THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS ISEA NEWSLETTER #88 ISSN1488-3635 #88 July - August 2002 _______________________________________________________________ * CONTENTS * * ISEA news* ISEA MEETING AT SIGGRAPH* ISEA 2002 PROGRAM* ISEA2002 NOTE FROM ORGANIZERS* *SPECIAL REPORT FROM LATIN AMERICA* In separate attachment: * Conferences/Symposia/Workshops/Festivals * Exhibitions * Calls * Jobs *Lists/URLs/Newsletters * ****************************************************************** ********* ISEA News ********* Editorial by Wim van der Plas Since July 1st, the ISEA HQ is staffed by a new coordinator: Angela Plohman. ISEA is very happy to welcome her on board. As was explained in the past in this Newsletter, after the termination of the Montreal based ISEA HQ, HQ was staffed by students of the Media Technology department of the Utrecht University for Professional Education. Madris Duric and Milo Patiniott did a wonderful job, keeping the ship on it's course. However, this construction was an emergency measure, while the ISEA Board looked for a more permanent solution. Angela was brought in touch with the board via Joel Chabade of the Electronic Music Foundation. Angela received an M.A. in Art History from Concordia University in Montreal, and was the Program Officer at the Daniel Langlois Foundation where she worked from 1998-2001. Now living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Angela recently co-founded nonbreakingspace, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing administrative support to media artists and organizations. The current re-organization of ISEA, including Angela's new role, comes after a careful review of our operational needs and goals. This led to a resolution to make a fresh start - one which reflects ISEA's original mission but also its relevance to current developments in the electronic arts worldwide. Below, Angela will introduce herself further and tell us about her motivation, aims and intentions as the new ISEA 'interface'. The ISEA Board would like to thank Milo Patiniott for his dedication to ISEA and wish him good luck in his future endeavours. Madris Duric will stay on a bit longer, to help Angela on her way. Madris' work for ISEA HQ has been and is still invaluable. Thank you very much, Milo & Madris! And finally we would like to announce that, due to a very busy schedule, Marina Grzinic is no longer an ISEA Board member. We all would like to thank her profusely for her efforts and commitment to ISEA! ********************** New interface for ISEA by Angela Plohman Although ISEA has faced some turbulent times since the termination of the Montreal HQ, the interest and support for this international network has not wavered. However, there is a lot work to be done and changes to be made to the existing operations in order to improve and optimize the way ISEA develops over the next years. My motivation for wanting to be implicated in the administration of ISEA is simple: there is a lot of potential inherent in ISEA, and I therefore hope to help encourage a renewed interest in this organization, what it stands for, and the possibilities it can offer to the electronic art community at large. While being called an 'interface' may not sound overly flattering, it is precisely what I intend to become over the next period, by restructuring current operational aspects of the organization and instigating wider discussions about what ISEA can offer that no one else currently can, all the while taking into consideration the very spread out and international network of ISEA members, board members and collaborators. I am hopeful of the new changes being discussed among the dedicated and diverse board members, and hope to match these discussions with active results in the very near future. Finally, I would like to encourage everyone to think about how ISEA can be beneficial to you and your activities - we welcome your proposals and ideas, comments and complaints. Your support will help to define a strong new phase in ISEA's development. ************************ ISEA Meeting at SIGGRAPH ************************ Thursday, July 25 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Room: 213A Bring your own lunch! Come hear about plans for upcoming ISEA events, including ISEA2002, news about ISEA projects, and engage in a lively discussion about how ISEA is growing and how you can be part of it! no need to rsvp - just spread the word and meet us there! *********************** ISEA2002, Nagoya, Japan October 27-31 *********************** ISEA2002, the first ISEA in Asia, expects approximately 1500 participants including artists, scholars, researchers engineers and students. It will feature over 200 presentations of research and artworks from more than 30 countries and regions around the world. All official exhibitions, symposium, social events and related programs will be open to the public during the symposium. Theme: Orai 'Orai' is a Japanese word, meaning comings and goings, communication, and contact, as well as streets and traffic. Around 200 years ago, a book titled Nagoya [Orai] was compiled and published in Nagoya and was used as a kind of textbook for teaching and writing. Through discussions around art and its interdisciplinary studies, ISEA2002 NAGOYA [Orai] hopes to provide an opportunity to create a new text in this electronically networked society. For more information about ISEA2002 Nagoya and to consult the general program, go to the official web site at http://www.isea.jp *************************************** ISEA2002 GENERAL PROGRAM *************************************** ISEA2002 Program *Opening October 27 [Sun] 13:00-16:30 at Artpia Hall, 11F NADYA Park MATSUBARA Takehisa, Mayor of Nagoya City, ISEA2002 Honorary President HASEGAWA Nobuyoshi, Deputy Governor of Aichi Prefecture, ISEA2002 Honorary Vice-President SOMEYA Akio, Executive Vice President of Nagoya Port Authority, ISEA2002 Honorary Vice-President Keynote Speech/ KOHMURA Masao, ISEA2002 President Guest Speech/ SUDA Hiroshi, Chairman of Central Japan Railway Company Dialogue/ Roger F.MALINA, Executive Editor, Journal LEONARDO, Co- chair, ISEA International Advisory Committee YOSHIOKA Hiroshi, Professor of IAMAS, Advisor of ISEA2002 *ISEA General Meeting October 31 [Thu] 17:00-19:00 at Meeting Room, 5F Nagoya Harbor Hall *ISEA2002 Official Programs Papers, Panels, Poster Sessions, Round Tables, Institutional Presentations, Workshops, Tutorials October 28 [Mon]-31 [Thu] 10:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00 at Meeting Room, 4-5F, Nagoya Harbor Hall *Exhibitions, Performances October 27 [Sun]-31 [Thu] 11:00-21:00 at Warehouse No.4 , No.20, Garden Pier in port of Nagoya *Electronic Theater October 26 [Sat]-31 [Thu] 11:00-19:00 at Assembly Hall, 4F Nagoya Port Building *Concerts October 28 [Mon] at Aichi Arts Center October 29 [Tue] at Aichi Arts Center *ISEA2002 Welcome Party October 28 [Mon] 17:00-19:00 at Warehouses, Garden Pier in port of Nagoya *ISEA2002 Associated Programs -Exhibition [Media Art by American Artist] at Nagoya City Art Museum co-organizer: U.S. Consulate Nagoya/Nagoya American Center, Nagoya City Art Museum -Concert for Electroacoustique and Computer Music October 29 [Tue] at Aichi Arts Center co-organizer: Japanese Society for Electronic Music (JSEM) *ISEA2002 Related Programs -Children's Program on Electronic Art at artopia, Nagoya Youth Cultural Center, NADYA Park -Electronic Music Project [Arch] at "FUJI" Antarctic Museum -NCSM & JSEM Science Talk & Electronic Music Concert [Meigetsu- Orai](The Moon - Orai) at Planetarium, Nagoya City Science Museum (NCSM) -Nagoya University of Arts Exhibition [photo active Hitsuda Tamami & Yoshioka Toshinao] -Printing Methodology #3- at Gallery BE &be, Nagoya University of Arts -Aichi Sangyo University / Nagoya Kogakuin College Digital Art & Design Exhibition [Orai-Roji] at Media Center, Nagoya Kogakuin College -Exhibition [Transit 2002 ] at NAGOYA CITIZENS' GALLERY YADA -ZKM Project [Web of Life] by Michael GLEICH & Jeffrey SHAW at Warehouse No.20, Garden Pier in port of Nagoya cooperation: INUI Yoshikazu *Social Events,Satellite Exhibitions at Galleries in Downtown, Art Schools and Colleges, etc. further information : http://www.isea.jp/program/E/ * MEDIASELECT Programs -"Orai" Symposium October 28 [Mon]-30 [Wed] 19:00-21:00 at Meeting Room, 5F Nagoya Harbor Hall - Oasis21:Sakae Park Public Media Art Program [Resolution 2002] October 25 [Fri]-29 [Tue] at Oasis21:Sakae Park -Exhibition [The Early Works of Video Art in Japan] at Assembly Hall,Nagoya Port Building October 26 [Sat]-31 [Thu] at Assembly Hall, 4F Nagoya Port Building -Exhibition [peaks] at Warehouse No.20, Garden Pier in port of Nagoya October 25 [Fri]-November 4 [Mon] at Warehouse -Exhibition [electropti [e] nice meeting you@NAGOYA] October 27 [Sun]-31 [Thu] at Shumokukan -Exhibition [Consciousness of Water] October 23 [Wed]-November 3 [Sun] at Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, The Museum of Contemporary Art. Nagoya -Exhibition [The immortal space] October 22 [Tue]-November 3 [Sun] at NAGOYA CITIZEN'S GALLERY YADA, co-sponsored by Seian University of Art and Design Center for Arts -Exhibition [mental rotation] October 22 [Tue]-November 3 [Sun] at NAGOYA CITIZEN'S GALLERY YADA -Project[Alternative Communication @OSU Electronic Village] Micro Radio, Streaming...at OSU GOODWILL -Excursion Program [YAKATA] Other Exhibitions, Live Events, etc. REGISTRATION further information: http://www.isea.jp/registration/E/ ACCOMMODATION further information: http://www.jecs.org/isea/iseainfoe.html CONTACT ISEA2002 NAGOYA Office e-mail : info@isea.jp 2-15-16 Kanayama, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0022 Japan Fax : +81 52 321 6066 ***************************************************** NOTE FOR PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FROM THE ISEA2002 TEAM ***************************************************** We have received many questions from artists whose work was accepted for ISEA2002, mainly about the facilities and technical equipments. We must dedicate a great deal of funds to the repair of the symposium building due to the Japanese fire law, and to remodeling the interior of the building due to artists' needs for the exhibition, etc. We apologize that we were unable to provide technical material for all artists' presentations. This is due to the existing tough economical conditions in Japan. Of course, we are trying our best to help each individual artist. However, we will give priority to artists under 22 years of age or students and individuals from under-represented groups. We are going to talk with artists individually and try to find the best solution for between the artists and us. Following is the technical support that we can confirm at this point. 1. Conditions of internet access We have been negotiating with NTT (telephone company) and they have promised to help us. There is a good chance that they will support ISEA2002 with the installation of broadband access (ADSL or fiber optic cable) in the venue for paper presentations, exhibitions, performances, and parts of concerts. NTT is now checking the possibility to set up an optical fiber line for both the symposium and exhibition venues. At least ADSL for both sites is confirmed. 2. Material support We are able to offer basic facilities for paper presentations. For example, VCR (VHS-NTSC), PC, Mac, DVD player, and video projectors will be available from colleges and other institutions who have been supporting ISEA2002. We have been negotiating with private enterprises over the last year. We are receiving some help, but it is still difficult to raise funds for a totally new event in Japan. We are willing to help individual artists as much as we can, however, we can not promise that we are going to be able to offer the materials as per their requests. For performances and concerts, we will be able to offer basic materials including PA systems. However, we are going to use a part of the space in the warehouse instead of theater spaces for the performances. Please note that we do not have a full time director, but an ISEA2002 project director. 3. We will have approximately 30 volunteer assistants and 10 volunteer interpreters for the set-up of the venue and installation of works. A student group is working on a Nagoya sightseeing guide in English. Lastly, we received about 700 proposals of artworks for ISEA2002 official shows, and over 300 research proposals for the symposium. Approximately 200 exceptional artworks and 100 valuable research papers from over 40 countries and regions were selected for the symposium. In order to ensure that the first symposium in Asia will be a valuable contribution to the future of the electronic art world, and to seek for the true understanding of cultural diversity, we would like to ask for your understanding and cooperation. ********************************* SPECIAL REPORT FROM LATIN AMERICA By Guest Editor: Patricia Martin ********************************* A PANORAMA OF THE ELECTRONIC ARTS IN LATIN AMERICA: Every emerging technological paradigm implicates profound transformations in how we perceive the world and ourselves. In this context the electronic arts can play an important role interrogating and exploring our current technologized condition and its impact on our culture; or better : in every different culture. Throughout the world artists are engaging and confronting the significant possibilities and complex difficulties embedded in the central technologies of our time. In this issue, ISEA Newsletter will attempt to introduce a panorama of electronic arts in Latin America, highlighting artists and events that present a rich perspective from the cross-cultural point of view. Some of them are well known internationally; others will be a pleasant surprise to most of you. In any case, the aim is to open up new windows for dialogue and frameworks of collaboration within ISEA and beyond. To be at least slightly representative of what's going on in this part of the world, this Panorama will obviously have to transcend the limits of this edition, which cannot and will not be solely devoted to Latin electronic arts. We will try to complement it in further editions. Right now, we are happy to help foster synergies in order to amplify the participation and exchange between artists and associations from different parts of the work illustrating all of us about the transformations taking place in each others' cultures and the way artists are engaging them. * Just happened: IV SALON Y COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE DIGITAL (IV INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ART EXHIBIT AND COLLOQUIUM) Havana, Cuba The Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, with the support of the Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana, el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and HIVOS, organized the IV Sal…˜?y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital (International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium) in Havana, Cuba. The annual event, which opened on June 17, exhibited work that represents the current field of digital art in Cuba and abroad, and convened a series of meetings and discussions to encourage exchange and reflection among designers, artists, critics and scholars whose work is related to these new forms of expression. The exhibition had two juried components: a competitive exhibition of the work of 110 Cuban artists, and an international exhibit, where the work of 160 artists from 40 different countries was shown. Work selected by a jury of well known artists and critics was exhibited in the Sala Majadahonda of the Centro Pablo, galleries of the Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad, and in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Among the artists awarded are: Yelián Rodríguez Benítez, Víctor García, Orlando Galloso, Carlos José García, Angel Alonso Blanco and Yanes Llanez. The Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau is an independent, non-profit cultural institution, created with the support of the Uni…˜?de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba -UNEAC (Association of Cuban Writers and Artists). For additional information about Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau and past International Digital Art Exhibits and Colloquia, check the following web sites: www.centropablo.cult.cu www.centropablo.org www.artedigitalcuba.cult.cu http://www.patriagrande.net/cuba/pablo.de.la.torriente/index.html http://www.cubaliteraria.com/esp/autores/nuestros_autores/pablo/index .htm Contacts: Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau Calle de la Muralla No. 63 entre Oficios e Inquisidor Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba phone & fax: ++53-7-666585 email: centropablo@cubarte.cult.cu vcasaus@cubarte.cult.cu vcasaus@infomed.sld.cu Other links for Cuban Art and Culture: Cuban Arts & Culture Portal: http://www.cubarte.cult.cu Official site of Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano: http://habanafilmfestival.com More on Cuban Cinema: http://www.cinecubano.cu http://wwwwcubacine.cu Pablo Cabado's Excellent Photo Exhibit about Cuba on the 90s: http://www.cuba90.com/ The Washington Post's Online Photo Exhibit on Cuba: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/galleries/cuba/splash.htm TRANSMƒwDIA PROGRAM SUPPORTS 13 CUTTING EDGE ELECTRONIC ART PROJECTS IN BRAZIL A Program of the Private Foundation Ita“Cultural, Transmídia was conceived to support artists whose work intersect the scopes of art, science, media and technology. 13 projects were just selected from a total of 540 proposals for the three different sections: Project Development, Publication and Production. Projects Awarded Project Development: O Fantasma Solitário do Porão Eletr‡˜‰co Devora os C…“‰gos Secretos do Sistema Operacional Como um Espaguete Retorcido e Impreciso, by Lucila Meirelles (São Paulo), Nove Atos para um Jogo, by Malu Tavares and Daniela Capelato (São Paulo), Sorria Você Está Sendo Filmado, by Paola Barreto Leblanc (Rio de Janeiro), Visorama - A Arte do Observador, by André Parente (Rio de janeiro), Hekuras, by Tânia Fraga (Brasilia), and Banhos, by Kátia Maciel (Rio de Janeiro). Production: OP_ERA: Uma Jornada Através de Dimens‰“Paralelas e Experimentos Multisensoriais, by Daniela Kutschat and Rejane Cantoni (São Paulo), Reflexão, by Raquel Kogan (São Paulo), SKR, by Grupo Cena 11 Cia. De Dança (Santa Catarina), and Rádio Re:combo - Recombinando o Territ…š‰o, by h. d. mabuse, Haidée C. Câmara Lima, DJ Tarzan, Miguel P. de Souza Jr., Saulo C. Dourado e Daniel Maucriado (Pernambuco). Publications Arte Telemática: Dos Intercâmbios Pontuais aos Ambientes Virtuais Multiusuários, by Gilbertto Prado (São Paulo), Dança e Videogame, Sangue e Pixel: Os Corpos P…šƒHHumanos no Grupo Cena 11, by Maíra Spanghero (São Paulo), and Leituras de N…šž- Acerca das Textualidades Informatizadas / Dos Desconcertos da Vida Filosoficamente Considerada, by Alckmar Luiz dos Santos (Santa Catarina). Ita“Cultural has increasingly consolidated itself as an institution that plays the role of elaborating expression forms and issues relative to the Brazilian contemporary culture. Products, programming, and support to art manifestations in several areas of expression reflect this position, which was achieved due to a coherent and constant policy of action. Among the highlights of such policy, Ita“Cultural promotes actions to map the Brazilian art production. Those activities are carried out by means of the different programs in the "Rumos" (Routes) series, which have been contributing to renovate the cultural scene in the country since 1998. On the other hand, its actions are also guided by the "Eixos Curatoriais" (Curatorial Lines), which are theme-based lines that define the yearly direction to be taken by the Institute and ensure renovation, preservation, and dissemination of culture within the society. In August 1999, Ita“Cultural Institute organized in collaboration with the ISEA, Arts Leonardo/ISAST and CAiiA-STAR, Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts "Invenção". The event was an opportunity for those working at the creative edge of the arts, sciences and technology to collaborate in the transdisciplinary development of ideas and innovative strategies for life in the new millennium. Invenção was a "seeding" event that seek to identify key questions and issues that can lead to the radical transformation of culture. Further information: telephone: ++55-11-32681776 email: instituto@itaucultural.org.br http://www.itaucultural.org.br Transmídia Program: http://www.itaucultural.org.br/index.cfm?cd_pagina=1244 email:transmidia@itaucultural.org.br "Invenção": http://www.itaucultural.org.br/index.cfm?cd_pagina=974 6TH INTERNATIONAL VIDEO.ART.ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL IN LIMA, PERU. During the 6th International Video.Art.Electronica Festival (Lima, Peru, May/June 2002) was held the first ever hands-on seminar on Digital Animation and Film making Techniques organized in Peru. This program, an ATA (Alta Tecnologia Andina) Media Lab initiative encouraged the interest in digital creation in Peru, offering the artists the possibility of developing multidisciplinary projects on teamwork basis. The Seminar was leaded by Eric Henry and Syd Garon who recently co-directed Wave Twisters, the latest release from the renowned turntablist DJ Q-Bert (Wave Twisters premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival). Both also recently co-authored a chapter in "After Effects 5.5 Magic", by New Riders Publishing. The Seminar was possible thanks to grants received from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology and the Embassy of United Sates of America in Peru. Further information: http://www.ata.org.pe/festival Contacts: A T A [Alta Tecnologia Andina] http://www.ata.org.pe phone: ++51-14-4445525 fax ++51-14-4473981 email: cletts@ata.org.pe BUENOS AIRES' CENTER FOR MODERN ART LAUNCHES BORGES COLLECTION & CD- ROM CATALOG Created by Roberto Monza, the CD-rom Catalog of the Borges Collection was presented at an International Exhibition organized by the Centro de Arte Moderno gathering 350 works by renowned artists from 21 countries, all inspired in the life and works of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most important Argentine writers of all times and, without doubt, the best known internationally. Further information: http://www.cam.org.ar (site being updated until the end of the month) Contact: Centro de Arte Moderno Dorrego 176 B1878IYD Quilmes Pcia. de Buenos Aires Argentina. telephone: ++54-11-42246499 email: centroartemoderno@arnet.com.ar info@cam.org.ar ********************************************************************* In the attachment to this Newsletter: * Conferences/Symposia/Workshops/Festivals * Exhibitions * Jobs * Calls * Lists/URLs/Newsletters * ********************************************************************* Contributors: Wim van der Plas, Angela Plohman, ISEA2002 Organizers With special thanks to Guest Editor: Patricia Martin Text Editor: Angela Plohman (ISEA HQ) ISEA Board Members: Nina Czegledy, Kathy Rae Huffman, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Peter Anders, Atau Tanaka, Wim van der Plas, Niranjan Rajah. ISEA-HQ: Angela Plohman ISEA LISTSERV: To subscribe, send a message to: listproc@uqam.ca, no subject, with the following message in the body of the email: "subscribe ISEA-forum first name last name" *PLEASE NOTE: NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER!* ISEA, Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts Pieter de Hoochstraat 38-2 1071 EG Amsterdam, Netherlands Phone ++31-20-6120297 Fax ++31-33-4228933 isea@isea.qc.ca * http://www.isea.qc.ca ============================================end of newsletter, part 1