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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS

THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
#66 June 1998
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* 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%

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ISEA NEWS
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ISEAHQ has new addresses !

Please update your address books:

-  isea@isea.qc.ca

-  http://www.isea.qc.ca

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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

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INFO
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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
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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

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JOB POSTINGS
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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.

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CALLS
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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
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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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