THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
ISEA NEWSLETTER
ISSN1488-3635
#78 June - July 2000
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CALLS FOR PROJECTS
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VIDEOART LOCARNO
http://www.tinet.ch/videoart
Locarno: 2-12 August, 2000
Lugano: 24-26 November, 2000
Swizterland
Grand Prix de la Ville de Locarno
Competition Roules
1. The Competition is open to any work that falls under the heading "Video
Art" where artistic research and
creativity overshadow both the technical means employed and the reference
category chosen by the artist..
Candidates may indicate on their entry form if they are submitting a first
or second work, thus becoming
eligible to compete as well in the "New talent" category.
2. Entries must have been produced between 1999 and 2000 and either be
presented for the first time in
general or not yet have been awarded a Prize at another international event.
Only one work per candidate
shall be accepted.
4. Works are to be sent by mail to:
VideoArt Festival
via Varenna 45
CH-6604 Locarno - Switzerland
bearing the inscription "no commercial value" for customs
Deadline for applications: 15 july 2000
The Competition Prize comes to CHF 10'000, to be awarded to one work or
divided among at the most
three works. The Prize is to be awarded by an international jury. Works
participating in the Competition are
also eligible for other Festival Prizes.
The Multimedia Prizes are awarded by the AIVAC Jury.
avart@tinet.ch
http://www.tinet.ch/videoart
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RENCONTRES ARTS ELECTRONIQUES.06
International festival of recent art and technology.
October 25-27, 2000
Rennes (France)
http://www.uhb.fr/culture/station/
For the fith edition of the "Rencontres Arts Electroniques", we wish to look
at the current state of
international technological art. The festival will be in two parts :
afternoons will be consecrated to the
seminar. In the evenings, there will be screenings of monobandsand
experimental filmworks selected by the
Station. Over 15 countries are to be represented (USA, Canada, Australia,
the EU, the Russian Federation,
Japan, South America). A performance (multimedia concert) will be held on
the closing night. The gallery
exhibition of video installations will open for one month. The festival
program will be made public in
September.
AFTERNOONS : SEMINAR (2:00 / 7:00 pm)
This seminar is the first of its kind. It is open to a large public.Three
afternoons will be spent discussing
how high tech research is being used to produce modern art. Contemporary
artists, scientists, critics and
producers will present their respective work. The objective is to make the
possible relationships between
technology (new computer programs, new tools, new media broadcasting tools)
and art (network art,
interactive installations, performances, music, choreography...) visible
and understandable through a round
table discussion. This seminar will not just be a series of theoretical
conferences. Rather, each intervention
is conceived to be a public demonstartion of current research
(videoprojection, data, signals manipulation
(visual or audio).
EVENING PROJECTIONS - PERFORMANCES (8:30 / 00:00 pm)
Evenings October 25th & 26th will be consacrated to video and experimental
film projections. Ever since
the first edition, the festival has been open to the works from all over the
world (South America, North
America, Australia, Russian Federation, Europ, Japon...). Selection criteria
are originality and
inventiveness. A multimedia performance will be presented on the last
evening (27th) .
Contacts :
Seminar
Projections - performances
ENTRY FORM
If you want your work to be considered for selection you must print, fill,
and mail the entry form (can be
obtaine from the two contacts above). You should accompany this by complete
documentation (VHS
cassette, CD-ROM, press articles, etc...) By return mail, you will receive a
note confirming reception and
this year's program. Don't forget to include your name, address and postal
address on all documents you
send. The definitive selection will take place june 20th.
This entry formula must be signed and dated.
Our postal address is:
Station Arts Electroniques / Universite Rennes 2
Rencontres Arts Electroniques.06
6, avenue G. Berger / 35043 Rennes Cedex / France
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CALL FOR PAPERS, MUSIC COMPOSITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, ART WORKS, THEATER,
DANCE, SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATIONS AND INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
THE EIGHTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
March 1-3, 2001
THEME: FEEDBACK: Perception and Interaction in the Electronic Arts
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: NOVEMBER 15, 2000
The Connecticut College Center for Arts and Technology is pleased to
announce The Eighth Biennial
Symposium on Arts and Technology, March 1-3, 2001. The symposium will
consist of paper sessions,
panel discussions, art exhibitions, music concerts, animations, mixed media
works, video, dance,
experimental theater and scientific visualization. In an effort to demystify
the artistic process and create a
forum for dialogue, we are encouraging all presenters and artists to attend
the symposium and speak about
their work.
The Center encourages research papers and presentations in the specific area
of "FEEDBACK: Perception
and Interaction in the Electronic Arts" and in the general areas of
Interactivity, Virtual Reality, Cognition,
Information Technologies, Applications in Video and Film, Music
(composition, performance, theory,
interactivity, etc.), Experimental Theater, Compositional Process,
Innovative Use of Technology in
Education, Computer Simulations of Physical Phenomena, Scientific
Visualization and Social and Ethical
Issues in Arts and Technology. All submissions should be accompanied by a
one page abstract for a
presentation about the work and each application should be prepared to
attend the symposium and make a
presentation (paper, poster session, short talk) about their work.
Papers and Presentations:
A detailed two-page abstract or complete paper including complete technical
requirements should be
submitted by email or mail. Upon acceptance, finished papers must be
submitted electronically following
the specific format of the symposium or in camera-ready form by January 15,
2001: Word, 10-12 font size,
8.5 x 11 sheet. Papers may be grouped in panel format. Complete technical
requirements must be included.
Papers will be published by the Center.
Music Compositions:
Works for instruments and tape, or tape alone, or interactive compositions
are being solicited. Available
instruments are: flute (doubling on piccolo), oboe, clarinet (doubling on
bass clarinet), bassoon, trumpet,
horn, trombone, percussion (two players), guitar, string bass, piano, voice
and strings (2,1,1,1).
Works should not exceed 15 minutes in length and should be submitted with
accompanying score, where
appropriate. Tapes for selection purposes should be on cassette, CD's or
DAT. Tapes for performance
should be CD, ADAT or DAT. Video works should be 3/4 inch Umatic or 1/2
inch VHS. Musicians,
dancers and actors may be available for live performance pieces. All
submissions should be accompanied
by a one page abstract for a presentation at the symposium about the work.
Complete technical
requirements must be included.
Artworks:
Works of computer-generated or computer-aided art, or computer-controlled
interactive art are encouraged.
Animations, video or other works of computer art on tape will be shown in
concert settings and less formal
settings throughout the Symposium. All submissions should be accompanied by
a one page abstract for a
presentation at the symposium about the work. Slides, CD-ROM, or video
(VHS) and complete
descriptions of works must be included. Art works accepted for exhibition
must be received by January 15
for inclusion in the pre-symposium gallery showing, February 5 ? March 5.
Complete technical
requirements must be included.
Dance and Theater Studies:
Computer-generated or -aided dance and theater is being solicited for live
demonstrations or for videotaped
presentations. Specially produced dance or theater videos are of particular
interest as opposed to concert
tapes or other archival uses of video. Also of interest are proposals for
workshops, demonstrations of
software for dance or theater notation, choreographic analysis,
interactive studies and/or multi-media
studies of performance in dance & theater. All submissions should be
accompanied by a one page abstract
for a presentation at the symposium about the work. Videotapes or complete
descriptions of demonstration
or workshop proposals should be submitted by the general deadline of
November 15, 2000. Tapes for
selection purposes should be VHS. Complete technical requirements must be
included.
Panels:
Proposals for panels are encouraged. Proposals should include prospective
panelists and should be directed
to the theme or new issues in collaborative work, as well as ethical issues
in arts and technology.
Scientific Visualizations:
Submissions are solicited for computer animations and virtual realities used
to visualize complex scientific
processes. Special emphasis will be given to works emphasizing artistic
content or educational modules.
Submissions should be on CD-ROM or Zip disk format. All submissions should
be accompanied by a one
page abstract for a presentation at the symposium about the work. Complete
technical requirements must
be included.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON SUBMISSIONS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2000
All music, art, VR, visualization, multi-media installations, workshops,
dance and theater submissions
should be accompanied by a one page abstract for a presentation about the
work.
Technical information: Complete technical requirements must be included for
all submissions. Please
specify platform (MAC, PC-Windows, SGI).
Notification: Accepted proposals will be notified by December 22, 2000.
Return: Submissions, art works, slides, tapes, scores, videos will only be
returned if a self-addressed
stamped envelope or packaging is provided.
Send submissions to:
Center for Arts and Technology
Box 5365
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT USA 06320-4196
phone: [860] 439-2001
email: cat@conncoll.edu
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CALL FOR PROJECTS
CROSSING OVER
CALL PRIMARILY TO artists from romania, estonia, the czech republic,
georgia, bulgaria and USA.
CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 [www.ljudmila.org/co] CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5
dear crossing overs-to-be,
at the other side of the atlantic & at the very outset of this millennium -
from 16 to 31 OCTOBER 2000 -
the 5th CROSSING OVER mini-international festival of videoshorts will
migrate to the WEXNER ART
CENTER, columbus, ohio/usa - one of the premier centres for contemporary
visual culture in north
america. CROSSING OVER was established by iliyana nedkova in 1996 as an
alternative framework for
eastern european artists to develop, produce and present experimental
individual or collaborative short
digital films.
this is a special call for migrating to WEXNER with your proposal for the
postproduction of new
videoshorts playing around the theme of CROSSING OVER STORIES. following
earlier powerful
manifestations of the festival topic such as crossing over the body; crosing
over geographies and crossing
over time - this issue of CROSSING OVER STORIES is an invitation for you to
research, explore and tell
the anecdotes and propaganda-driven stories of the european-american
relationships before and after the
virtual revolutions which swept europe in 1990s. more often than not the
artists coming from the either side
of the former east-west devide of europe and likewise europe-america block
mentality have had to reside in
the anecdote, the allegory and the [self]ironic story as to cope with the
political and personal absurdities.
the selection team composed by the two co-curators and the project manager
will consult, refine and
evaluate the initial proposals and single out only 8 who will meet the
criteria of: 1] an innovative concept
and script reflecting the theme of CROSSING OVER STORIES and the overall
ethos of CROSSING
OVER project as stated on www.ljudmila.org/co. 2] clarity of storyboard [a
story breakdown by time
frames is encouraged] 4] feasibility of postproduction process [in
discussion with co-curators with regards
of the hosting venue facilities]
DEADLINE for SUBMISSION of PROPOSALS:
SUNDAY, 25 JUNE 2000
PARTICIPANTS' FINAL NOTIFICATION:
MONDAY, 3 JULY 2000
the selected artists will have their fee, travel, per diem and accommodation
covered through national and
private funding sources such as the national endowment for the arts, wexner
center residency award
program, ohio arts council and others.
two exclusive public premieres of CROSSING OVER STORIES videoshorts are
scheduled for early
november 2000. one premiere at the WEXNER and another at thundergultch, new
york will aim to
celebrate the new CROSSING OVER STORIES works and launch the accompanying
CROSSING OVER
booklet.
CROSSING OVER STORIES is hosted by the WEXNER [www.wexarts.org] in
partnership with FACT
[www.fact.co.uk]; co-curated by iliyana nedkova and
nina czegledy
and project managed by maria troy .
do rush to submit your proposal well before the deadline. make sure you will
submit up to 500 words
proposal description (including technical requirements) and up to 200 words
biography to iliyana nedkova
and nina czegledy . on-line
consultancy prior to the
residency will be provided for the selected artists towards finalising the
winning proposals.
if in doubt do give me, nina or maria an e-buzz.
cheers,
-iliyana
CO5 co-curator
CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 [www.ljudmila.org/co] CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5 CO5
Iliyana Nedkova
Translocal Projects
Foundation for Art & Creative Technology
Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane
Liverpool L1 3BX, England
http://www.fact.co.uk
t. +44 (0) 151 709 2663
f. +44 (0) 151 707 2150
m. +44 (0) 772 006 1349
e. translocal@fact.co.uk
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FINEART FORUM
CALL FOR ENTRIES
fineArt forum gallery announces its second exhibition for the year,
Appropriations. The exhibition is an
online collection of works that appropriate new technologies - from any
field - to create art. fineArt forum
invites artists to submit works for inclusion in the exhibition. To submit
work please send us an email at
faf-gallery@visto.com with a brief description of the work, artist
information and a URL or small attached
files (scanned photographs, sound files, etc.) of the work. Deadline for
submissions is June 20th.
http://www.fineartforum.org
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FILMLADEN KASSEL: FILMPROGRAM
KULTURHAUS DOCK 5: VIDEOPROGRAM, EXHIBITION, INTERFICTION
Although initially conceived as documentary film festival in the early
1980's, the Kassel festival has
expanded to include video and, since 1995, has incorporated "interfiction,"
an interdisciplinary platform for
New Media work. Though the focus of attention has shifted to New Media and
the interface between
documentary and artistic strategies, the character of the festival has not
neglected the classic documentary.
In addition to screenings and exhibitions, the event will include lectures
and debates dealing with internet
and old media, addressing the theme of "Radio and Internet."
this year's Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest will take place from
15th - 19th November 2000. The
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest is a festival, which aims at
providing insight into current
international documentary filming and video work. We intend to present
critical, ambitious and entertaining
documentary films and videos committed to both reports on current affairs
and off-beat topics.
The video section of the Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest is also
interested in experimental and
artistic videos, which reveal the use of video specific means.
Apart from the film and video programme we exhibit (media) installations and
sculptures as well.
Suggestions are welcome.
This yearís interfiction conference meeting (including lectures and artistís
presentations as well as an
interdisciplinary workshop with invited guests from different fields of art
and media theory and practice)
will put into perspective >utopias and realities of 'virtual' communities:
interfictions@home<. Please send
your works for the preselection not later than 15th of August 2000 (the
contributions shall be productions
from 1999 or 2000) and fill out the entry form.
download entry form: http://www.filmladen.de/dokfest
dokfest@filmladen.de
phone: ++49-561-70764-21
fax: ++49-561-70764-41
mail:
c/o Filmladen Kassel e.V.
Goethestrasse 31
34119 Kassel
Germany
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
MICROWAVE FESTIVAL 2001
Microwave Festival is the only international video/media art festival in
Hong Kong curated by Videotage,
and presented by the Lesure and Cultural Service Department since 1996.
The coming one is the fifth one
that will be held in January, 2001 in Hong Kong. We are glad to invite Mr.
Tom van Vliet, the director of
World Wide Video Festival in Amsterdam, to be our guest curator. Is now
looking for videos and cd roms
by artists. Current themes include moving image VS poetry, how video
artists work with sound. Artist
will receive US50(video)-70(CD ROM) honorium as artist fee.
If you have new work and wish to be considered please send directly to:
Videotage c/o Microwave Festival
PO Box 24496, Aberdeen Post Office,
Hong Kong.
T:852-25731869
F: 852-25035978
Videotage@i-cable.com
Dont forget to write down your information.
Deadline: the end of September.
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CALL FOR VIDEOPOEM SUBMISSIONS
VANCOUVER VIDEOPOEM FESTIVAL
The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre is looking for videopoem submissions for its
2nd annual videopoem
festival, the only screening event of its kind in Canada. The Festival is to
be held at Video In Studios,
Vancouver, BC, Canada in November 2000. We are interested in any original,
creative combination of
poetry with material on videotape: cinepoems are also acceptable provided
they are transferred onto
videotape format.
Get public exposure and have your work screened in a premier public venue in
this 2nd annual event,
produced by The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre! See www.edgewisecafe.org for
more info.
Guidelines:
1. Videopoems to maximum of 20 minutes, submitted on VHS format~please
inform us of format of original.
2. Include $15 submission fee, ($12 US), cheque or money order payable
to The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre.
3. If you do not wish to donate your tape to our archive, please include
envelope with sufficient postage to have your tape returned: Canadian
postage or International Reply Coupons or $$.
4. Obtain an official Videopoem Submission Application Form by
contacting us at the address below, by phone at 604-904-9362, or by
email CL_Hamshaw@telus.net, or from our website www.edgewisecafe.org.
5. Provide brief bio, full name, and contact info in a cover letter.
6. Mail a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to:
The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre
Box 18- 1895 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4A6
7. Deadline July 31,2000
If accepted into the Vancouver Videopoem Festival, all successful entrants
will receive an honourarium,
depending on receipt of funding.
Last year the Vancouver Videopoem Festival was the first Videopoem screening
event ever held in Canada.
This hybrid genre, videopoetry, has received little attention in our country
despite being a creative field of
growing interest for Canadian artists since the 70,s. Vancouver,s own
Edgewise ElectroLit Centre Society
is hosting this annual event where the cutting edge of this medium is
explored and presented. Work from
Canada and beyond will give local audiences a survey of the accomplishments
in videopoetry in the last 20
years.
The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre is a nonprofit society whose mandate is to
exploit communications
technology to widen the audience of Canadian poetry and to give poetry,
multimedia artists and youth the
opportunity to use, learn, and create with this technology.
Videoconferencing and online publishing are the
major technologies that we work with. Our electronic magazine can be viewed
and heard at
. Poets featured with audio include Adeena Karasick,
Wayde Compton, bill
bissett and Sheri-D Wilson. Funding for our programs is received from The
Canada Council for the Arts,
The BC Arts Council, The City of Vancouver, Embedded Spaces, Dowco
Computers, and Communicopia.
Co-produced with Video In Studios. For more information, please contact
Carol L. Hamshaw,
Administrator, at 904-9362, or via email at mailto: CL_Hamshaw@telus.net; or
see our website
http://www.edgewisecafe.org
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CALL FOR PROJECTS
ART ON THE NET 2000 --- "PARODY"
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"In modern times," Bakhtin notes, "the function of parody
has become narrower and unproductive. Parody has grown
feeble and its place in modern literature is insignificant".
Today we laugh unilaterally, at people and at things.
Ridicule of the serious words is everywhere, but much of
parody's ancient complexity and strength has been lost.
---Gary Saul Morson & Caryl Emerson: "Mikhail Bakhtin"
(Stanford University Press, 1990)
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"Art on the Net 2000," an online art festival sponsored by the Machida City
Museum of Graphic Arts,
Tokyo (MCMOGATK), is currently inviting artists to participate in this
year's exhibition held under the
theme "Parody."
MCMOGATK has been actively pursuing various relationships the Internet can
have with art through Art
on the Net, the world's first online open art competition, since its first
show in 1995. We now see the
growing use of the Internet as a space for art and in fact, "net art" has
been featured in many cultural
festivals around the world. We strongly feel now is the time to redefine
the "potentials" of the Internet as a
medium of communications."
MCMOGATK will keep pursuing this fundamental question through Art on the
Net. This year, the
exhibition will be held in fall 2000 and all are invited to participate in
this project. Please read the
application procedures on our site;
http://art.by.arena.ne.jp/
The jurors of the "Art on the Net 2000" are (tentative);
Shiroyasu Suzuki/Japan
Professor at Tama Art University, poet and visual artist.
Bernie Roehl/Canada
Senior Software Developer at the Department of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo. VRML expert.
Ingo Gunther/USA
Artist working in multi-fields, including video art and installation.
Olga Shishko/Russia
Critic and curator of media art.
Tetsuo Kogawa/Japan *Director for the "Art on the Net"
Media critic, Professor of Communications at Tokyo Keizai University.
Announcements regarding the exhibition, evaluation and exhibition of works
will be done via the Internet
as usual. The deadline for entries is 30 August 2000. The winners of prizes
are scheduled to be announced
in fall 2000.
We look forward to seeing your entries!
You Minowa, curator
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
http://art.by.arena.ne.jp/
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/museum/info.html
mcmogatk@po.sphere.ne.jp
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BITBYBITDIGITAL DIGITAL ART COMPETITION
www.bitbybitdigital.org
three categories
still - dynamic- interactive
computer artists of all levels are encouraged to participate
fine artists - former artists - future artists - photographers - editorial
illustrators - technical illustrators - print designers - web designers -
sign designers - students - teachers - ad execs - ceo's - filmmakers -
painters poets - animators - programmers - sculptors - software magicians -
rocket scientists - visionaries - inventors - directors - experimentalists -
21st century netizens & of course : you )
strut your stuff - you're good, right?
- gain recognition and exposure for your work
- opportunity to become an award winning digital artist
- participate in a leading edge international digital art event
- enhance your resume'
- compete with the world and be seen with the best
May 1 - July 15 Call For Artists
May 15 - July 31 Entries Accepted Online and by Mail
August 9 Jurying begins
August 16 Juror's Selections Complete
August 21 Accepted artists contacted by e-mail
September 1 Gallery Installation Opening Reception
Web Gallery Online
October 14 Gallery Installation Closes
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CALL FOR PROJECTS
NETMAGE
23 November -3 December, 2000
Bologna, Italy
Netmage is a Festival dedicated to the complex relationship that ties
different forms of creativity together
with technological, social and communicative innovation.
The main theme of the Festival is the convergence between the devices for
production and the language of
narration, mythology, and iconography that cross them. For this no strict
seperation between works and
projects created from the different fields such as visual arts, cinema, post
rave culture or the complex
environment is intended.
The festival will be divide into three sections:
1. International Competition: Open area dedicated to innovative
international works and projects gathered
through an international competition.
2. Forum: Area for reflection and analysis between the public and the
audio-visual operators on the
situation of television and innovative channels in Europe. The seven day
forum is divided into 6 four hour
discussion panels. Special attention will be drawn to the intersections
between techno-productive dynamics
(ie the economy) and creative-operational dynamics (ie art).
3. Media Magica: This section is articulated in a series of single
exhibition modules: video & film
retrospectives, multimedia installations, audio/video performances and live
shows by international
electronic music artists. Media Magica draws our attention on the residual
magic that belongs to all forms
of media. The works selected for this section develop the imagery, by
wrapping it up in a new language,
and the milennium pseudo-myths, historically linked magic.
REGULATIONS:
The aim of competition is to gather works belonging to different fields, and
different in nature, for instance
film production (short films, feature films, and long length feature films),
works on video and television
formats, multimedia products (CD-ROMs, DVD), web projects (web and
monothematic channels),
installations and live performances, mixed-media, all in order to
reconstruct a panorama of international
new production. The choice of works entered will emphasized both the highly
creative and richness of
media used and the production formulae used.
The authors of the selected works will be invited to present their work at
the Netmage Festival, hence
creating an international meeting point between operators, producers, and
the public.
SUBMISSIONS:
Official form on-line:
http://www.linkproject.org/netmage/
The official participation form is due June 30, 2000 and must be accompanied
by:
-1 VHS video preview copy of the work intended
-project presentation
-photo for the catalogue
-information on the activities of the author
Send to the following address:
Netmage c/o Link Project
CP 1626
40100 Bologna, Italy
All postage costs are to be covered by the author. All parcels must carry
the following inscription: 'No
commercial value-only for cultural purpose'. The preview copy will be
deposited in the festival video
archive office.
Netmage c/o Link Project
via Fioravanti 14, 40127
Bologna, Italy
tel & fax: 0039-51-352330
http://www.linkproject.org/netmage/
netmage@linkproject.org
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PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
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CALL FOR ARTICLES
RESEARCH E-DITIONS
@ VIRGINIA TECH
The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture (CDDC) in the College
of Arts and Sciences at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University is accepting new manuscripts for
digital modes of publication in
its Research E-ditions series. The CDDC ( http://www.cddc.vt.edu ) has
been in operation for nearly two
years, and it publishes hypertext journals, hosts digital research archives,
and cooperates with many
international cyberculture organizations.
As an entirely digital point-of-publication, the CDDC will review and then
produce professional academic
research works--either single-authored or edited collections--in a digital
format. Projects could take the
form of an "e-book" that simply makes available a scholarly monograph in
online format, or a collection of
academic papers organized around a central theme, or a fully hypertextual
experiment with new forms of
digital discourse. Arrangements can be made for "print on demand" (POD)
paper versions of these works,
but the main focus of the CDDC is to explore the new communicative
potentials of hypertext, hypermedia,
and web-centered publication. The review processes will be as extensive and
rigorous as those experienced
in print academic communication, but it too will be conducted in a fully
on-line format.
All topics are potentially of interest in the Research E-ditions series,
however, we are particularly interested
in manuscripts, digital archives, and hypertexts from the humanities and
social sciences relating to the
areas of cyberculture, social theory, literary studies, digital art, and
cultural studies. In addition, the CDDC
is committed to publishing projects from applied and natural sciences that
relate directly to the fields of
bioinformatics, energy and environmental studies, and information technology
and communications.
To propose a publication project, or to get more information, contact the
Center for Digital Discourse and
Culture at cddc@vt.edu .
Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu
Instructor of Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Webmaster/Manager CDDC
526 Major Williams Hall 0130 http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy --my homepage
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)-231-7614
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
LEONARDO BOOK SERIES
The mission of the Leonardo Book Series, published by the MIT Press, is to
publish texts by artists,
scientists, researchers and scholars that present innovative discourse on
the convergence of art, science and
technology. Envisioned as a catalyst for enterprise, research and creative
and scholarly experimentation,
the book series enables diverse intellectual communities to explore common
grounds of expertise. The
Leonardo Book Series provides for the contextualization of contemporary
practice, ideas and frameworks
represented by those working at the intersection of art and science.
Book proposals addressing theory, research and practice, education,
historical scholarship, discipline
summaries, collections, and experimental texts will be considered.
Submission Guidelines:
.
In preparing your proposal, bear in mind that we need to know as much as
possible about your book,
including its scope, its intended audience, and information on how you think
we could best promote the
book to that audience. We also need to be convinced that you can present
what you have to say in a way
that will be useful, interesting and important to your readers.
Your proposal should include the following four items:
I. A prospectus describing your intentions.
II. A detailed table of contents.
III. Two to four sample chapters that demonstrate the clarity and
precision of your prose and the appeal of your expository strategy.
IV. An up-to-date curriculum vita or resumé.
Inquiries and proposals can be submitted to:
Joel Slayton, Chair
Leonardo Book Series Committee
c/o LEONARDO
425 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
U.S.A.
E-mail: leonardobooks@mitpress.mit.edu
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PERFORMANCE RESEARCH
'DEPARTURES' - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
'Departures' will be Volume 6, Issue 1 of 'Performance Research' and is to
be edited by Claire MacDonald
Deadlines are as follows:
Proposals 1st July, 2000
Finalised Material 15th October, 2000
Publication Date Spring 2001
Performance Research is seeking submissions for issue 6:1, Departures, which
will open our sixth year of
publication and begin a critical and creative enquiry into travel.
Departures will be the first of three related
issues which engage with the migrations of people, performance and
performance cultures, which we hope
will generate writing around differing geographies and histories of travel
and travelling performance in a
diversity of written and visual forms.
The editors are interested in contributions from scholars, writers and
artists which engage with a variety of
critical and artistic points of departure, and ways of thinking about the
idea of 'departures' in the widest
sense of the term - both actual and metaphorical - and about possible
'departures' within a variety of sites
and contexts - geographical, political, theoretical and artistic.
As well as essays, interviews and documentation, we are looking for
collaborations between artists and
critics, work that extends the possibilities of the visual page, that
situates critical work within a visual
context, or has links to other sites, actual and possible, such as
performances, netcasts, web sites, radio and
gallery installations.
Potential writers with tentative ideas are invited to discuss them with
Claire MacDonald, the issue editor,
in advance of submitting a formal proposal. E-Mail: chmac@erols.com
Please note that proposed submissions do not necessarily have to relate to
issue themes. We actively
welcome submissions on any area of performance research, practice and
scholarship.
Proposals and articles will be accepted on hard copy, disk or by e-mail and
should be sent to:
Clancy Pegg (Administrator)
Performance Research, Market Road, Cardiff, CF5 1QE, UK
e-mail: post@perfres.demon.co.uk
Submission of an article to the journal will be taken to imply that it
presents original, unpublished work
not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a
manuscript, the authors agree that the
exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article have been given to
the publishers.
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RESIDENCIES/INTERNSHIPS
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INDISCIPLINE
- International Internship Program -
Indiscipline is a contemporary art exhibition that encounters the
complexity of today's culture by means of
a multi-disciplinary reading. It focuses on concepts and ideas from various
fields that have the ambition to
put our intellectual and cultural history into a new perspective. The
exhibition will take place in Brussels
from September 2000 on and will include practitioners from different fields
from all over Europe.
Since encounters and distribution are very important to this
interdisciplinary exhibition it seems
appropriate to extend this beyond the artists, curators, critics, and other
professionals, to younger active
and aspiring people from different parts of Europe. It is our intention to
establish and curate a network of
experiences at the occasion of such a largescale contemporary art
exhibition.
With an International Internship Program we want to offer new ways to
educate young practitioners from
various fields but also create new conditions for the practice and
development of international exhibitions.
The program will focus on the young practitioners from the contemporary art
field, knowing that this
discipline has created little opportunities for young people to experience
the intellectual, practical and
organizational work of major exhibitions and contemporary art
manifestations.
The International Internship Program of Indiscipline mainly emphasizes on
participants from Eastern
European countries, where this program aims to address the cultural demand
of the artistic, and cultural
community - a demand to actively take part in larger exhibition programs in
a European and international
context. Establishing an International Internship Program is an interesting
way of giving them a unique,
educational opportunity to take part in a major event, and to meet other
people from other parts of the
Europe with similar interests.
The International Internship Program of Indiscipline will be limited to 5
interns from Europe. A limited
selection since we want to focus on an in depth and personalized
experience. The program will be open to
participants >from all European countries and will be initiated and
implemented by a partnership of
organizations across Europe and is build on a basis of joint teamwork. The
selection of the participants will
be co-organized with the different cultural centers throughout Europe. A
special collaboration was set up
with the different Soros centers throughout East Europe to coordinate and
select the East European
trainees.
The International Internship Program runs from July through September 2000.
The program welcomes art
and art history students as well as persons possessing a solid
professional experience in the field of
contemporary art who are looking for an additional experience in the
context of large-scale
exhibition projects.
INDISCIPLINE
- International Internship Application -
The International Internship Program runs from September through November
2000. The program
welcomes art and art history students (holding a university degree or
currently working towards such a
degree) as well as persons possessing a solid professional experience in
the field of contemporary art who
are capable of assisting and collaborating on a large scale exhibition
project.
Partnerships of the International Internship Program
European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam
ICAN (International Contemporary Arts Network Association, the successor of
the Soros Centers for
Contemporary Arts), Amsterdam
Language of instruction: French, Dutch or English.
Length of program: Two or three months, between September and December
2000.
Costs: The program is free of charge.
Admission requirements
The candidate must send:
- A letter explaining his or her reason for applying to the program.
- A detailed curriculum vitae mentioning studies, training programs or
work, study programs, last employer, languages spoken, professional
experience, etc.
Deadline for application
Applications must be send before July, 2000 at the attention of
Roomade, rue des Commerçants 60-62 Koopliedenstraat, Bruxelles 1000 Brussel
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COMPETTIONS & AWARDS
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THE ERICSSON INTERNET COMMUNITY AWARDS(ERICA)
http://www.ericsson.com/erica
These awards seek to transcend borders by using the Internet and technology
as a platform to exchange
ideas and information, while building a community that is based on
cooperation, innovation and
partnership.
Now in its second year, ERICA 2000 will award $500,000 (U.S.) worth of Web
development services
provided by Ericsson Internet & Wireless Solutions to five winners. This
prize provides valuable tools and
resources to non-profit organizations.
"The ERICA program grew out of Ericsson's strong commitment to use
technology to connect people and
improve lives, " said Kennet Rådne, President, Ericsson Business Consulting.
"Ericsson is bridging the
digital divide by developing Internet-based applications to expand and
increase philanthropic goals and
aspirations of non-profit organizations."
The ERICA program provides non-profit organizations throughout the world
with new hi-tech and
innovative tools to expand and develop their philanthropic goals and
aspirations.
Save these ERICA dates
June 5, 2000: Bridging the Digital Divide, Dan Geiger OpNet
July 17, 2000: Submission process closes
September 6, 2000: Online Fundraising, David Scholtz, AllCharities.com
September 15, 2000: Finalists Announced
September 15-25, 2000: People's Choice Awards
October 21, 2000: ERICA Awards Gala and Winner's Announcement
Welcome to the Ericsson Internet Community Awards (ERICA), where exceptional
minds and creators of
phenomenal philanthropic ideas meet to shape concepts and realize visions.
Ericsson, the founder of this Web-based philanthropic awards program, has
been a global leader in the data
and telecommunication industries for more than 125 years. Ericsson, together
with its circle of technology
and philanthropy partners, invites you to join the ERICA community by
exploring the endless possibilities
offered to philanthropic organizations such as your own.
Visit THE PRIZE to find out how you can win a share of $500,000 US worth of
Web development
services, available to any registered non-profit organization anywhere in
the world.
Lars A Stålberg, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Ericsson, speaks
about ERICA.
Selection Criteria
ERICA is designed to identify the most valuable, creative and significant
new Internet projects to aid the
nonprofit community and bring these best ideas from vision to reality.
Ericsson will award five prizes of up
to $100,000 each in technical services to nonprofits that demonstrate how
the Internet can be used to meet a
critical community need.
Proposals will be screened by a professional philanthropic consulting
company, which will review and rate
each submission based on the point value system as outlined in the
application. The highest scoring entries
will be sent to the ERICA Non-Profit Advisory Council, which is comprised of
leaders from the non-profit
community who have actively advocated the adoption of technology. Business
and Internet pioneers from
the ERICA judging panel will then review the 20 finalists and select the
five winners.
Ericsson is seeking projects that incorporate the following:
Project Purpose
Each project will be judged on the overall purpose of the proposed project,
how it meets a demonstrated
need and its potential impact on the community. In defining the purpose of
the project, applicants must 1)
identify a specific problem(s) or need(s) within the community; (2) propose
a workable and achievable
means of addressing the community's problem(s) employing Web-based
communications; and (3) identify
anticipated outcomes that are both realistic and measurable.
Innovation
Each project will be rated on the degree to which the proposed project
demonstrates innovation and is
exemplary. Judges will determine whether a proposed project involves the
development or demonstration
of promising new strategies and the potential replicability of the proposed
project, including its potential
for implementation in a variety of new settings.
Feasibility
Each project will be rated on its overall feasibility and its plan of
implementation. Applicants must address
the qualifications, including training and experience, of key project
personnel, the adequacy of support and
other resources from the organization and the potential for continued
support and maintenance of the
project.
Community Involvement
Each project will be rated on the overall level of community involvement in
its development and
implementation. Judges will pay particular attention to the strength and
diversity of support for the project
from the end users and community partners.
Ericsson Internet Community Awards (ERICA)
c/o Edelman Public Relations
1200 Brickell Avenue, Suite 500
Miami, Florida 33131
Facsimile: 305.358.1270
Email:erica@ericsson.ca
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