******************************************************************** THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS THE ISEA NEWSLETTER #66 June 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, Amanda McDonald Crowley, Tapio Makela, Alain Mongeau, Simon Penny, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Patricia Search, Wim van der Plas. 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 * * EDITORIALS * ISEA NEWS * INFO * JOB POSTINGS * CALLS * EVENTS * ___________________________________________________________________ * EDITORIALS* REVOLUTION98 [part of the ninth International Symposium on Electronic Art] revolution98 is the exhibition and events programme organised by the FACT as part of isea98. ISEA, the annual International Symposium on Electronic Art is the foremost event of its kind in the world. isea98, the ninth symposium, has been organised as a partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and Manchester Metropolitan University. revolution98 is the largest and most ambitious programme of electronic arts projects ever staged in Britain. It takes place simultaneously in Liverpool and Manchester and can be found in galleries, theatres, bars, clubs, trains and on the internet. The programme explores the effect of the so-called 'technological revolution' on art, culture and society through the work of artists, musicians, computer programmers and others and considers what's become of the idea of 'REVOLUTION' at the end of the century. All this is explored, questioned and celebrated in more than 100 diverse projects by artists from 29 different countries. Here's a summary of participating artists and venues. For a detailed programme please e-mail isea@fact.co.uk Artists projects by: Imanol Atorrasagasti & Yan Dujvendak [Swi] AudioRom [England] Tone Ballone [England/China] Luchezar Boyadjiev [Bulgaria] John & Paul Butler [Scotland] Cornford & Cross [England] Gina Czarnecki [Scotland] Willie Doherty [Ireland] John Fairclough & Maureen Lander [New Zealand] Judith Goddard [England] Granular Synthesis [Austria] Johan Grimonprez [Belgium] Lucia Grossberger-Morales [US] Nigel Helyer [Australia] Perry Hoberman [US] Illuminations Television [England] Haruo Ishii [Japan] Luke Jerram [England] Nelia Justo [Australia] Le Corps Indice [Canada] Kristin Lucas [US] Tapio Makela & Susanna Paasonen [Finland] Jennifer & Kevin McCoy [US] Feng Mengbo [China] Adele Myers [England] Rita Myers [US] Keith Piper [Eng] Nedko Solakov [Bul] Suzanne Treister [Australia] Elizia Volkmann [Eng] Andrea Zapp [Ger] Yin Xiu Zhen [China] Other projects: Black Box, Hope, Mercurial States Roundtable, Rev, Revolting, Screenings, Star dot Star, Virtual Revolutions, WebJam. Participating venues & LIVERPOOL: Albert Dock. sites: ARC Centre Bluecoat Cafe Internet Chavasse Park Cream Hope Street Gallery Lime Street Station Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Open Eye Gallery Revolution Bar Tate Gallery Tea Factory Unity Theatre MANCHESTER: Castlefield Gallery Chinese Arts Centre Cornerhouse CUBE Cyberia DADI Building Green Room Holden Gallery Piccadilly Rail Station A free full colour 28 page programme featuring exhibitions and events will be available mid-July. To make sure that you receive one please e-mail: isea@fact.co.uk and we'll forward you a copy. ISEA98: THE LIVERPOOL REVOLUTION SYMPOSIUM The ninth International Symposium on Electronic Art opens in Liverpool on September 2nd. Hosted for the first time in the UK, the annual ISEA symposium is acclaimed for its ability to bring together the international cutting edge of opinion and opinion-makers concerned with the cultural use of Information Technology. Liverpool Art School and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts host the Revolution Symposium. Together they are forum and laboratory in which to identify, assert and critique the notions and metaphors of Revolution - a word that describes both cyclic repetition and violent severence. Liverpool has assembled an outstanding global group of artists, academics, inventors and commentators ranging from 1960s electronic pioneers through to young, unsung iconoclasts impatient of everything. Together they will challenge and engage with a programme of presentations integrating papers, dialogues / debates, artist and technologists' workshops, exchanges and performances. For constantly up-dated information check http://www.isea98.org and http://www.sat.qc.ca/isea/symposium/isea98.html. Presentations include: Paul Brown Editor of Fine Art Forum, Australia, on The Art Mainstream as the Enemy Tim Cole Managing Director & Co-founder of SSEYO Ltd., on Generative Music for Sound Environments Nina Czegledy Media Artist / curator, on Digitized Bodies - Visual Spectacles Max Eastley Artist, on Natural Systems Coco Fusco Interdisciplinary artist / curator / writer, on Latinas in the Global Information Network Kathy Rae Huffman Media Artist, on Females Online Margaret Morse Theorist / critic / teacher, on the Body of Collective Intelligence Timur Novikov Artist / curator / founder of the New Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, on Neo-Academism Andre Plante & Inoue Seiko Researchers, on Emotions and Cultural Diversity Niranjan Rajah Artist / theorist, on Installation Art at the End of Geography Scanner Sound artist, on the Pleasures of Surveillance Sonia Sheridan Researcher / writer, on Generative Systems and Generative Art Hikmet Tabak Kurdish Director of MED TV, on Virtual Identities of the Dispossessed David Toop Musician / writer / music curator, on Ocean of Sound and Exot Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Art School, 68 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9EB T +44 (0)151 709 3420 F +44 (0)151 231 5096 E-mail: isea98@livjm.ac.uk Registration and fees: ISEA98 six day programme: Revolution Symposium at Liverpool September 02-04 Terror Symposium at Manchester September 05-07 Cost: £315 Benefits include: Prioritised access to all symposia presentations and events including electronic music performances * full one year membership of the Inter-Society for Electronic Arts * exclusive Delegates pack including limited-edition catalogue and programme publications * VIP invitations to gallery and exhibition receptions * civic welcomes and night-club parties * luxury coach transfer from Liverpool to Manchester * webcast and email cyberport. Concession cost: £284. For symposium speakers, full-time students and existing ISEA members. ISEA98 three day programme: Liverpool Revolution Symposium September 02-04* Cost: £175 Benefits include: Prioritised access to all Revolution presentations and events including electronic music performances * exclusive Delegates pack including limited-edition catalogue and programme publications * VIP invitations to gallery and exhibition receptions * Cream night-club party * luxury coach shuttle service between hotel and conference sites.* webcast and email cyberport. ISEA98 day programme: Liverpool Revolution Symposium September 03 or 04* Cost: £85 Benefits include: all benefits of three day programme on one selected date. please contact ISEA98 Registration, 2 Maryland Street, Liverpool L1 9DE, UK T +44 (0)151 231 3585 F +44 (0)151 709 5057 E-mail d.glinister@livjm.ac.uk http://www.livjm.ac.uk/corporate_events/isea98 *All fees are inclusive of VAT @ 17.5% ****************************************** ISEA NEWS ****************************************** ISEAHQ has new addresses ! Please update your address books: - isea@isea.qc.ca - http://www.isea.qc.ca ****************************************** LEONARDO SUBSCRIPTION DISCOUNT FOR ISEA MEMBERS LEONARDO, the leading journal for anyone interested in the application of contemporary science and technology to the arts, is now available to members of Inter-Society of Electronic Arts (ISEA) at a special discount price of $57.60 This is 20% off the journal's regular rate and includes the companion annual journal, LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL. Founded in 1967, LEONARDO provides an international channel of communication between artists and others who use science and technologies in their creations. The journal covers media, music, kinetic art, performance art, language, environmental and conceptual art, computers and artificial intelligence, and legal, economics, and political aspects of art as these areas relate to the arts, tools and ideas of contemporary science and technology. LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL (including compact disc), features the latest in music, multimedia art, sound science and technology. TO RECEIVE THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM, PLEASE EMAIL US AT: ISEA@SAT.QC.CA ****************************************** INFO ****************************************** Hello, my name is Scott Meadows and I'm a Masters of Visualization Sciences student at Texas A&M. I am posting this message in order to make contact with anyone interested in working on a multi-media/art project together. I'm currently in my second year and am trying to develop a thesis topic which might involve interaction with others via the internet. My ideas are in their infant stage so this description might seem rather vague. I'm interested in the experiential qualities of architecture and studying how these qualities can be expressed using the computer. If any of this information sparks your interest or you know of some good resources for this type of study please let me know. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Scott Meadows scottm@viz.tamu.edu 409-268-0123 ****************************************** THE SCCA-PRAGUE LABORATORY FOR NEW MEDIA ART The Soros Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague is opening a Laboratory for New Media Art on its premises - in the historical center of Prague. The laboratory has been equipped in cooperation with the Czech branch of the Silicon Graphics. The Laboratory is going to be open for Czech artists who are going to make use of it to produce art projects to be presented at local and international exhibitions. It is important to say that young Czech artist have not had an equal opportunity so far: this laboratory should therefore enable them to carry on their work when they leave the Academy. The NEW MEDIA ART has played an important role in the SCCA-Prague overview of a development of contemporary art, as it is a rear branch of human activity in which free imagination of artists is a natural part of general development. The SCCA-Prague prepared the first extensive exhibition of new media art, entitled Orbis Fictus, in the Czech Republic in December 1995. The establishment of the Laboratory on the premises of the SCCA-Prague is the second step that naturally follows the former activities of the SCCA-Prague in the field of new media art. The activity of the SCCA is conducted in close cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, National Gallery in Prague and the Goethe Institute. Soros Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague, Ujezd 40, Prague 1 - 118 00 Telephone number: +420-2-57 00 74 05, fax number: +420-2-55 14 88 http://www.ecn.cz/osf/scca http://www.scca.net ****************************************** JOB POSTINGS ****************************************** Information Design, Department of Art, Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo Position type: Visiting Assistant or Visiting Associate Professor for one year with possible renewal for an additional year. Starting date: Fall 1998 Primary teaching responsibilities: Teach graduate/undergraduate courses each semester in information design, and advanced interactive computer art. Teach graduate and undergraduate students in independent study courses, and supervise graduate thesis projects. Students in these courses major in one of these programs: Computer Art with a focus in interactive art, Communication Design with a focus in information design and Media Study focusing in digital multimedia. Non-teaching responsibilities: Participate in the development of a new, cross-disciplinary, graduate program in information design. Salary: Negotiable. Required: Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts or Master of Science degree in information design or related areas, or equivalent professional experience. Familiarity with Internet communications and the following operating systems: Macintosh, Windows 95, NT. Knowledge of appropriate hardware and software. Highly desirable: Professional activity and visibility as a researcher in information design and/or as an information designer. Knowledge of electronic imaging history, information and communication theory. Experience with computer aided visualization particularly in the area of information design, interactive multimedia and 3-D modeling and animation. Previous college level teaching experience. Flexibility and interest in interdisciplinary teaching. Application deadline: June 19, 1998, but search will remain open until position is filled. Send samples of your work and student work along with brief descriptions. Work samples may be in the form of slides, VHS video tapes, Macintosh formatted Zip disks or CD-ROM. Send these along with a formal letter of application, resume and recommendation letters from three recent references to: Anthony Rozak, Chair, Search Committee for Information Design Department of Art 202 Center for the Arts University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 14260-6010 Email: rozart@aol.com The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified individuals with a disability may request a needed reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process. No person, in whatever relationship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of age, creed, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or marital or veteran status. ****************************************** CALLS ****************************************** The Center for Computer Arts which acts within the framework of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Skopje, Macedonia will feature in the program of the Skopje Electronic Arts Fair '98 COMMUNING V.R., WWW, Net-Linked, and CD-ROM Art Exhibition Venue: Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art October 02 - 09, 1998 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia An international call for V.R., WWW, Net-Linked, and CD ROM Art projects. The exhibition Communing addresses the theme of the visions of the artists including the processes of Imagining, Meditation, Dreaming, Reflection and Visualization, during the process of art creation. The exhibition will feature the result of the Communing i.e. the digital language of different international artists that express themselves in V.R., the WWW, Net -Linked Installations, and CD-ROM. The exhibition is conceived as an encounter of artists, technologies and visionaries. Communing is especially interested in original innovative projects. The exhibition welcomes all projects using information technology and different multi-media applications, hypertext, vrml. The selected international projects will be presented in the Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art, accompanied with a lectures of the invited artists, and a workshop directed at qualifying the local artists and audience for complex media projects. The submitted projects will pass through a juried election process. The authors of the projects retain all of the copyrights. For the V.R. projects - title of project - abstract - technical equipment requirements for the presentation - curriculum vitae For the web projects the proposals should contain: - title of project - abstract - URL addresses of projects (or CDs) - technical equipment requirements for the presentation - curriculum vitae * The selected artists will be contacted and will be provided with the guidelines and an FTP address where the projects can be uploaded. When sending the projects please send description of any additional changes that have to be done locally. For the Net-Linked Installations the proposals should contain: - title of project - abstract - URL addresses of projects (if already existing) - detailed technical equipment requirements for the presentation - curriculum vitae For the CD ROM projects the proposals should contain: - title of project - abstract - technical equipment requirements for the presentation - curriculum vitae - video tape - the actual CD ROM (If CD - ROMs have already been sent for the project Interactive Narration they do not have to be re-sent). Deadline for submission: July 15, 1998 Notification of acceptance: July 25, 1998 International Web Art and CD ROM Art exhibition Venue: Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art Date of exhibition: 02.- 09.October 1998 Submit proposals for the event to: Melentie Pandilovski, Curator of SEAFair '98 Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Skopje, Macedonia Orce Nikolov 109, 91000 Skopje mpandil@soros.org.mk scca@soros.org.mk http://www.scca.org.mk tel/fax: 389.91.133.541 ****************************************** FRENCH-BALTIC-NORDIC VIDEO AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL in Tallinn November 19-21 1998 The French-Baltic-Nordic Video and New Media Festival is an annual international electronic arts event taking place in the Baltics. The 1998 festival will be hosted by the E-Media Centre of the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, Estonia. CALL FOR ENTRIES We invite submissions from artists in the following categories: - video art and experimental film - cd-roms - net.video, net.audio, net.art FRENCH-BALTIC-NORDIC VIDEO AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL IN TALLINN intends to have a parallel exhibition of videotapes, installations and digital electronic media consisting of the following two parts: I PART Video, experimental film and other electronic art forms 1. Videos from Baltics. Selections from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.Works of recent years. 2. French video selection. Selected works of french artists and invited artist from France with presenting his/her special program. 3. Videos from Nordic countries. 4. International selection. Collections or presentations from other countries. II PART net.video, video in the internet, online video, digital cinema and other online forms of moving sound and images. This part is mostly centered on video, but not excluded are animations, hypermedia, games and other online forms of visual or audio art: net.art, net.audio. Accepted are all applications that works by help of Quicktime, Shockwave plug-ins etc. Curator of II part: Tiia JOHANNSON, e-mail: xtiiax@hotmail.com REGULATIONS Entry deadline: September 1st, 1998 1. Please submit works that have been made after January 1st, 1997. 2. All entries with dialogs and texts must be subtitled in English. 3. If $10 cash is not enclosed, VHS-tapes will remain in the videotheque of the E-Media Center of the Estonian Academy of Arts for use in educational as well as in cultural and non-commercial events. 4. Postage costs for submitted materials are the responsibility of the entrants. 5. Festival accept entries in categories of video and internet-video (net.video). In case the participant does not have server-space for online-videos, we can provide up to 5MB per artist in the server of the Estonian Academy of Art. (For additional instructions please contact.) 6. Each entrant may submit up to 3 works. FESTIVAL DATES AND VENUES The Festival will take place November 19, 20, 21, 1998 at the Estonian Academy of Arts and other exhibition venues in Tallinn. Naturally, if works are online and remain in servers outside Estonia, then the question of place is not relevant. ENTRY FORM We request (1) that you copy the form into a text editor or
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