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ISEA2011

ISEA2011 will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 14-21 September 2011
http://isea2011.sabanciuniv.edu/ 

The deadline for proposals for Call for Papers, Artworks, Panels and Workshops is December 1st 2010

OTHER ISEA NEWS

ISEA2010

Information regarding the past ISEA2010 RUHR in Germany, held in 20-29 August, can be found on: http://www.isea2010ruhr.org/

ISEA2012

ISEA2012 will be staged in late Summer 2012 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe with the bulk of the symposium held on and near the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
http://www.isea2012.org
The deadline for proposals for Call for Papers, Artworks, Panels and Workshops is October 15 2011

ISEA2013

The ISEA2013 (International Symposium on Electronic Art) Organising Committee is proud to announce the appointment of Marcus Westbury as Director of ISEA2013, the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art to be held in Sydney, Australia June 2013.

ISEA2014

Expressions of Interest to host ISEA2014 has just be announced Contact info:
ISEAHQ Director: Sue Gollifer

ISEA website: http://www.isea-web.org
ISEA archive: http://www.isea-webarchive.org
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Facebook Group: 
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OLDER NEWS

November 30, 2009 - ISEA International is pleased to announce that the 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2011) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Following a competitive bid process, ISEA2011 had been awarded to the proposal from Sabanci University led by Dr. Lanfranco Aceti, Associate Professor in Contemporary Art & Digital Culture and supported by Prof. Mehmet Bac, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

May 28, 2009 - The ISEA digital Archive is now on-line! Visit www.isea-webarchive.org

MISSION

ISEA International is a nonprofit organization fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organizations and individuals working with art, science and emerging technologies.

The ISEA International Foundation Board oversees the selection of host organizations for the annual International Symposium on Electronic Art, (ISEA) a gathering of the international art, science and technology community.

ISEA International is committed to diversity and supports proposals from both developed and developing countries. ISEA International acknowledges that the circumstances of the Host Organization may vary considerably and these circumstances will be taken into account. It also encourages partnerships between developed and developing countries to submit proposals.

ISEA2009 is hosted by the University of Ulster and will take place in Northern Ireland from 23 August - 1 September
http://www.isea2009.org

ISEA2010 is hosted by Medienwerk NRW in the context of RUHR.2010, European Capital of Culture and will take place in the cities of the German Ruhr region (Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg) from 20 - 29 August 2010
http://www.isea2010ruhr.org/

BACKGROUND

The series of symposia known as the International Symposium on Electronic Art was initiated in 1988 to create and maintain an international network of organizations and individuals active in the field of the electronic arts. In 1990 this network took shape as an association, founded in The Netherlands, called the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA).

In 2006 the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts was discontinued as a membership organization and was replaced with the ISEA International Foundation. In 2009 a new operational base ISEA Headquarters will be established at the University of Brighton.

The aims of ISEA International and of the ISEA Symposia are:
  • Creation of a structured approach towards the problems and potentials of electronic arts
  • Promotion of communication between organizations and individuals and promotion of interdisciplinarity and cross-cultural communication / cooperation between the arts and the fields of technology, science, education, and industry.
  • Research, present and exhibit work related to the ISEA mission.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions will be accepted from:

Category 1: Educational Institutions (Universities, Art schools, Museums etc.); Artistic, Cultural or Scientific Organizations.

Category 2*: Congress organizing bureaus;

Category 3**: Umbrella organizations created for the purpose of hosting an ISEA Symposium.

*Category 2 applicants must be able to demonstrate evidence of organizing earlier, comparable and successful events.

**Category 3 applicants must show evidence of support and thus prove the feasibility of their financial plan.

GUIDELINES FOR SYMPOSIUM HOST CANDIDATES

If you are considering submitting a proposal to host ISEA, please download the Host Candidate Guidelines. [PDF document 116kb]

SELECTION PROCESS AND DEADLINES

All interested Hose Organizations are strongly recommended to contact ISEA Headquarters before submitting their proposal. A submission of interest shall be submitted first, followed by a full proposal. All shortlisted Host Organizations are invited to make a presentation about their bid at ISEA2009 in Belfast.

SUBMISSION SCHEDULE

FRIDAY 26 JUNE 2009: Deadline for letters of interest - indicating location, host organization, year, and (if possible) dates of the proposed Symposium
FRIDAY 3 JULY 2009: Shortlisted Host Organizations invited to make full proposal
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2009: Deadline for full proposal
FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2009: Presentation of bid at ISEA2009 Belfast
FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2009: Final deadline for adjustments
FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2009: Notification of successful Host Organization

CONTACT INFORMATION

All letters of intent must be sent by email to ISEA HEADQUARTERS:

Contact Sue Gollifer
Email: info@isea-web.org
http://www.isea-web.org

September 28, 2008 - The Belfast ISEA2009 website is now live at http://www.isea2009.org. The 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art (2009) will be staged in Belfast, Northern Ireland with hubs at Coleraine, Derry and Dublin. A second call for proposals and presentations will be open from 1 October 2008 with a deadline of 17 November 2008. See the website for further details.

September 1, 2008 - The ISEA Foundation is pleased to announce that Medienwerk NRW, Germany will host ISEA2010 as part of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. Medienwerk NRW is a consortium from the North Rhine-Westphalia area of Germany that will work with the HMKV organisation in Dortmund to present ISEA2010. Artistic Director is Dr Andreas Broeckmann who will direct the program in cities including Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. The website is now online at http://www.ISEA2010RUHR.org

July 8, 2008 Call for Proposals
Expressions of Interest to Host ISEA 2010

The ISEA Foundation Board is pleased to make a call for Expressions of Interest to host the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2010.

Founded in the Netherlands in 1990, the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts is an international nonprofit organization fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organizations and individuals working with art, science and technology.

The International Symposium on Electronic Art is the main activity of the Inter-Society. The Symposium is a nomadic event, hosted by organizations around the world. Initially an annual event, the Symposium has been held biennially since 1998. From ISEA 2008 in Singapore, the Symposium will again be held annually, with ISEA 2009 being hosted by the University of Ulster in Belfast.

Organizations interested in hosting ISEA 2010 are invited to submit a brief Expression of Interest. The Expression of Interest should be no longer than three pages and should include the following:

  • A description of the host organization
  • Proposed dates for ISEA 2010
  • The Artistic and Academic outline for the Symposium
  • Statement addressing the proposal within the context of ISEA Guidelines
  • Fundraising strategy

With time permitting, potential host organizations are invited to present their proposal at the Inter-Society meeting during the ISEA 2008 Singapore conference (July 25 - 31).

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Friday 8 August 2008.

Organizations submitting Expressions of Interest will be contacted immediately after the closing date to be advised regarding the full bid process.

Potential host organizations are advised to consult the Guidelines for Symposium Host Candidates

Please email Expressions of Interest to the ISEA Foundation Board

For further details please contact info@isea-web.org

May 3, 2007 The website for ISEA2008 is online. ISEA2008 will be held in Singapore from 25 July till 3 August 2008, click here.

April 12, 2007 ISEA NL will take part of the event Connected Archives at the upcoming DEAF - Interact of Die! in Rotterdam. For more information, please check http://www.deaf07.nl/

March 11 2007 To Fluctuate (at any rate) - ISEA-NL and the Virtual Platform are collaborating to organize an informal gathering located at Montevideo, Time-based Arts in Amsterdam concerning the accessibility of online archives, such as the ISEA online archive. For more information click here.

February 28, the ISEA Board has notified Prof. Kerstin Mey of the acceptance of the University of Ulster, Faculty of Arts bid for hosting ISEA2009. After ISEA2008 in Singapore, ISEA2009 will be held in Belfast Ireland!

February 14 2007 For an update on the ISEA Online Achive, click here.

February 2 2007 Letter to all ISEA members concerning the re-structuring of ISEA as a foundation.

November 20, 2006 ISEA Headquarters will be located at the University of Brighton, GB as of September 2007 onwards! With Sue Gollifer as director, with supporting staff at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture.

September 3 2006 Assessing ISEA / Zero One San Jose
Location: SFAI, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA (Caf� and Lecture Hall)
For a report by Marcia Tanner concerning this assessment, click here.

28 August 2006 - ISEA2008 to be held in Singapore!

The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) is extremely pleased to announce that the Fourteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2008) will be held in Singapore. Following the careful evaluation of three exceptionally strong bids received through an open call for proposals, the ISEA Board decided to accept the proposal submitted by the the Organizing Committee from Singapore. The ISEA Board found the bid from Singapore especially rich in possibilities for dialogue and exchange both within the region and on an international level. A public presentation by Gunalan Nadarajan, artistic director for ISEA2008 is scheduled at ARS Electronica on Monday, September 4, 2006 at 13:30, Seminar Room, Ars Electronica Bldg.

July 28 2006 Archiving Exposure: the ISEA Online Archive - As ISEA's archived video materializes on the hard drive, so the public online archive progresses. For on-going updates - click here.

ISEA2006 will be held in San Jose, California, USA from August 5-13, 2006. Organisers have put up a website with all the latest news and calls for proposals.

For more ISEA News, click here.

July 14, 2006 24 DAYS TO GO! Get your Gold Pass: For 5- you can purchase a ZeroOne San Jose Festival Gold Pass that provides entrance to one each of every ticketed performance/cinema activity at ZeroOne San Jose! Want to cherry pick a few shows? Buy a Pick 4 pass for 0 You can go to four performances or you can use your Pick 4 pass to buy two tickets for two people for two shows.

For more information on the tickets, go to: http://01sj.org/content/blogcategory/121/130

April 24, 2006 - ISEA2006 SYMPOSIUM PAPERS ONLINE FORUM April 24th - May 29th at http://01sj.org/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,149/

Beginning Monday, April 24th, ISEA2006 will host a month long series of discussions on the accepted paper abstracts for each of the Symposium themes: Interactive City, Community Domain, Pacific Rim and Transvergence. An important objective to ISEA2006 is enabling conversation and discourse between audience(s) and presenters. Toward that objective this years ISEA incorporates a single main track of presentations + artists presentations combined with a pre-publishing model. The reading of papers is not permitted. Instead authors will present their abstracts in the on-line Forum and then pre-publish full manuscripts weeks prior to the Symposium. The goal is to inform and influence both authors and audiences as well as create conversational relationships and provide for advanced consideration of topics to be presented at the Symposium. At ISEA2006 each theme will have two extended 'conversational' sessions in which several authors present summaries of their papers followed by a moderated conversation and audience interaction. For schedule and more details click here.

April 6, 2006 - ISEA2006 / Zero One Announcement of juried selections!

ISEA2006 is pleased to announce that the selection of presentations for Symposium papers, artist presentations, panels and posters has been finalized as well as the artworks selected in conjunction with the inaugural ZeroOne San Jose Global Festival of Art on the Edge.

Over 1700 submissions in all categories were received, including 354 proposals for Symposium papers, panels, artist presentations and poster sessions. Approximately 300 artists, curators, researchers, cultural and media theorists were represented on review committees with the Symposium IPC involving 75 distinguished professionals. Submissions were of the highest quality from which the following proposals were selected.

Further information about the ISEA2006 Symposium and ZeroOne San Jose Festival, August 7-13, 2006, can be found at http://01sj.org. Future announcements about related exhibitions, events, invited projects and other aspects of the Symposium and Festival will be posted to the ISEA2006 mailing list. To subscribe: http://cadre.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/isea2006

For specified lists of symposium papers, symposium artist presentations, symposium poster sessions, interactive city artworks, community domain artworks, pacific rim artworks, transvergence artworks, edgy products, C4F3 (Interactive Cafe) and Residence artworks click here.


February 10, 2006 - ISEA has put out a call for ISEA2008. The deadline for letters of interest is the 31st of MARCH 2006. Please include an indication of location, host organization, year, and (if possible) dates of the proposed Symposium. For information on the guidelines of the symposium, please check http://www.isea-web.org/eng/sympos_guide.html

February 5, 2006 - The Board of the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) would like to advise ISEA friends and community that there will be no ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) staged in 2007.

September 20, 2005 - The calls for ISEA2006 have been put out. There are still two remaining second calls for "Interactive City" and "Pacific Rim". The call for Interactive City is due on the 9th of december 2005. The call for Pacific Rim is due on the 15th of december 2005. For more details please check out: http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/calls.html

September 2, 2005 - There will be an ISEA Meeting at Ars Electronica on friday, September 2nd, 2005, 13:30 -17:00, at the Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria. Agenda: Steve Dietz will present an update on ISEA2006. Please check out the site: http://isea2006.sjsu.edu

April 5, 2005 - The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts is requesting expressions of interest from institutions with an interest in sponsoring and supporting its Headquarters activities.. Deadline for letters of interest: April 30, 2005. The full call can be consulted here.

March 21, 2005 - The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts is now accepting bids to host ISEA2007. Deadline for letters of intent: April 30, 2005. The full call can be consulted here.

February 8, 2005 - ISEA2006 will be held in San Jose, California, USA from August 5-13, 2006. Organisers have now put up a temporary website with all the latest news and calls for proposals. The website can be found here: http://isea2006.sjsu.edu

June 24, 2004 - New ISEA2004 website with programme highlights launched. Click here for more info.

June 9, 2004 - ISEA2004 has announced more programme updates. Click here for details!

June 8, 2004 - ISEA will be hosting an informal meeting at SIGGRAPH 2004. All interested members of the electronic arts community are welcome! The meeting  will take place in Room 505, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA on 10 August 2004, 12:00pm - 1:30pm.

May 17, 2004 - The ISEA2004 conference outlines are announced! For more details, click here.

March 24, 2004 - Registration for the biggest new media event of the year, ISEA2004 (Twelfth International Symposium on Electronic Art, August 14-22, 2004) is now starting. For the next four weeks, we offer you the chance to register in advance for lowered prices. Click here for more info.

February 29, 2004 - We are pleased to announce that the June and August 2004 issues of Leonardo Journal will be devoted to the ISEA2002 symposium held in Nagoya, Japan. The topic of the event was "orai", a Japanese term denoting passage, "comings and goings." Participants were invited to speculate on transience in art and technology. We are pleased that Leonardo will be providing such coverage. The issues will be guest-edited by ISEA Board member Peter Anders.

December 17, 2003 - The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) is extremely pleased to announce that the Thirteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2006) will be held in San Jose, California, USA. To read the press release, click here.

September 20, 2003 - The deadline for proposals for ISEA2004 has been extended to September 20, 2003.

September 10, 2003 - There will be an ISEA Meeting at Ars Electronica on Wednesday, September 10th, 2003, 14.00-16.00, at the ARS Electronica Building, Linz, Austria. Agenda: The aims and the future of the Inter-Society, update on ISEA - Discussion of topical issues. Proposals from potential future ISEA symposia hosts are welcome. Also, Amanda McDonald Crowley will present ISEA2004: August 14th - 22nd, 2004, Stockholm: Networked experience, Tallinn: Wearable experience, Helsinki: Wireless Experience. All welcome!

July 31, 2003 - The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) will be holding an open forum at SIGGRAPH 2003 on the future role of ISEA, including information about ISEA2004 (Helsinki, Tallin, Stockholm), and a discussion of our archive project and our new web site. All interested members of the electronic arts community are welcome. Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003, Time:12 pm - 1:30 pm, Place: San Diego Convention Center, Room 24 A*, San Diego, California, USA. Bring your own lunch!

July 11, 2003 - ISEA is pleased to announce a call for symposium host candidates for ISEA2006. The deadline for letters of intent is August 15, 2003. To read the full call, click here. In addition, ISEA has published an updated version of its Guidelines for Symposium Host Candidates. To read these guidelines, click here.

December 23, 2002 - ISEA welcomes 5 new Board members. To read the press release, click here.

November 25, 2002 - ISEA2002 is featured on Neural.it, an Italian daily-updated site on new media art, electronic music and hacktivism, printed quarterly as a magazine. Click here to read the review (in Italian only).

November 10, 2002 - ISEA is pleased to present a limited time offer of one year free membership to those who have participated in at least 2 ISEA symposia in the last 10 years. This offer expires on December 31, 2002. Please contact ISEA HQ for an application form or download it here.

October 27-31, 2002 - ISEA2002 - The 11th International Symposium on Electronic Art was held for the first time ever in Asia, in Nagoya, Japan, organized by the ISEA2002 steering committee, in collaboration with ISEA.

September 27, 2002 - ISEA moves to a new web domain! To read the press release, click here.



INL (the ISEA NewsLetter)
ISEA publishes a newsletter for its members featuring ISEA news, information on members' activities, feature articles, interviews, event reviews, etc.

The ISEA newsletter is only sent to members when it is current. Archived newsletters are public. To read an archived newsletter, click here.


ISEAForum
Our ISEA Forum listserv is a space for open discussion and comments about ISEA and electronic art practices for both ISEA members and non-members. To subscribe, send an e-mail to Majordomo@pd.org - no subject heading, with the message in the body:

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