THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
ISEA NEWSLETTER ATTACHMENT
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#81-attachment May - June 2001
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Australia
Adventures of Dialogue: Bakhtin and Benjamin
21 - 22 June 2001, Humanities Research Centre, ANU
Website:
http://www.anu.edu.au/HRC/activities/conferences_2001/B&BPP.html
Enquiries: Leena Messina, Programs Officer, Humanities Research Centre,
leena.messina@anu.edu.au
Women in Philosophy Conference 2001
Saturday June 30th-Monday July 2nd 2001, University of Tasmania
Suggestions for themes: Ontology and metaphysics, Ecofeminism, Justice.
Note: deadline for papers and abstracts passed (7th May, 2001)
Contact: Dr Marguerite La Caze, marguerite.lacaze@utas.edu.au; Dr Leila
Shotton
e-mail: l.shotton@utas.edu.au
http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/humsoc/philosophy/seminars/WiPcall.html
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OZeCulture: getting it online Conference
Find out the latest about online culture, new media and ebusiness at the
national OZeCulture: getting it online conference, Melbourne, 13-14 June
2001.
http://www.acn.net.au/conference/
The conference is organised by the Commonwealth Department of
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. It will focus on the
opportunities created by the internet and digital media for arts
production and the operation of cultural organisations. Speakers from
across Australia and overseas will discuss what's happening now and where
we are going next.
Packed with information, the conference program includes:
* the value of local culture in the digital marketplace.
* selling your cultural product online.
* virtual exhibitions.
* direct access to audiences.
* building partnerships and relationships.
* creativity at the frontiers of technology.
* intellectual property issues.
* ground-breaking technologies.
Cultural organisations, artists, information technology companies,
government agencies and education bodies should not miss this timely and
highly relevant conference. An exhibition of new media art utilising the
new digital technologies will showcase a diverse range of exciting work.
Trade exhibits from information technology and web suppliers directed to
the cultural sector will show some of the latest products available.
Where: Hotel Sofitel %lt;http://www.sofitelmelbourne.com.au/>
25 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia
When: 13-14 June 2001
Who will find it useful:
- Arts and cultural organisations.
- New media arti will find it useful:
- Arts and cultural organisations.
- New media artists.
- Government arts and cultural agencies.
- Webservice and information technology companies.
- Education bodies in the new media and arts management areas.
For registration and for updates visit the conference website
http://www.acn.net.au/conference/.
For specific queries please contact the conference organiser, Stephen
Cassidy, at ozeculture@dcita.gov.au.
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Austria
Ars Electronica 2001
TAKEOVER - Who's doing the art of tomorrow
1st statement by Gerfried Stocker
Which constellations, which factors are defining the art of tomorrow,
where will it happen, who is doing it and with whom?
The altered framework conditions that effect working as an artist and
the impact of art in a world characterized by information and
communications technologies have given rise to new forms of art.
Significant here is the shift of their presence into spheres beyond
the conventional art world and also increasingly into the emerging
economies that have been geo-culturally uncharted territory for media
art. Following the digital revolution, there has been a creativity
burst that, as a qualitative phenomenon, goes far beyond an increase
in the number of those involved in design tasks and challenges in both
professional and amateur settings.
The computer and the Internet are not only highly developed production
and distribution media; they are also the reference system in which ideas,
talents and capabilities emerge and are refined, enhanced and perfected
through the inspiring interplay of cooperation and competition.
Ars Electronica 2001 is focusing on the protagonists of this development-
those who have cast off preconceived notions and, displaying strong
commitment in the face of considerable risk, are opening up new
territories in which their role and their scope of action have not yet
been defined. Whether on scientific fronts such as the fields of
biotechnology and genetic engineering, in highly explosive sociopolitical
settings, or in new economic alliances, their modi operandi, motivations,
strategies and aims define them as artists, and the progressive effects
of their work make what they do art.
The traditional rituals of access to the world of art are irrelevant,
and many no longer even bother to seek accreditation from the art
establishment.
The scene is defined by self-reinventors and spin-offs who have acquired
their softskills in direct dealings with the material or as byproducts
of the media design institutes, most of which are oriented on the training
of media workers.
It is rife with the massed potential of pros proceeding with self-assurance
and possessing all the prerequisites and skills to really implement their
own ideas and not just to provide content to fill the design vacuum of
commercial software.
Once we stop regarding the Internet as nmercial software.
Once we stop regarding the Internet as nothing more than a technical
form of communication and instead take it seriously as a social and
cultural realm, then it becomes clear what gigantic dimensions the
Internet as a design work-in-progress has-and that doesn't mean just
screen and web design, but also design in the sense of putting something
functional in place. The noble-minded withdrawal to art-immanent positions
may appear to be an option to some, but this doesn't work as a basis
upon which to design alternatives and potentially fruitful concepts, nor
is it a suitable way to insure the role of contemporary art in social and
cultural development.
The debates now raging in the humanities and the great moral discussions
are being initiated and advanced directly by scientific-and hardly at all
by artistic-inquiry. Science is upstaging art as far as the media spotlight
is concerned, and thus also with respect to direct influence upon public
opinion formation and the sociopolitical discourse.
The avant-gardiste principle of art striving to be a driving force and to
impart momentum to the development of society as a whole has undergone a
shift: science, pop culture and subcultural niches, business &
entertainment, software engineering, etc. are the epicenters of the
exciting current developments.
The question concerning the makers of art, however, will deal not only with
those who create it, but also with those who manage it and make money off it.
Branding and franchising as strategies of market positioning and market
dominance, and the efforts to recontextualize and canonize media art in order
to negotiate its return to the formal realm of art elicit great skepticism.
The inertia of traditional art institutions and the increasing
privatization of the funding process of art are reinforcing the trend among
a young generation of artists to establish their own platforms, collaborative
undertakings, and business models, whereby the ongoing brain drain into the
media and advertising industries threatens to soon leave the art world behind
like a ghost town.
Let's take a look at the thing formerly known as art!
What once could have been subsumed under the heading of media art has since
branched out into a multiplicity of new artistic genres, symbiotic forms
whose definitions are rather more oriented on scientific and technical
disciplines, on interface development and information architecture or on
net culture and the lifestyle of gaming communities than on the isms of
the artistic discourse.
This development is being carried forward by individuals whose identity
is bounded by the parameters artist, engineer, social worker and experience
designer, and who act out of a clear understanding of its technological as
well as its associated social and cultural aspects.
Coders and hackers, open sourcers, circuit benders, who acquire mastery over
technological components, ignore rules found in user's manuals, and who
deploy devices and systems in ways unintended by those who market them,
participate, with this analytical and critical processing, in the design
of the way our world is now.
Art as a Test-Drive of the Future
Ars Electronica 2001 sets out on the trajectory of this burst of creativity
to track the scenes, sites and protagonists of the art of tomorrow.
Experimental arrays by these protagonists are being developed further in order
to provide these models and motifs of artistic activity with compatible
forms of presentation that are capable of also stimulating suitable situations
in which to encounter them.
The scientific method of some projects plays just as integral a part in the
whole as the proximity of others to experimental entertainment. The festival
as an art institution functions as a transfer node, as a marketplace of ideas,
processes and ways of working.
Gerfried Stocker
Let's take a look at the thing formerly known as art:
http://www.aec.at/takeover
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Canada
Creating Electronic Texts and Images
A practical "hands-on" exploration of the research, preservation and
pedagogical uses of electronic texts and images in the humanities.
August 19 - 24, 2001
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Instructor: David Seaman, University of Virginia
Sponsored by the Electronic Text Centre at the University of New Brunswick
Libraries and the Department of Archives and Special Collections
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course will centre around the creation of a set of electronic texts and
digital images. Topics to be covered include:
SGML/XML tagging and conversion
Using the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines
Ebooks (This will be an expanded component for this years institute)
The basics of archival imaging
The form and implications of XML
Publishing SGML/XML on the World Wide Web
EAD - Encoded Archival Descriptions
The course is designed primarily for librarians and archivists who are
planning to develop electronic text and imaging projects, for scholars who
are creating electronic texts as part of their teaching and research, and
for publishers who are looking to move publications to the Web.
Course participants will learn how to create TEI encoded XML files from a
selection of manuscripts from UNBs Archives and Special Collections; and,
then, how to turn these XML files automatically into multiple formats,
including HTML, PDF, and EBook. Participants will also have the opportunity
to tag an EAD finding aid and explore issues in creating digital images.
The work of the class will be made available on the Internet through the
Electronic Text Centre at the University of New Brunswick Libraries Web Page.
Alan Burk, Associate Director of Libraries and Director of the
Electronic
Text Centre
Phone: ++1-506-4534740 Fax: ++1-506-4534595
http://www.hil.unb.ca/Texts/
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UK
Broadcast Content Management 2001
The British Library, Central London
21st - 22nd June, 2001
BCM has now firmly established itself as the most comprehensive event for
anyone involved in broadcast content and digital asset management. Strong
foundations were set last year resulting in this year's event being the only
conference and exhibition you need to attend to hear the industry's leading
experts.
Who should attend?
The conference is aimed at international professionals working in:
Television broadcast
DVD authoring facilities
Web development
Broadcast consultancy
Multimedia production
Television training and education facilities
Production and post-production companies
Broadcast equipment manufacture and distribution
Key speakers include:
Kevin Ivey, Vice-President for Research and Development, CNN;
Jane Marshall, Chief Executive, Carlton Active; Colin Brown,
Chief Executive, Cinesite; Barry Goldsmith, Broadcast
Consultant, Luc Wagner, MD, Broadcast Centre Europe
For the full speaker list and the conference programme, visit the website:
http://www.tvbeurope.com/bcm
BCM Europe 2001 is the only the only established broadcast content and
digital asset management conference and exhibition of its kind taking place
in Europe this year - don't miss it!
For further details, please contact:
REGISTRATION:
Lianne Davey Tel: +44 (0) 20 7940 8598
Email: lkdavey@ubminternational.com
SPONSORSHIP:
Steve Grice Tel: +44 (0) 20 7940 8530
Email: sgrice@ubminternational.com
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Digital Asset Management Conference
The digitisation of text, sound and moving image archives within libraries is
critical to preservation and re-use. A high-level conference, drawing
together commercial and educational users of Digital Asset Management, is
taking place on 9 and 10 July this year in London. The event includes a
panel session led by the JISC, plus presentations from the BBC, CNN, Tate
and Coca-Cola, among others. You can view the agenda and register at:
www.henrystewart.co.uk/conferences/july2001/E01104/index.html.
Please note that a special 50% discount has been arranged for libraries and
museums. Kieron Osmotherly, Conference Director.
Henry Sterences/july2001/E01104/index.html.
Please note that a special 50% discount has been arranged for libraries and
museums. Kieron Osmotherly, Conference Director.
Henry Stewart Conference Studies
Tel: +44-20-74043040 E-mail: kierono@henrystewart.co.uk
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USA
THE ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCES THE SHORT LISTS FOR
THE 2001 POETRY AND FICTION ELECTRONIC LITERATURE AWARDS
Chicago, IL, April 17 - The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) is
pleased to announce the short lists for the first Electronic Literature Awards.
The 2 $10,000 Award-winners will be announced at a ceremony May 18, 2001
at the New School's Swayduck Auditorium in New York City (Ground Floor, 65
Fifth Avenue, between 13th and 14th).
16 judges have whittled the international pool of 165 works down to a short
list of 6 in each category. Final Judges Heather McHugh (Poetry) and Larry
McCaffery (Fiction) will select the winner in each category.
Tickets for the May 18th ceremony are available online for $10 @
http://eliterature.org/Awards2001
"Many of the first and second round judges commented on the remarkable
diversity of works submitted," said Scott Rettberg, executive director of
the ELO. "Collectively, these works represent the efforts of a nascent
literary movement that takes the electronic media not only as a new means
of distributing literature, but also as an interactive space that can be
utilized to create entirely new kinds of literary art."
SHORT LIST FOR THE 2001 ELECTRONIC LITERATURE AWARD FOR FICTION
-"Alternumerics" by Paul Chan of Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. MEDIUM: Web
(with font installation)
URL: http://www.nationalphilistine.com/alternumerics/
- "Lexia to Perplexia" by Talan Memmot of San Francisco, California,
U.S.A.
MEDIUM: Web
URL: http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/newmedia/lexia/index.htm
-"Patchwork Girl" by Shelley Jackson of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
MEDIUM:
CDROM
CATALOG URL: http://www.eastgate.com/catalog/PatchworkGirl.html
-"_the data][h!][bleeding texts_" by Mez of Wollongong, New South Wales,
Australia. MEDIUM: Web
URL: http://netwurkerz.de/mez/datableed/complete/index.htm
-"These Waves of Girls" by Caitlin Fisher of Toronto, Canada. MEDIUM:
Web.
URL: http://www.yorku.ca/caitlin/waves
-"The Impermanence Agent" by Noah Wardrip-Fruin et al. of New York City,
U.S.A. MEDIUM: Web
URL: http://www.impermanenceagent.com
SHORT LIST FOR THE 2001 ELECTRONIC LITERATURE AWARD FOR POETRY
-"Configuration" by Hilary Mosher-Buri of Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.
MEDIUM:
Web
URL: http://home.dencity.com/buriweb/
-"Cyberpoetry Underground" By Kominos Zervos of Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia. MEDIUM: CDROM
-"Him" by Dane Watkins of Somerset, England, U.K. MEDIUM: Web. URL:
http://www.comfylux.com/him
-"The Minotaur Project" by Kim White of Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
MEDIUM:
Web. URL: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~theminotaurproject/
- "Nepabunna" by Geniwate of Prospect, South Adelaide, Australia.
MEDIUM:
CD-ROM and Web
-"Windsound" by John Cayley of London, England, U.K. MEDIUM: CDROM
MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Rettberg %lt;rettberg@eliterature.org> ++1-773-7693540
NOTE: More extensive info is available at eliterature.org/Awards2001
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ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION
The Electronic Literature Organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
with a mission to promote and facilitate the writing, reading, and publishing
of literature designed for the electronic media. Based in Chicago, ELO is
directed by a national board of leading experts in electronic literature,
internet business, and electronic publishing, and is additionally advised
by an international board of literary advisors and a board of internet
industry advisors. The ELO maintains the Electronic Literature Directory
and an Electronic Literature Web Resource Center, staffed by a network of
leading e-lit writers operating independently in different parts of the USA.
ELO is supported by the donations of individual members, by corporations
including ZDNet, and by foundations including the Ford Foundation.
HOW TO JOIN IN ON LINGUA MOO
Go to http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000
Click on the LOG IN button on the left hand side
Type in your name at the prompt
Once in the MOO, type "@go eliterature" to get to the electronic literature
chat room.
HOW TO JOIN IN ON THE trAce WEBBOARD
You need to sign in to the WebBoard to use the Chat at
http://hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk/~trace.
Click on the CHAT button in the black menu (the top toolbar). Allow the applet
to load (be patient!).Alternatively, use an IRC client such as mIRC (PC) or
IRCLE (Mac). Point your client at hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk port 7000 and join
the channel #trace
For more information, see %lt;http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/online/moo.htm>
Electronic Literature Organization %lt;http://www.eliterature.org/>
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trAce Online Writing School
Enrolment for the trAce Online Writing School will open in early May, with
teaching beginning in early June. All the courses will last 6 weeks, and
we'll be starting with a great line-up including:
* Animated Poetry in Flash, taught by Peter Howard
* Creative Writing Workshop, taught by Marjorie C. Luesebrink
* Cyberculture and Literature, taught by Alan Sondheim
* Factual Writing for New Media, taught by Bill Thompson
* Hypertext and its Double, taught by Talan Memmott
* Searching the Web, taught by Helen Whitehead
* Short Fiction, taught by Kate Pullinger
* Textual Machines: Building Web-Based Narratives, taught by Carolyn
Guertin
* Writing an Online Family History, taught by Liz Swift
There will also be a Common Workshop, free to all enrolled students and
hosted by Alan Sondheim. Further courses to be launched later this year
include poetry,
scriptwriting, writing for children, journalling and other types of writing
for both web and print media.
To register your interest in the School, please visit
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/school.cfm
The trAce Online Writing School is pleased to announce the availability of
a limited number of bursaries to help with the cost of courses starting 4th
June.
Bursaries are available on a first-come first-served basis and cover one-third
of the course fee, reducing the cost of a course from 150 GBP to 100 GBP
(approximately 144 USD)
DEADLINE
Bursaries are currently available only for courses starting 4th June and the
deadline for applications is Monday 28 May 01.
To be considered, mark your application form BURSARY.
Helen Whitehead, Website editor and tutor
trAce Online Writing Centre http://trace.ntu.ac.uk
trAce Online Writing School http://tracewritingschool.com
The Nottingham Trent University
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The 4th Annual Subtle Technologies Conference
May 17-20, 2001
A conference, video screening and exhibition exploring the space between
Science and Art
http://www.subtletechnologies.com
Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto Campus, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
The Subtle Technologies Conference is a 4-day multidisciplinary event that
explores the strands and patterns of thought, feeling and culture, that
connect and resonate in the space between art and science.
We hope to provide an immersive conference environment, which encourages
the discussion and development of new concepts and areas of research in
both the arts and sciences, fusing topics that range from quantum physics
to dance.
Some of the many other topics that will be explored during each 50 minute
presentation include: artificial intelligence, topology (a field of
mathematics), genetic algorithms for creating music, consciousness,
interactivity, ancient cave inscriptions, brainwaves, sociology, magnetic
fields and alternative computer interfaces.
Please visit our website for abstracts and more information on the speakers.
This year we have expanded the bounds of the conference to include an evening
screening of artists' videos and a exhibition of interactive artworks
-'Subtle Broadcast' on May 17th, will include video shorts by Tom Sherman,
Laiwan, Ken Rinaldo and many others.
-'Mid-Air' opening May 19th-June 9th, will feature artworks by Andrea
Polli, Ken Gregory, Tegan Smith and An Te Liu, that explore air aherman,
Laiwan, Ken Rinaldo and many others.
-'Mid-Air' opening May 19th-June 9th, will feature artworks by Andrea
Polli, Ken Gregory, Tegan Smith and An Te Liu, that explore air as a
medium of sound, vision, and an elemental life force. Presented in
conjunction with InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre.
Speakers presenting at this year's conference include:
ーJohannes Birringer: "New Environments for Dance: Ecologies of Networks", Ohio
State University, USA
ーJosh Bongard: "Biological Growth and the Automatic Design of Robots",
University of Zurich, Switzerland
ーGwen Boyle: "Magnetic fields/magnetism", Canada
ーJane Krakower: "Space-Time Matrix", University of Southern Florida, USA
ーMaja Kuzmanovic & David Tonnesen: "Particle Systems for Artistic Expression",
FoAM, Belgium & sponge, USA
ーTed Lumley & Jacques Rainville: "Inclusionality: an immersive philosophy of
environmental relationships", Canada
ーGeorge Magalios: "Unconcealment of the Ground Palette: An Alternative
Paleontological Investigation of a Subtle Technique", Carnegie Mellon
University, USA
ー Bill Marks: "A Scientific Approach to Consciousness and the Infinite",
National Institute of Health, USA
ーSom Naimpally: "Topology and Applications", University of Toronto, Canada
ーGary Lee Nelson: "Sonomorphs: An Application of Genetic Algorithms To
the Growth and Development of Musical Organisms", Oberlin College, USA
ーSageev Oore: "The Space Between Music and Science", University of Toronto,
Canada
ーNina Sobell & Stacey Pershall (Parkbench): "Thinking of You", NYU, USA
ーDale Thomas: "The Evolution of Morphogenetic Art Forms ", University of
Zurich, Switzerland
ーEvan Harris Walker: "Polygons, Neural Nets, Quantum States, and Rainbows",
Walker Cancer Research Institute, USA
ーAdam Zaretsky: "Posthuman Temptation, Eros and Mutagenesis", MIT, USA
Admission is limited and as we expect the conference to be sold-out, we
encourage you to purchase tickets in advance. 4-day conference passes are
$125 CND. To purchase conference passes call: ++1-416-872-1212 or toll free
1-800-
4613333. For further information, please visit our website at:
%lt;http://www.subtletechnologies.com>.
From: Jim Ruxton [cinetron@passport.ca]
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SHORT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Technart
Off_Corso, Kruiskade 22, Rotterdam, Netherlands
May 16 - 25, 2001
Exhibitions, workshops, film nights, parties.
Artists include:
Lenno Verhoog, Mar, Rob Motion, Sis Josip, Medousa Xpo, Xenomobile, Geert
Mul/Cut Up (Netherlands), Tina Zimmerman (USA), 586, Bee-art, Olaf Meyer,
Elvis Denton aka Dreadlock, Android (Australia) and David Wilson aka Calx
(UK).
Tel ++31-10-4113897, info@off-corso.nl, www.offcorso.nl
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DREAMING FOR FUTURE FUTURE HOME CONFERENCE
May 17-19 Helsinki, Finland
This conference presents the latest comprehensive knowledge of future housing,
industrial design, information technology, and urban planning.
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Showlight
Edinburgh, Scotland
May 21-23, 2001
www.showlight.org.uk lesley@harmerpr.com
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Cable & Satellite Mediacast
London, UK
May 21-23, 2001
www.mediacast.co.uk
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INCLUSION BY DESIGN - PLANNING THE BARRIER-FREE WORLD
June 1 to 5, 2001, Montreal, Canada
As well as encouraging barrier-free design, the conference delegates and
presenters will look at inclusive policies which can be developed and
implemented through government, corporate and community infrastructures.
The event will cover three major theme areas which will be Inclusive
Employment,
Inclusive Communities and Developing Universal Access. These areas will
cover such topics as the economics of inclusion, accommodation and productivity,
transportation, social programs, inclusive legislation and equipment and
technology. The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work is currently
conducting a Call for Papers.
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World Television Forum
Montreux, Switzerland
June 7-11, 2001
www.worldtvforum.com
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PARTNERING IN BROADBAND COMMUNITY NETWORKS IN ONTARIO CONFERENCE
June 18-19, 2001, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Presented by The Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology in
Partnership with Connecting Niagara. Building on the success of two previous
conferences in Ottawa (1998) and Kitchener (1999), the Ministry of Energy
Science and Technology is pleased to announce the third Broadband Community
Networks in Ontario Conference.
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MITIL
The International Market for Independent & Local Broadcasters
Vevey, Switzerland
June 20-23, 2001
www.mitil.org
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Cinema Expo 2001
Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 25-28, 2001
www.cinemaexpo.com
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9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
August 5 to 10, 2001, New Orleans, USA.
The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the
dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic,
and applied areas of HCI.
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Siggraph 2001
International Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques Los
Angeles, USA
August 12-17, 2001
www.siggraph.org
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Ars Electronica 2001
TAKEOVER - Who's doing the art of tomorrow
Linz, Austria
September 1 - 6, 2001
http://www.aec.at/takeover
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CONTINENTAL SHIFT 2001 - ICOGRADA CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
September 10 to 12, 2001, Sandton, South Africa
Safari... a Swahili work meaning "to journey." Since time immemorial, mankind
has strengthened its focus, inspired its leaders, resolved its problems and
regained its serenity and energy through such pilgrimages.
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SYMPOSIUM DECLARATIONS OF {INTER}DEPENDENCE AND THE IM{MEDIA}CY OF
DESIGN
Thursday, October 25, 2001 - Sunday, October 28, 2001
The Design Art Department of Concordia University [Montreal, Canada] is
currently organizing a symposium DECLARATIONS of [inter]dependence and the
im[media]cy of design, which will bring together designers, artists, educators
and activists to explore the public sphere as a space of democratic voice
and citizenship.
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ICOGRADA 2003 NAGOYA - CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
October 2003, Nagoya, Japan
Icograda 2003 Nagoya will be a voyage of discovery, seeking to define the
future of graphic design, delineate the attributes of the ideal designer,
and exploring the role and relationship between the designer and the environment.
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EXHIBITIONS
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BOX 30/70
sound installation
Bruce Odland & Sam Auinger
Wilhelminaplein, Rotterdam, Netherlands
May 12 - June 10, 2001 (daily 10-20 hrs), admission free
www.siemenskulturprogramm.de/box3070
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EXHIBITIONS
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UNIVERSES IN UNIVERSE - Worlds of Art
Information and communication system on the arts of Africa, the Americas and
Asia/Pacific
2nd berlin biennale - Tour
On April 20 opened the 2nd edition of the berlin biennial. On our tour of
the exhibition we show works by 30 of the 49 participants:
http://universes-in-universe.de/car/berlin/bien2/english.htm
In approximately 95 photos we provide an impression of the exhibition, and
inform about the exhibition venues. A quick overview of who appears on our
tour you can gain through the complete list of artists:
http://universes-in-universe.de/car/berlin/bien2/e-alpha.htm
Biennals' Calendar 2001/2002
In the course of further restructuring of our "Caravan" area we have
published a calendar of international Biennials and other periodic exhibitions.
It also includes website's and email addresses of the organizers (as available).
It will be updated continuously:
http://universes-in-universe.de/car/e-calendar.htm
Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art
Contact:
Pat Binder, Gerhard Haupt
Kollwitzstrasse 52
D - 10405 Berlin
Germany
Phone: ++49-30-445 78 23
Fax: ++49-30-44 73 84 14
Email: info@universes-in-universe.de
http://universes-in-universe.de/english.htm
EXHIBITION
A Gallery Exhibition of digital art in the Visual Arts Museum at the
School of Visual Arts, 209 E. 23rd Street, New York City November 5
- December 8, 2001 International Tour 2002
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JOBS
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Australia
Editorial Position Available
M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture
A job opportunity is now available with Internet journal M/C, A Journal of
Media and Culture.
The M/C editorial collional Tour 2002
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JOBS
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Australia
Editorial Position Available
M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture
A job opportunity is now available with Internet journal M/C, A Journal of
Media and Culture.
The M/C editorial collective is searching for energetic people to fill the
following volunteer position as soon as possible. M/C is known internationally
as the leading online journal in its area, and we're now looking for people
who can help it continue its high standard of work to further expand its
influence and value in media and cultural studies.
The mandate of the journal is to move ideas outwards and to tread the line
between the popular and the academic in both subject matter and in writing
style. If this interests you and you can get involved in such a project,
the following position is available:
Production Editor of M/C
The Production Editor is responsible for getting the materials that are
developed by writers and issue editors published on the Website in time.
The Editor checks incoming articles for proper formatting, feeds them to
the M/C
HTML system, and checks the resulting article HTML files for any errors,
and also updates any of the static pages in the M/C site that may need
updating.
The Editor is also responsible for uploading new M/C content and general
maintenance of the Website. The Production Editor must be comfortable with
HTML as well as with Web design software such Dreamweaver, and be generally
experienced in Web design with the ability to develop the site further.
This is a position that requires the ability to work closely with issue
editors to get articles ready for publication. The Production Editor has
to be an efficient computer power-user and Web-savvy, which also means that
they must be able to search the Web effectively for links that relate to
M/C articles.
The Production Editor is at the core of M/C and must be able to attend the
fortnightly meetings with the editorial collective at the University of
Queensland in Brisbane.
In this role, as a member of the editorial collective you will be participating
in a growing, internationally connected, vibrant media community that is at
the leading edge of Web technologies and part of the Australian Public
Intellectual Network. All members of the editorial collective work on an
unpaid basis.
If this position sounds like what you want to do for the next year or two
and you want to get involved in one of the most active and innovative
around, then contact us at mc@api-network.com. Please send through a resume
and cover letter!
About M/C -- A Journal of Media and Culture:
M/C is a crossover journal between the popular and the academic. Initiated
by cultural critic David Marshall and supported by a variety of contributors
from the University of Queensland and elsewhere, it is a journal that is a
premier site of cultural debate on the Net. M/C's incisive and insightful
articles, presented in a Website that is well-designed and easy to navigate,
have already won a number of Web awards. To see what M/C is all about, check
out our Website, which contains all the issues released so far, at
%lt;http://www.api-network.com/mc/.
Contact:
Elissa Jenkins
Co-ordinating Editor
M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture
mc@api-network.com
http://www.api-network.com/mc/
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Lecturer in Film and Video Production
(note: official deadline already passed)
University of Technology, Sydney
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Ref No. R26401
The Faculty requires an outstanding lecturer in Film and Television Production
to support and further develop the successful UTS Media Arts and Production
program. Joining the MAP area in the Department of Media Arts, Communication
and Information, you will be able to teach and co-ordinate film and video
production at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the Faculty.
You will have experience of teaching at the tertiary level, and a sound
understanding of theory and practice in film and video production. You will
be expected to contribute to administration, research and creative production
as part of an active academic team. An appropriate tertiary qualification is
essential, and a relevant post-graduate qualification will be an advantage.
Salary Range: $50,558 to $60,024 p.a. (to mid-level only).
The University offers a wide-ranging salary packaging scheme to all staff
plus attractive superannuation.
Please see application procedure and include details of three referees in
your application. Application Procedure: First you should obtain the
selection criteria from the Recruitment Office
on ++61-2-95141087. If you then require further information contact:
Gill Leahy, Program Coordinator, Media Arts and Production on 02 9514 2323.
Applications should be received by 4 May 2001, quote the appropriate Ref
No., and be addressed to:
The Recruitment Officer
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007
Australia
(no e-mail address was provided)
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Webmaster wanted
The journal Senses of Cinema is now undergoing a change with the departure
of its webmaster Bill Mousoulis. We are calling for expressions of interest
in this position.
This is a chance for someone out there to contribute to the growth of what
film critic Adrian Martin has labeled "Australia's best movie journal".
You will need to have excellent computer skills and a basic knowledge of web
authoring and image manipulation (Dreamweaver, Photoshop). And you will need
to based in Melbourne.
The position will commence mid May. For a job description, please email
webmaster@sensesofcinema.com
20 Apr 2001
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Canada
Announcement of New Tenure Track Appointment
Digital Image/Sound and the Fine Arts
The Faculty of Fine Arts is seeking a tenure track appointment, commencing
August 1, 2001, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, pending
budgetary approval. This position will require teaching and administrative
duties in the Digital Image/Sound and the Fine Arts programme. The Major
in Digital Image and Sound is jointly offered by the Faculties of Engineering/
Computer Science and Fine Arts. The applicant must be able to work
collaboratively with faculty teams in Fine Arts and in Computer Science.
We are seeking a dedicated researcher who will contribute to the development
of a dynamic media arts facility in the Faculty of Fine Arts. An applicant
with experience in grants writing and the ability to forge partnerships with
industry is preferred.
The successful candidate will teach 12 credits per year and coordinate
activities in the Digital Image/Sound programme. The candidate will be
actively involved in the creation of a Masters programme in multimedia and
electronic arts.
Qualifications include a terminal degree (Ph.D or MFA), teaching experience
in digital media, a distinguished record of professional achievement and
active participation in the digital arts community. Bilingualism is considered
an asset.
The candidate must have experience with multi-media design for CD-ROM and web
site development on Macintosh and Windows NT platforms, with knowledge of HTML,
Javascript and Dreamweaver, Shockwave, Director and Lingo, Flash, Premiere and
Photoshop. Some familiarity with 3-d animation, audio and video editing and
virtual reality (VRML, QTVR) is desired. Experience with JAVA, CGI scripting
and at least one programming language is considered an asset.
Please include a letter of application; a statement of teaching and research;
a CV; documentation of recent work; three letters of recommendation and other
relevant support material. Address applications to:
Chair, Search Committee for Digital Image/Sound
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve W.
Montreal, Quebec H3G lM8 Canada
The committee will begin reviewing applications on April 23, 2001 and will
continue to receive applications until position is filled.
This advertisement is simultaneously directed to Canadian citizens and
permanent residents of Canada and to non-Canadians. Under current Canadian
immigration guidelines, the dossiers of Canadian citizens and permanent
residents must be examined in the first insada and to non-Canadians. Under current Canadian
immigration guidelines, the dossiers of Canadian citizens and permanent
residents must be examined in the first instance, after which the applications
of others will be considered.
Concordia University is committed to Employment Equity and encourages
applications from women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and disabled
persons. Visit the DFAR web site at http://digital.concordia.ca/
For more information, contact:
Barbara Layne
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec
layne@vax2.concordia.ca
Tel ++1-514-8484703
*****
USA
POSITION AVAILABLE: Assistant to the Chair, MFA Computer Art Department,
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Responsible for assisting the Chair with all aspects of managing a graduate
computer art department. Annual projects include orientation, curriculum,
catalog and registration book, budget, recruitment, admissions, Web
site, exhibitions, year-end events, and special projects. Acting as the
Assistant Director of the New York Digital Salon, an international computer art
exhibition. Work closely with the Chair and Registrar of the New York Digital
Salon on all aspects of the exhibition.
Candidate should possess a proactive professional approach, be a team player,
have strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain focus on several
projects in a busy academic environment. Mac/PC skills, academic experience,
familiarity with digital art and experience with the Web a plus.
Fax resume to ++1-212-5922509, or email bruce@sva.edu.
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CALLS
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ENHANCED REALITIES: Augmented and Unplugged
The 7th International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia (VSMM2001)
presented by The International Society on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia
25-27 October 2001 University of California, Berkeley, USA
VIRTUAL HERITAGE COLLOQUIUM 23-24 October, San Francisco, USA
http://www.vsmm.org/vsmm2001
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
HOSTS: UCB Center for Design Visualization, International Society on VSMM
AUTHOR SCHEDULE
Paper Deadline 18 June 2001
Acceptance Notification 3 August 2001
Manuscript Submission 3 Sept 2001
VSMM Conference: 25-27 October 2001
ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTS
Picking up where virtual reality and technology 'assistants' left off,
enhanced environments are rapidly emerging as a major multidisciplinary
research, development, and deployment area today through the explosion in
wireless technologies (and bluetooth standard), small and easily deployable
sensor technologies, networked off-the-shelf 2 and 3D cameras, pattern
recognition algorithms, smart mobile phones, RFID tags, GPS and location
trackers, etc. Papers which present innovative research in wireless virtual
and augmented environments, including mobile computing, mobile learning,
wireless entertainment / games, and mixed reality are encouraged.
VIRTUAL HERITAGE
This year will showcase the most innovative work in the field, including new
imaging and modeling techniques, large scale terrain modeling, geo-temporal
3D databases, remote sensing and GIS for culture, laser scanning and data
capture, object and image restoration and modeling, virtual reality for
museums, kiosks and site explanations. Papers accepted will cover a range
from technical
tools and techniques, to actual site environments that use new techniques
for historical re-enactment, storytelling or site reconstruction. Heritage,
museum, and cultural officials working with technology are encouraged to
submit case studies.
SPECIAL VIRTUAL HERITAGE COLLOQUIUM (23-24 October)
sponsored by the Virtual Heritage Network
(http://www.virtualheritage.net).
For 3 consecutive years VSMM has brought together researchers from around
the globe focused on the new field of Virtual Heritage. In response to user
demand, a special Colloquium will be held immediately prior to the full
conference to debate, explore, and begin to address issues including:
international standards and metadata, funding and collaboration, and
application of emerging technology. Due to high demand and the need to keep
the discussion focused, space will be limited to 25 attendees. To facilitate
a productive and fruitful Colloquium, we hope to select a diverse international
cross section of professionals, government officials, and academics from the
spectrum of preservation, heritage, culture, museum, computing technology and
new media. Shortly, an online form will be made available for those wishing
to apply to reserve a space.
IMMERSIVE ART AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
This session will present the latest work in 3D art and creative technology
with special emphasis on real-time interactive and immersive systems. Paper
topics include museum art and exhibitions, wireless art, networked experiences,
open-ended generative systems, site-specific installations, new media, and
experimental art forms are encouraged to apply.
SPECIAL SESSION ON EMERGING VIRTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
With entertainment/game consoles rivaling the power of flight simulators,
and game engines taking over 3D standards, entertainment is playing an
increasingly strategic role in the Virtual and 3D worlds. And with the
increasing crossover between Military and Entertainment applications
traditional lines are blurring and new alliances being forged. This session
will explore and debate both theoretical and practical issues pertaining to
this virtual cross-cultural area. Technical papers, from processes to
applications and tools are encouraged. Theoretical papers that discuss
philosophical, moral or the future issues of this emerging industry are
highly encouraged.
VIRTUAL DESIGN, PROTOTYPING & TRAINING
Virtual Design & Training is the first area of Virtual Reality to yield
commercially viable applications. This session presents the papers for the
following three sub-catal Reality to yield
commercially viable applications. This session presents the papers for the
following three sub-categories:
INDUSTRIAL
Papers exploring 3D virtual design, prototyping, and telerobotic applications
in engineering (macro and micro), aerospace, defense, automotive, petrochemical,
manufacturing, and related areas. Case studies and papers presenting business
and human factors benefits will be particularly welcome. Also welcome are
papers presenting practical techniques for assessing human performance in
virtual environments - situational awareness, transfer of skills, navigational
performance and cognitive mapping.
ARCHITECTURAL
Papers exploring advances in applied 3D design and prototyping in the
architectural field (as distinct from 3D CAD and CAE), from applications of
image-based modeling and rendering, to 3D scanning, applications of Web3D
in architectural design and training, virtual design, and the issues of
virtual 'placemaking'.
MEDICAL
Topics here include telemedicine and telesurgery, virtual surgery, virtual
patients (and the importance of training delivery using task abstraction vs.
physiological fidelity) VR and micro- and nanotechnology for biomedical
applications, surgical robotics using VR or other advanced human-system
interfaces, virtual hospitals and operating theatres (for training), case
studies (transfer of skills, especially), Web-based surgical training, and
so on.
INFORMATION
For more information, please email the conference Secretariat:
vsmm-sec@vsmm.org
To Subscribe: http://www.vsmm.org/vsmm2001
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS - NEW MEDIA WORKS
MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL NEW CINEMA NEW MEDIA (FCMM)
30th Edition, October 11-21, 2001
http://www.fcmm.com
Dynamic and inspired. Challenging and visionary. Provocative and groundbreaking.
All these terms describe the Montreal international Festival of new Cinema
and new Media (FCMM). Recognized for its bold, eclectic programming, the
FCMM is a multidisciplinary happening that fuses mediums and genres. In
keeping with its aim of promoting cin駑a d'auteur, independent video, and
creativity in new media, the FCMM is constantly on the lookout for new and
original works. Innovation and exploration are the guiding principles of
the FCMM's programming, which is divided into five main categories: feature
film and video, documentary, short and medium-length work, performance and
digital work.
As a film festival, the FCMM has been at the forefront of the revolution in
motion pictures and sound for thirty years. This year, the New Media section
returns to celebrate its fifth anniversary and to once again tackle with new
forms of artistic expression in the realm of digital culture. The Festival's
Media Lounge as well as the cutting-edge Ex-Centris complex have already been
the hosts of an astounding line-up of new media artists, hosting many well
established acts while remaining a springboard for local and international
emerging artists (see listing at the end of this email).
In order to pursue its commitment towards the development of innovative ways
of displaying and presenting works that integrate the use of new technologies,
the New Media section of the FCMM is calling for proposals in two new
categories: digital creation and performance.
DIGITAL WORK/CREATION
In its effort to join the realm of filmaking and digital culture, this year's
digital work category will feature an international selection of works created
on digital media or using digital image manipulation techniques. The FCMM is
thus seeking creative works that expand the perspective of filmaking through
the use of digital technologies. Particular consideration will be given to
entries demonstrating audacity and novelty in their ability to create a
happening and appeal to festivalgoers.
Best Digital Work -CA$5,000
PERFORMANCE
This category will showcase an international selection of performance pieces.
Entries should be characterized by the creative, innovative and significant
use of moving images, digital image and sound processing, and new technologies.
The FCMM is especially interested in projects demonstrating innovative
approaches to the presentation of interactive works and time-based artistic
interventions. Particular attention will be paid to projects exploring
new forms of narrative. Best Performance -CAill be paid to projects exploring
new forms of narrative. Best Performance -CA$5,000
For more details on the terms and entry procedures please consult our web
site http://www.fcmm.com
All entries must be received by June 1, 2001, at the latest.
SOME OF THE ARTISTS PRESENTED BY THE NEW MEDIA SECTION SINCE 1997:
Audiorom, Antirom, Sensorband, Thomas K鋸r, Jurgen Reble, Chris Hales,
Metamkine, Richie Hawtin, David Shea, The User, Steina Vasulka, Lucky
People Center, David Rokeby, Luc Courchesne, Chris Marker, Vuk Cosic,
Monolake, Scion, Scanner, Farmers Manual, Marcel.Li Antunez Roca, Cecile
Babiole, Eboman, JoDi, Coldcut, Hexstatic, Richard H. Kirk, Bob Ostertag,
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, Vicki Bennett?
Festival international Nouveau Cinema Nouveaux Medias de Montreal
3530, boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 2V1
tel. +1-514-847-9272 fax. +1-514-847-0732
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Singapore International Film Festival
Film buffs are in for a treat this month as fineArt forum hits the screen -
and your monitor - with a special edition on the Singapore International Film
Festival, now in its 14th year!
With over 350 films on show from 45 countries, this 'Millennium edition' of
the Festival takes place from 11 - 28 April. Its focus: Stranger Than Fiction
- The Documentary Film.
While the Festival's mainstay remains its wide selection of world cinema,
this year sees the introduction of a new 'sidebar' programme featuring a
selection of digital works, in order to reflect the current DV revolution.
Be sure to check out fAf's April feature, 'Fields of Electronic Desire'
-
described by Singapore International Film Festival Chairman Geoff Malone as
"an exploration of the possibilities of the Digital and Electronic media by
a group of Singapore-based artists, whose imagination extend beyond the usual
concepts of film and video."
Showcasing a selection of Installations sure to engage, it includes works by
Tan Ek Chwan, Lim Chen Beng Steven, Susie Lingham, Adam Collins, Francis Ng,
Khiew Huey Chian, Saraswati Gramich, Julie Ross, and Geoff Malone among others.
'Fields of Electronic Desire' also features an article by Fesstival Director,
Philip Cheah. Cheah borrows the title from an Errol Morris film:
'Fast, cheap and out of control - Asian Digital Cinema', which he suggests
could be what the whole digital filmmaking revolution is about.
Also on offer is Fatima Lasay's essay. The enticing 'Gimokud - An Internet
Soul Project', is described as "a visualisation of an ancient Philippine
myth depicting the interrupted existence of the soul." Gimokud is part of
Hoydigiteer.org - an initiative on Philippine new media art run and maintained
by Lasay.
'Gimokud' delves into the online exhibition of 52 collaborative digital
artworks that is Gimokud The Melting Soul, a "visualisation of an ancient
Philippine myth depicting the interrupted existence of the soul (or gimokud)."
Project participants provided an image of themselves, and an object they
would bring should they themselves travel as a gimokud. Literally, putting
their souls in the hands of strangers - thirty-two Digital Media Students
from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UPCFA). The
artists would then interpret the images and visualise the soul, resulting
in a unique, digitally crafted vessel.
Other gems to be found in fAf's May 'text' section include: Joseph Nechvatal's
Computer Virus Project 2.0 - an intriguingly creative project which follows on
from his similar viral works of 1992; and Dean Bruton's wrap-up of The
Australian Effects and Animation Festival, recently held in Sydney. Mez Breeze
is impressed in her review of Dirk Hine's web site, hine-digital-art.com,
while Beth Rainbow takes a flick through the pages of Web Style Guide, a slim
but slick volume co-authored by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton.
Of course, as the longest running arts magazine on the Internet, fAf provides
up-to-date, informative and timely information to the global art and technology
community, can also assist artists in achieving local and global exposure
via their fAf galleries and global connections.
The latest art and technology news on the net can be viewed at fineArt forum's
Australian based URL:
http://www.cdes.qut.edu.au/Fineart_Online/
Or elsewhere at: http://www.fineartforhttp://www.cdes.qut.edu.au/Fineart_Online/
Or elsewhere at: http://www.fineartforum.org
"This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body."
http://www.ozco.gov.au
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fAf Travelling Screening Program ('01-'02)
To celebrate fAf's 15th anniversary in 2002, fAf is curating a 1-hour digital
program consisting of digital, multimedia, film works (2 - 15 minutes) by
global artists. The series will give artists/works an opportunity for "multiple
exposure" at various venues globally.
This programme will launch at the Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Festival in
October 2001, travel through various parts of Asia, Europe, UK & the US
before closing at the Singapore International Film Festival in April/May 2002.
Requirements: Pls include artist statement, brief bio, and format available.
Submission deadline: 15 May 2001
Info:
Nisar Keshvani nisar@keshvani.com
fineArt forum
editor@fineartforum.org
http://www.fineartforum.org
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CIRCUS 2001: NEW SYNERGIES IN DIGITAL CREATIVITY
THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR CONTENT INTEGRATED RESEARCH IN CREATIVE
USER SYSTEMS
Glasgow, 20TH -22ND SEPTEMBER 2001
Supported by the European Commission's Esprit programme under the CIRCUS project.
Further details of the conference:
http://www.music.arts.gla.ac.uk/events/CircusConference2001/
Further details of the CIRCUS project: http://www.circusweb.org/
The circus conference will bring together artists, designers, performers,
theorists and computer scientists to debate the research issues posed by the
next generation of advanced information technology for the creative and
performing arts, media and the electronic publishing industry (in its broadest
sense).
The circus conference will bring together previously distinct disciplines
and encourages the replacement of 'technology push' by 'creative pull' for
multiple-media research that integrates advanced technologies with new media
types and modes of creation. The circus conference will relate technological
applications research to content issues in a theoretical understanding of
vision, sound and movement.
C O N F E R E N C E T H E M E S
INTERACTIVITY AND THE FUTURE OF THE CREATIVE PRACTICE
Technology Push - Creative Pull Applications
User interfaces and interfaces extensions to support creative processes
Creative empowerment - applications supporting style development and style
flexibility
Best practice in education for creative users
Experimental interactive creative environments
Taxonomies of interactivity
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS FOR INNOVATION OR CREATIVE PULL
Implications for Education and Training
Production methodologies for the creative industries
Vertical Markets in the Creative Industries
Business Models supporting creative processes
Methodology for reflexivity within interdisciplinary practice
DESCRIPTION OF CULTURE: ARCHITECTURES OF INFORMATION
Metadata for creative use contexts
Cultural and Connectionist Metadata
Standards supporting creativity
Open standards in creative use contexts
Data Structures for digital creative production systems
Style, Manner, Expression and processes in digital creative productions
THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF DIGITAL CREATIVE PRODUCTION CONTEXTS
Theory relevant to practice
Best Practice examples
Strategic Citing of experimental work
I M P O R T A N T D A T E S
7th June 2001 Paper/Presentation Deadline
15th Aug. 2001 last early registration possible
20th Aug. 2001 Conference in Glasgow
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Papers and presentations are invited from the topics coming out of the
conference themes. Submission of papers will be done only in electronic form
via pdf and ps. Proceedings will be on CD-ROM handed out at the conference.
A selection of papers will be published in bookform.
Submission includes information in the body of an email in text form, and an
attachment of the full paper in pdf (Adobe) or postscript format. Any other
formats of media or performance data will need to be discussed on a individual
basis. (See contacts on website)
Carola Boehm
http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk/carola
Centre for Music Technology
Department of Music Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4903
University of Glasgow Fax: +44 (0) 141 330 351ent of Music Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4903
University of Glasgow Fax: +44 (0) 141 330 3518
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Call for Virtual Entries and Critical Texts
"(re)distributions: Information Appliance & PDA Art as cultural
intervention"
Exhibition/Online Symposium
July 1, 2001 October 15, 2001
Sponsored by voyd.com
Patrick Lichty, Curator
Statement:
As technological forms of art such as web-based works gain acceptance at major
cultural institutions, questions arise to the potential narrowing of
technological works to the browser, and to the representational issues of
technological art in general. Personal Digital Assistants and informational
appliances like pagers, cell phones and connected organizers are creating a
culture of distribution and nomadism, intimacy with our machines combined
with the resultant ｰイecious-ness ッf the information appliance, and a closer
integration of technology of the body. The IA/PDA poses to create new cultural
modes of representation as these technologies create their own communities
and networks while not wholly relying on the Internet proper.
What are the issues of expression and artistic representation (visual, aural,
narrative, etc) that the emergence of wireless technologies creates? How does
this technology affect our relationship with one another and with these new
developments?
(re)distributions will seek to address the shifts in cultural practice through
showcasing works that utilize PDA OS, WAP or other wireless technologies to
make visible critical issues (on micro- and macrocosmic levels) relating to
the coming of the embedded self and the wireless Web.
Call for entries:
Projects for consideration will focus on works created for PDAs, like the
Pilot, Visor, and Pocket PC platforms, as well as pagers, cell phones, etc.
and works for information appliances utilizing various protocols, such as WAP
or Bluetooth. Works will be judged a number of criteria, including their
critical engagement with the subject and/or audience and technical
accessibility. Palmtop applications will be hosted at voyd.com, and the artist
or their technical staff will administrate WAP/wireless installations, which
will be accompanied by suitable links and curatorial pages.
In addition, documentation for completed events or works-in-progress will be
accepted as expository works. If response is sufficient, a separate category
will be created for this body of work.
The curatorial staff has access to Palm III only at the present time, so those
submitting other works are responsible for documenting the work in a way that
is accessible (preferably HTML). No more than 24 works will be included in
the exhibition.
Call for Essays & Texts:
In conjunction with the exhibition, critical essays are invited for submission
for inclusion in the discussion of the online exhibition. The archives will
be posted on the site, and proceedings of the works will be electronically
published as well.
Format:
MS Word or compatible format, 2500 words max. or multimedia hypertext.
Abstracts (250 words), text only.
Deadlines:
Abstracts for essays/works: June 1, 2001
Note: ONLY MINIMAL TIME EXTENSIONS WILL BE GIVEN, ONLY AFTER
CORRESPONDANCE.
Works: June 1, 2001
Papers/Essays: July 15, 2001 Essays will be placed online August 1
Notification of acceptance:
June 5. 2001
Contact/submission information:
Patrick Lichty
Curator, (re)distributions
C/O 355 Seyburn Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
USA
++1-225-7663811
Voyd@voyd.com
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'Digital Creativity' journal
Call for papers special issue on 'Visual interaction and design'
Important dates
1st September 2001 Intending authors should submit a short (100 words)
abstract.
1st December 2001 Full papers required.
Visual communication is the essential foundation for the design of IT
interfaces. The fields of graphic design and human-computer interaction show
that there can be different understandings of this topic. In addition,
interacting with a computer is not just visual, it is also mental and physical
interaction, with the conscious interactive participation of the user a
pre-requisite. Yet interfaces often suffer from a lack of user perspective
and the development of test and evaluation methods which capture multi-modality
are only just beginning to emerge.
Technological developments lead to new interdisciplinary combinations
However, these developments mainly rely on traditional disciplines and have
yet to develop a truly interdisciplinary foundation. In this special issue we
will look at visual interaction and any article addressing these core concerns
will be considered.
Articles may be theoretical, methodological, report on case studies or provide
analysis. Topics may be: theories of interaction, of visual communication and
contributions to theories of visual interaction. Also methods for analysis of
visual interaction, design tools and examples of design productions (e.g.
designing emotion by using movements) are welcome. These topics are not
exhaustive and we look forward to receiving articles which extend or challenge
these introductory comments.
We anticipate that many papers will be interdisciplinary involving, for
example, human-computer interaction, design, art, media, aesthetics, visual
communication, film, computer science, philosophy, technical functionality,
techniques and methodology.
Full articles should be about 4-5,000 words in length, should contain
substantial new material and should not have been published elsewhere.
Shorter articles (of around 2,000 words) will be considered where appropriate.
Authors are encouraged to include graphical material. All articles received
will be refereed by two international referees. Notes for Contributoto include graphical material. All articles received
will be refereed by two international referees. Notes for Contributors can be
found on the journal's website
%lt;http://www.swets.nl/sps/journals/dc1.html.
All material should be sent to Colin Beardon (su1620@eclipse.co.uk). The issue
will be published in early 2002. Digital Creativity (ISSN 1462-6268) is
published by Swets & Zeitlinger publishers, the Netherlands.
(from paul brown)
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The 7th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning:
Emerging Standards of Excellence in Asynchronous Learning Networks
November 16-18, 2001, Orlando, Florida, USA.
This Call for Proposals is being sent electronically only. Please share this
information with colleagues who may be interested.
We invite you to submit a proposal to The 7th Sloan-C International Conference
on Online Learning (last year called the 6th International Conference on
Asynchronous Learning Networks sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation),
to be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida,
November 16-18, 2001.
Last year's conference attracted over 500 people to more than 100 sessions as
well as exhibits, pre-conference workshops, a keynote address, and a variety
of other special events. Planning is underway to make this year's gathering
more comprehensive and dynamic than ever.
This year's theme, Emerging Standards of Excellence in Asynchronous Learning
Networks, reflects the maturing of online learning from an experimental
approach to a rapidly growing and integral component of higher and post-graduate
education.
Tracks:
- Emerging Standards of Excellence for Faculty Development and Participation.
The establishment of clear and commonly held expectations of the faculty
member's role in the development an delivery of on-line instruction is a key
to the long-term acceptance of on-line learning. This track will provide
opportunities to share experiences about the faculty member's role and
expectations regarding overall workload, course development processes,
interaction with students, and the emergence of standards of practice. Also
encouraged are proposals that relate to faculty recognition and reward.
This track will explore the varied faculty development projects and programs
that have been beneficial to fostering a strong learning environment.
- Emerging Standards of Excellence in Online Technology.
Technology creates the virtual presence of an online learning environment.
How we use technology reflects our basic assumptions about the learning
community and the teaching and learning environment.
This track will provide opportunities to share innovations in the structure
and use of technologies that support online learning. This may include new
authoring tools, new features for course management software, effective
applications of various technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of the learning environment, and measures for evaluating the value of software
packages.
- Emerging Standards of Excellence for Learning and Pedagogy.
What defines an online learning course? As the field moves toward establishing
standards, it is important to develop a common understanding of what is and
is not an online course. This track will provide opportunities to explore
these issues from a variety of perspectives: new approaches to pedagogy,
standards and expectations for interaction, content delivery, student learning
experiences, particularly powerful mixes of technologies and more. This track
also will be useful for those who want to compare and contrast the use of ALNs
on campus and off campus.
- Emerging Standards of Excellence in Assessment and Evaluation.
This track provides opportunities for institutions to share experiences
regarding assessment and evaluation of different facets of online learning:
course design and pedagogy, faculty and student performance and satisfaction,
student services, administrative procedures, cost efficiency and effectiveness,
and technology.
- Institutional Best Practices.
This track provides opportunities to share institutional best practices in the
following areas:
. Academic/Faculty Policies
. Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Online Programs
. Accreditation Standards
. Student Services
. Marketing and Recruitment
http://md2000.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/alnconf2001
Submit a Proposal by compuitment
http://md2000.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/alnconf2001
Submit a Proposal by completing the electronic submission form
For additional information about the conference arrangements, contact:
J. Patrick Wagner, e-mail jwagner@mail.ucf.edu
Phone: ++1-407-2074920, Fax: ++1-407-2074930
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The Poetic Video Festival
WORD IN MOTION
C A L L F O R E N T R I E S
Description
The Poetic Video Festival is one of several events, that will take place in the
framework of A Month of European Culture in Riga - larger program, that offers
many interesting local and international festivals, parties, exhibitions and
other events in Riga during August - September, 2001.
Video screenings of the Poetic Video Festival will be presented in
Kinogalerija
(Jauniela street # 24) September, 15.
The Poetic Video Festival is organized by ORBITA - group of mainly young
Russian poets and writers, who experiment with spoken text.
(www.orbita.lv).
Closing event of this festival in one of the nightclubs in Riga will include
interjamming by not only poets, but also vjs and musicians.
What's behind the concept:
Does pure isolated cultural phenomena exist? Editing, mixing and combining of
different cultural forms became a universal creative approach long time ago. In
this context the idea of carrying out the Poetic Video Festival appeared. While
cinematography has been always closer to the literary genre of novel, video art
has been created as a "visual poetry", with paradoxicality and laconicism in
its expression, that is peculiar to the poetic form. The festival organizers
decided to concentrate on this characteristic of video art and collect works,
scattered about in time and place, that are created in poetic video genre,
combining video and poetic texts, where word and image are interchangeable.
Video Collection
A Jury will select the best festival works to be included in the video
collection WORD IN MOTION. This collection (VHS) will be distributed to all
participants of the festival, editorial offices of the editions dealing with
contemporary art and literature, and organizers of other video festivals and
video galleries.
All films will be estimated without being nominated. Three winners will be
awarded modest prizes of the festival.
If you would like to participate:.
Please note that your video should have a piece of poetry on the basis of the
visuals or semantic text.
Please send a copy of your work and participant questionnaire (address below)
Format: the work should be recorded on Betacam, VHS, super VHS videocassettes,
digital cassettes or CD-ROMs.
Deadline: Postal stamp July 31, 2001.
Upon the decision made by the jury your work will be included in the program of
the festival and shown during three performances of the festival in Riga. The
work also could be selected for being recorded on the videocassette "Word in
Motion" (300 copies). Authors, whose works will be included in the video
collection will be sent a copy till the end of 2001. The works submitted to the
Festivals will not be returned.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PARTICIPANTS
Title of the film:
Poetic text, lying on the basis of the film (title, author):
Director:
Script writer:
Country:
Format:
Film length:
Year of creation:
Synopsis:
Additional information of the film and comments (producer, studio,
participants, music, where the film was shown, participation in
festivals,
etc.):
Additional information about the director:
Poetic Video Festival
Sergejs Timofejevs
PO Box 89
Riga, LV-1010
Latvia
Phone: ++37-1-6556665; ++37-1-7213113
e-mail: orbita@orbita.lv
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Snow Blossom House
Online Exhibit
Call for Submissions
Lovely, cute, queer, angry and mischievous KiSS dolls unite. Squidmen
and
women of hentai games join your brothers and sisters. Follow the way of the
strawberries. To play is the answer. To change clothes is the method. Foreplay
ist alles. To transgender, to overlay, to uncover is the tease. Welcome to Snow
Blossom House.
Snow Blossom House is an online exhibit that invites artists to contribute
interactive erotica, games, and KiSS dolls. Contributors may use common web
platforms such as Java Applets, Shockwave, and Flash or freely available KiSS
development software. Snow Blossom House is commissioned by fiftyfifty for
Sonar01 and will open as pardevelopment software. Snow Blossom House is commissioned by fiftyfifty for
Sonar01 and will open as part of the Sonar Electronic Sound and Multimedia
Festival in Barcelona, Spain June 14.15.16 2001.
To submit a proposal, game, interactive erotica, or digital doll, or for more
info write to:
anne-marie@opensorcery.net
http://opensorcery.net
http://www.fiftyfifty.org
http://www.sonar.es
Melinda Rackham
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Call for Artists
*New Deadline 15th May 2001*
JavaMuseum
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org
launched its first online project, entitled:
1st of Java - Perspectives on New Media
Artists working on web-based projects are invited to submit their excellent
works in the categories
Flash, Html, Java, Javascript, Dhtml, VRML, Quicktime and Miscellaneous
(technologies which do not fit in the afore mentioned categories).
The project has no specific subject, but is intending to spotlight the actual
artistic working with new media technologies.
*New Deadline 15th May 2001*
Until that day, continuously preselections will be held. The preselected
artists will be posted on the listings.
The final selection will determine those artists who will participate in
monthly shows from June 2001 on, each time other featured artists will be
presented.
Each artist can submit up to three (3) works in each category.
Participating is free of any charge.
To submit an art work, the submission page can also be accessed directly:
http://www.javamuseum.org/firstofjava.htm
For contacting JavaMuseum
send an email to
info@javamuseum.org
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PERFORMANCES FROM PHOTOBOOTH
In front of Multimedial Art Studio and MAS Gallery I invite you to participate
on international exhibition titled "PERFORMANCES FROM PHOTOBOOTH" This
exhibition is going to be placed within 3rd International multimedial art
festival (IMAF 2001). For this exhibition you should make a performance or
artistic action in photobooth (or photos from earlier photobooth actions) and
send those photos to my address.
Deadline is June 30th 2001.
With original photos from photobooth, please send date and place of this
event and title of performance. Number of works is not limited. All works
will be exhibited, and this exhibition may be exhibited in other cities.
These works will become part of "Contemporary Art Fund" of Multimedial Art
Studio. All participants will receive documentation.
Thanks in advance,
Nenad Bogdanovic-curator
Send your works to:
Nenad Bogdanovic
"Performances from photobooth"
S. Markovica 41, Box 16,
25250 Odzaci, Yugoslavia
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Call for Participation
Web Project
Neighbourhoods of the world
Concept "Neighbourhoods of the world" is a new international network that
aims to create a new platform of different areas from all around their world.
A number of neighbourhoods will be adjoined virtually and create a new
community that wishes to build new strong and real relationships between areas
and between people. While virtual communities expand more and more nowadays, at
the same time they are accused that they tend to replace the real geographical
ones becoming actually a substitute of them. This project wishes to readdress
this subject starting off from the core of the geographical vicinities. We are
looking back to the nostalgic concept of the neighbourhood that is being lost,
aiming to recapture its sense and enliven it. The art centers, the
organizations that will undertake the work for this project, need to reach out
to the residents of the area and work with them so as to reflect their view of
their place and transfer these images to the web site.
Structure
The neighbourhood can be a street and its surrounding area, a small territory
a kid may walk through every day, a small world that encloses the residents'
most familiar images and every day life. This project addresses to art centers,
university departments, music places, libraries, or other associations of any
place in the world that are interested to work on their neighbourhood. For the
realization of the project these centers need to discover the distinctive
character their area has and develop powerful relationships with the small
surrounding community. They need to become the
dynamic cells of their neighbourhood and form a team of people (residents,
arity. They need to become the
dynamic cells of their neighbourhood and form a team of people (residents,
artists, professionals, students etc) that will work together on the project.
Each team will need to start an ongoing research and gather material - videos,
photographs, interviews, texts- where the specific features of the area will be
documented. As this material is to be presented on line, the particular centers
need to play a double role; acting as the coordinators of the workgroup of
their area on one hand and as an intermediary between the area and the whole
network on the other.
The material of each neighbourhood, after its first procession by the project
team will consist part of the site. The overall construction, coordination and
supervision of the site will be undertaken by Fournos Center for Art and New
Technologies, in Athens. Fournos, that is situated in the area of Neapoli in
Athens, will develop a project on its surrounding neighbourhood.
In brief, the workgroup of Fournos can be described as the following:
Project Internal Team:
-Project "Wizard" (Person that acts as a supervisor for the whole project and
plays a general overseeing role ensuring its development; is critical for its
overall development and success; inspires the on going process of the work;
negotiates with the external team)
-Project "Anima" (Person that enlivens the spirit and the concept of the
project; is responsible for the ongoing process, defines the needs and the
steps; contacts and communicates with the other participant art centers;
cooperates with the artists and the other people who are working for the site)
-Project "Equilibrium Finder" (Person responsible to define the core
functionality and the architecture of the site. He needs to address the needs
of the audience visiting the site and to define the user experience. As the
site aims to create a web community , his task is to oversee its development
and keep the content of the site close both to its concept and the needs of
its users)
-Project "Web Monster" (Equivalent to the Web Master but in a more extreme
sense. Person that takes the material on the area and rebuilds it; creates
the virtual neighbourhood that will be mostly based to the energy and the
fantasy of a place; edits the pieces together and subtracts anything needless
as trash, traffic signs or moody passengers.)
Project External Team:
-Artists (Architect, Musician, Video Artist, Photographer,...).
The participation of artists is essential. It is preferable if they live or
work in the area. Their work inspired by the place can greatly influence the
development and the content of the site. e.g. a musician can capture and record
sounds from the vicinity.
-Residents (Texts, photos by current habitants and newcomers )
-Old people (Testimonies and thoughts from the past generation creating a
documentation on the internet of their view of the world, a world that fades
away)
-Professionals (Reference to traditional professions that may be preserved in
the area from the past till nowadays)
-Kids (Words, pictures, photographs taken by children will be included)
The virual neighbourhoods will need to form a workgroup with a similar
structure. Persons taking the positions of the Project Equilibrium Finder and
the Project Web Monster may not be needed for the participant centers as the
overall development of the site lies mainly to Fournos' responsibilities. The
material gathered by the centers will be processed and edited within Fournos
Lab. However, the process of the material by a site designer or an internal
technical team can surely help before the data reaches our technical support
team. It is important to notice that all work will take place within the center
and that no external private company will undertake the designing, construction
and maintenance of the site. This is to avoid any advertising interventions as
well as possible alterations in the content and appearance of the site. As the
ongoing administration, maintenance and modification of the site will be kept
in-house, it becomes clear that a close and steady cooperation between the
participant centers is necessary. A dynamic and creative network needs to be
created that will present several and different images of the various
neighborhoods.
Features of the project
The site will be arious
neighborhoods.
Features of the project
The site will be the main feature of the project as it will represent the
network of the neighbouhoods belonging to the new community. Each participant
neighbourhood will be represented virtually on the net. All material gathered
by the project team as images, texts and videos will be accessible to users
entering the site. From the first page a photo-picture of the vicinity will
offer links to all possible next steps. The user will be able to click on
several spots such as buildings, roads and people and discover features
related to the area. By clicking, for instance, on a person appearing on the
screen a video or a small text will pop up where the particular resident will
be saying his personal thoughts and memories, his favorite place on the area
etc. The profile of the resident, his name, age and profession will be stated,
giving the sense of a new acquaintance to the people visiting the area. (e.g.
Alison Parker, artist // Nick Papadakis, student, 12 yrs old). Our aim is to
give the info on the area mainly through its residents. This is to avoid
forming a mere archive or a database on the area and to help creating a site
that enlivens a particular space and brings it closer to people's eyes and
mind.
A variety of information can be provided. If a person names also his favorite
food, a picture of it can be included and the recipe can also be given.
Likewise, images and texts related to the buildings, the flowers and gardens,
the small shops or other features will be presented on line. The network
created will enable users to pass at any moment from one neighbourhood to
another, as there will be a common general pattern for all vicinities. For
example, from the pop up video for the foods of one area, links will be given
for the foods of the other neighbourhoods as well.
In the context of the site a forum will also be created where various subjects
will be open for discussion. Through this new web community, we want to
encourage the communication and the exchanging of experiences between people
coming from different regions of the world. This community can give birth to
a new platform of creation and dialogue for artists, residents, curators and
all the visitors of the site. Users will be invited to join discussions, send
mails to each other or even have an on line chat with other people.
Each person entering the site will have to register, state his username,
password and email. If they wish, they can also complete their own personal
profile, adding their interests and other characteristics. This will help
create an archive of profiles that will enable future communication. After
logging in, the user can visit the several neighbourhoods he wishes and view
what's on line.
The travelling exhibition and the other events
An exhibition focusing on the distinctive features of the participating
neighbouhoods will be scheduled in the future time that will be hosted in
succession by the participant art centers. Along with the exhibition, other
events will be programmed each time; installations, performances, art
eventsand happenings will take place in several spots of a neighbourhood and
enliven it. These events will have a major contribution in the acquaintance
and the cooperation of the different areas. Artists will be invited to work
in the venues of the different neighbourhoods and work on projects that will
be co-curated by more than one art centers. The participation of the people
of the areas will also be essential. An exchange program between residents can
take place where people will be invited to visit neighbourhoods and meet the
people they may have been in contact with via the net. Most of these events
will be programmed to happen after the completion of the first year.
During the first year, that the project will be going through an experimental
phase smaller happenings or actions can be scheduled to bring
the different areas closer. One idea is for the teams of the art centers to
exchange gifts! Gifts to approach another community, like kids do in school
classes before Christmas.
To sum up, we hope that through the process of the project the participating
art centers and the neighbourhoods will succeed in: bringing the residents
closer to their area aknowl succeed in: bringing the residents
closer to their area aknowledging its specific character; create a dynamic
group of residents, artists, professionals and people working in art centers
that will be able to work together and reach out to the community; create a
network of neighbourhoods and people from the world that will share their
views and experiences; offer a new territory for collaborations between artists
and art centers from all around the world that will turn more to the
neighbourhoods and will be inspired by them.
Conditions of Participation for the "Neighbourhoods of the World
Project"
1. The project shall be supported by an art center, a media lab, a university
department, a library, music center or other non-profit association.
2.All the associations will conduct a research on the area and present the
material in the form of videos, photos and images.
3.The work for each neighbourhood will be accomplished by a group of people
from the center and the people living in the area.
4.Fournos, Center for Art and New Technologies of Athens undertakes the
overall construction of the site as well as the supervision of the project.
5.Fournos as well as the participant centers accept to host the travelling
exhibition that will take place in the future in their venue or other area
in the neighbourhood.
6.Each center should be able to support financially the part of the project
for its neighbourhood.
7.Fournos is responsible the financial support for the construction,
modification and supervision of the site.
8.Deadline for the first call of participation is May the 31st, 2001. The
material should be gathered and processed by the centers by the end of
October 2001 and the site is scheduled to launch by the end of December 2001.
If you are interested in participating, please read the conditions for
participation that are attached and send us:
-the profile of your association
-the profile of the creative team that will undertake the work for the
project
-a short text describing how you will develop the project on your neighbourhood.
Also, please free to contact us for any queries you might have.
Daphne Dragona, General Coordination and Communication, Project "Anima"
Manthos Santorineos, Director of Fournos, Project "Wizard"
Solon Sasson, Project "Equilibrium Finder"
Fournos, Center for Art and New Technologies
Mavromichali 168, Athens, Greece
Email: daphne@fournos-culture.gr
Tel: ++30-1-6460748
Fax: ++30-1-6470069
Dimos Dimitriou" %lt;addfield@ath.forthnet.gr>
*****
MobileGaze: "MATTER & MEMORY" - NET.ART EXHIBITION
May - December 2001
(note official deadline already passed)
Net.artists are invited to submit proposals for an on-line exhibition entitled
MATTER & MEMORY to be presented by MobileGaze, a net.art collective. MATTER &
MEMORY will look at notions of somatic and psychological modes of being while
investigating how "presence" is both re-presented and experienced in cyberspace.
This exhibition will touch upon the myriad definitions, representations and
affirmations of physical and psychic human presence on the Web. MATTER & MEMORY
will be programmed into 4 parts (NODES) entitled: MIND, BODY, HEART and SOUL.
The projects will be featured on MobileGaze's Web site and will be accompanied
by critical texts and interviews (written and video when possible). Each NODE
will be presented at a 2 month interval over the course of 8 months.
Net projects considered for this curatorial investigation will include works
involving image, audio/sound, video, language, performances and VRML / QTVR
as well as other emerging tendencies in Web art such as remote interactivity
(like robotic control and POV cameras). Submissions exploring the theme of the
exhibition are welcome for on-line and off-site projects.
Recent projects (2000-2001) will be favoured. Completed or in-progress works
will also be considered.
SUBMISSIONS
Applications should be sent to %lt;info@mobilegaze> in the body of the email.
All submissions must include:
+Name, home address, telephone, email.
+URL of the Web project.
+A short bio (200 words max).
+A short description of the Web project (200 words max).
+Images and specific description for projects taking place in physical
space=
+List of technical requirements.
DEADLINE: MAY 1cts taking place in physical
space=
+List of technical requirements.
DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2001
Artists will be notified in May of the selection.
Artist fees will be paid.
For more information contact:
Valerie Lamontagne %lt;valerie@mobilegaze.com>
Or consult: http://www.mobilegaze.com/matter_memory
*MobileGaze*
MobileGaze is an on-line artist collective dedicated to promoting, presenting
and discussing digital media works. Founded in August 1999 by Brad Todd,
Valerie Lamontagne and Andrew Brouse, MobileGaze showcases: digital and net.
art; interviews with artists and cultural producers; critical writing about the
Web; and live Webcast events with artists and art critics. Our aim is to expand
the understanding and appreciation of digital art using emerging technologies
as well as sensitize the public-at-large, both in Canada and internationally,
to artistic activities on the Web. MobileGaze also serves as a network for
artists and critics interested in exchanging ideas around new media production.
*MobileGaze wishes to thank The Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil
des arts et des lettres for their generous financial support with this project.*
*Now on-line*
MobileGaze.2
http://www.mobilegaze.com
info@mobilegaze.com
Tel ++1-514-2748587
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LISTS, URLS, NEWSLETTERS, ETC
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newmedia Digest
A very interesting list is newmedia Digest at
newmedia@bowerbird.rmit.edu.au. Many of the announcements in this ISEA
Newsletter were provided by this list.
*****
cream newsletter
Collaborative Research into Electronic Art Memes
Dip into cream. cream is an experimental collaboration of writers and
curators in the field of net art. cream will come to you as a bi-weekly
newsletter devoted to theory and criticism concerning art in network
culture. All texts and reviews are kept as short as possible, they are
not introductions to larger texts elsewhere on the net. The idea behind
it is to provide a continuous injection of critical thought into the net
art field, to provoke a more prominent critical and theoretical
discourse around art in net culture and to do this in a way that asks
for discussion rather then that it obstructs a flow of discourse. You
can subscribe to cream, yet the first half year of its appearance cream
will also go to the a few mailing lists: nettime, Rhizome, Syndicate. We
invite you to forward this mail to anybody you feel might be interested
in the content of cream who is not on any of those lists.
cream hopes to be one bridge over the gap between electronic art scene
and traditional art world, between experimental net cultures and
institutional efforts on line.
The cream team will grow as the 'magazine' develops, but the first group
of writers that supports cream consist of, in alphabetical order: Saul
Albert, Inke Arns, Tilman Baumgaertel, Josephine Bosma, Sarah Cook,
Florian Cramer Tilman Baumgaertel, Josephine Bosma, Sarah Cook,
Florian Cramer, Steve Dietz, Frederic Madre, Tetsuo Kogawa, Toshia Ueno.
In the first issue
review: Saul Albert on Jon Thomson and Allison Craighead in Tate Britain
theory: Florian Cramer on Program Code Poetry
thought: Frederic Madre on definitions
thought: Josephine Bosma on the link
Rhizome.org
post: list@rhizome.org
questions: info@rhizome.org
subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/subscribe.rhiz
give: http://rhizome.org/support
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'Arts and Humanities in Higher Education:
An international journal of Theory, Research and Practice'
New journal, see
%lt;http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/Details/j0396.html>.
Includes the Call for Papers.
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MIT
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/technology/04MIT.html
Story about MIT putting virtually all their courseware online. Those of you
working in online education, etc might be interested in reading what they're
doing. $100 million (US) over 10 years and it will all be there, right down
to lecture material.
Adrian Miles (newmedia Digest)
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ArtSTOR
This is long so i've just taken the beginning, please follow the url to read
the lot. Basically its going to be a great big free enormous image library for
art/design etc that y'all can use.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces ArtSTOR
%lt;http://www.mellon.org/artstor%20announcement.html>http://www.mellon.org/art
stor%20announcement.htm
Exerpt from the Mellon Foundation Website:
April 5, 2001
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced today that it is undertaking a
significant new initiative by sponsoring the formation of "ArtSTOR," an
independent not-for-profit organization that will develop, "store," and
distribute electronically digital images and related scholarly materials
for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities.
ArtSTOR's mission will be to provide access to high quality digital
Images and other relevant materials for teachers, students and scholars at
educational and cultural institutions. The new organization intends to
develop collections of these digital materials and related information
that will be broad and deep enough to meet a range of objectives. ArtSTOR
also aims to reduce costs for participating institutions by eliminating the
need for each entity or institution to create its own core archive. In
addition, ArtSTOR will address issues of sustainability.
Adrian Miles (newmedia Digest)
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PhD in Design
PHD-DESIGN is a discussion list open for unmoderated discussion on all
matters related to the PhD in design. You may subscribe at the following
site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/phd-design.html
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Metaesthetics
There's a new list on Metaesthetics which might be of value to those on
The ISEA list with a philosophical bent.
The purpose of the Metaesthetics List is to give interested parties an
opportunity to collaborate in the exploration, development, and
articulation of metatheories of the electronic arts of sound and
light that include an integrative approach to music, dynamic visual art,
established technology, emerging technology, metaphysics, psychophysics,
psychology, mathematics, sociology, communications theory, ancient knowledge,
emerging knowledge, and any other related branch of human learning and searching.
The URL for the Metaesthetics List:
http://www.microweb.com/ronpell/MetaestheticsList.html. There you'll find a
description and subscription information.
*****
Games
International conference on computer games, Britain:
http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/Gamesculture/index.htm
Adrian Miles (newmedia Digest)
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New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies
Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS)
%lt;otal.umd.edu/~rccs/> publishes two or three full-length book reviews.
The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various
contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture
studies. To date, RCCS has reviewed over 85 books, covering a range of
topics, from online culture, communities, and identities to hypertext,
digital literacy, and online pedagogy to Internet policy, the digital
divide, and online privacy.
Reviews can be found at http://otal.umd.edu/~rccs/books)
If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS,
contact us directly at %lt;rccs@otal.umd.edu>.
david silver
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dsilver
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Editors:
Frank Boelen, Madris Duric, Wim van der Plas (ISEA HQ)
Sources a.o.:
newmedia Digest (newmedia@post.rmit.edu.au)
ISEA Forum (isea-forum@isea.qc.ca)[?]
Fine Art Forum
TVBEurope
AV Prof
ISEA, Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts
POB 512, 3800 AM Amersfoort, Netherlands
Phone ++31-33-4228915 Fax ++31-33-4228933
isea@isea.qc.ca * http://www.isea.qc.ca