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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
#53 MAY 1996
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Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Ray Archee (Australia), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko
(US/Canada), Paul Brown (Australia), Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus
(Germany), James Faure Walker (UK), Roger Malina (US), Rejane Spitz (Brazil)
Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth
Shostak. Honorary Member: Herbert W. Franke
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ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel/fax 31-10-4778605,
Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL (Board) or ISEA@SARA.NL (Newsletter)
WWW URL http://www.xs4all.nl/~isea
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL . ISEA96 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM . ISEA98 . CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA .
EXHIBITIONS . FESTIVALS . PUBLICATIONS . WWW . CALLS . CALENDAR
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ISEA96
Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Art
September 16-20, 1996, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
WELCOME
The ISEA Foundation and the Rotterdam Festivals Foundation would like to
welcome participants to the Seventh International Symposium on Electronic
Art.
The symposium brings together experts on all aspects of artistic
applications of electronic technology in a scientific, creative and
educational forum of scientists, artists, policy makers and all other
specialists in the field of the electronic arts.
The five day event wil loffer lectures and hands-on learning experiences
by international experts on the current state of the electronic arts.
Papers, pannels, poster sessions and round tables, selected by the
International Program Committee, will be presented on the most recent
developments in computer graphics, computer animation, computer music,
video art, interactive art, including CD ROM and Internet applications,
artistic applications of robotics, computer aided literature and dance,
etc. There will be special focus on Networked Art and on education as a
means to bridge the gap between artists and scientists.
Other symposium events will include an art exhibition at the symposium
site, a larger exhibition organized by V2, R96 and the Dutch Photo
Institute, an Electronic Theater, Concerts and Performances.
During and directly following ISEA96, numerous other Electronic Art
events will take place in Rotterdam, ensuring that your visit will be a
fascinating one. The Dutch Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF96), including a
large exhibition, concerts, performances, A Web Site Exhibition and an
Internet project in the Harbour Simulator, as well as the public events
organized by the Rotterdam Festivals Foundation, deserves your special
attention.
The Organizing Committee plans a stimulating and challenging Symposium
where artists, scientists, technologists, curators, writers,
students and teachers can exchange expertise and ideas and come away with
a broadened sense of the potential within their fields. Your
participation is an integral part of the succes of the program and we
look forward to meeting you in Rotterdam, September 16-20.
R96 FESTIVAL 'THE NEW TEMPTATION'
ISEA96 is part of the 'R96' Festival.
Right at the start of the 1996-7 cultural season, Rotterdam Festivals
presents the second edition of a series of new art and culture programs.
The title of this years festival was chosen to highlight the influence of
new media on art, culture and the city. R96 takes place from 19 to 29
September, at several locations in the heart of Rotterdam. During these
10 days, the festival will offer a wide range of activities in all
disciplines, which can roughly be divided into an art program and a city
program.
The art program consists of exhibitions, symposia, theatre, dance and
music performances.
R96 will be programming the remarkable play 'Elsinore", a dazzling gold
version of Shakespeare's Hamlet by Robert Lepage, in the Rotterdam
Schouwburg.
During both weekends, the city program offers a 'behind the scenes' view
of organizations where applications of electronic and digital technology
play a vital role for work and daily life. A city tour leads the public
through the World Trade Center, a Police station, the library,
MarineSafety harbour simulator and Media school. In each location, the
interpretations of a different artist will give new meaning to the
information present. For those who own semaphones, the 'Buzzer Game' is
the perfect guide. In the evening, R96 presents the first 'Non-Audible'
pop concert and a spectacular multi-media party.
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ISEA96 PROGRAM
CONFERENCE
PAPERS & PANELS
During this part of the symposium,presenters of both invited and free
papers and panels will come together with
participants to talk about both new and current issues in and around the
general themes.
WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
ISEA96 will offer tutorials and workshops for both newcomers and those
experienced in diverse fields of the electronic arts.
INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATIONS
The symposium has made room available for institutions, active in the
field of the electronic arts, which wish to present themselves and their
work.
POSTER SESSIONS
These sessions will have artists presenting their work and projects in a
rather informal setting.
ROUNDTABLES
Roundtable subjects have been selected by the International Program
Committee. The proposer acts as the chair of the discussion.
Symposium participants can sign up via the enclosed registration form or
at the registration desk at the symposium. However, for practical
reasons, the number of Roundtable participants has to be limited.
Roundtable sessions are discussions to which all participants can
contribute.
PUBLICATIONS
Symposium Proceedings will be published after the Symposium and a
selection of the best papers and abstracts will appear in issues of
Leonardo and Languages of Design. All participants will receive a Book of
Abstracts, including the final program, at the time of registration.
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CONFERENCE
September 18-20
(note: not all presentations have been confirmed at time of printing)
INVITED SPEAKERS
Jos de Mul (Netherlands, Professor of Philosophy, Erasmus University
Rotterdam): Opening Speech
Stelarc (Australia): On the Future of Networked Art
PAPERS(LONG)
Rich Gold (USA):
Technology as a Common Language between the Arts and the Sciences
Nancy Paterson (Canada):
Curly, Larry & PoMo, Electronic Art & Cyberfeminism
Pieter Huybers and Gerrit van de Ende (Netherlands):
The Outlines of the Polyhedric World
Mike King (UK):
Concerning the Spiritual in Cyberspace: Immortality of Artist and
Artefact in the Digital Terrain
Jean-Pierre Giovanelli (France):
Technology of Poetics
Norie Neumark (Australia):
A Shock in the Ear: The Aesthetics of Sound in Multimedia Interactives
Stewart Dickson (USA):
A Regenerative, Internet-Driven Philosophical Engine
Sean Cubitt (UK):
Online Sound and Virtual Architecture; Contribution To The Geography
Of Cultural Translation
Eduardo R. Miranda (Brasil/UK):
Machine Learning and Musical Invention: A Case Study
Jon Van Oast (USA):
The (SITO) OTIS Project: The Past, Present and Future of Collective
and Collaborative Art on the Internet.
Julean Simon and David C. Wohlhart (Germany):
DisNet - a model of Discursive Networking
Samia Halaby (USA):
Rhythms, the Aesthetic of Electronic Painting
Edward A. Shanken (USA):
Virtual Perspective and the Artistic Vision: a Genealogy of
Technology, Perception and Power
Hans Dehlinger (Germany)
& Qi Dongxu (China)
Art Experiments and Mathematical Explorations into the Universe of
Machine Generated Drawings
Shawn Decker (USA):
Digital Creativity Inside Out
Roberta Lord (USA):
Holiness and Dread: Poetics in Electronic Art
Ryszard Kluszczynski (Poland):
The Context is the Message. Interactive Art as a Medium of
Communication
Barbara London & Grahame Weinbren (USA):
New Media and Self Expression: the Changing Relationship between
Sender/Creator and Receiver/User.
Antonio Camurri (Italy):
Multimodial Environments
PANELS
Martin Sperka (Slowakian Republic):
Artificial Art and Art Aesthetics
Nell Tenhaaf, Eliot Handelman, Jeanne Randolf, Phoebe Sengers (USA)
Interpenetrations: Art, science, cultural theory
Roy Ascott (Wales):
Artists teaching artists; case studies of the Masterclass Paradigm
Julianne Pierce (Australia): Erotics of the Internet
Rob Fisher (USA), Masaki Fujihata (Japan), Christian LaVigne (USA):
Computers and Sculpture
Lorne Falk (USA): The Senses in Motion
Maria Stukoff (Australia): Space, Time, Body and World
Perry Hoberman (USA): Webbed Spaces: Between Exhibition and Network
Peter Ride (UK): Devising & Positioning interactivity in net projects
Mike Leggett (Australia): Burning The Interface
PAPERS (SHORT)
David McDowell (Australia):
Scenography and Synesthetics: New Media and Aestetic Experience.
Jorgen Callesen (Denmark): Into the Black Box
Leo Chanjen Chen (USA):
Transparency as Interface: A 'Petite Histoire' of its Tools.
Toshiya Ueno (Japan): Japanimation and techno-orientalism
James Hagan (USA):
>From Appearance to Behaviour; Issues in Extending the Sculptural
Tradition.
Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope (UK): the WWW as Live Interface
Richard Wright (UK):
More Power; The Pioneers of British Computer Animation and their Legacy.
Eric Singer, Clilly Castiglia, Sabrino Liao, Ken Perlin (USA):
Improv; Interactive Improvisational Animation and Music
Carol Gigliotti (USA):
Bridge To, Bridge From: The Arts, Technology and Education.
Anna Ursyn (USA): Teaching Computer Art with Integrative Assignments
Brett Terry (USA): Sound/action Paragigms in Multi Media
Xavier Serra (Spain): Beyond Sampling Synthesis
Lily Diaz (Finland): Cross-cultural comparison of the art of memory
Adrianne Wortzel (USA):
Medieval Cartography and Mapping the Ideological Territories of
Cyberspace
Simon Penny (USA):
Methodologies, Metaphors and Anachronism in Computer Art Pedagogy and
Practice
POSTER SESSIONS
Josephine Starrs (Australia):
Gameplay, Vapourware and Digital Abberations in the age of Information
Fetishism
Ken Gregory (Canada): Under the Influence of Ether
Niranjan Rajah, Azlin Rahman & Hasnul Saidon (Malaysia):
Locating the Image
Kat O'Brien (Canada): Women, Cameras and Computers
Louis-Philippe Demers & Bill Vorn (Canada):
Real Artificial Life as an Immersive Medium
Lane Hall & Lisa Molina (USA):
What's So Hard about Hardcopy
Leon C.M. Wennekes (Netherlands):
TIME; for a better Understanding, a better Education and more Fun
Cristine Tamblyn (USA):
Mistaken Identities: A CD rom genealogy
Mark Tribe, Markus Weisbeck & Niko Waesche (Germany):
Surf Design; Web Development in a Fluid Environment
Zvonimir Bakotin (Russia/Netherlands): Trans Navigation
James Faure Walker (UK): Cool Heaven
Patricia Search (USA):
Hickory Dickory Dock; the Clock strikes one in Hyperspace
Naoko Tosa & Ryohei Nakatsu (Japan):
For Interactive Virtual Drama: Body Communication Actor
Simone Simons & Peter Bosch (Netherlands):
The Electric Swaying Orchestra
James KM (Canada): Media Probes
Matthew Jones (UK):
Conventional Art as Web Based Exhibits: a new electronic art form
Robin Noorda (The Netherlands):
Horses in the Air: VR Techniques in a linear TV Program
Janet Silk & Ian Pollock (USA): Intimacy, Concept, Interaction
Annette Weintraub (USA): The Web as Intimate Space
Marius Serra (Spain): Babble, the Virtual Tower of Bable
Martin Rieser (UK): Interactive Narratives; Educating the Authors
Jacquelyn Martino (USA):
Without a Special Object of Worship: an intertactive book arts computer
installation
Nik Williams & Henry Lowengard (USA):
CYBERGOMI; here today, gone tomorrow
Rob Fisher (USA): Journey into the Living Cell
Ignasie Ribas, Xavier Berenguer, Pere Freixas (Spain):
The Handling of Poetry in Interactive Media
Michael Bielicky (Tjech Republic):
Exodus, Internet project in the Negev Desert
Rosa Freitag (UK): Interacting with Human Characters, a different genre of Computer Games
Sonya Rapoport & Marie-Jose Sat (USA):
Brutal Myths; Collaborative Creation and Interaction.
Derek Richards (UK): Permanent Revolution I; Flame Wars
Heidi Grundman (Austria): Radio the Ne(x)t Century
Michael LeBlanc and Andrea Wollensak (Canada):
The McLuhan Probes
Victoria Vesna (USA): Bodies INcorporated
Sue Machert (Germany): SUBconsciousNet
Peter Lunenfeld (USA):
Light in space: Hyperaesthetics Case Studies
Wolfgang von Stuermer (Germany): VC-Virtual Chess Salon
Christophe Ramstein (Canada):
Navigation on the Web with Haptic Assistance.
ROUNDTABLES
Richard Povall (UK):
Aesthetic and Compositional Issues in Interactive Systems
Josepha Haveman (USA):
Bridging the Gap (Education as a way of bridging the gap between artists
and technologists)
Cynthia Rubin (USA):
Breaking the Code: Art that does not Stand on its Own (How does the
WWW liberate artists from the idea of the work of art as a stand alone
creation?)
INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Michael Century(Canada): CITI, Centre for Information Technology Innovation
Elizabeth O'Grady (Canada): inter/@ccess
Hasnul Saidon (Malaysia): Creative Studio, University Malaysia Sawarak
Jeremy Welsh (Norway): Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, Intermedia Dept.
Steve Partridge (UK): University of Dundee, School of Television & Imaging
James K.M. (Canada): Vancouver Film School Multimedia
Bulat Galeyev (Russia): Prometei
Georgy Senchenko (Ukraine): Space of Cultural Revolution
Leonello Tarabella (Italy): Computer Music CNUCE/CNR, Pisa
Jose Alcala Mellado (Spain): Universidad de Casilla- La Mancha
Katerina Thomadaki & Maria Klonaris (France): A.S.T.A.R.T.I.
Shawn Decker (USA): School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Tessa Elliott (UK): Middlesex University
Xavier Berenguer (Spain): Institut de l'Audiovisual, Barcelona
Galeria Virtual
Peter Lunenfeld (USA):
Art Center, College of Design/Southern California New Media Working
Group
Mikhail Zalivadny (Russia):
The Hatomaya Itiro Electro- Acoustic Music School Studio
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WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS
September 16-17
WORKSHOPS
Zack Settel & Cort Lippe (USA):
Real Time Audio Morphing, with NeXt Cube (half day). Preferably in
combination with Tutorial
Web Sites as Project Tools
With the organizers of the Doors of Perception and Victoria
Vesna, Judith Donath and Nik Williams (2 days)
Michael O'Rourke (USA):
Introduction to Three dimensional Computer Animation : 3-D Studio (half
day). In cooperation with autodesk Holland.Preferably in combination with
Tutorial.
Stephen Wilson (USA):
Intermediate/advanced Authoring for the WWW (1 day workshop)
Quick Time VR
On Macintosh, for starters (photographers, graphic designers, etc.) 1 day
Workshop in cooperation with PF Publishing.
TUTORIALS
Michael O'Rourke (USA):
Introduction to Three-Dimensional Computer Animation (half day)
Josepha Haveman (USA):
3 half day tutorials:
1. Computers and Art; An introductory tutorial overview for artists
who are new to digital media/technology.
2. Image processing; For professional artists and photographers.
3. Image processing; creative potentials and aesthetics of digitally
'enhanced' imagery.
Mari Kimura (USA):
Virtual soundscape; Violin and Vitual Reality Sound Environment. (half
day)
Zack Settel & Cort Lippe (USA):
Real Time Audio Morphing (half day)
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ISEA96 FESTIVAL
EXHIBITION
An art exhibition will be held at the site of the conference,
featuring, among others, the latest electronic art from Japan. (In
cooperation with ISEA-Japan and the Japan Foundation).
ELECTRONIC THEATER
ISEA96 shall host a Film and Video Show of computer animation and video
art.
CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES
One evening will be reserved for those interested in viewing and
listening to a series of international computer music concerts and
electronic art performances.
OTHER EVENTS IN ROTTERDAM, THE HAGUE & AMSTERDAM
DEAF 96: DIGITAL TERRITORIES
The Dutch Electronic Art Festival, organized by V2-Organization, consists
of exhibitions,a symposium presentations, concerts, performances and
various special events.
Furthermore, the DEAF symposium will be presented as part of ISEA96. More
information on DEAF is presented on the other side of this folder
PONTON MEDIA ARTLAB
WWVC Spui 189, The Hague
The World Wide Video Centre invited Stefaan Decostere (in 1994), General
Idea (in 1995), Ponton European Media Art lab, Bill Viola and Rem
Koolhaas to develop a project for the privalite windows of the festival
premises. The Ponton project 'Numud' will not be unfolded until September
1996, however the web site will be premiered by April 26th.
'Numud',a virtual display of social architecture, focuses on interaction
and communication on different levels; providing, generating, and
initiating content. The Interactive proces between artist, scientist and
Ponton is based on the idea that traditional public space lost its
communicative role. Technical development, specialisation and social
isolation are leading to new forms of communication.
EXPOSITION TONY BROWN
Witte de With, centre for contemporary art Rotterdam
Witte de Withstraat 50
Opening hours: Tuesday- Sunday, 11 a.m. till 6 p.m.
The Canadian artist Tony Brown will present five gigantic kinetic
sculptures/ installations in Witte de With, consisting mechanized and
computerized elements, light, sound and projected images.
In a time where the rapid rise of the new media and technology has an
enormous influence on society, the work of Tony Brown has special
meaning. It intertwines different disciplines such as visual arts,
architecture, dance, cinema, literature and new media in a highly
technological and spectacular icon.
Tony Brown will also show an ambitious interactive internet project on
the occasion of this exhibition. It will include a digital, 3D
reconstruction of this exhibit.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION
The Symposium will be held at the 'World Trade Center' (WTC) Congress
Center, Beursplein, Rotterdam. During the Symposium the organization can
be reached at the WTC by telephone: +31-10- 405 44 44. Trains leave every
half-hour from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Central Station.
Train traveling time is less than an hour. There is a local airport in
Rotterdam with connections to several European destinations.
The WTC is located right in the city center, 10-15 minutes walking
distance from Rotterdam Central Station and can also be reached by the
subway as well (Beursplein/ Churchillplein station). The Workshops and
Tutorials will be held at several locations in Rotterdam, the Hague and
Amsterdam.
More information, with reference to the locations, will be sent to you
together with the confirmation of your reservation.
REGISTRATION AREA
Registration of the Symposium will be at the WTC from 4.00 p.m. to 9.00
p.m. on Sunday, September 15. From Monday, September 16, to Friday,
September 20 registration will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the WTC.
Participants can receive mail during the Symposium adressed to ISEA96,
World Trade Conference Center, Beursplein Rotterdam. During the symposium
you can be reached by fax (+31-10-477 86 05) as well.
ISEA96 REGI
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