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CALL FOR PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS:
for the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium:

The 2009 edition of the symposium will take place on the 16th of May 2009 at the Sonic Arts Research Center in Belfast.
The 2009 symposium will be co-hosted by the European 2007 project CO-ME-DI-A CO-ME-DI-A (Cooperation and Mediation in Digital Arts).
The theme for 2009 centers around the notion of content, in particular on user-generated content, interaction and design.
Our keynote speaker will be Professor Steve Dixon from Brunel University
– http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artstaff/drama/stevedixon –

Deadline for Paper Proposals (300 word abstract or full papers): 1st January 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 26th of January 2009


Dissemination of “content” has dramatically been challenged by environments such as Facebook, Youtube and Second Life as these introduce notionally open platforms that live off content created by users. Although user generated content has fulfilled the engagement requirement of many social networking environments, a question emerges in relation to the role of creative practice in a context which promotes malleable, transitory and user-led media. In a world of post-personalisation, digital media is faced with issues of locality, context and mobility. Although numerous applications have been built on creating environments within which personal preferences, approaches or visions can be implemented, the question of how design processes and creative practice strategies address these new media is still unanswered.

– How do notions of open form and interactive media relate to user-centred interaction design?
– What does the shift from object to environment imply for contemporary artistic practice?
– How can we develop design strategies for addressing rich media environments which incorporate user-generated, locative and sensor-based content?

The Two-Thousand + NINE Symposium invites researchers from fields as diverse as music, architecture, design, philosophy, dance or technology to address the interface between creative practice and user-led content in new media.
The call for paper presentations at the TWO Thousand + NINE Symposium is now open. For more info, visit: http://twothousand.wordpress.com

All enquiries should be directed to:
Franziska Schroeder: f.schroeder [at] qub.ac.uk

Hello dear electroacoustic musician.

since september beginning, i produce a radio emission :
Phonogène
on a local radio
RadioHDR 
based in Rouen (France Normandy).
It’s an weekly emission of 1 hour.

So you can send me electroacoustic pieces (acousmatic, mixt, live electronics…)
with short notice and bio.
By FTP or postal.
the music can be to 56mn long at max

Teachers, give information to your pupils

Thank you

hubert MICHEL

Postal adress : 
Phonogène
11 ter rue paul Ansoult
76 160 DARNETAL
FRANCE

Vague Terrain 12: Device Art – Call for Work


Call Extended! See details below:

In our daily lives, we are surrounded by electronic or electro-mechanical devices used as conduits to deliver “content” ranging from televised operas to hip-hop ring-tones. Only rarely are the devices themselves considered to be the content. The tradition of high-tech devices as art, however, dates back to ancient machines known only from legends, through the golden ages of clockwork automata, through modern kinetic sculpture, up to the present time, when students in art colleges take courses in microcontroller programming and robotics.

Vague Terrain 12 is about the machine as art in the 21st century, with the understanding that “machine” is no longer strictly defined as “mechanical device”. We are interested in devices created as art objects, as platforms for art or performance, devices as unique objects, and mass produced devices, produced either as art multiples, or as tools for artistic pursuits.

We are seeking submissions in all formats- audio, video, photographic documentation, and text. Submissions can be documentation of work, or can deal with artistic or creative practice with respect to device art.
If you are interested in submitting work to be considered for inclusion in Vague Terrain 12: Device Art please contact guest curator Rob Cruickshank through his Vague Terrain user profile.

Additional Information

Format:
-please see http://vagueterrain.net/content/journal/submission-guidelines for full submission guidelines. Please consult this document as it is very important to read when considering the scope and deliverables of a submission.

Submission Deadline:
The submission deadline for Vague Terrain 12: Device Art is Sunday December 7th (this has been extended). Our tentative publication date is January 1st.

Curator Information:
Rob Cruickshank is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist. His work in various media including electronic, kinetic, and robotic installations, sound art, electroacoustic music, and photography have been exhibited in Toronto, and internationally. Much of his work is associated with InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Toronto, where he has developed a number of hands-on workshops for artists using electronics., and is currently a member of the Board of Directors. His work combines a knowledge of physical computing with an ongoing fascination with sound, light, and motion. It is as much informed by the kinetic art of the early 20th century as it is by contemporary new media art. Works such as Spiral Inscriber (2005) combine microcontrollers with intricate electromechanical systems, reminiscent of early clockwork and mechanical devices, and reflect his interest in obsolete technologies. Many of these works are collaborative in nature, and he has been part of several long-term collaborative projects at Interaccess, such as Space Probe (1998), SenseBus (1999), Art Interface Device (2001), as well as being a member of I/O media, a collective of sound and video artists exploring real-time improvised performance.

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