit or
installation during their stay. These low-key, process-oriented
residencies give an artist the opportunity to become a part of the
Exploratorium community, to discover whether there are mutually beneficial
interests between the museum and the artist, and whether the environment is
conducive to the artist's working style. These residencies are often used
as an experimental phase for potential candidates for the more formal
Artist-in-Residence residencies. Artists are provided with a small
stipend, round-trip travel to San Francisco, and living expenses while they
are at the museum.
Artist-in-Residence
The Artist-in-Residence (AIR) is a formal residency for the creation of new
artworks at the Exploratorium. While still e xperimental in nature, AIR
residencies are focused around a formal proposal for a specific artwork
or installation. Artists are expected to be in residence for an extended
period of time (anywhere from one to six months), to work closely with
staff during the research, development and implementation of their
projects, and to contribute to dialogue at the museum through informal
staff presentations and more formal talks and programs with visitors.
AIR residencies are usually structured in two phases- an experimental
phase where the artist develops his or her project ideas, and an
implementation phase where the final artwork is completed. Contracts are
structured such that a residency is reviewed after the experimental phase
and can be ended if it is felt the project will not be appropriate for the
museum. AIR Residencies provide an artist stipend, travel and housing
expenses as necessary, materials expenses for the project, as well as work
space and staff support.
Selection Criteria for Exploratorium Residencies
- quality of concept
- quality of past work
- ability to communicate
- willingness to collaborate and to share new ideas
- relevance of project content to other current projects or
investigations at the museum
- expressed staff interest in the project and artist
How to apply
Submit a letter of interest to Pamela Winfrey that describes in general
terms what you would like to do and, if appropriate, which type of
residency you would like to be considered for. Include background
information, slides and other supporting materials. If you would like your
materials returned to you, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped
envelope. There are no formal deadlines, however much of the curating
occurs on an annual basis in October and November.
Questions about these guidelines should be directed to Pamela Winfrey (415)
561-0309 or Donna Wong (415) 353-0482.
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PUBLICATIONS
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BOOK
OLD BOYS NETWORK
The OLD BOYS NETWORK calls for contributions to its new editorial project,
provisionally titled: CYBERFEMINISM, Next Protocols - a BOOK with new and
controversial approaches to Cyberfeminism. Why? We are in need of a book
which reflects the actual (and future) state of the art of thinking about,
and inventing, the digital medium in its capacity to subvert cultural
practices a cyberfeminist perspective can provide. Verena Kuni (Germany),
Claudia Reiche (Germany), Yvonne Volkart (Switzerland), and Faith Wilding
(USA), as the editorial group are looking for feminist modes of accessing,
queering, transgressing, rethinking or using information based
technologies--electronic communication (including command and control),
word or image processing, every form of virtuality and simulation,
biotechnologies, body politics ... To start the discussion, the OLD BOYS
NETWORK offers an outline of some utopian reflections on contemporary
Cyberfeminisms, which indicate our special fields of interest, and may
suggest debate topics.
With the publishers of Autonomedia Books (New York) we hope to create a
network of contributions to be published in the year 2000 or 2001. We wish
to consider a broad variety of texts and non- textual projects, from
experimental to theoretical, activist, poetic, polemical, fragmentary,
philosophical, and the like. If you call yourself a woman and are
interested in the communicating and debating potential of this
CYBERFEMINIST project you are invited to submit proposals. New, unpublished
work is preferred.
Please email your proposals: 300-500 words, in English by the 30th October,
1999 to the OLD BOYS NETWORK. Contact: boys@obn.org Visit:
http://www.obn.org. Please include your full name, postal address,
telephone, email address, and a two line biography in your proposal.
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CALLS FOR PROJECTS AND PAPERS
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CONSCIOUSNESS REFRAMED 2000
art technology and consciousness
3rd CAiiA-STAR International Research Conference
Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts
University of Wales College, Newport, UK.
http://caiia-star.newport.plymouth.ac.uk
23 - 30 August 2000
Director: Roy Ascott
CALL FOR PAPERS
Consciousness Reframed 2000 is a forum for developments in the field of
art, technology and consciousness. Following the success of the previous
Consciousness Reframed conferences in 1997 and 1998 (each of which
attracted some 200 delegates from 23 countries, including 100
presenters), Consciousness Reframed 2000 will again take place at the
Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA), University
of Wales College, Newport . As in 1998, it will be followed the Workshop
"Interstices: the Architecture of Consciousness" at the Science Technology
and Art Research Centre (STAR), University of Plymouth (28/29 August).
(Participation in the Workshop will be limited to those presenting papers
at the Conference).
Registration and Reception for Consciousness Reframed 2000 will be on
Wednesday 23 August. The conference programme will be scheduled from
Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 inclusive.
Call for Conference Papers:
Papers are invited from researchers in all disciplines who are involved in
exploring, through theory and practice, inter-relationships between art,
technology and consciousness. Researchers in the sciences, technology, and
the humanities, as well as the arts, are invited to submit.
Abstracts (500 word maximum) are due by 5 November 1999 Submit your
abstract as an attached document in Microsoft Word by e-mail to Kay
Bosanko Sheady at aces@newport.ac.uk. Include up to five keywords with
your abstract.
Include in your submission the title of the paper, full name(s) of
author(s), institutional affiliation(9s), and your mailing address,
including email/phone/fax/and URL if applicable. (If Panels are proposed,
give details of each panellist) Your Abstract must be accompanied by a
declaration of intention to attend the conference. Abstracts will be
acknowledged on receipt and authors will be notified of acceptance by 20
December 1999
Dealine of 1 March 2000 for full Papers
Your Paper (no more than 2500 words) will be required by 1 March 2000.
Papers received after this date will not be published.
Contact Person: Kay Bosanko Sheady at aces@newport.ac.uk
http://caiia-star.newport.plymouth.ac.uk
W S C G ' 2000
The 8-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics,
Visualization and Digital Interactive Media 2000
February 7 - 11, 2000
Plzen, Czech Republic
held in cooperation with
EUROGRAPHICS, IFIP working group 5.10 , Computer Graphics International -
CGI on Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds
Call for Papers & Participation
Deadline for papers: October 13, 1999
Conference dates: February 7. - 11., 2000
Information: http://wscg.zcu.cz
If you are willing to help us as a REVIEWER, please, fill in the form at
the http://wscg.zcu.cz/reviewer.htm
Conference Chairs:
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, MIRALab-CUI, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland Vaclav
Skala, Univ. of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Keynote speakers:
(preliminary)
Carl Machover, Machover Associates Corp., USA
Ben Delaney, CyberEdge Information Services, USA
Philip J.Willis, Univ.of Bath, UK
Andrej Iones, Univ.of St.Peterburg, Russia
Sponsors and supporting organizations (Preliminary):
Compaq Computers, Hewlett Packard, IBM,
Silicon Graphics, Intergraph, Bentley Systems, Microsoft,
Autodesk, CyberEdge Information Services (USA)
Topics included:
Fundamental algorithms, rendering and visualization, virtual reality,
animation and multimedia, medical imaging, geometric modelling and
fractals, graphical interaction, object-oriented graphics, WWW
technologies, standards, computer vision, parallel and distributed
graphics, computational geometry, computer aided geometric design, CAD/CAM,
DTP and GIS systems, educational aspects of related fields, usage of
graphics within mathematical software (Maple, Mathematica, MathCAD etc.) in
education.
Papers on all aspects of computer graphics are encouraged
The program includes international books exhibition and video show, too.
W S C G '2000 International Exhibition
Information for exhibitors: Please contact the organiser as soon as
possible for detailed information and conditions.
The WSCG Exhibition will be held in parallel. Top leading European and
Czech companies active in computer graphics, visualization and computer
vision, CAD/CAM and GIS systems, virtual reality, multimedia systems and
others will be presenting their latest products.
Special programme will be available, too.
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings with ISBN.
They are reviewed by INSPEC, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, InfoStore,
IEE, ISI, AIMS, INIST and others for citations index and other purposes.
The best papers will be considered for possible publication in the Journal
of Visualisation and Computer Animation, Computers & Graphics, The Visual
Computer, Machine Graphics & Vision and others journals.
Organizer and Conference secretariat:
Prof.Ing.Vaclav Skala, CSc.
c/o Computer Science Dept., Univ.of West Bohemia
Univerzitni 8, Box 314, 306 14 Plzen, Czech Republic
e-mail: skala@kiv.zcu.cz Subject: INFO WSCG
tel.:+420-19-7491-188 fax:+420-19-7822-578, 799
include your e-mail!!!
The latest information is available at:
http://wscg.zcu.cz select WSCG'2000
Information on all WSCG conferences:
http://wscg.zcu.cz
In case of any problems use:
http://147.228.63.9
or send a mail to maxvs@bath.ac.uk
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CALL FOR SOUNDS OF HYSTERIA
Audio CD to be included in the next issue of LINK#5, Hysteria.
Artists should submit sound works which address the topic of hysteria
ranging from the serious to the delirious, the obvious to the oblique, the
prosaic to the poetic. Artists might want to question the mytho-medical
etymology of the terms and its gender specificity; investigate the meaning
of hysteria in worlds as different as the mental health system and the
comedy club (but are they so different?); examine possible links between
such worlds.
Link: A Critical Journal on the Arts in Baltimore and the World is a
journal dedicated to progressive, serious, and eccentric writings about
art. A Baltimore-based publication, inclusive of the arts and artists in
our area and around the world. Nurturing writers and serving the local arts
community are central to the journal's goal of enhancing critical dialogue
about the arts in Baltimore, as they are situated in a national and
international context. http://www.baltolink.org/
- Media accepted: audio CD, DAT (44.1 kHz), mini-disk, zip/syquest (.aiff
files) Please include a 200 word statement about the audio work, an artist
statement, and exact duration of work sumbitted. If you would like the
materials returned please include return postage.
- Duration limits: 1-10 mins.
- Deadline: October 17, 1999
- Selected artists will be notified by November 1st
Send to:
Steve Bradley, Assit. Prof. Visual Arts
LINK#5: Hysteria audio CD
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Visual Arts Department
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
- Questions: Steve Bradley sbradley@umbc.edu
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4TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR ARCHITECTURE IN VIDEO
Florence, 9-12 December 1999
New media, cinema and innovation: from Reconstruction to Sustainability
PRESENTATION
The DPMPE of the University of Florence is pleased to announce the 4th
International Festival for Architecture in Video, an event dedicated as in
the previous years to everyone who is involved in the study, design, and
communication of architecture. The aim of the Festival is to encourage the
development of meaningful works exploring the relationship between
architecture and new means of communication, with special regards to the
digital media.
The International Festival for Architecture in Video represents one of the
main shows dedicated to the documentation and communication of architecture
in film, works in video and animation, to the presentation of designs and
documentary film and technical information destined to the designer,
critics, and students of architecture.
HOW TO ATTEND TO THE FESTIVAL
The University of Florence, DPMPE invite you to attend to the 4th
edition of the International Festival for Architecture in Video.
The attendance is open to authors and/or producers - designers, students,
researchers in architecture, builders , distributors of products and
systems for the building branch - of videos and digital media regarding
projects or architectural realisations, researches and studies about the
contemporary city and its architecture; they can also concern the process
of production, the materials and components of building trade.
We welcome works whose content is related to recent projects,
realisations and researches, divided according to the following
categories:
· videos and films about architecture: works dedicated to the
presentation, analysis and documentation of architecture;
· videos by students: works realised by Italian and foreign
students in architecture;
· video by Architects: works realised by or for professionals or
professional studies of architecture;
· videos about industry: technical documentaries and
promotional videos concerning the production process, products and
innovating building systems;
· digital media: works in CD Rom or Internet dedicated to
architecture.
Special attention will be paid to all the material concerning the central
theme of the Festival - the development of architecture and of the building
branch in Europe from its recent past to nowadays, from the Reconstruction
(the 1950s) to Sustainability ( the 1990s).
The participants have to send their works not later than October, 30th 1999
to the following address:
International Festival for Architecture in Video
IMAGE, via Scipione Ammirato 82
50136 Firenze, Italy
tel +39 055 666316 fax +39 055 6241253
www.architettura.it/image
image@architettura.it
The attendance is free. All the works must be accompanied by an attendance
paper or digital indicating:
· the category to which the work is participating;
· an introducing passage of the work (2000/3000 strokes around) and the
three images best representing its contents;
· a biographical note about the author or authors;
· a brief technical explanation of the building technologies to be used or
really used in the realisation.
The participants will be selected by a commission formed by technologists,
architects, experts in communication according to the categories described
above. The works selected for the exhibition will be included in the
catalogue of the 4th Festival for Architecture in Video. The material won't
be turned back and will become part of a permanent archive of architecture
in video.
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SIGGRAPH 2000
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Conference 23-28 July 2000
Exhibition 25-27 July 2000
Sections and Deadlines
n.b.: all submissions must be received by 5pm Pacific Time on the posted
deadlines
Papers
The annual international forum for definitive advances in
computer graphics and interactive techniques :
12 January 2000
Panels
Insight, controversy, and questions on computer graphics,
interactive techniques, and their applications:
Early Feedback: 27 October 1999
Proposals: 12 January 2000
Courses
Instructional sessions that teach the how and why of computer graphics in
art, animation, engineering, science, and alternative realities.
Early Feedback: 27 October 1999
Proposals: 1 December 1999
Sketches & Applications
Inspirations, speculations, works in progress, and practical
innovations.
Proposals: 8 March 2000
information:
http://www.siggraph.org/s2000/cfp/
chair-s2000@siggraph.org
siggraph2000@siggraph.org
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AGENDA
CALL FOR ARTISTS
"AgendA", an exciting and provocative online multimedia installation, is
being created to explore a range of issues that affect women's lives and
creative output.
The project will compare and contrast the way women from worldwide
locations express the cultural, social, and political issues of the moment
through imagery, sound, and text. Fifteen international artists, who have
distinguished themselves through work directly related to these issues,
will participate.
Specific issues:
Politics -- art and activism merge in the interest of change
Technology -- imaginative use of digital tools in the service of art
Violence -- surviving domestic violence, tragedy, and war
Humor -- social and political implications of humor
Environment -- addressing natural and human changes in our home and global
ecologies
The "AgendA" site is being designed and produced by Muriel Magenta,
Resident Artist of the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State
University, USA.
An honorarium is awarded to each participating artist.
Entry Guidelines:
1) Please send examples of your work -- any combination of the following
that represents you best: slides, computer disks (TIFF files), photographs,
videotapes, CDs, URLs, catalogs, reviews.
2) Applicant artists must have a group of key images on one of the issues
listed above. The images may be from different bodies of work. All media
and formats welcome in any combination. Especially interested in unique
projects.
3) Please indicate which issue(s) is represented by your work.
4) Also send resume (plus bio and artist statement if available).
Feel free to ask questions prior to the deadline.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 30, 1999.
You may distribute copies of this announcement and/or make artist
recommendations for individual invitations.
Mail / Contact:
Muriel Magenta
Institute for Studies in the Arts
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-3302 USA
Tel: 480-965-4483
Fax: 480-965-2533
E-mail: muriel.magenta@asu.edu
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GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE,
LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON
Take an LED screen the height of a 4-storey building....place it in
Leicester Square, in the heart of London, where 4 million people pass
through every month.... leave it running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for
an entire year - run it simultaneously on a live webcast to a potential
further audience of 180 million ....Now stand back and watch...
...Welcome to the Global Multimedia Interface...
Built into the architecture of London's newest and most innovative
entertainment complex, 'Home', the GMI should be perceived as more of an
evolving artwork than an exhibition screen. Part architectural feature,
part communications forum; the largest and most dynamic permanent visual
interface yet established between cyberspace and the real world.
In the first year alone approximately eight thousand eight hundred and
sixty hours of screening time will be packaged into themed bundles; from
one minute animations to three hour movies.
The Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT) is working in
collaboration with Big Beat - the people responsible for 'Home' - to
commission new work and to curate and programme a wide range of existing
work for the GMI.
We need your help in assembling material for the GMI. I wondered therefore
whether you may be able to recommend artists' work that would benefit from
exposure in this context? If you have a showreel or showreels of recent
single-channel material that we could view it would help us enormously. We
are particularly keen to create opportunities for emerging artists and to
ensure new commissioning contexts for established artists, designers and
image makers.
Please note that all of the work presented will be re-configured for the
screen format only with the consent of the artist or the artist's
representative.
If you would like further information on the project, or if you have
showreels and artists recommendations, please contact:
Fee Plumley, Project Co-ordinator,
Foundation for Art & Creative Technology,
Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool. L1 3BX.
Tel: +44 (0) 151 709 2663. Fax: +44 (0) 151 707 2150. gmi@fact.co.uk
Submissions on VHS (PAL or NTSC) only, please.
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NEXT 1.0 - NEW EXTENSTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY
Karlstad University, Sweden
April 5-7, 2000.
CALL FOR PAPERS, PERFORMANCES, & INSTALLATIONS
Drawing on multiple technical and artistic traditions, many artists and
writers of the late twentieth century are exploring the aesthetic and
discursive possibilities of digital technologies. New collective forms of
cultural production and exchange are evolving from the communication
practices supported by the new media. At the same time, theorists and
critics are investigating the place of new media artifacts in social,
philosophical, and critical contexts.
NEXT 1.0 will bring together an international field of practitioners and
scholars engaged in the work of making these technologies meaningful for
contemporary culture. An academic conference and an artistic exhibition,
NEXT 1.0 will represent a unique forum for celebrating and critiquing the
techniques, forms, and aesthetics of new media.
Scholars and artists working in new media arts, theory, and criticism
are encouraged to submit proposals to present their work at the conference.
Presentations may be in the form of scholarly papers or presentations; or
performance, installations, or sculpture incorporating digital
technologies, interactive or digital video, virtual environments, or
network-based elements. Conference sessions may combine academic
presentations with mediated performances; we encourage proposals which push
the boundaries of the traditional conference paper in form and content.
CONFERENCE THEMES
Creating Content for Interactive New Media One of our themes is to develop
alternative approaches to the design of narrativity in interactive digital
environments. How can the spatial qualities of the VR units, for example,
be employed to create narrative experiences in new and innovative ways? The
development of new approaches to narrative design will require the use of a
wide spectrum of traditions, genres, styles and disciplines, ranging from
theatre to poetry to film.
Virtual Connected Communities
Human identity is increasingly bound up with machines, thus the need to
consider transformations of technology in terms of the changing human
machine interface. Extending McLuhan's sense of the medium as message, we
are now part of the medium. In a real rather than metaphorical sense,
humans are nodes in a connected intelligence and connected communities.
Part of a network that produces, receives and consumes culture in new ways.
Exploring these virtual connected communities is an important theme for
NEXT.
Storytelling
This theme is based on a number of rather straightforward questions. What
is the relationship between writing technology and individuals who use this
technology to either write or read? More specifically, how is the
experience of a narrative, again for both readers and writers, affected by
the particular features, limits and paradigms of a particular "writing
machine," such as the type-writer or hypertext? And lastly, how is the
notion of reading/ writing communities affected by major changes in writing
technology such as the current developments occurring around the phenomenon
of the Internet and the World Wide Web?
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS / ARTISTS
* Monika Fleischmann - Head of computer art activities at GMD - German
National Research Center for Information Technology. Monika will talk about
MIXED REALITY and her project Murmuring Fields.
* Michael Joyce - Author, originator of the genre of hypertext fiction,
and co-inventor of Storyspace, software intended for writing non-linear
fiction. Michael will present the premiere of his new hypertext novel.
* Rafael Lozano - Artistic Director at Telefonica, Spain, Artistic Director
of 5CyberConf - and Will Bauer - Inventor of the Martin Lighting Director
(virtual tracking system). Will and Rafael will be presenting their
telepresent Virtual Reality installation The Trace.
* Steve Jones - Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at
Chicago. His books include Doing Internet Research, CyberSociety 2.0,
Virtual Culture, CyberSociety, and Rock Formations. He is also coeditor of
the journal New Media and Society.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Proposals should not exceed 500 words in length. Please indicate which of
the above themes your paper falls under.
If your presentation requires specific media or technical support (computer
or network access, 35 MM slides, videotape, etc.), describe your needs in
detail, including specific OS or hardware requirements (Mac OS or Windows
95/98/NT), if appropriate.
Proposals should be submitted to electronically to:
andreas.kitzmann@kau.se
All proposals *must* be submitted in WWW-ready format (ASCII text, or
simple HTML code), either as attachments to email correspondence or within
the body of the email message.
PERFORMANCES / INSTALLATIONS / "NET"WORK
NEXT is generally interested in artistic work that advances new concepts of
technology, and more particularly in electronic art in which content is
directly informed by an understanding of technological theory. Pieces which
address concerns related to the above-stated themes will have the best
chance of success. NEXT will screen installations, video tapes,
performances, games, and anything in-between.
Please submit a 2-page description of your project, a 1-page biography, a
complete list of technical requirements, plus examples of your work on PAL
VHS tapes, PC or Mac CD-ROM, or Audio CD to:
Steve Gibson, Artistic Coordinator, NEXT Conference, Media and
Communications, Karlstad University, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
Please be aware that NEXT has a limited budget for equipment rental. Those
projects in which the artist provides his or her own equipment will have
the greatest chance of being accepted to NEXT.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: December 1, 1999.
Notification of acceptance of proposals will be sent out by January 1, 2000.
CONTACTS:
Executive Director: Robert Burnett
Artistic Director: Steve Gibson
Paper Editor: Andreas Kitzmann
Promotions: Jesper Falkheimer
Web Master: Robert Hamilton
Technician: Håkan Lindh
Bookings/Transportation: Christer Clerwall
Secretary: Birgitta Andersson
Conference address:
NEXT Conference, Media and Communications, Karlstad University, 651 88
Karlstad, Sweden.
Phone: 46-54-700-1654. Fax: 46-54-700-1445
http://www.media.kau.se/NEXT.html
Check regularly for updates.
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EXPLODING CINEMA/INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ROTTERDAM
5th Exploding Cinema / 29th International Film Festival Rotterdam
26 January - 6 February 2000
Deadline for Submission October 15, 1999
Exploding Cinema is the programme in which the Film Festival focuses on
the future of cinema. As we line up to enter the next millennium, cinema
is being transformed by the digital era in a rapid way. At the same time,
cinema has become a universal language influencing visual culture as a
whole, and is used in digital media and the fine arts as well as in clubs
and computer games. Exploding Cinema explores how the style and grammar of
cinema are being used and taken by filmmakers and artist's from all corners
of the art and media world. Exploding Cinema explores all those new forms
of cinematography in other media and environments, and looks into the
future and it's effect on cinema as we know it.
In the last four years, the Exploding Cinema programme featured interactive
or cinematographic installations from artist's such as Diller & Scofidio,
Judith Barry, John Maybury and Steve McQueen, live events exploring the
field of visualising sound with performances by Pierre Henry, David Shea,
Ken Ishii, DJ Spooky and Photek, lectures about the future of cinema from
filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway and presentations of new media
designers and theorists as Janet Murray, the MIT Medialab, Saskia Sassen,
Steven Johnson and Douglas Rushkoff.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Participation in the programme is open to feature films, experimental
films, shorts and innovative visual productions for digital media
(networks, cd-rom, games, installation).
HOW TO ENTER
Send the items listed below according to the type of entry you are
submitting (net-work, CD-Rom, game, installation, live
concert/performance, film/video). There is no entry fee. It should contain
new work, so made between the 1999 and the 2000 festival's deadline for
submission october 1, 1999. Entry forms must be completed, along with the
following enclosures:
- Video-democassette VHS (PAL/NTSC), U-Matic (PAL/NTSC)
- Director's statement- Biography and filmography of the director
- Cast and crew list
- Synopsis
- Stills or Slides (at least 1)
- Press booklet
None of the above listed enclosures will be returned.
Networks, CD-Roms, games
Please submit CD-Rom or URL, labelled with title, format and relevant
technical details. Please give technical requirements and preferred
setting for exhibition.
Installations
(film, video and new media art to exhibit) Please send a written proposal,
visual material (VHS preview copy), a cv and a proposed budget.
Concert and Live performances
Please send VHS/CD and technical requirements.
Film and Video
You can find complete regulations and entry forms at the
festival website http://www.iffrotterdam.nl
The entry of a film for the film festival implies the acceptance of the
regulations, as to be found on the website, http://www.iffrotterdam.nl
Send all material to:
Exploding Cinema/International Film Festival Rotterdam
Postbus 21696
3001 AR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
For detailed information, please contact the festival at:
31-10-8909090 phone
31-10-8909091 fax
exploding@iffrotterdam.nl
http://www.iffrotterdam.nl
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NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
NYFA's Arts and Technology Technical Assistance Program (TechTAP) provides
funding for New York State arts organizations for consultants, travel,
staff training and professional development. TechTAP funded projects
should address problems and issues specific to integrating technology into
arts management, production and services. Funded projects may assist
organizations inadministration, communication, marketing, collaboration,
coordination and delivery of high quality arts programming and services.
Projects should develop a sustainable vision of what your organization can
achieve via technology. Proposals that address the needs of individuals
with disabilities and that reflect demographic and discipline diversity are
encouraged.
TechTAP will support the development and implementation of the following:
-Program-related projects: Production, exhibition, or touring of digital
artwork and performances; interpretive programming for the Internet; and
services utilizing long-distance video or Internet-based conferencing.
-Organization/administration related projects: Local- and Wide- Area
Networks, Web sites, or services for the Internet; computerizing operations
or information systems (e.g. membership, collection management, booking
systems, box office, sales, reservations); and Integration of
telecommunications/computer based equipment in office, public or presenting
spaces.
-Personnel: Staff development and training related to a specific planning
project; and training related to technology upgrades.
-Collaborations: Partnerships with businesses or community organizations,
or other arts organizations to develop technology-based initiatives.
-Assessments/Evaluations: Survey of and travel to model and peer
organizations.
TechTAP will not support:
-Projects submitted by individual artists.
-Projects from educational institutions focused on curriculum,
students or faculty.
-Technology projects currently receiving NYSCA funding.
-Major capital expenditures.
-Equipment purchases.
AMOUNTS AWARDED
TechTAP will award a total of at least $60,000 in grant monies from
November 1999 through June 2000. Organizations may request up to $3,000.
NYFA will disburse approximately $20,000 in each of three funding cycles.
DEADLINES AND NOTIFICATION
TechTAP applications will be accepted for review three times throughout the
fiscal year 2000 (ending 6/30/00). Deadlines are as
follows:
-Friday, October 15, 1999;
-Friday, January 14, 2000;
-and Monday, April 17, 2000.
Applicants will be notified about funding decisions within three to five
weeks of each application deadline.
ELIGIBILITY
Applications will only be accepted from incorporated nonprofit
organizations with 501(c)3 status, or proof of status pending. Applicants
without nonprofit status may apply under the aegis of an incorporated
fiscal sponsor. However, the organizational capacity of the sponsored
entity will be evaluated.
An organization may only apply in connection with one application within a
funding cycle. Applicants are eligible to receive funding once during
fiscal year 2000. Organizations that do not receive funding in one cycle
may apply in subsequent cycles.
REVIEW PROCESS
All applications will be reviewed by NYFA staff for eligibility and
completeness. Appropriate applications, based on the criteria stated
below, will then be considered for funding by a panel assembled by NYFA.
EVALUATIVE CRITERIA (not all criteria apply to all proposals)
Appropriate technology choice: Application for a TechTAP grant should
reflect careful consideration of relevant technologies according to
organization size, discipline, and existing technology framework.
Organizational readiness: How well can the applicant organization
integrate the results of the project? Potential impact of funding: How
will TechTAP benefit the integration and/or development of technology
within your organization? Will this funding move your organization forward
technologically? How will the project provide greater equity and access to
programs and services? What is the potential benefit to the arts field or
targeted communities?
TechTAP is a continuing component of circuits@nys, a series of statewide
projects including workshops, publications, Web resources, and grants
to advance the use and understanding of new technology and the digital
arts. An initiative of the New York State Council on the Arts, in
partnership with the New York Foundation for the Arts, circuits@nys
originated with the 1998 Governor's Conference on Arts & Technology.
CONTACT INFORMATION For further information on TechTAP or other
circuits@nys programs, email reisman@nyfa.org, visit our Web site at
http://www.nyfa.org/circuitsnys/ or call (212) 366-6900, extension 224.
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JOB OFFER
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EXPLORATORIUM
DIRECTOR OF ARTISTS RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Center for Public Exhibition
The Exploratorium is a museum dedicated to the public understanding of
science, art, and human perception. Founded in 1969 by Frank Oppenheimer,
it has pioneered the role of museums as active teaching centers with
original programming based on an interactive approach to learning. It
serves as an interdisciplinary resource for schools, universities,
scientists, and artists, as well as for the public.
Job Information
415.561-0328
www.exploratorium.edu/jobs
SUMMARY
The Director of Artists Residency Programs reports to the Director of the
Center for Public Exhibition (CPE) and works closely with staff throughout
the museum to direct and present arts-based programs and activities, with
emphasis on artists residency programs.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Oversee the organization and implementation of all artist
residencies at the Exploratorium, ensuring the integration of arts
disciplines into overall programming.
- Work closely with senior artists and managers in the Center for Media
and Communication and the Center for Teaching and Learning to ensure the
integration of arts disciplines in media and teacher training programs.
- Collaboratively participate with CPE senior staff in strategic
planning and center oversight.
- Work with CPE area managers to direct activity of arts project teams and
oversee project budgets.
- Develop, maintain and expand regional, national and international
connections to artists, artists' communities, and arts
organizations, ensuring visibility and recognition of arts-related
activities at the Exploratorium.
- Oversee the planning and development of new artist
residencies, including project initiation, curatorial and content review,
grant writing, and project evaluation.
- Coordinate with Development Department to facilitate
proposal development and fundraising efforts for projects and
programs.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Academic degree in Art, Arts Management, or related
discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of eight years' experience directing and presenting
public arts projects, arts exhibitions, and/or artist residency programs
in the visual and performing arts.
- Proven ability to oversee multiple and multi-year projects.
- Professional relationships with artists, artists communities, and arts
organizations nationwide. Knowledge of international arts activities and
trends.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Knowledge of exhibit prototyping practices, science-art
collaborations, and public art installations.
HOW TO APPLY: This is a full-time, exempt, management
position, with a starting salary of $60,000. Please apply
immediately with resume and cover letter to:
Dept. CPE-3
Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
Fax: (415) 561-0370
E-Mail: resume @exploratorium.edu
No phone calls, please
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Call for Papers
TELECOSM 2000
UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND
EUROPEAN IDENTITY IN THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY
Information & Communications Technologies (ICTs) impact upon the way we
learn and work in Europe's new Information Society. Email, the Web and
videoconferencing put us in touch with fellow Europeans but language and
cultural differences still present dialogic challenges. Telecosm 2000
explores
those challenges.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are sought on the subject of European identity in the Information
Society. It is expected that academics from a range of disciplines will be
interested in presenting papers. Peer reviewed papers from the conference
will be published in the THE JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN CULTURE IN THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY.
PUBLICATION THE JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN CULTURE IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
(ISSN 1464-6331) is an on-line, web-based international publication of the
Centre for European Studies at the University of Sunderland.
LANGUAGES
Papers are accepted in English and in French.
Papers and presentations may be given in English or French; English
sub-titles or OHPs should be provided for presentation on the day. Question
interpreters will be available between French & English. German, Spanish,
Russian and Japanese are also studied at the University and every endeavour
will be made to accommodate speakers of these languages.
Email charlie.mansfield@sunderland.ac.uk
Tel 00 44 191 515 3189
Fax 00 44 191 515 2279
University of Sunderland
Centre for European Studies
LDS Hutton Building
Chester Road
SUNDERLAND SR1 3SD GB
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Project Associate
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
The Benton Foundation seeks an individual with strong organizational and
communication skills for Open Studio: The Arts Online
, a million dollar national initiative between the
Benton Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts to provide
Internet access and training to artists and nonprofit arts organizations
to ensure that the communications environment of the 21st century thrives
as a source of creative excellence and diversity. Position is located in
Washington, DC.
Responsibilities
· Maintain and update Web site resources, report on site traffic and
participate in ongoing site development;
· Maintain and update project databases, email and listserv groups and
organizational files; · Coordinate promotion of Open Studio's online
publications and educational resources; · Prepare project correspondence
and proposal materials, and administer all project mailings; · Assist in
developing presentations, proposals, and funder reports.
Education, Skills, and Qualifications
BA degree required in addition to one to three years of professional
experience in the arts and/or technology field(s). Knowledge of arts,
nonprofit and technology issues helpful. Candidate should be proficient
in using the Internet and WWW and in implementing HTML coding. Also
required: general administrative and office skills and experience with MS
Word, Excel and Access software programs. Knowledge of IMIS a plus.
Candidate should be detail-oriented, flexible and able to handle multiple
tasks simultaneously. S/he should be self-directed and able to work
effectively and efficiently under pressure. Strong interpersonal, oral,
and written communication skills are required.
Compensation
We offer a competitive, negotiated salary. Excellent benefits, including
full health and dental insurance, four weeks vacation a year, retirement
plan, and opportunities for professional development.
To Apply
Send resume, cover letter, and salary requirements by October 22, 1999 to:
Open Studio Search Benton Foundation 1800 K Street NW, 2nd Floor
Washington DC 20006 Fax: 202-638-5771 Email: Eve@benton.org; please
specify Open Studio Search in Subject line. No phone calls, please.
The Benton Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.
*****
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Lorient / FR
March 13th-19th 2000
http://www.x-arn.org/x-00/
[open topics]
Which location for human being in cyberspace ?
Rising artistic practices on digital communication networks.
The focus will be especially set on the connections of physical public
locations and Internet's streaming flux of data. Moreover, emphasis will be
put on transdisciplinarity within Art and Technology.
The festival itself is being "worked in progress" on the Internet.
You can follow the process and contribute to the development of the issues
by subscribing to this mailing-list: 00@x-arn.org.
[subscription : 00@x-arn.org?subject=subscribe]
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CALL FOR PROJECTS
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1. Installations / Devices
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- x-position
- Galerie Le Lieu [Art galery]
- March 16th- April 9th 2000
What can be considered as a commitment on the Internet ?
How can it be translocalised in a physical public exhibition space ?
Installations / Devices are expected to deal with this noticeable duality
between a network activity (global) and its transposition / extension as an
exhibition in a galery (local).
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2. "Network Interface" : call for projects
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- Mediatheque de Lorient [Lorient's Digital Library]
- March 13th-19th 2000
"Network Interface" is a call for projects for an hybrid public space. In
this case, the public space is Lorient's digital library which has 20
connected Pcs at the disposal of the audience.
Therefore, the selected project will have to connect its online reality
with this determined public access although remaining of course autonomous
of this physical location.
The online proposal can be extended by an installation* or by a punctual
performance in the digital library's auditorium (screening facilities).
* Installation/device will be located in the digital library 's entrance
and should consider contingencies such as :
audience comings and goings, many people passing through (not necessarily
involved in New Technologies), strong daylight, necessarily silent devices
(or headphones).
Furthermore, the digital library's training space will offer access to the
websites and CD ROMs selected for the festival with 12 connected PCs .
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3. Workshop
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- Maison de l'Etudiant [House of students]
- March 13th- 19th 2000
The House of students will host a public workshop set up by a group of
artists. (6 connected PC)
This workshop will be the opportunity for this selected group to develop an
online activity project focused on communication and data exchange
(extensive use of e-mail / mailing list/ irc...).
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4. Conferences / lectures / performances
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- U.B.S [University of South Britanny]
- March 17th-18th 2000
Two days of conferences to explore transdisciplinarity between research
fields and possible actions using the digital networks.
Conferences / lectures can be processed by various medias to renew the
traditionnal conference format (ie : device and/or performance).
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// application forms :
http://www.x-arn.org/x-00/
deadline : Nov 30th 1999
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Actions Réseaux Numériques
arn@x-arn.org
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[x-00]
file://coordination : MAP
http://212.234.37.180/
(in activation : restricted access)
file://organisation : ARN
Actions Réseaux Numériques
13 rue beauvais 56100 Lorient (FR)
+33 (0) 2 97 64 58 18
http://www.x-arn.org
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CALL FOR ARTICLES
Dear colleagues,
In autumn I will launch an internet-based journal, **Consciousness,
Literature, and the Arts**.
Current Editorial Board
Roy Ascott, University of Wales College Newport (interactive arts)
John Danvers, Exter College of Art and Design (fine arts)
Catherine Fitzmaurice, University of Delaware, USA (theatre/voice)
Richard Gough, Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth, UK (performance)
William S. Haney II, American University of Cyprus (literature)
Peter Malekin, American University of Cyprus (literature)
Jean Marie Pradier, University of Paris VIII, France (theatre/performance)
Arthur Versluis, Michigan State University (literature)
Ralph Yarrow, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (drama/theatre)
Phillip Zarrilli, University of Surrey, UK (theatre/performance)
The journal provides a forum for new work relating the arts and literature
to the exploration of consciousness currently flourishing in many
disciplines such as philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience,
computer science, and physics.
Submissions are welcome from the fields of fine arts, performing arts
(performance, theatre, dance, music), and media arts (film, television,
multimedia, hypermedia), literature and any sub-categories of those areas.
The journal publishes both scholarly, critical work and creative-artistic
material. Authors are encouraged to make full use of options provided by the
internet as publishing medium.
The journal is fully peer-reviewed: each submission is sent on an anonymous
basis to two acknowledged representatives of the field. Authors are provided
with a full response to their submission, indicating detailed suggestions
for change where appropriate.
The journal is published 3-4 times a year, with supplements publishing
relevant conference proceedings.
I would encourage you to submit material based on your scholarly / critical
work, such as papers presented at CAiiA (1) and / or (2). Please indicate
whether you would like your contribution to be peer-reviewed. I am also
looking for creative work that makes use of the medium of the Internet.
Please indicate whether you
Deadline for submissions is 15 October 1999.
Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
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Dr. Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth
1 Laura Place, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2AU, UK
Tel. ++44 1970 622835 Fax ++44 1970 622831 email: dam@aber.ac.uk
ISEA- Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts
ISEA- Inter-societe des arts electroniques
3530 boul. Saint-Laurent, suite 305
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA H2X 2V1
Tel. +1-514-847-8912 * Fax. +1-514-847-8834
isea@isea.qc.ca * http://www.isea.qc.ca