******************************************************************** THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS THE ISEA NEWSLETTER #61 January 1998 ___________________________________________________________________ ISEA, P.O. Box 508, Succ. Desjardins, Montreal (Qc), H5B 1B6, CANADA Phone: (514) 281-6543, Fax: (514) 281-6728 Email: isea@sat.qc.ca URL: http://www.sat.qc.ca/isea ___________________________________________________________________ ISEA Board Members: Peter Beyls, Janice Cheddie, Amanda McDonald Crowley, Tapio Makela, Alain Mongeau, Simon Penny, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Patricia Search. Ex-officio Board members: Shawn Decker (ISEA97), John Hyatt (ISEA98), John Brady (ISEA98) ___________________________________________________________________ *LISTSERV* ISEA LISTSERV: To subscribe, send a message to: listproc@uqam.ca, no subject, with the message in the body: "subscribe ISEA-forum first name last name" ___________________________________________________________________ * CONTENTS * * EDITORIAL * NEWS+ INFO * INTERNSHIP * CALLS * EVENTS * ___________________________________________________________________ Check out the digital version of the Newsletter on our Web site HTTP://WWW.SAT.QC.CA/ISEA * EDITORIAL* Belated Happy New Year to all of you from the ISEA HQ - Montreal. The New Year has already seen us do battle with the elements of unforeseen natural forces cutting us from the vital life line of electricity. This delayed the early production of the first newsletter issue for 1998, but now we are emerging from beneath the blanket of traitorous ice ready, for action. *Reality Check up* With a New Year already full in swing, the countdown towards the new millennium is drawing closer. The anticipation for the Year 2000 has already seen an absorption of human imagination beyond a point of return. However, putting all speculations aside, this new millennium will be shaped by energetic and applied participation throughout the next two years . So how can ISEA take part in building and expanding on a culturally diverse and creative digital environment? And, how can the ISEA HQ offer a voice for its members and collaborators in the communications network towards the year 2000? For the next 2 years, plans are in place to develop the ISEA HQ web site into an on-line super-market for choices beyond belief. The development of the interface will concentrate on transmitting international new media information, on-line chat groups, tools for projects and projection rooms, editorial submissions, on-line competitions, members only benefits as well as regular announcements by the ISEA HQ on what's new and what's coming. We hope to revitalized an on-line presence that will see a revolution of ideas that will mark ISEA's continuing maturity to facilitate a greater convergence of cultural and artistic endeavors. *Well enough alone but better together* Input from our members is crucial for the immediate progress of the ISEA HQ and our web site project. So we are inviting you to send us your shopping list of innovative ideas, suggestions and questions on how the ISEA HQ can serve you more realistically. Tell us what you need and what is missing. Don' t forget that you can also discuss your suggestions on the ISEA listserv. (A single voice can echo through an infinite space and always find a point of return). To access this service see the email application method following. The result of members submissions will be posted on the web site for general visibility. So expect to see more announcements... Just remember we are here for your benefits and we need to know what motivates you in supporting ISEA. *In a nutshell* Of course most of you will know that ISEA98 titled Revolution-Terror will be hosted in Liverpool and Manchester. Once again the listserv can provide an exciting zone in which to broadcast your proposals and assist the ISEA98 team with suggestions and collaboration. Although there were fears that no ISEA bid had been made for the following two years the ISEA HQ can verify that there are discussions with Brazil to collaborate on staging an ISEA99 event and that we could celebrate ISEA2000 in Paris. But we shall keep you posted on these developments. So there is no doubt this is an exciting time to uphold your New Years resolutions and revolutionized your participation in shaping ISEA and future projects. Thank you for your continuing support in 1998 and beyond... Kind Regards ISEA HQ Montreal ****************************************** NEWS + INFO ****************************************** VIRTUAL AFRICA PROJECT Leonardo/ISAST announces its participation in the Virtual Africa project, a project that seeks to help make visible the work of artists, scientists and scholars working within the African context. This will involve African and European arts groups, music groups and museums. Leonardo/ISAST invites artists, ethnologists, anthropologists, art historians, neurologists, ethnopsychiatrists and archaeologists to submit related work and ideas for this project. Leonardo/ISAST offers to artists working in Africa the opportunity to exhibit works in the virtual gallery of the Leonardo Observatory, the French-language LEONARDO web site. Interested artists are invited to contact curator Jocelyne Rotily at <jocelyne@cybermedias.com> or by regular mail at: 23 Avenue Guy de Maupassant, 13008 Marseille, France. The Leonardo Observatory web site can be viewed at . ******************************** ROY ASCOTT TO BE GUEST EDITOR FOR LEONARDO ART AND CONSCIOUSNESS SECTION Leonardo/ISAST announces an ongoing project to be published in regular issues of the LEONARDO journal. The section, entitled "Art and Consciousness Research," will be guest-edited by LEONARDO Honorary Editor Roy Ascott. The section focuses on the emerging field of creative practice that is conceptually led, technologically empowered and scientifically informed by new metaphors and models of life and reality. At the center of this field are issues of consciousness, mind and identity. To see more on Roy Ascott: . See the article "Technology and Intuition: A Love Story? Roy Ascott's Telematic Embrace" by Edward A. Shanken at: . ****************************************** INTERNSHIP ****************************************** Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Hardy Internship in North American Collections will support a student in anthropology or museum studies (or recent graduates) or museum officials employed by tribal museums/cultural centers who intend to work or are working in the field of collections research and management. The internship is for three months and carries the equivalent of a monthly stipend of $1,200 plus up to $500 for travel to Cambridge. The position carries no benefits. Interns will be expected to work under the supervision of Peabody Museum staff on an area of interest related to the Peabody's archaeology/ethnographic collections or paper/photographic archives. Applications should be directed to: Director, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. The internship will begin June 1, 1998. The deadline for applications is March 1, 1998. Katherine Jones-Garmil Assistant Director Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 www.peabody.harvard.edu (617) 495-1969 (617) 495-7535 (fax) ****************************************** CALLS ****************************************** The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invites paper submissions for our annual graduate student colloquium on April 4, 1998. This year's topic is Masculinity and Representation. Topics might include: masculine masquerades masculinity in the media masculine space queer studies Non-Western representations gendering the artist genius sexuality of the saints machismo etc, etc, etc. --In brief, anything to do with masculinity and visuality would qualify. We hope to stimulate dialogue with a dual format: 20 minute slots for paper presentations and 10 minute slots for works in progress. Panels will be formed around common themes, and presentations will be followed by response and discussion. To enter, send 2 copies of completed papers or 500 word abstracts. Enclose an index card with your name, university affiliation, title of paper, address and phone number. If you want your paper back, please include a SASE. Reply ASAP to : Graduate Student Colloquium Department of Art Cochrane-Woods Art Center 5540 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 Email <s-hand@uchicago.edu> if you have any questions. ****************************************** REVOLTING [temporary media laboratory] Manchester, UK; Aug/Sep '98 REVOLTING will bring together Activism, Art and Theory concerned with media in a social and productive environment. Throughout August and September '98 Manchester will offer more or less informal locations providing a media workspace (at Salford University) and social interfaces (in the Greater Manchester Area) - as well as related events in Manchester. This event/workspace will provide the opportunity of lively exchange and collaboration, both in the privacy of a dedicated environment and the mayhem of the public arena. REVOLTING vs. REVOLUTION Attempts to define 'the' revolution have failed to produce a universal checklist of distinguishing characteristics. Where does that then leave the 'Digital Revolution'? REVOLTING replaces the handset on the master narrative and dials again. Stepping outside the mere potential of 'revolutionary technologies', REVOLTING shifts the focus to groups and individuals within the field of media, who are applying creative, challenging, tactical and innovative ways to make the most of the 'revolting' circumstances we live in. We don't want to define the Digital Revolution, we are interested in knowing who attended! Not understanding art as critical by 'nature', but stressing the fact that it could well be critical by definition, REVOLTING wants to focus on the overlap between cultural production and cultural theory. We 'mind the gap' between wanting to understand and being forced to act. REVOLTING will provide the means of production as well as the social setting within which to present the processes. PUBLIC ACCESS >From March 98, we hope to put in place a public access server for the Greater Manchester Area. This server will provide audio and video facilities and be devoted and linked to many local initiatives and activities in the area. This practise will also playfully explore the link-up of old and new media. Currently Manchester has very limited possibilities in terms of public access channels for radio and TV - at the same time, Manchester has a lively scene of pirate radio and video practise, which will be channelled through the public access project. In collaboration with these initiatives, REVOLTING will bring together local activity and global discourse. For the period of August, September 98 there will be a series of co-productions between international guests and local projects, to produce an ongoing archive of material, to test run concepts on the web and to experiment with the interfacing of old and new media. IN-PRINT REVOLTING will also print a bi-monthly newspaper/letter, the first issue to be published in March 98. This publication understands itself as an intermediate balance sheet for the off-line public and features information, opinionated journalism and manifestos which address pressing economic, political and cultural topics. As mentioned above, this publication attempts to extend the possibilities of new media by experimenting ways in which news groups, web pages and mailing lists can alter the impact of print publications - and vice versa... SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS NOW. CONCEPTS & HISTORY UNDER CONSTRUCTION REVOLTING hopes to amplify the close collaboration of the temporary media laboratory with the community within which it is situated. We also want to situate the media lab and the social interfaces at two nearby but separate locations to maintain a focused workspace while encouraging active participation of the public at the other end. The public interface will be equipped with sufficient access points, computers and consumer electronics to produce material in the semi-public environment as well as being a constantly changing archive and social space. The media lab (at Salford University) will be equipped with extensive audio, video and internet facilities - as Universities are. The "social interface" (in Manchester) will feature essential equipment: workstations, beams, projectors and the obligatory sound system to allow anything from focused presentation, screenings, via semi-public debates, improvised exhibitions, spontaneous interviews, to well earned leisure times. At the same time, REVOLTING can be expanded into the city of Manchester, using locations and facilities to screen movies, celebrate, host presentations and stage demonstrations. Being located in a lively city like Manchester - with its strong profile of popular culture situated amongst the archaeological relics of the industrial revolution - there seems no need to implant an infrastructure which is already available and extensively accepted. In this way we hope to make the most of the city for what it was and is. BIG SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL PLANETS? We want to encourage participation - remote and on-site. We expect that the participants will all have enough social, political and cultural commitment to use this space in a tactical and productive manner. REVOLTING should be more than an editorial office and more than the extension of your working environment at home. REVOLTING wants to be an experimental social interface to the many realities we will bring to Manchester and to the ones already forming and performing in the area. Attention: this is all construction! Watch your usual channels for further information... [REVOLTING is currently in dialogue with Salford University; Hypermedia Research Centre, Westminster University; Mute Magazine; Hybrid WorkSpace; Telepolis; North West Arts Board; Foundation for Art and Creative Technology] Micz Flor (micz@metamute.com) [t/f]+44.171.7395331 [t]+44.161.2956157 [a]http://www.art-bag.net [b]http://www.icf.de/workspace [c]http://www.metamute.com [q]"There is no administrative production of meaning." ****************************************** ANAT I am in the process of researching for the Australian Network for Art & Technology's forthcoming quarterly newsletter. I would like to invite you to submit information on the forthcoming activities of you or your organisation if you would like us to include a short listing to help with your promotion. Any notices on events with an art & technology focus, commencing during or after early February, will be gratefully accepted. Appropriate notices may include: * events * exhibitions * conferences * calls for proposals/papers * workshops * symposia etc Bear in mind that, as always, our deadline is approaching fast, so if you could submit this information by the end of the week, it will have more of a chance of being included. Thanks a lot. Kind Regards Honor Harger Australian Network for Art & Technology PO Box 8029 Hindley St, SA 5000, Australia wk: 61 8 82319037 hm: 61 8 82320142 anat@camtech.net.au honor@va.com.au http://www.anat.org.au/ http://209.130.1.218/isomer/ ****************************************** CAIIA- CENTRE FOR ADVANCED INQUIRY IN THE INTERACTIVE ARTS- NSAD, UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE NEWPORT We are working on a definitive database of artistic interventions which use the internet as a media. We are interested in artworks initiated or completed up until December 1997. This project will culminate in the publishing of a book and a CD-ROM. Please fill in this form and send it back to Kepa Landa <k.landa@newport.ac.uk> Author/Authors:_______________ Title of work : _______________ e-mail or postal address: _______________ URL: _______________ Start and conclusion of the project: _______________ Brief description of the work (less than 100 words): _______________ In case it is not accessible on the Internet, we would appreciate if you could send us as much in formation as possible about it. Also we would be grateful if you send us information (URLs, e-mails, Bookmarks) about other projects or artists Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Estamos trabajando en una archivo completo de intervenciones artisticas que emplean internet como medio. Estamos interesados en obras iniciadas o completadas hasta Diciembre de 1997. Este proyecto culminara con la publicaci…˜?de un libro y un CD-ROM. Por favor rellene este formulario y envielo a Kepa Landa <k.landa@newport.ac.uk> Autor/Autores:_______________ Titulo de la obra : _______________ e-mail o direccion postal: _______________ URL: _______________ Inicio y conclusion del proyecto: _______________ Breve descripcion de la obra (menos de 100 palabras): _______________ En caso de que no sea accesible en Internet, le agradeceriamos nos enviase informacion tan completa como sea posible. Tambien agradeceriamos nos enviase informaci…˜?(URLs, e-mails, Bookmarks) a cerca de otros proyectos y artistas. Gracias Kepa Landa Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts CAiiA - NSAD, University of Wales College Newport, PO Box 179, Newport, NP6 1YG UNITED KINGDOM-REINO UNIDO tel/fax: 44 (0)1633-4321 68 tel: home/casa 44 (0)1633-423 993 k.landa@newport.ac.uk http://caiiamind.nsad.newport.ac.uk/people.html ****************************************** The Western Australian Academy Of Performing Arts and the Imago Multimedia Centre Arts Program invite applications from international, national and local artists. An exhibition of the selected works will be held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia during April-May 1998. The prizes are: $5,000.00 (AUD) and an Apple Computer. Twelve interactive works will be exhibited with an acquisition fee of $240.00 (AUD). PRIZES: $5000 (AUD) and or an Apple Macintosh. The 12 selected entries receive an exhibition fee of $250.00. There will be no theme as such other than works that emphasise innovation and conceptual skill. All selected works archived at ECU library and Imago Multimedia Center after the exhibition. Artists rights remain. ie if after 12 months the show goes up again or travels the artists will be paid a further $250.00 for each exhibition location. Works for the web need not use a commercially available browser. It should be noted that the web works may have to be offline on an internal hard disk. If this presents a problem then please fill out the entry form and state your special technical requirements in the labelled text box. Works can be submitted on floppy disk, cd-rom or FTP. Please request FTP address via email to: <d.kreckler@cowan.edu.au> It is expected the works will be for web or desktop use. Works must be fully interactive. Apple PPC's (9700's or G3) will be used for the exhibition. Should your work be selected you will be notified by airmail after March 16 1998. derek kreckler western australian academy of performing arts phone: 61-08-9370-6111, facsimile: 61-08-9370-6555 ****************************************** (The English version is after the Italian version) Le Edizioni Musicali Taukay e l'Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Udine bandiscono la seconda edizione del Concorso di Musica Contemporanea "Citta' di Udine". La Giuria e' cosi' composta: Michele Biasutti (Compositore e ricercatore all'Universita' di Padova), Bernardino Beggio (Compositore e Direttore di Interensemble), Bernard Fort (responsabile del "Groupe de Musiques Vivantes de Lyon" e docente alla "Ecole Nationale de Musique à Lyon"), Lucio Garau (Compositore ed Etnomusicologo), Marco Stroppa (Compositore e ricercatore all'IRCAM di Parigi), Jesus Villa-Rojo (Compositore e direttore del "Laboratorio de interpretacion Musical" di Madrid) . La manifestazione si concludera' nell'autunno del 1998 all'interno di una rassegna che vedra' protagonisti Compositori ed Esecutori provenienti da tutto il mondo. Il Concorso e' diviso in due sezioni: Composizioni per Gruppo orchestrale da Camera e Musica elettroacustica analogica e digitale. Sono ammesse composizioni inedite create da Musicisti di qualsiasi nazionalita'. I lavori dovranno essere spediti al Comune di Udine - U.O. Coordinamento Segreteria Attivita' Teatrali - via Savorgnana 12 33100 UDINE, entro e non oltre il 30 aprile 1998. Fara' fede la data del timbro postale di partenza. Le decisioni della giuria saranno rese pubbliche entro il 30 giugno 1998. Le partiture dovranno essere inviate in sei copie assieme alla domanda di iscrizione allegata e alla ricevuta del versamento di L.50.000 effettuato a mezzo vaglia postale intestato a: Comune di Udine Servizio tesoreria Conto corrente postale n. 14372338 Le partiture verranno eseguite dall'insieme orchestrale "Interensemble" diretto dal Maestro Bernardino Beggio e dal "Taukay Ensemble" diretto dal Maestro Paolo Longo. I lusinghieri risultati conseguiti nella passata edizione, fanno ben sperare in una numerosa partecipazione. Il bando di concorso e' disponibile presso gli uffici dell'assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Udine e su internet nel sito delle Edizioni Musicali TauKay al seguente indirizzo: http://www.nauta.it/taukay/ E' possibile ricevere ulteriori informazioni all'indirizzo: taukay@mailbox.nauta.it oppure presso la nostra sede in via Fiume 13 a Udine (33100) tel.0432/506677, fax 0432/25021 chiedendo del responsabile delle Edizioni Vittorio Vella. Certi di fare cosa gradita nell'informarvi delle nostre attivita' Vi porgiamo i nostri pi‘cordiali saluti. ************************************************************ The TauKay Music Publishing House, together with City Council of Udine, announces the Second International Contemporary Music Contest "Città di Udine". The Jury: Michele Biasutti (Composer and researcher at the University of Padua), Bernardino Beggio (Composer and "Interensemble" Conductor), Bernard Fort (responsible for "Groupe de Musiques Vivantes de Lyon" and teacher at the "Ecole Nationale de Musique à Lyon"), Lucio Garau (Composer and ethnic Music researcher), Marco Stroppa (Composer and researcher at IRCAM - Parigi), Jesus Villa-Rojo (Composer and director of "Laboratorio de interpretacion Musical" di Madrid) . The event will come to an end in autumn 1998, in an assembly of Composers and Performers from all over the world. The contest is divided into two sections: instrumental compositions for chamber instrumental group and electro-acoustic, analogical, and digital music. Only unpublished musical compositions will be admitted into the contest. The pieces may have been already performed. Composers may be of any citizenship. All works must be submitted - no later than April, 30th 1998 - to: "Comune di Udine - U.O. Coordinamento Segreteria Attività Teatrali - via Savorgnana 12 - 33100 Udine ITALIA" The postmark will bear witness to the date. The jury's decision will be made public on June, 30th 1998. The scores must be sent in six copies attached to the application and together with the receipt for 35 USD payment made by a international postal order to: Comune di Udine Servizio tesoreria Conto corrente postale n. 14372338 The scores will be performed by "Interensemble", conducted by Bernardino Beggio and by "TauKay Ensemble", conducted by Paolo Longo. The high turnout of the last edition leaves one to hope that participation will be successful. The announcement of competition can be found at the City Council of Udine or on Internet, TauKay Musical Editions at the following address: http://www.nauta.it/taukay/ It is also possible to receive further information at this address: taukay@mailbox.nauta.it or at our office in via Fiume 13, 33100 Udine, tel +39-432-506677, fax +39-432-25021 asking for Mr. Vittorio Vella, the person in charge of the editions. We trust this information about our activities will be of interest. At the same time we send our best regards. ***************************************************** Edizioni Musicali TauKay TauKay Music Publishing House via Fiume 13 - 33100 Udine - Italy tel. +39-432-506677 fax +39-432-25021 taukay@mailbox.nauta.it WEB site http://www.nauta.it/taukay/ Responsabile editoriale/Editor: Vittorio Vella ****************************************** EVENTS ****************************************** MASS MEDIA CENTER School of Journalism, St.Petersburg State University ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA THIRD INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON RUSSIAN MEDIA 29 June - 10 July 1998 St.Petersburg, Russia Scholars, educators, journalists and students in media and mass communication are invited to participate in this two week summer course. This is the excellent opportunity to widen your view on media studies studying Russian media and journalism in a political, economic, legal, ethnic, cultural and environmental perspective. "Journalism and Power" is the main subject of the Third Summer School. Political journalism, the relationship between journalists and politicians, federal and local government influence on journalism, media regulation, and pressure to journalists from the outside and from the inside, elections coverage, information wars, public relations are among the topics. Alternative sources of information for journalists, Internet facilities, separation of news and opinion, fair journalism, ethics, ethnic or other minorities problems coverage, political and ethnic conflicts, press freedom and independence, international journalism, environmental journalism, research of mass media market and audience will be also included to the programme. Courses are given by the best faculty and staff of the School of Journalism at St.Petersburg State University and experienced professionals from a wide variety of St.Petersburg media. Working languages: English and Russian (during the course Mass Media Center will provide participants with interpretation). Registration until 15 June 1998. Mass Media Center will provide participants with acceptable dwelling in dormitory of the University, lunches, visits to St.Petersburg editorial boards, information package, video film on the 1998 Summer School, group photograph and sightseeing programme during the White Nights Season. According to our agreement with the Centre of International Exchanges of the University, housing will be in bedrooms of the hostel of St.Petersburg State University. The address of the University dormitory is: ul. Korablestroiteley, 20, block 2, floor 6. ("Primorskaya" metro station). Students will be living in rooms for two or three persons. The dormitory is very good and secure and is not far from our journalism building (one stop of "Metro" subway to "Vassileostrovskaya"). Students can live in dormitory from Saturday, June 27, till Sunday, July 12, 1998. The representative of the Centre of International Exchanges can pick up the students in the International Airport or Railway Station after confirmation of the exact time of arrival to St.Petersburg. Tuition fee (including dwelling, lunches, information kit, video film, group photograph, visits to media and cultural programme) is 630 USD for foreigners and 400 USD (in Russian Roubles) for Russian and CIS participants. Participants can pay money in Russian Roubles directly in St.Petersburg. For more information and registration, please contact: Ms Nina G. Boykova, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of Mass Media Center; Mr Dmitry A. Ruschin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Head of the International Department, Director of the International Summer School on Russian Media. MASS MEDIA CENTER School of Journalism, St.Petersburg State University 1-aya Liniya V.O., #26, room 606. St.Petersburg. 199034. Russia Tel/Fax: (7-812) 213-00-67. E-mail: mmc@mmc.jur.pu.ru ruschin@mmc.jur.pu.ru REGISTRATION FORM for the Third International Summer School on Russian Media at St.Petersburg State University Name: First name: Title: Nationality: Birthdate: Passport No: Sex: Working (studying) place: Address: Position: Specialisation: Scholar interests: What are your expectations of studying in the Summer School: Languages. English: Russian: Private Address: Telephone work: Telephone home: Fax: E-mail: Signature: Date: Please return this form to the Director of the Summer School as soon as possible. THIRD INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON RUSSIAN MEDIA. MASS MEDIA CENTER. SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. ST.PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY. ROOM 606. 1-AYA LINIYA V.O., DOM 26. ST.PETERSBURG. 199034. RUSSIA. TEL/FAX: (7-812) 213-00-67 E-MAIL: ruschin@mmc.jur.pu.ru mmc@mmc.jur.pu.ru mmc@mmc2.jur.pu.ru --- Dmitry A. Ruschin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Head of the International Department. MASS MEDIA CENTER. School of Journalism. St.Petersburg State University. Room 606. 1-ya Liniya V.O., Dom 26. St.Petersburg. 199034. RUSSIA. Tel./Fax: (7-812) 213-00-67. E-mail: ruschin@mmc.jur.pu.ru ****************************************** L'IMMAGINE LEGGERA 3rd Palermo International Videoart + Film + Media Festival, taking place 2 through 10 October 1998, (submission deadline: 31 July). More infos after January on our festival's web page: http://web.tin.it/iside/immagineleggera. As you probably know, the ex-aequo winners of the International Videoart Competition '97 have been the following videos: - Elisabetta Filocamo (I), "Inside Outside" - Diane Nerwen (USA), "Under the Skin Game" - Cathy Vogan (F), "The Synchronizer" The Award of the Public has been tributed to: - "Nuevas Aventuras del Capitan Cardozo" by Pablo Rodriguez Jauregui and Gabriel Yuvone (Argentina). The Festival Team (alessandro rais, marcello alajmo, ignazio plaia, maurizio spadaro) L'IMMAGINE LEGGERA Casella Postale 136 (P. O. Box) I-90133 PALERMO - Italy tel. +39-91-6961740 fax +39-91-6111682 email: 00253aaa@mbox.infcom.it, immagineleggera@usa.net http: //web.tin.it/iside/immagineleggera ************************** SCRIPTED SPACES An ITA Conference on Entertainment Design, Narrative Architecture, and Virtual Environments Saturday, April 18th, 1998 | 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM |Ahmanson Auditorium Art Center College of Design | 1700 Lida Street | Pasadena, CA 91103 http://www.artcenter.edu/scriptedspaces.html/ Art Center's Institute for Technology and Aesthetics (ITA) hosts SCRIPTED SPACES, a discussion about how space can be designed to tell a story, moving from malls (think Universal City Walk) to theme parks (Disneyland as the granddaddy of them all), from special effect-driven blockbusters to the latest in computer games like Riven. Panelists include Rocket Science Games co-founder MICHAEL BACKES, Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor JOHN DYKSTRA, Disney Imagineer BRAN FERREN, architects CRAIG HODGETTS and MING FUNG, cultural critic NORMAN KLEIN, architectural historian SYLVIA LAVIN, new media theorist PETER LUNENFELD, interactive artist MICHAEL NAIMARK, and Virtual Reality Modeling Language co-creator MARK PESCE. For reservations contact: peterl@artcenter.edu or 626.568.4710 By post: Scripted Spaces c/o Peter Lunenfeld Art Center College of Design | 1700 Lida Street | Pasadena, CA 91103 ----------- SCRIPTED WEEKEND The SCRIPTED SPACES conference is a one day, single track event, but it is part of the larger SCRIPTED WEEKEND. On Friday night, April 17, Norman Klein, the Chair of Scripted Spaces, and Peter Lunenfeld, the Director of the ITA, will present SCRIPTED SCREENS, a selection of film clips, animations, VRML sites, virtual environments, computer games, and other screen-based scripted spaces. All day Saturday, E.D./A.C., a show of Entertainment Design projects by Art Center students will be open in studios and galleries around campus. On Sunday afternoon, April 19th, Klein will lead SCRIPTED SITES, a bus trip to four scripted spaces in Southern California. SCRIPTED SPACES, SCRIPTED SCREENS and E.D./A.C. are free of charge, but require registration by email, phone, or post [please send full contact information]. Seats on the SCRIPTED SITES bus must be ordered in advance by mail: checks for $20.00 payable to "Art Center/Scripted Spaces" at the address listed above [the 35 seats are available on a first come, first served basis]. SCRIPTED SCHEDULE * Friday, April 17: SCRIPTED SCREENS | 7:30-9:00 | Ahmanson Auditorium * An illustrated lecture by NORMAN KLEIN and PETER LUNENFELD * Saturday, April 18: SCRIPTED SPACES | 9:30-6:30 | Ahmanson Auditorium * 9:30-12:30 | Morning Session A welcome from DAVID BROWN, President of Art Center College of Design NORMAN KLEIN, Chair, Scripted Spaces Conference CRAIG HODGETTS and MING FUNG, Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates MICHAEL BACKES, Games Designer and Visual Effects Supervisor BRAN FERREN, Walt Disney Imagineering 12:30-2:30 | LUNCH | Art Center Cafeteria 2:30-5:30 | Afternoon Session SYLVIA LAVIN, Architecture and Urban Planning, UCLA MICHAEL NAIMARK, Interval Corporation JOHN DYKSTRA, Visual Effects Supervisor MARK PESCE, blitcom 5:30-6:30 | Open Forum PETER LUNENFELD, ITA, Respondent E.D./A.C. | 9:00 AM-7:00 PM | Studios and Galleries A show of Entertainment Design projects by Art Center students. * Sunday, April 19: SCRIPTED SITES | 11:00-5:00 * NORMAN KLEIN's bus tour leaves from and returns to the Art Center Student Parking Lot ----------- CREDITS "SCRIPTED SPACES: An ITA Conference on Entertainment Design, Narrative Architecture, and Virtual Environments" is supported by the Graduate Programs at Art Center. Other support from the Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, and the Departments of Illustration, Environmental Design, and Product Design. All speakers, times and venues subject to change without notice. ******************************************* SHOCK WAVES An Exploration of New Technologies and New Physics and their Impact on the Arts A City Arts - Portsmouth City Council Leisure Service initiative in association with Portsmouth Media Development, ppARTnerships, the University of Portsmouth, and Southern Screen Commission Portsmouth Introductory Programme : 2 - 29 March 1998 SHOCK WAVES is an exploration of creative expression which informs, challenges and excites new audiences and participants about the relationship between the arts, technology and science. The March event is the introductory programme to a three year initiative project which concentrates on four discrete but interrelated areas, media provision in Portsmouth; creative approaches in the use of new technology; an exploration of sound; and the cultural impact of New Physics. The three year programme will incorporate newly commissioned and existing exhibitions and installations, performances, media events, residencies, conferences, seminars, talks, workshops, community events, and training programmes. It will also create opportunities for investigating and implementing newer forms of distribution including CD-ROM and the Internet. SHOCK WAVES aims to contribute to the establishment of Portsmouth as a dynamic urban centre for a wide range of cultural and media industries and to provide a long term platform for the city to advocate and realise its potential pre-eminence in exploiting the convergence of arts, technology and science. SHOCK WAVES will engage a wide cross section of artists, producers, participants and audiences by age group, gender, location, and socio-economic group. It will encompass the public and private sectors, media artists and scientists, Portsmouth City Council and Southern Arts Board, the University and the education sector, the arts community and individual artists, the multinational technology industries of Portsmouth and the individual producer. Special emphasis will be placed on the needs and demands of young people and access. It will cater for the beginner as well as for the specialist. SHOCK WAVES is a major initiative which will help attract regional, national and international profile for the city. It will showcase the skills, facilities and resources available within the city, highlight areas for investment and development, and encourage collaborations, networking and accessibility. It also incorporates the first public outcome of an extensive Media Development project for the city, following collaborat
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