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               THE ISEA NEWSLETTER # 9, SEPTEMBER 1992



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    Editors:        Wim van der Plas, Dirk Boon (Holland)

    Correspondents: Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan), Roger Malina (US),

                    Ivan Pope (UK),Leslie Bishko (US)

    ISEA, POB 60103, 9703 BC Groningen, The Netherlands

    Tel 31-50-425254, Fax 31-75-701906

    Email ISEA@RUG.NL or A430WYNA@DIAMOND.SARA.NL

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                                  CONTENTS



  ISEA BOARD                           Wim van der Plas

  LANGUAGES OF DESIGN                  Ray Lauzzanna

  ICMC 1993                            Yoshiyuki Abe

  HALL OF WHISPERS: A VIRTUAL OPERA    Leslie Bishko

  NEWS FROM THE UK                     Ivan Pope

  JMACS SS'92                          Yoshiyuki Abe

  SELECTED ITEMS FROM FINEART FORUM

  CALENDAR



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ISEA BOARD

Wim van der Plas



So far, there are 5 candidates for ISEA Board positions. Since the maximum

number of members is 7, there is no need for elections. However, resumes

of the 5 candidates will be sent to all regular members, so that eventual

objections can be sent in. Together with the resumes, we will include a

proposal for new membership fees. Members are invited to react. The

results will be published in the newsletter.

Presently the ISEA board is investigating possibilities to provide ISEA

members with Email facilities at low costs. For practical reasons, we will

try to serve Holland first, then EEC member countries and then, we hope,

the rest of Europe. Of course we will not stop there! We will keep you

informed.



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LANGUAGES OF DESIGN

Editor-in-Chief: dr. Raymond Lauzzana

Managing Editor: Denise Penrose



Aims and Scope:

LANGUAGES OF DESIGN is an international, interdisciplinary journal devoted

to research in formal languages and their use for the synthesis of words,

images and sounds. LANGUAGES OF DESIGN welcomes articles employing

linguistic techniques to generate literary and 'nonliterary' texts, music

and visual works, including fine art, dance, theater, architecture and all

types of design.



The multidisciplinary focus is reflected in the composition of the

journal's editorial board, which includes literary theorists, music

theorists and composers, researchers in artificial intelligence, artists

and art critics. Formal design theory, generative grammars, shape gram-

mars, and computational musicology are the central domain of the journal.

More general subject areas such as formal languages, finite state

automata, grammatical inference, pattern recognition, cellular automata,

semantic networks, connectionism and syntactical analysis will be dis-

cussed in the context of their application to productive systems. Specific

analytic perspectives such as syntactics, semiotics, deconstruction,

hermeneutics, stylistics, narratology, philology, morphology, prosody,

harmony theory, formal musicology and performance analysis will be

presented in terms of their impact and influence on a theoretical foun-

dation for productive systems.



Research results from visual, audio, and textual analysis that may have

impact on the arts are also invited. Of particular interest is research

utilising computational methods to verify theoretical formal analyses.

Articles criticising the assumptions and results of this work are also

encouraged.

Subscription: Dfl. 347,- (approx US $ 217)

ISSN 0927-3034

Elsevier Science Publishers

c/o Petra van der Meer, POB 103, 1000 AC Amsterdam, Holland or

Journal Information Center, POB 882, Madison Square Station, New York,

NY 10159, USA



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ICMC 1993

Yoshiyuki Abe



Call for Submissions      == tentative version ==



                 September 10 - 15, 1993

Waseda University Center for Schoraly Information, Tokyo JAPAN

         International Computer Music Association

                  and Waseda university



The International Computer Music Conference(ICMC) is an annual conference

featuring artistic, scientific, technological, and other activities that

relate computers with music. The ICMCs are presented under the guidlines

of the International Computer Music Association(ICMA). The ICMC 1993 will

be held on September 10-15, 1993 at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan,

under the conference theme [Opening a New Horizon]. This is the first ICMC

to be held in Asia, and all who are interested are invited to contribute

and participate. The conference program will include concerts, paper

sessions, demonstrations, workshops, tutorials, panels, invited talkes,

and a vendor exhibition, with highlight features contrasting the

traditional and advanced technological aspects of music in Japan.

The categories for submission are computer music works, papers, and

demonstrations. Proposals for other conference activities are also

welcome. The official language of the conference is English.

All materials must be presented in English.



PAPERS and DEMOSTRATIONS

Submissions are encouraged on substantial, original, and previously

unpublished research on all aspects of computer music.

To facilitate the review process, authors are requested to specify

appropriate content areas, selecting from (but not limited to) the

categories listed below:

 *Sound/Signal Processing, Analysis and Synthesis

 *Composition and Performance

 *Education/Tutoring Systems

 *Notation Systems

 *MIDI and standardization

 *Applications of Music theory/Analysis

 *Software/Hardware Systems/Tools

 *Perception, Cognition and Emotion

 *Physical Models

 *Theory and Foundation

 *Linkage with Other Media(e.g. Virtual Reality)

 *Studio Reports

 *Others, Inter-Categorical (please specify)

Each accepted paper or demonstration is entitled to an article

in the proceedings and a certain time for presentation, according

to one of the categories listed below.

 *Long paper        8 pages    30 min.

 *Regular paper     4 pages    20 min.

 *poster            2 pages    45 min.

 *Demonstration     4 pages    45 min.

Studio Reports must be submitted as regular papers. Demonstrators must

supply their own equipment. Posters and demonstrations will be assigned

separate spaces for presentation. The Paper Committee reserves the right

to alter the requested category of presentation. Three photocopies of the

abstract, which should be 500 words or less, must be sent together with

the completed Paper or Demonstrations Submission Form to the ICMC 1993

Secretariat by Jan 30, 1993.  The abstracts will be reviewed by an inter-

national forum of referees. The accepted author(s) must prepare a

camera-ready copy of the full paper (which will be published as part of

the conference proceedings) to be presented at the conference. The final

articles must be received camera-ready by June 15, 1993.



MUSIC WORKS

The following six categories of music works will be considered:

 *Interactive Live Computer Music: Interactive music in various

  forms based on innovative and creative use of computers. (e.g.

  virtual reality, neuro-computing)

 *Music for Computers: Digitally-produced music assisted by

  computers. Performed in real time or using tapes produced in

  studios.

 *Music for Instruments and/or Voices and Computers (live or pre-

  recorded tape): Instruments may be any acoustic ones. (Western/

  Eastern, traditional, etc.)

 *Music for Experimental Instruments and Computers (live or pre-

  recorded tape):  Any experimental instruments (digital or non-

  digital) can be used.

 *Computer Music with Visual Art (video and/or dance and others)

 *Algorithmic Compositions: Music composed with the aid of

  computer programs.

Other innovative use of computers not falling in the above categories will

also be considered.

  All submissions should comply with [the limitations] described

in the Music Submission Form.  Materials for each submission

(tapes and/or scores) must be sent together with a completed Music

Submission Form to the ICMC 1993 Secretariat by Jan 30, 1993. Non-

ICMA members who wish to submit music works must pay a sbumission

fee of 3000 yen. Music to be performed at the conference will be

selected by an international committee.  The final program notes

and composers' biographies for accepted music works must be

received camera-ready by June 15, 1993.



CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The ICMC Paper Committee invites proposals for conference

activities including:

 *Tutorial themes and tutors

 *Workshop themes and organizers

 *Panel discussion themes and speakers

The proposal should contain a brief description of the proposed

activity, a statement of its relevance and/or importance, the

projected agenda, and other relevant information. Proposals must

be received by the ICMC 1993 secretariat by Nov 15, 1992.

Proposals will be reviewed on receipt for approval by the Paper

Committee.



IMPORTANT DATES

 Nov 15, 1992: Proposal deadline

 Jan 30, 1993: Submission deadline

 Feb 27, 1993: Acknowledgement of receipt of materials

 Apr 15, 1993: Notification of acceptance or rejection

 Jun 15, 1993: Final camera-ready versions and performance

               materials deadline



All submissions should be sent to the following ICMC 1993

Secretariat. Conference information and extra submission kits

are available from the secretariat.



    ICMC 1993 Secretariat

    c/o The Campus Corporation

    Babashita-cho 9,

    Shinjuku-ku,

    Tokyo 162  JAPAN

    Tel: +81-3-3202-7521  Fax: +81-3-3202-7523

    E-mail: icmc93@waseda.ac.jp



This tentative version will be authorized at ICMC'92 in San Jose

next month.



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HALL OF WHISPERS: A VIRTUAL OPERA

Leslie Bishko



Coordinated by Brian Andreas.

In conjunction with John F. Kennedy University Graduate School for Human

Consciousness, Orinda, CA , USA

September 1992 - January 1993



The invitation to participate in the HALL OF WHISPERS goes out via e-mail,

FAX, and snail mail around the world. Participants send their wishes for

the future, their thoughts on the present, their meanings gathered from

the textures of their lives to the HALL OF WHISPERS. As these stories are

connected with the stories from other participants, the connecting links

are sent back to gather more connections. The stories and their connec-

tions will be on exhibition at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda,

California, USA in text form. The HALL OF WHISPERS Virtual Opera in its

full voice synthesized and digitized human voice form will be open to

audiences at the studio in Berkeley. There will be a chance for audiences

at both locations to respond directly to the work they read or hear.

Documentation in the form of selected audio tapes of the opera and

selected stories and their interconnections in DTP will be available to

participants both on the nets and in hard copy.



Project Schedule:

I. Call for participation: August - November 15, 1992

II. Interchange: September 1 - December 15, 1992

III. Exhibition: November 15 - December 15, 1992

IV. Documentation: December 15 - January 30, 1993



Project Guidelines are available from ISEA or from:

Brian Andreas, 2972 Otis St., Berkeley, CA 94703, USA

Tel: 1-510-5483452, Fax: 1-510-5485742, E-mail: briney@well.sf.ca.us



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NEWS FROM THE UK

Ivan Pope



GRANT

Ivan Pope, artist and ISEA correspondent, has been awarded a grant from

the Live Art Travel & Research Fund of the Arts Council of Great Britain

to travel to TISEA in Sydney. This is the first time this fund has been

available and the grant is an indication of the interest that the Arts

Council is showing in electronic media.

The following is quoted from the funding application: "As an artist who

works with electronic media in live art, I am involved in a number of

projects that seek to promote experimentation with and integration of live

work and electronic media. In addition to my work as an artist, I am

concerned to promote the fusion of new technologies and live art practice,

with the emphasis on art, not technology".



UK FESTIVAL OF ARTS

Nothingham, UK

-Now

Between 2nd and 15th October 1992, Contemporary Archives will present Now

'92. Now '92 is billed as a showcase of " the most daring and remarkable

performers from the UK and beyond in a six week programme spanning dance,

theatre, visual arts, films, video, music and many shows which defy

description by combining elements of all these."



-New Media Weekend

17th-18th Oct 1992

A weekend event of discussion, debate and performances on the theme of the

integration of new and broadcast media into the live arts. New Tech-

nologies, New Opportunities: A Symposium. A day of discussion about the

opportunities created for performing artists through the development of

new and broadcast media such as virtual reality, video, TV, satellite,

cable, sound sampling etc. Steve Rogers Memorial Lecture: Each year the

Lecture is given by an individual whose work has advanced the field of

live art. Artist Talks: Philip Jeck and John Jordan in discussion.



-Vinyl Requiem

Philip Jeck - Vinyl Requiem: The Brass Section. Installation, work in

progress and performance of the newest part of Philip Jeck's "scratch

orchestra".



-Forkbeard Fantasy

An experiment in contraprojection.

For more details contact box office, tel: 44-602-419419



HYBRID

A new magazine, Hybrid, will be launched in February 1993. UK magazine to

cover cross-platform arts and technology Hybrid will cover live art,

performance art, multi-media work, new technology, new music, video and

film experiments, dance theatre, carnival, popular culture, installations,

time-based art and collaborative work across art forms.

Hybrid is financially and practically supported by the Arts Council of

Great Britain and has been started after the failure of Performance

magazine, the work of which it will continue and extend.

Info tel: 44-71-8315143 (David Hughes)



INSTALLATION

Nothing Travels Faster Than Light, An Installation by Simulations, London

Unwahr Gallery, Kl. Hamburger Str. 16, Ecke Auguststr, Berlin,

Germany

19 September - 4 October 1992

"Nothing travels faster than light" is an experimental work to be shown in

the Unwahr Gallery in Berlin. The work is conceived and executed by the

artists collective of Simulations. It consists of 200 electric light bulbs

and computer generated videographics electronically linked by an accom-

panying soundtrack, thus forming an integrated system. Simulations is a

fluid organisation, participants moving freely in and out of the group.

For this project Simulations consists of James Kelly, Stephen Klimas, Jens

Heise and Kevin Rowe. Klimas and Heise are German, Kelly and Rowe British,

reflecting Simulations European focus.

"Nothing travels faster than light: seeks to raise questions concerning

our faith in the absolute postulates of science. It does this by utilising

the latest commercial applications of technology. Ideological content

attempting to subvert material form.

Information tel: 49-30-6115510 (Marcel Hager, Unwahr Galerie, Berlin)

or: 44-71-3596715 (Kevin Rowe, Simulations, London)





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JMACS SS'92

Yoshiyuki Abe



Japan Music And Computer Science Society(JMACS) held the Summer Sym-

posium(SS'92) on Sept.1-3, at Waseda University in Tokyo. Since JMACS was

established in 1985, its bimonthly meeting and annual summer symposium

have been providing a good place to communicate with person from other

fields.  This year, Summer symposium, the main event of JMACS, was

featured as the rehearsal for the International Computer Music Conference

1993 (ICMC'93). Researchers, educators, artists, students and so on, who

are in the fields of computer music, computer science and engineering,

computer art, musicology, psychology, from academic and industrial sites,

totally 120 attended at Paper session and Tutorial, and a large

audience(150+) enjoyed the substantial program of the tape and live

concerts performed in the well equipped hall.



CONCERT SESSION I (Tape Concert) included the latest works of

Marc Battier, Chris Chafe, Trevor Wishart, Tommy Zwedberg, Pierre Bernard,

Francis Dhomont, Carlos Gratzer, Hans Mittendorf, Gerard Pape, Brigitte

Robindore,Zack Settel,Cort Lippe, Shoji Yamashiro, Takuya Shigeta,

Masahiro Miwa, Shohin Kanki, and Suguru Taninaka.



CONCERT SESSION II (Live Performance) included Sakae Fuchino: "Farbenlehre

II" for Piano and computer(1991), Shigenobu Nakamura: "Interface Concerto"

(Live computer music for keyboard player and MIDI-system(1992)), Takehito

Shimuza: "void main" in quest of the interactive world between a

Shakuhachi-player and a computer music system(1992), Kazuo Uehara: "Chaos

alpha II" for MIDI piano and computer with sound-objet and video(1991),

Ikue Furitsu: "Curious fish" from "Myth of 20th century" for NeXT

and Koto with video performance(1991), Hinoharu Matsumoto: "Le premier

oiseau".



During the symposium, "Nervous nest" by Saburo HIRANO was demonstrated

at the lobby.



PAPER SESSION presented following 12 titles.

(Minor changes for the title are given onto Hatayama's and Yamada's

to prevent misunderstandings.)

Y.NAGASHIMA, "An experiment of Neuro Granulation", B.BELET, "Using the

Kyma digital synthesis system as a single, unified environment for

real-time software synthesis, algorithmic composition, and live perfor-

mance", A.YOSHIKAWA, "Composition support system using fuzzy operation"

M.HATAYAMA et al, "Music performance system consists of 90 personal

computers connected through local area network", S.WAKE et al, "The

session system reacting to the sentiment of player", M.AKITA et al,

"Extracting a score from polytone using four-layered feedforward neural

networks", M.FUKINO, "A way to place three dimensional sound sources"

M.YAMADA et al, "Evaluation of naturalness of Ocarina sounds simulated by

frequency and/or amplitude modulated sine waves", S.OMURA et al, "Effects

of pitch information on metric interpretation in melody perception"

T.MURAO, "Identifying structural tones through an objective assessment of

closure points", Y.HORIUCHI et al, "A computer accompaniment system

considering independence of accompanist", W.INOUE et al, "Automated

accompaniment system for singing"



TUTORIAL: Toshio HAYASAKA: "Non-science of musical instruments"



Toshiaki Matsushima, JMACS SS'92 Chair

e-mail:  matusima@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp



Information about ICMC'93 are available from

ICMC 1993 Secretariat

c/o The Campus Corporation, Babashita-cho 9, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162, JAPAN

Tel: +81-3-3202-7521, Fax: +81-3-3202-7523, Email: icmc93@waseda.ac.jp





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Selected items from Fineart Forum ,  Volume 6 #9

                and Leonardo Electronic News, September 15, 1992

The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts contributes to Fineart Forum

and republishes the items on electronic art on behalf of its members.

FAF and LEN are published by the International Society for Art, Science

and Technology on behalf of The Art, Science and Technology Network.

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ARTS, DESIGN, AND MEDIA COMMITTEE & SURVEY

Jane Veeder



This year as I completed a two-year term as Director-at-Large of SIGGRAPH,

I launched a new SIGGRAPH committee (ADM) dedicated to giving the computer

arts, design, and media community a voice within the organization.  This

community is active and makes contributions throughout the computer

graphics field. Through formal efforts under the SIGGRAPH umbrella, there

is great potential to enrich the environment within which this community

works, e.g. promotion of Artist-in-Residencies in research and industry,

endowed arts awards, collaboration with arts organizations abroad, and

conference events.  The initial definition is broad, including fine

artists, all types of designers, and creative arts workers in commercial

media production.  More specific focuses within the ADM committee will be

formed and the future may bring splinter groups with their own distinct

identity and mission.



The SIGGRAPH Arts, Design, and Media Survey (approx 470 distributed at the

conference) was an effort to collect information about this community in

order to assess current SIGGRAPH programs and lay plans for the future.  I

also conducted the first  meeting of the ADM Committee, attended by about

75 people and witness to lively discussion.  The meeting and numerous

discussions with attendees revealed wide and clear support for a more

clearly defined role within the organization.  We will be producing a

report on the survey data before the end of the year.  IF YOU RECEIVED A

SURVEY, PLEASE RETURN IT ASAP.  Thanks!



For further information contact Jane Veeder

Advanced Computer Imaging Center, School of Creative Arts,

San Francisco State University        jveeder@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu



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ART AND DESIGN SLIDE SET

Cynthia Rubin



This year SIGGRAPH published an Educational Art and Design slide set for

the first time. The slide set was edited by Cynthia Rubin, University of

Vermont, and produced by Diana Tuggle, Los Alamos National Laboratory. The

set shows the working processes of 13 artists, and includes accompanying

statements from the artists on their artistic philosophy and processes.

Many of us who are artists teaching with the computer have long held the

belief that the real power of the computer as an instrument for leading us

to a new aesthetic lies in the process of artist interaction with the

computer while developing an image. Unfortunately, since most manuals and

books on the commercial market emphasize easy step by step production, we

were without a resource for examples of more innovative image development

until now.



This set focuses on two-dimensional imagery, and includes the work of:

Sandro Corsi, Acha Debela, Carol Flax, Karen Guzak, Michael Holcomb,

AnnMarie LeBlanc, Robert Martin, Delle Maxwell, Barbara Mones-Hattal,

Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Eva Sutton, and Roman Verostko.



For those of you who missed the set at SIGGRAPH, it can be ordered from:

Publications Marketing Manager, ACM Press 1515 Broadway New York, NY

10036, 1-800-342-6626 1-410-528-8596 fax single-copy orders

+1 301-528-4261 customer service, or orders outside the USA or in MD or AK

(8:15 - 4:15 M-F US  Eastern Time.) e-mail inquiries: ACMPUBS@ACMVM.BITNET

The cost is  for SIGGRAPH members, and  for non-members, plus

shipping.

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INTERACTIVE ART PIECE

Heather Logan



Barbara Nessim is an internationally know New York City artist, il-

lustrator and educator whose computer art piece at the SIGGRAPH `92 Art

Show was so interactive, you could come away with an "original" Nessim,

free of charge. By selecting one of 18 national flags displayed on a Mac

screen, visitors obtained their own artists book, containing 14 drawings

selected randomly from the 400 drawings Nessim had created and stored,

using a custom-designed HyperCard stack. By cutting, folding and stapling

the 8 1/2-by-11 inch sheet of paper printed on the laser printer into a

small book, users created their own minibook and walked away with a unique

work of art. "The chances of getting the same book twice is 48 million to

1," Nessim said.



Interactivity is one of the most compelling aspects of computer-generated

art. Nessim takes advantage of the computer's unique characteristics to

develop personal concepts and images relating to the nature of interper-

sonal relationships. The relationship between the artist, the artwork and

the observer/participant echoes her theme of art as the universal lan-

guage. The multidimensional experience that Nessim creates uses visual

elements contained in the computer's memory and the tactile experience of

the printed page. Each visitor is engaged to interact with the computer,

and is rewarded with a unique work of art. This ability to walk away from

a computer interactive environment with an artifact not only piques the

interest of the audience, but invites participation in the art itself and

becomes an additional tool for the artist.



For further information contact  Amy Lynn Morawa  212 219-1111





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ADVERTISING BRAINFRAMES

September 23, 1992, 14.00 hours, Amsterdam, Holland

Seminar organized by VEA (Dutch Association of Accredited Advertizing

Agencies) and Adformatie Magazine

Subject: New media, virtual reality, CD-I, multimedia etc.

Panel: dr. Peter Hofstede (media sociologist), Derrick de Kerckhove

(McLuhan Institute, Canada), Raymond leGue (Electrogig NL/US),

Frans van Lier (journalist)

Festige, A.J. Ernststraat 102, Amsterdam, Holland

Tel: 31-20-6425642, Fax: 31-20-6464737







1992 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MODELS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSICAL

SIGNALS

05-07 October 1992

Focus on microstructural and macrostructural representations Capri

(Napoli)

Contact:  Giovanni De Poli, CSC-DEI, Universita' of Padova, Via

Gradenigo 6a, 35131 PADOVA, Italy,

tel.: +39-49-8287631, fax: +39-49-8287699, e-mail: depoli@dei.unipd.it.





VISUAL LANGUAGES

IEEE Workshop on Visual Languages

09-11 October 1992, International Convention Center Kobe, Japan

Contact:  Professor Tada Ichikawa, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima

University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 724, Japan.

Tel: 81 824 22 7195, Email: idhikawa@jpnhuis.bitnet.





SMC 92

IEEE Intl Conf on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

13-16 October 1992, Charlottesville, VA, USA

Contact:  Chelsea C White III, Department of Industrial and Operations

Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

MI 48109, USA, tel: 1 313 763 1332, email: chip_white@um.cc.umich.edu.





DICK RAAIJMAKERS

October 16-17-18, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Lectures/demonstrations and concert by Dick Raaymakers(1930). Dick

Raaijmakers is a composer/scientist/theatremaker who teaches at the

center of Sonology and CAM at the conservatory in Den Haag (NL).

His work (theories and artworks) is a consequent study on basic phenomena

in music/art. In his reflections on music/art he also intergrates the use

of technology as well as the fundamental distinction that remains between

technology and art. His concert will be the systematic dissection of

12 microphones in a laboratory set up.

V2 Organisation, Muntelstraat 23, 5211 PT, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Tel 31-73-137958, Fax 31-73-122238





FAUST 92

4th Forum of Arts, Science and Technique in Toulouse, France.

October 16-20   Toulouse, France

Features exhibitions, performances, competitions, symposia;

Secretariat:

FAUST, Mairie de Toulouse, 34 rue Pargaminieres, 31000 Toulouse, France

Tel: 33-61-214474 & 222300  Fax: 33-61-298611





LUX EUROPAE

Exhibition of Light Installations

22 Oct 1992 - Jan 4 1993, Edingburgh

Lux Europae is a spectacular exhibition of light installations, bringing

together thirty European artists. Light forms involved include neon,

video, liquid crystal and laser.





MUSIC ANALYSIS

3rd European Conference of Music Analysis

24-27 October , Trento, Italy

Contact:  Academia Filarmonica Trentian, Via Oriola 12, Trento 38100,

Italy, tel: 39 0461 238008, fax: 39 0461 238166.





EUROGRAPHICS WORKSHOP ON OBJECT-ORIENTED GRAPHICS

28-30 October, Champery, Switzerland

Contact:  Eurographics Workshop on Object-Oriented Graphics, Centre

Universitaire d'Informatique, 12 rue du Lac, CH-1207 Geneva, Switzerland,

Tel: 41 (22) 787 65 86, Fax: 41 (22) 735 39 05, E-mail: eoog@cui.unige.ch.





TELENOIA

October 31 - November 1, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Roy Ascott will activate a global network on October 31 at 12.00 H.

till November 1st 12.00 H. The network will be active for 24 hours with

fax, E-Mail a.s. Roy Ascott will also talk about his work on October 30

at 21.00 H.

V2 Organisation, Muntelstraat 23, 5211 PT, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Tel 31-73-137958, Fax 31-73-122238





1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MUSICOLOGY

Jyvaskyla, Finland

Deadline for papers 30 October 1992

(conference dates: 26-29 August 1993)

Contact:  Jukka Louhivuori, University of Jyvaskyla, Department of

Musicology, P.O. Box 35, 40351 JYVASKYLA, FINLAND, tel: + 358 41 601

337,  fax: + 358 41 601 331, e-mail: louhivuo@tukki.jyu.fi.





INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY

November 3-5, Montreal Canada

3D Film, Video & TV, Stereo Computer Graphics & Animation, Virtual

Reality, Holography, Spatial Sound Systems, 3-D Multi Media,

3D Theory & Research

Info: 3Dmt Center Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street,

West Montreal, Canada H4B 1R6

Tel: 1-514-8482539  Fax: 1-514-8483492  Email: hal@vax2.concordia.ca





NICOGRAPH '92

The Computer Graphics Convention in Japan

November 9-13, 1992, Ikebukuro Sunshine City/ Yurakucho Mullion, Tokyo

Info:

Nicograph '92 secretariat, Ogawa Building, 1-2-2 Uchikanda Chiyoda-Ku,

Tokyo 101 Japan. Tel 81-3-32333475, Fax 81-3-32333450





THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART

November 9-13, Sydney Australia

Info: TISEA, POB A307, Sydney South NSW 2000, Australia

Tel: 61-2-3605607  Fax: 61-2-3602943  Email: anat@peg.pegasus.oz.au







CREATIVITY AND COGNITION SYMPOSIUM

April 13-15, 1993

Topic areas include Creativity in practice, Reflection upon and obser-

vation of the creative process, art practice and cognition, the role of

technology, creative communications:  dialogue and interchange across

disciplines, cognitive concepts of creativity, computational models of

creativity.

Contact:  The LUTCHI Research Centre, Loughborough University of

Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK

Tel: (44) 509 222694  Fax: (44) 509 610815  Email: p.j.bolligan@lut.ac.uk









COURSE

Principles & Practice of Advanced User-Interfaces

October 12-16 Bonn, Germany

November 16-20 Rennes, France

Information:

CWI, Mr Frans Snijders, POB 4079, 1009 AB Amsterdam, Holland

Tel: 31-20-5924133  Fax: 31-20-5924199  Email: FRANSS@CWI.NL







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EUROGRAPHICS 93

Barcelona, September 6-10, 1993



Paper Proposals

Highlights:

Advanced Interaction, Cooperative Working, Visualization

in the following application areas:

CAD, Animation, Electronic Publishing, Geographical Information Systems.

Other topics among others: Multimedia/Hypermedia, Graphics in the Arts,

Image Processing, etc etc.

Deadline for Papers: January 8th, 1993



Tutorial Proposals

Topics:

Computer Graphics for Artists, Designers & Amateurs, Computer Animation,

Electronic Publishing, Virtual Reality and others

Deadline: contact Tutorials Chair (via Conference Secretariat) before

September 12, 1992



Slide, Video & Film Competition

Topics:

Technology, Science, Architecture; Advertising, Presentation Graphics;

Work from Students, Universities and Academies

Video/Film only:

Realtime Graphics; Physically-based Animation/Rendering; Scientific

Visualization; Virtual Reality; Human Modelling/Animation/Rendering;

Animation for Training

Slides: 35 mm

Video: Umatic or VHS PAL

Deadline: May 31st, 1993



For the Application Form and other info:

Conference Secretariat

Eurographics 93

Palau de Congressos, Dept. de Convencions

Fira de Barcelona,

Avda. Reina Maria Cristina s/n, E-08004 Barcelona, Spain

Tel: 34-3-4233101, Fax: 34-3-4262845, Email: EG93@LSI.UPC.ES



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SIGGRAPH 93

20th Annual International Conference on Computer Graphics and

Interactive Techniques

Anaheim (CA), USA, August 1-6, 1993
Deadlines:

-Papers: January 8, 1993

-Panel abstracts: October 16, 1992

Final Panel proposals: January 8, 1993

-Preliminary Course proposals: October 16, 1992

Final Course proposals: December 4, 1992

-Designing Technology *) preliminary descriptions and critical essay

abstracts: October 30, 1992

Designing Technology proposals and critical essays: January 8, 1993

Designing Technolgy accepted works: April 2, 1993

-Electronic Theater alternate media proposals requiring special assistance

and performance and audience-participation proposals: January 15, 1993

Electronic Theater film, video and alternate media preliminary entries for

jurying: April 16, 1993

Electronic Theater final accepted film, video and alternate media entries:

June 18, 1993

-Tomorrow's Realities **) early proposals: January 8, 1993

Tomorrow's Realities final proposals: March 12, 1993

-Images: any time (early submission recommended)

-Student volunteers application and copy of student ID: April 2, 1993

-Multimedia 93 ***) papers, panels, courses and workshop proposals:

January 8, 1993.



*) New program: showcases the convergence of design and technology and

explores how these disciplines have advanced functionality, communication

and usability. Categories: Interface design, print and non-print oriented

design, product design, package design, ergonomics, spatial, environmental

and architectural design, virtual and artificial reality, design for

physically and mentally challenged.



**) Tomorrow's Realities presents the latest concepts and developments in

interactive computing and establishes a framework in which to consider the

social, cultural and political implications of these new 'historical'

technologies. Presentation formats include: gallery/museum installations,

poster presentations, self-run demos, interactive installations.



***) The First International ACM Conference on Multimedia, August 2-6,

1993 will be co-located with Siggraph 93.



For more info and contributor forms contact:

Siggraph 93 Conference Management

Smith, Bucklin  & Associates

401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Tel: 1-312-3216830, Fax: 1-312-3216876, Email: SIGGRAPH93@SIGGRAPH.ORG





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ISEA distributes a hard copy version of this Newsletter in order to keep

its members, who have no access to Electronic Mail, informed. Those

members can, if they desire, get in touch with the Email addresses

mentioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA.



The Inter-Society aims at joining an already existing world-wide network

of artists, scientists and their institutes, making it easier for the

institutes and individual members to share expertise with each other. The

aims of the Inter-Society are to promote a structured approach to

electronic art and to help finance worthy electronic art projects. For

membership information contact ISEA at the address on the front page.



Support: Groningen University, Amsterdam University, De Fabriek/Hollandia.