THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
#38, FEBRUARY 1995
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Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Ray Archee (Australia), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko
(US/Canada), Paul Brown (Australia), Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus
(Germany), Roger Malina (US), Rejane Spitz (Brazil). Lay-out: Rene Pare
(Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth Shostak.
ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel/fax 31-10-4778605,
Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL (Board) or ISEA@SARA.NL (Newsletter)
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL . ISEA95 . NEWS FROM FRANCE . PROPOSAL FOR A NETWORKED NON LINEAR
CHAINED ANIMATION . THE INCIDENT . WIRETAP 1.2 . NEW MUSIC NOTATION . JOBS .
PUBLICATIONS . EXHIBITIONS . CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION . EDUCATION . CALENDAR
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EDITORIAL
Wim van der Plas
As we reported earlier, ISEA-NL was formally founded as the first of the
national branches that the Inter-Society intends to get started. During
the first Board Meeting, Dirk Boon was appointed Director. Congratulations,
Dirk!
ISEA-NL is involved in preparations for an art show and a seminar program
during Imagination 95 in the Royal Dutch Fairs in Utrecht (May 31-June 2).
Together with V2 (see below) ISEA-NL is also making plans for the second
edition of DEAF, the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, in November, 1995. Other
plans include one related to the Web (thus less national) and a spectacular
project to be part of ISEA96 (in Rotterdam). We will keep you informed.
This year, ISEA-NL is the Dutch representative for Siggraph, the large
annual conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques in the US.
This newsletter includes a report written by the French representative,
Thierry Frey, as well as a proposal from Alan Chesnais. Both were meant
for the Siggraph community, but were deemed interesting enough to our
readers for inclusion in this newsletter.
Our newsletter reaches more and more readers via E-mail and the World
Wide Web. Still half(!) of our readers are not yet on the net. In
many countries, such as Greece and Indonesia, it is still difficult or
impossible to get a connection except for a small elite group. In other
countries it is not easy for independent artists. Once more we would like to
repeat what is written in every issue of this newsletter: if you are not
connected to E-mail, but you want to get in touch with a person or
institute that is on E-mail (and one that gave no ordinary address or
tel/fax info), contact us (phone/fax: 31-10-4778605).
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ISEA95
Montreal is buzzing with activity related to ISEA95. They have received some
600 proposals for the non-academic component (exhibition, performances, etc.)
alone! We hope they will send us an update of their plans for the next issue
of the newsletter. In the meantime, we can tell you that for the academic
part of ISEA95 they are looking for alternatives to the rather boring way
that sometimes is presented: a person reads aloud a paper that attendess
might just as well have been reading at home from the proceedings.
Cynthia Rubin reports that Henry See will soon have our public listserver up
and running, so that questions such as these can be discussed by everyone.
But in the meantime feel free to pass around to other people the idea that we
are not merely presenting boring papers. This is the official line: "The
commmitee is considering alternative formats of presentations, including the
pre-conference publication of papers, followed by brief (10-15 minute)
on-site formal presentations and extended open dialogue. Individuals and
groups submitting papers and round-table presentations should follow the
published guidelines. Should the proposal be accepted, the conference
committee will discuss preferred forms of presentation."
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NEWS FROM FRANCE
Thierry Frey
For those of you who didn't know, the Imagina conference was held on the
1-2-3 February in Monte-Carlo. Imagina is somewhat a down-scaled version of
Siggraph : there are conferences, workshops, panels, an exhibition and the
'Prix Pixel-INA'. The public can vote on the first two nights for CG
animations classified in various categories : fiction, ride,
simulation/visualisation, art, video clip, special effects, advertising,
schools & universities, TV credits, research, 2D animation, 3D animation. For
more infomation on Imagina, try the Web server of the Institut National de
l'Audiovisuel :
http://www.ina.fr/INA/Imagina/imagina.fr.html
The french chapter of ACM Siggraph held a booth at the expo. We had many
visitors from all over Europe asking questions about LA95. Alain Chesnais,
who is president of ACM siggraph Paris as well as render/IPR project manager
at the Paris' office of Wavefront. Following is the proposal he submitted to
the Interactive Communities Jury.
He will eventually put up this proposal on is home page at the Wavefront Web
server : http://wavefront.wti.com/pub/alain/alain.html Meanwhile, below is a
version that I'm asking you to forward to people who would be interested in
the project.
Thierry Frey, tfrey@email.enst.fr
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PROPOSAL FOR A NETWORKED NON LINEAR CHAINED ANIMATION
Alain Chesnais
Introduction
The project described herein is an extension of the chained animation concept
that was used in the "Figure to Field" project at SIGGRAPH a few years back.
There, a single editorial group assigned start and end images to
contributors, then asked them each to create an animation that would link the
start to the end image. SIGGRAPH participants viewed the resulting animation
as the linear traversal of the linked animation sequences and the final piece
was shown at the Electronic Theater.
What we are proposing here is a project to have teams of contributors create
a network of animation sequences that you could traverse in a non linear
manner. We propose to have a distributed group of editors cooperating towards
the creation of a global project involving participants from all over the
world. The project aims to continue after the conference and take advantage
of a cooperative effort with other sister organisations, such as Imagina, to
grow and expand.
Description
The type of project that I am proposing is something that would take full
advantage of available internetworking capabilities, allow several groups
(SIGGRAPH and Imagina for starters) to cooperate in a distributed manner with
local control, and be accessible to as many participants as possible. I want
the project to have a life of it's own and go on outside of the official
conferences. I also wish for the project to offer an experience that would
evolve over time and that participants would want to come back to, again and
again, in order to discover new experiences.
What I have come up with is a proposal for a non-linear multiply ramified
chained animation where the various groups involved would propose a series of
images. These images would be the bases for creating animated sequences to
take you from one image to another. Imagine, for instance, SIGGRAPH proposing
the SIGGRAPH logo, Eurographics proposing its logo and Imagina its logo (hey,
this is just for illustration purposes! I do hope to get more interesting
images for the final project...). Each group would then entertain proposals
using its own editorial policy (commission an artist, call for participation,
etc...) to create animated sequences from the images it proposes and leading
to images anywhere else in the project. So, for instance, Imagina might
retain a morph of the Imagina logo into the Eurographics logo as a result of
a juried selection of pieces submitted as the result of a call for
participation. There can be more than one animated path from one image to
another. This is an "editorial" choice.
As more and more paths are created linking the images together, we get a more
densely ramified network of animations that users can travel along. The act
of travelling along these paths and exploring the links creates an implicit
animated sequence that the user can play back after exploration.
Distributed Control and Editorial Policy
One of the important points in this project is the notion of distributed
editorial control. I would like to take advantage of having a network based
cooperative venture between the groups taking part in the project to attempt
to set up a distributed editorial policy. What I propose is for each group
to define the editorial policy concerning the paths leaving from images that
it has proposed. Some groups may wish to include any animation proposed off
of the net. This an artistic or editorial choice. Other groups may wish to
choose artists to generate selected animated paths and commission them to do
the creation. Each separate group would have its own specific editorial
policy.
I've toyed with different types of control (agreement between the editor of
the source image and the editor of the destination image, control of paths
arriving at an image, agreement of ALL groups, majority consensus,...) but
none seems to offer the proper tradeoff between flexibility and editorial
control that this scheme seems to offer.
__________________________ __________________________
| Editor A's images | | Editor B's images |
| _____ _____ | | _____ |
| |___| <----- |___| <-+-----------+---- |___| |
| _ | | |
| | /| /|\ | | | /|\ |
| \|/ / | | | \|/ | |
| _____ / | | | ____ |
|(1)|___| | | --+---- |___| |
|_____|____________|_____| / |________________________|
| | /
| | /
______|____________|______ /
| \|/ | /
| _____ _____|/ |
|(2)|___| -----> |___| |
| |
| Editor C's images |
|________________________|
_____
----> represents an animation link |___| represents an image node
In the example above, for instance, Editor A would have the decision
as to whether to accept a proposal for an animation to link image (1)
in Editor A's space, to image (2) in Editor C's space.
Implementation
I want this to be accessible to a majority of users on the net and propose to
base it on the Web. Any Web viewer could be used to explore the project. The
project would propose an index of all the groups participating and each group
would propose an index of its images as well as a Web page per image. Each
image page would have a link to all of the animations stemming from it.
I would also set up a specific interface that would give users a 3D
representation of the existing images and links. This would assume that all
participants adhere to specific guidelines so that we can readily extract the
necessary information by following the links from the Web pages. I would like
to offer users access to machines with this interface during participating
conferences in order to allow them to discover a global view of the image
network. I will write this before SIGGRAPH for SGI's and would seekvolunteers
to do the same for other platforms.
The idea with this is to view a global set of images and materialise the
links between them. Users could then point and click to navigate easily
between the image links as well as get a feeling for what the overall
structure is.
Extensibility
The project is inherently extensible. New links can be added by the editors
at any time. New images can also be added. These could be programmed ahead of
time by the groups participating in the project to coincide, for instance,
with the dates of an event sponsored by one of them. We could imagine every
group in the project heralding the event of Imagina'96 with the adjunct of
new images and links into the network. We could also open the project up to
new groups and add them in dynamically. Initially, when a new group would
join there would be few links to the images they propose, but these would
grow as new links are added in.
By offering a generalised Web interface the project has the potential to
attract many new contributors and new editors as time goes by.
Material Requirements
The requirements for the project consist of disk space on siggraph.org to
house the ongoing project. One or more SGI's with network access during the
conference to be able to browse the project using the 3D representation for
SGI's.
Other editors would provide their own disk space.
Alain Chesnais, chesnais@wti.com
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THE INCIDENT
An international symposium to examine art, technology and phenomena:
June 30 - July 2 1995, Fribourg, Switzerland
The Incident is a new international event, taking place in the mediaeval city
of Fribourg, Switzerland in which major figures from the worlds of art and
technology will sit down for the first time with researchers into phenomena,
covering areas such as UFO research, parapsychology, dreams and other
subjects that concern exploration of human consciousness.
Speakers so far are are Jacques Vallee, astrophysicist and UFO researcher,
James Turrell, light and earth artist currently creating an artwork from an
extinct volcano in the Arizona desert, Terence McKenna, ethnobotanist,
explorer and millenialist commentator on the politics of consciousness,
Ulrike Rosenbach, performance artist and former associate of Beuys who will
be discussing her work on angels, Roy Ascott, electronic networking pioneer
and philosopher, Michael Lindemann, political researcher into military
cover-ups, Kathleen Rogers, virtual reality artist who proposes a synthesis
of psi phenomena and telepresent technology, Jim Schnabel, author of 'Dark
White' and Round In Circles' which examines the sociology of the UFO research
community and the crop circle phenomena respectively, Keiko Sei, who will
present her research on telepaths in Eastern Europe, Kristine Stiles, art
historian, Budd Hopkins, researcher in UFO abductions, H-R Giger, sculptor
and creator of the sets and creatures in 'Alien' and the Residents, legendary
anonymous music group who will present a live CD Rom demo of Freakshow and
The Gingerbread Man.
The symposium will be part of a larger artistic programme which includes
exhibitions, performances, video, film and music and which takes place as
part of the Belluard-Bollwerk International 95, the arts festival of
Fribourg, Switzerland, which will be devoted to the themes of 'The Incident',
taking place from June 30-July 15 1995.
For futher enquiries about the programme please contact Rob La Frenais
(Artistic Director), for details and booking form (advance booking is
advised) please contactThe Administrator, at the Belluard-Bollwerk
International.
Info: The Incident, Case Postale 120, CH-1700 Fribourg 1, Switzerland.
Email: 75337.206@compuserve.com, Tel: 41-(0)-37-222285 Fax: 41-(0)-37-226185
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WIRETAP 1.2
Starting from january 1995, the V2_Organisation will present a monthly
program every *last* Sunday of the month, named WIRETAP. this series of
programs will have an informal cafe-like character and will pay attention to
developments in non-linear media, such as InterNet (World Wide Web), CD-ROM,
CD-I and virtual reality. Special attention will be given to the connections
between these media. Free access to InterNet has been created for the public
so that image and sound archives of art and science institutions and
individual artists can be viewed. Magazines can be retrieved quickly this way
as well. Also, CD-ROMs can be viewed. The program is aimed at independent or
commisioned artists and developers of these media.
WIRETAP 1.2 is the second program in a series of ten. For this edition a link
has been made with a more extensive V2_Organisation program centered around
Belgian TV maker Stefaan Decostere. WIRETAP 1.2 will concentrate upon his
latest work for TV, 'Lessons in Modesty'. This hour-and-a-half production
will be shown by the BRTN on march,14 and can now be seen in a special
preview. A fitting context has been created for this video production which
concerns itself with the relationship between body and technology in the
Nineties and which scrutinizes this relationship from different viewpoints. A
number of artists and writers have been invited for WIRETAP 1.2. They will
give lectures, demonstrations and performances in which the body will
also be the centre point.
Saturday, february 25th - entrance free - time: 1230 - 1700 hrs. A free
performance by the Konic theatre from Barcelona at 1600 hrs. The public can
view CD-ROMs and can navigate the Net free of charge to visit databases of
other art institutions, musical centres and magazines like for instance
WIRED.
Sunday, february 26th
entrance fee fl 10,00
time: 1230 - 1900 hrs.
The emphasis of WIRETAP 1.2 lies on Sunday, february 26th. On this day the
following artists and writers will be present:
Karin Spaink (Nl)
She is the author of a.o. 'The Punishable Body', 'Falling Woman' and
'Autobiography of a Body' and translator of the 'Cyborg Manifesto' of
American science philosopher Donna Haraway will give an introduction
to the theme (u.u.r.);
Stefaan Decostere (B)
He will present his 1,5 hour documentary 'Lessons in Modesty', a t.v.
production on the Body in the nineties. With artists like Orlan and Stelarc
and research centres like NASA and Xerox. It all ends at Luxor in Las Vegas.
Konic theatre (E)
'Sanctus, the Profaned Body' is a performance by the Barcelona
based Konic Theatre about body, sex and representation.
Kirk Woolford (D)
Kirk Woolford from the Cologne Medienhochschule will give a lecture about two
projects centering on physical stimuli through the Net;
Erik Hobijn (Nl)
The audience has to pass a gate which ejects parfumes when passed. The gate
is called Olfactoric nervous system.
Ray Edgar (Nl)
With his `sweatstick', a midi controlled instrument which looks
like a flexible steel rod, he controls synthesisers. Bending and
moving the stick he generates sounds.
Thomas van der Putten (Nl)
'Static Mobile Mk. 1: The Sofa', a piece of virtual reality
furniture subtitled 'A Presentation of the Absent Body'
Marc Marc (Nl)
S.I.N. is a psycho-acoustic environment in which noise moves up
and down the V2 stairs (7m high stairs) over 16 loudspeakers.
Due to the exstensive program on Sunday, february 26th, proceedings will
start at exactly 1300 hrs and continue on through to about 1830 hrs.
Lessons in Modesty
STEFAAN DECOSTERE
A TV program about body and technology, shot in the Nineties in San
Francisco, at NASA at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) and Las Vegas.
Us, TV makers are coincidential spectators. Artists, however, can put their
own life on the line to allow us a glimpse of the technological fate of the
human body. But also those who have a PC and a modem at home will have a
chance to play a role in the technological pageant of the future. Why on
Earth do we all dream the same dreams? Atfer a moment of intense therapeutic
conditioning and a number of instructions by specialized builders of the
future at NASA and XEROX PARC we wonder how San Francisco will look after the
future is over. As if driven by the same dream we land in Las Vegas where a
decisive battle is fought between Good and Evil.
During this 'program wrong' DECOSTERE will deliver the future at your
doorstep. 'Daddy', a girl asks us, 'when will I be reborn? the girl I used to
be is dead. Long live the new. I no longer recognise myself. I used to walk
as if lost, but now I can no longer believe my eyes: daddy, I can see again.'
V2 Organisation, Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam, Netherlands
tel: 31.10.4046427, fax: 4128562, email: V2@antenna.nl
URL: http://www.vpro.nl/www/arteria/V2onW3/V2Page.html
(for news on our programs, plans for 1995, annual festival
DEAF95, hotlinks, Freezone with art projects).
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NEW MUSIC NOTATION STANDARD FILE FORMAT
Gregory J. Sandell
(Music-Research Digest)
An exciting new development in the area of music desktop publishing is now
coming to fruition after months of work: a standard file format for
musical notation.
Computer musicians have long needed a notational equivalent to standard
MIDI files, to transfer scores between various editing/publishing
programs, and from music scanning software into notation editors. Like
standard MIDI files, such a format would allow users to move existing
files between products according to their evolving needs, without
substantial loss of data.
The new format is currently code named "NIF" (Notation Interchange
Format). Sponsored by Passport Designs and Coda Music Technology, NIF has
had and continues to have major input from a large, diverse group of
notation software designers, as well as researchers in the areas of music
recognition, musicology and computer science, expert users and music
publishers. NIF's exceptionally thorough design is the product of a
lengthy consensus-building process between these participants. It is a
non-proprietary format, and will be available with no licensing fees
whatsoever to anyone who wants it.
The NIF project is now moving into the testing stage. Several companies
are scheduled to begin trial implementation shortly, to be followed by
others once the format stabilizes.
Gregory J. Sandell
Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG England
Tel 44-273-678058, Fax 678611, email sandell@epunix.sussex.ac.uk
http://ep56c.ep.susx.ac.uk/Greg.Sandell.html
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COMPUTER ANIMATION OF SAMPLED MUSIC
Yaakov Yaari
(Music-Research Digest)
I am looking for references (articles, books, researchers, organizations,
research programs, commercial progarms, etc.) that has to do with
computer animation of sampled music. This involves parameterization of
the sampled signal to some selected finit set of parameters and its
association with visual objects.
Yaakov Yaari, email: yaari@iil.intel.com
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JOBS
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DIGITAL IMAGING POSITION AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
February 3, 1995
Assistant Professor, Digital Imaging (still and time-based)
Full-time, one year, non-tenure track appointment (full teaching
load/Fall and Spring semesters in photography, video and computer graphics).
Responsibilities: teaching undergraduates and assisting Department and
School colleagues in learning and applying technical processes of
digital imaging (digital photography, video, computer-based multimedia),
an individual involved in and interested in extending analog media into
the computer realm and vice versa.
This artist should have a working knowledge of PC, Mac and Amiga
platforms and a competency in digital imaging processes using multiple
hardware/software configurations. Networking experience and skills a
plus; university level teaching experience required.
Qualifications: MFA in a media arts discipline, or equivalent
experience; university teaching experience; established record of public
presentations and/or exhibitions.
Application: Application letter/statement
Curriculum Vitae
Names, addresses, phone numbers of 3 references
Dcoumentation of art work: slides, photographs, video,
disks, CD-ROM, etc.
Send to: Digtal Imaging Faculty Search Committee
Department of Art Media Studies
Syracuse University
102 Shaffer Art
Syracuse, New York 13244-1010
Inquiries: Professor John Orentlicher, (1)-315-443-1202
Deadline: April 1, 1995
Syracuse University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
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PUBLICATIONS
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MUSIC AND CREATIVITY
Niall Griffith and Peter Todd
(Music-Research Digest)
We thought people would like to know that a new collection of work on
connectionist models of musical cognition and artistic creativity has
appeared in print this month. The collection is a double issue of
the journal Connection Science, volume 6, nos. 2&3, covering aspects of
musical perception, conception, and action, and the generation of visual
art. Some of the papers in this double issue are very interesting from
a computational point of view as well, beyond their specific application
domain. We hope you enjoy the issue and find it useful, and we welcome
your comments and updates about further work in this area for future
collections such as this.
(Please note: Single copies of this double issue are available, at a cost
of $93.50. A book version of this double issue is also planned for the
near future.)
Niall Griffith,
Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter,
Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PT UK
Email: ngr@dcs.exeter.ac.uk
Peter Todd
Department of Psychology, University of Denver
2155 S. Race Street, Denver, CO 80208 USA
Email: ptodd@edu.du.psy
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MUTE
Digital Art Critique, a new art & technology newspaper
Mute is a new London based newspaper (designed employing the format of a
broad sheet newspaper) produced by artists to develop a wider
understanding of the impact of recent technological advances on art and
visual representation. It brings a criticism of developments in the so
called techno-culture under the umbrella of art criticism. Mute also
exists as Metamute, a WWW site on the Internet (although we couldn't find
a W3 address in the info we received from Mute). The 'Pilot Issue' is out.
To get it, or to receive information on subscribing, contributing (next
issue's theme: 'Homo Ludens') or advertizing, contact:
MUTE
2 Avondale Mansions, Rostrevor Rd, London SW6 5AH, UK.
Tel: 44-171-73-15577, Fax: 69864, Email: mute@skyscr.demon.co.uk
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EXHIBITIONS
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ANNOUNCEMENT: @ART GALLERY EXHIBITION
February 15 - March 31, 1995
@art will exhibit the "LOTproject: Artistic Field Work". LOT is an Austrian
collaborative art group founded by Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber. Living and
working in Vienna both artists are influenced by the dynamics of geographic
and political mobility. The LOTproject focuses on dislocation, geographic
disintegration, and vanishing territories that exist in tandem with the
phenomenon of global networking. Bitter and Weber direct and create art for
public places as a way of commenting on these cultural phenomenon and their
impact on the importance of "site".
@art gallery, a virtual internet gallery, is committed to exhibiting the best
in contemporary electronic art. Artists are showcased on a revolving basis,
with each exhibition lasting six to eight weeks. At the end of each
exhibition, the artists' work is archived and will remain retrievable. @art
gallery is housed in Gertrude, an IBM RS6000 that has been configured as a
WWW server. It's physical location is the School of Art & Design, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,USA. The gallery is designed to be viewed on
a Macintosh, utilizing Mosaic software. Although the gallery can be viewed
with other WWW clients, and on other platforms, viewing on a Mac with Mosaic
will most closely approximate the original design.
@art was developed by ad319, an interdisciplinary collaborative group
comprised of Kathleen Chmelewski, Nan Goggin, and Joseph Squier. All three
are practicing artists, designers and faculty members at the School of Art &
Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Andrea Shaker is our
graduate research assistant. ad319 was formed to address issues we face
working with new imaging and com-munication technologies.
@art gallery is based on the premise that, today, computer art doesn't
necessarily require physical form. Increasingly, digital artists are taking
advantage of the inherent characteristics of the technology. Of particular
interest to us is the ability to electronically distribute still images,
video, text, and sound. This dramatically alters our understanding of art as
object.
The gallery will evolve with time, due in part to your feedback. We
invite you to share your ideas with us. Feel free to forward this
announcement.
@art gallery: http://gertrude.art.uiuc.edu/@art/gallery.html
ad319 is:
Kathleen Chmelewski, Nan Goggin, Joseph Squier, Andrea Shaker,
School of Art & Design, 408 E. Peabody Dr., University of Illinois
Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
Tel: 1-217-3332977, Fax: 1-217-2447688, Email: ad319@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
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CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
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WIN 110.000,-- US$ CASH
Participate in
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
the worlds most reknown and highest prized
competition for Computer and Multimedia Art.
The Categories are:
- World Wide Web Sites
- Computeranimation
- Interactive Art
- Computer Music
NEW !
First cash price for the best designed & structured World Wide Web Site.
You can get the regulations of competition and the entry forms at the
following address:
prixreg@ars.uni-linz.ac.at
prixinfo@ars.uni-linz.ac.at
password: infomaterial
Print out the entry forms - fill them in - send it to us together with the
piece(s) you would like to enter!
Deadline for entries end of February/middle of March !
Contact address:
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio and Television
c/o Peter Schoeber, Europaplatz 3, A-4010 Linz, Austria
Tel: 43-732-6900-367, Fax: 43-732-6900-270, Email: schoeber@jk.uni-linz.ac.at
Sent via pLANet mail delivery service.
For infos contact support.pLANet@planet.co.at
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN FINE ARTS: E-MAIL ART 2
Call for art participation: Computer art exhibition in frames of computer
show COFAX'95, conference on Telecommunications and Symposium Computer
Graphics and Image Processing in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Exhibition will be opened on May 30, 1995.
Images transmitted by the Internet will be printed on color ink jet and
dye sublimation printers. Images GIF, TIF, TGA, JPEG, Corel Draw CDR
Autodesk 3DStudio computer sculptures 3DS and animated flics FLI, FLC up to
1MByte will be accepted. Separate file should include the name and address
of author, names of images, short biography, description how the image
was created and brief statement. Works done with own software are
preferred. There are two ways how to transmit images under UNIX OS:
1. uuencodeSPACE< name1 >SPACE< name2 >|< address >
where < name1 > is the name of source file
< name2 > in name of destination (can be the same as file name)
2. I will get files from your anonymous ftp address and directory.
Deadline for transmitting files is May 1st, 1995.
Martin Sperka
Academy of Fine Arts and Design
Hviezdoslavovo nam. 18, 814 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
email address: sperka@cvt.stuba.sk
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EDUGRAPHICS '95
Second International Conference on Graphics Education
and
COMPUGRAPHICS '95
Fourth International Conference on Computational Graphics
and Visualization Techniques
11-15 December 1995
Hotel Alvor Praia, Alvor, Algarve, Portugal
and
CADEX '95
International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Aided Design
December 4 - 8 1995, Seville, Spain.
Submissions (sent to the chairman)
papers (4 copies of extended abstract)
panels (one-page summary),
videos (VHS) : May 31
Notification of acceptance : July 15
Final Manuscripts : September 30
Contact/Further Information :
Harold P. Santo, Chairman
Dpt Civil Engng - IST, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Tel:+ Fax: 351-1-848-2425, Tel: (direct line) : +351-1-841-8351 (also fax on
request), Email: chpsanto@beta.ist.utl.pt
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CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN MUSIC AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
University of Edinburgh, Department of AI and Faculty of Music
3 - 5 September 1995
THE ICMAI
The International Congress in Music and AI will be held in Edinburgh,
Scotland, just after the Edinburgh International Festival. The conference
is organised by the Faculty of Music and the Department of AI at Edinburgh
University.
Its main objective is to foster investigation of theories of music and
musical thought, and their relation to computation and AI systems. The
link between these two approaches - which has not received great attention
until now - is the main topic to be addressed. The aim is to stimulate the
exchange of ideas on the possibilities of extending or formulating new
(computational) theories of musical knowledge and cognition that may be
used to represent and manipulate musical structures and processes. Such
theories may provide useful insights into compositional, analytic and
educational aspects of musical practice.
Researchers from any relevant discipline are invited to submit papers
relating to one of the three areas presented below. The presentations of
papers will be followed by extended discussions.
MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST: Musical Formalisms, Cognitive Models of Music,
Intelligent Musical Tools
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Stephen McAdams, Robert Rowe
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Emilios Cambouropoulos, Antonio Camurri, Eric Clarke,
Marc Leman, Alan Marsden, Peter Nelson, Alan Smaill, Geraint Wiggins
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Papers of up to 7000 words should be sent by post (3 copies) or preferably
by e-mail (self-contained LaTex or PostScript files) to the address below
by 30th April, 1995. No abstracts will be accepted. Notifications of
acceptance and reviews will be returned by 30th June. Final versions are
expected by 30th July. All selected papers will be included in the
conference proceedings. It is expected that authors will be invited to
submit their papers for a post-conference publication.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Emilios Cambouropoulos
Faculty of Music, Univ. of Edinburgh, 12 Nicolson Sq., EH8 9DF Edinburgh
U.K. e-mail: emilios@music.ed.ac.uk
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CYBERSTAR COMPETITION
Organized by the Westdeurscher Rundfunk (WDR) and the Geselllschaft fur
Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD)
Monetary awards totalling 35.000 DM.
The Competition should challenge artists, designers and computer scientists
to answer the question if and in what way forms of television can be
developed which go further than the traditional perception of the images of
media and make television a more lively space for adventure and activity.
Entries will consist of a free-form video which presents concept, dramatic
technique and visual translation of the project. Submit one copy of 3-5
minutes in Beta SP plus filled in entry form.
Possible scenarios are interactive, artistic environments for artists, actors
and dancers, interactive TV Shows, connections between the Internet and TV
broadcast stations etc. GMD is one of the best equipped sites for virtual
reality development world-wide. Experimental works will be realized with the
technical potential of the GMD equipment in case of prize winning.
Further info and entry forms:
WDR, 'Cyberstar', 50600 Cologne, Germany
Tel 49-221-220-2192, fax: 6252, email: cyberstar@gmd.de.
http://viswiz.gmd.de/VMSD/PAGES.en/vmsd.actual.html
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WRO95
Fifth Sound Basis Visual Art Festival
May 3-7, 1995, Wroclaw, Poland.
International competition for video art and computer animation works in
which image and sound equally create an artistic form.
WRO furthermore includes presentations by invited artists and curators,
international exhibition of media installations and CD-Roms, a broadcast
and lectures/seminars.
Deadline for entries: March 8th (arrival date).
Entry forms:
Open Studio/WRO, POB 1385, 54-137 Wroclaw 16, Poland.
Tel/fax: 48-71-448369
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THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC
was founded during the first Meeting for Electroacoustic Music, last Fall.
A report on the Meeting (in Portugese) is available. Furthermore there is
a 'Call for Electroacoustic Music' for the weekly open air concerts,
organized by the Dept of Music of the University of Brasilia. Composers
are invited to send tapes (DAT 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz or 32 kHz, or analog 7.5
ips or 15 ips). Good cassette tapes and CDs are also accepted.
Contact:
Prof.Dr. Jorge Antunes, Laboratorio de Myusica Eletroacustica,
Universidade de Brasilia, Departemento de Musica - Sala 21,
70.910-000 Brasilia DF, Brasil.
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THIRD ANNUAL NEW YORK DIGITAL SALON 1995
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Catalog Essays, Computer Animations, Gallery Artworks
Internet Events. The Third Annual New York Digital Salon will take place in
New York City and on the Internet November 13 - 27, 1995. This international
juried competition will include the following events:
-Exhibition.
A Gallery Exhibition of Computer Artworks Visual Arts Museum,
New York City ,November 13 - 27, 1995, Opening Monday, November 13, 1995,
-Screening.
A Theater Screening of Computer Animations, Visual Arts Amphitheater, New
York City,Nov 17& 18, 1995, 8pm
Net Works Network Art Events on the Internet, World Wide Web site at sva.edu,
November 13 - 27, 1995 and beyond
Catalog.
Salon Catalog of Works with Critical Essays, Special Issue of Leonardo,
Journal of the International Society for Arts, Sciences and Technology.
Published by MIT Press
To enter:
Artwork: Send a description of your work and an artist's statement, along
with slides, videotape and/or CR-ROM to: Timothy Binkley, Chair, New York
Digital Salon, School of Visual Arts 209 E. 23rd St., New York, NY 10010.
Entry labeling must include artist's name & address, title of work, date,
dimensions or space requirements, medium or hardware, and price. If you wish
to have your material returned, be sure to include a SASE. There is no entry
fee. Deadline for artwork submissions is May 1, 1995.
Essays: Send the text of your essay on paper and disk. The essay may be
1500 to 5000 words, and can include illustrations. It should address
issues concerning the digital transformation of art. Essays will be
published by MIT Press in a special issue of the journal LEONARDO. Send
your submissions to Timothy Binkley at the address listed above, or email
them to binkley@sva.edu. Deadline for submissions is May 1, 1995.
Jury: Regina Cornwell, DeLanda, Ken Feingold, Annette Weintraub,Wong Wo Bik
Timothy Binkley, Chair. Bruce Wands, Curator. Valerie Castleman, Coordinator.
Kirsten Solberg, Coordinator
Sponsors: Institute for Computers in the Arts, Leonardo, MIT Press School of
Visual Arts ,Visual Arts Foundation (others to follow)
Digital Salon reserves the right to use all accepted entries for
publicity and promotional purposes.
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ACM SIGGRAPH 95
22nd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
Conference and exhibition.
August 6 - 11 1995, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA
ARTIST/DESIGNER SKETCHES
Call for Participation
Deadline:
31 May 1995 6 pm Pacific Daylight Time
Artists and designers are experimenting with computer technology in many
imaginative ways. In short presentations followed by questions and answers,
Artist/Designer Sketches will focus on stimulating and interesting uses of
computer technology. These sessions will explore the challenge of applying
digital technology to artistic, entertainment, and communication processes.
GUIDELINES
Works in progress, special creative and production problems, unique
challenges encountered in developing unusual applications -- all of these
and other related topics are encouraged in Artist/Designer Sketches
proposals.
Proposals will be reviewed by members of the Art Gallery, Interactive
Entertainment, and Interactive Communities committees. Submissions will be
judged primarily on their potential to contribute new ideas and experiments
by artists and designers. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes.
Audio/visual equipment will be available for those who need 35 mm slide
projectors, video displays, and overhead projectors.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. Your submission must include a cover page, six copies of the proposal,
and a signed SIGGRAPH 95 Permission to Use Form. The cover page must
contain the title of the Artist/Designer Sketch, author name(s) and
affiliation(s), and a summary of the proposal (no more than 30 words).
Proposals may not be submitted by email or fax.
2. Maximum proposal length is two letter-size (8.5-inch by 11-inch) or A4
pages of double-spaced type no smaller than 12 point.
3. The proposal may also include examples of visual material. Recommended:
one sheet of 35 mm slides.
4. Proposals must be received by 6 pm Pacific Daylight Time, Wednesday, 31
May 1995.
Important note to authors outside the United States:
Plan your submission carefully to ensure that it will arrive on time.
Customs delays of two weeks can occur. When time is short, consider using a
private courier. Customs labels should bear the words: "Educational
material with no commercial value." SIGGRAPH 95 will not pay any customs
fees, duties, or tariffs incurred by your submission.
PUBLICATION
The Artist/Designer Sketches venue is a place to share new ideas and works
in progress. To ensure that participation here does not prevent any future
publications, SIGGRAPH will not publish the presentations from this event
beyond a schedule published in the SIGGRAPH 95 Program and Buyer's Guide,
giving the time, location, title, and the 30-word summary for each
presentation. Artists are welcome to bring handout material of any kind.
UPON ACCEPTANCE
Artists and designers will be notified of the committee's decision by
Wednesday, 14 June 1995.
COMPENSATION POLICY
Authors of accepted Artist/Designer Sketches receive Exhibits Plus
registrations, which include admission to Artist/Designer Sketches, Art
Gallery, Interactive Entertainment, Interactive Communities, Screening
Rooms of the Computer Animation Festival, and the Exhibition.
Send to:
SIGGRAPH 95 Artist/Designer Sketches Coordinator
Fine and Applied Art Department
5232 University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon 97403-5232 USA
Tel: 1-503-346-427, Fax: 1-503-346-3626, Email: arts.s95@siggraph.org
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ACMA CONFERENCE 1995
June 9 - 11 1995, Univ. of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Australian Computer Music Association (ACMA) is holding its 1995
conference in Melbourne. The conference will include concerts, paper
sessions, workshops and an open forum on the composition and aesthetics of
electroacoustic music. Within this framework, papers and compositions are
being called for presentation at the conference. Details for submissions and
the conference are outlined below.
Submission of papers
Submissions of abstracts (maximum 300 words) are invited for the paper
sessions. Abstracts will be anonymously refereed. The focus of the conference
will be toward the composition and aesthetics of electroacoustic music.
Applicants are invited to submit papers within the following broadly defined
areas:
- the relationship between research and development in software and/or
hardware and composition;
- composition and performance environments; this may include software
environments or multimedia and other cross art form environments, composing
for theatre, radio, sound installations, animation or film. Papers discussing
specific compositions are especially invited;
- the pedagogy of electroacoustic music. A consideration of the techniques
and concepts that adequately equip the musician with the interdisciplinary
skills required for electroacoustic music.
Submission deadline
Submissions for papers in abstract, pieces and performance proposals are to
be postmarked no later than Friday 10 March, 1995.
Notification
Notification of selection for both papers and compositions will be sent to
successful applicants on or before Friday 7 April, 1995.
Submissions to: ACMA 1995 Conference
(see Contact Details for address.)
Timetable
Friday 9 June Registration, official opening, concert
Saturday 10 June Papers and evening concert
Sunday 11 June Papers and lunchtime concert
Early registration
By May 12, 1995, is A$70. A cheque or money order made payable to ACMA
Conference, 1995 may be sent to ACMA. (see Contact Details for address.)
Full Registration
Registration at the conference is A$90. Only cash, cheques or money orders
made payable to ACMA Conference, 1995, will be accepted. Please note that
credit cards cannot be accepted for early or full registration.
Guidelines for DAT and performance submissions
- Tapes are to be recorded at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz.
- Leave 30 secs at head of tape.
- Ensure there are no clicks on the tape from the transfer.
- Label the tape and case with the composition title, composer name, duration
of piece.
- Record in absolute time.
- Include a programme note for the piece.
- For a live performance submission, supply a recording of a previous live
or studio performance. Or else some other excerpts of previous work and a
description of the proposed performance for this conference.
- Applicants are asked to clearly outline the performance set-up they
require. Where possible, applicants are requested to supply there own
equipment, a list of equipment that will be available from the Faculty Studio
is listed below.
- The Studios of the Faculty are Macintosh based. Available for use in
performance will be 2 * SE 30s and a IIFX. If other hardware is required,
please make enquiries to the Conference Coordinators.
- Hardware: Korg Wavestation, Proteus Procussion/2XR, Proteus /3World, 2 *
Akai S1100 samplers, Yamaha TG 77, Disklavier upright piano, Disklavier grand
piano, Yamaha SPX 1000, Yamaha SPX 900, Lexicon 300, MIDI wind controller, 2
* JLCooper continuous controllers, Tascam DA30, Sony D-10 Pro (44.1 kHz & 48
kHz available as playback), 16 channel Alesis ADAT.
- Software: (For performance and papers and demonstration) MAX, Patchwork,
"M", SVP, Cubase, ProTools and SoundDesigner.
CONTACT DETAILS
Submissions and early registrations
ACMA 1995 Conference, PO BOX 186, Post Office Agency,
La Trobe University, Bundoora 3083, Victoria, Australia
Conference Coordinators
Lawrence Harvey harvey@music.unimelb.edu.au
Alistair Riddell amr@farben.latrobe.edu.au
Accommodation & travel information
Ms Jane Harris, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne
Royal Pdre, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia.
Tel: 61-3-3447508, Fax: 61-3-3445346, email: harris@music.unimelb.edu.au
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VIRTUAL FUTURES 1995
May 26 - 28 1995, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, UK.
Virtual Futures 1995 is an interdisciplinary event that examines the role of
cybernetic and specifically dissipative or non-linear models in the arts,
sciences, and philosophy. The conference explores the relationship between
postmodern philosophy and chaos theory, with topics ranging from: information
technology, hypertext and multimedia applications, virtual reality and
cyberspace, C3, complexity theory, cyberfeminism, artificial life and
intelligence, neural nets, and nanotechnology. Literary themes such as
apocalypse, narcotics, cyberpunk science fiction, and annihilation are all
welcome.
If you would like to present a paper at Virtual Futures'95, please send a
250 word abstract before March 1st to :
VIRTUAL FUTURES '95, The Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature,
University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England, UK.
Tel: 44-203-523523, Fax: 44-203-523019, Email: virtual-futures@warwick.ac.uk
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KUNST/TECHNOLOGIE/BIOSPHARE
February 20 - 23 1995, Cologne, Germany
Seminars ('Interactive workshops') by Prof. Jurgen Claus.
Feb 20: Evolutionary Computer Art, Feb 21: 'Synergetik', Feb 22: The
plant as a metaphor, Feb 23: Art & Artificial Life.
Kunsthochschule fur Medien
Peter-Welter-Platz 2, 50676 Koln, Germany.
Tel 49-221-201891-15, fax 24
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY CCRMA SUMMER WORKSHOPS 1995
(Music-Research Digest)
-INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOACOUSTICS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS
With emphasis on the audio and haptic components of virtual reality
design.
June 26 - July 8, 1995
Fee: $800, Two weeks instruction and laboratory. Limited to 15
participants. Instructors: Brent Gillespie, Craig Sapp.
This course will introduce concepts and apply tools from cognitive
psychology to the composition of virtual audio and haptic
environments. In particular, the salience of various auditory and
haptic phenomena to the perception and performance of music will be
examined.
-INTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMIC COMPOSITION
July 10 - July 21, 1995
Fee: $800. Two weeks hands-on instruction. Limited to 20 participants.
Instructors: Heinrich Taube, Fernando Lopez Lezcano, Tobias Kunze, Nicky
Hind.
This course introduces basic principles and techniques of algorithmic
composition and covers topics such as data representation,
techniques employing random selection, enveloping, algorithmic
editing, pattern generation and scheduling. Sound synthesis as used
in course examples will include MIDI, the (realtime) Music Kit and
(non-realtime) Common Lisp Music and Common Music Notation.
-ADVANCED PROJECTS IN ALGORITHMIC COMPOSITION
July 24 - August 4, 1995
Fee: $800.
-DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MUSICIANS: SPECTRAL AND PHYSICAL MODELS
July 24 - August 4, 1995
Fee: $1200. Two weeks instruction. Limited to 15 participants.
Instructors: Xavier Serra, Perry R. Cook.
This course will cover analysis and synthesis of musical signals
based on spectral and physical models. The course will be organized
into morning lectures covering theoretical aspects of the models, and
afternoon labs.
-MUSIC PRINTING WITH SMALL COMPUTERS USING SCORE
July 10 - July 21, 1995
Fee: $700. Two weeks instruction. Limited to 8 participants. Instructor:
Leland Smith.
This course will cover the details of the use of the SCORE software
program for the creation of publication-quality music typography on
PC compatible computers.
-ANNUAL SUMMER CONCERT
The annual concert of new music by CCRMA composers will take place
during the Summer Workshops. It will be held in Frost Outdoor
Amphitheater at Stanford on July 20, 1995.
For additional info and applications, contact
CCRMA Summer Workshops, Department of Music, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-8180, USA.
Tel 1-415-723-4971, fax 8468. E-mail: aledin@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
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SCHERVEN
Musical Theater
February 2-25, 1995 (Tue-Sat, 8.30 pm), The Hague, Holland
Hollandia plays this piece while LOOS takes care of live electronic
sounds. Downbeat critic John Corbett wrote of an earlier piece by LOOS:
"It was riveting, frightening and totally unlike anything else I know".
Lacation: A30 Hangar, Ypenburg Airport, The Hague.
Reservations tel: 31-75-310231, 70-3465272, 10-4118110.
STEIM
The Dutch foundation for electro-acoustic music STEIM organizes a new
series of concerts, starting March 4, 9 p.m. The series is called 'Between
the Ears'. The first concert is on the theme 'Multimedia of the Stone
Age'.
STEIM, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam, Holland. Tel 31-20-6228690
IN LIGHT OF OUR REFLECTION
Visions of Art and Science
March 1 - April 2 1995, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford MA, USA
Exhibition ("an interactive exploration") by, a.o.: Sheldon Brown, Lowry
Burgess, Agnes Denes, Paul Laffoley and Karl Sims.
Opening reception: March 1, 6-9 pm. Presentation by Dr. Farouk El-Baz,
Performance by Noah Riskin.
Panel/Workshop: March 5, 10 am - 1 pm. The meaning of light as it functions
both as medium and message in recent developments in art and science.
Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Tel 1-617-62-73518, fax 73121
POUR UN COUTEAU
February 11 - April 16 1995, Thiers, France
Exhibition by Leo Copers, Jacques Halbert, Claude Leveque, Francoise
Quardon and Annemie Van Kerckhoven.
Le Creux de l'Enfer, Vallee des Usines, 63300 Thiers, France
Tel 33-73-802656, fax 802808
ALTER EGO DOCUMENTS
Amsterdam, Holland
February 4 - March 5 1995, Amsterdam, Holland.
International exhibition at 9 art galleries. Mostly photographic work, but
video installations and CD-Roms are included. De Melkweg (Lijnbaansgracht
234) exhibits (a.o.) videos by Shelly Silver and Wim Liebrand and an
installation by Lydia Schouten, in the S. Biederberg Gallery (OZ
Voorburgwal 223) a video installation by Sam Schoenbaum and in the W139
gallery (Warmoestraat 139) videos by Erszebet Baerveldt, a CD-Rom by Lewis
Baltz and video installations by Willie Doherty.
NATIONAL DESIGN ENGINEERING SHOW & CONFERENCE
March 13 - 16, 1995, Chicago, USA
Info: Tel: 1-203-8405878, Fax: 8409878
NAB 1995
April 10 - 13 Las Vegas, USA
Info: National Association of Broadcasters.
Tel: 1-202-4295350, Fax: 4295406
THE COMPUTER GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
April 22 - 26 1995, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Info: Tel: 1-415-9482432, Fax: 9482744
IV FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA CONTEMPORANEA
April 1995 , Bogota, Colombia.
Directed by Cecilia Casas.
Inquiries can be made to : Cra 9 74-99 Bogota, Colombia.
Tel: 57-1-2484969, Fax : 571-2484969
MULTIMEDIA 95
May 31 - June 3 1995, Toronto, Canada
Conference May 31- June 3, Trade show June 1 - 3.
Keynote addresses (free to all visitors) will be given by James Clark
(founder of Silicon Graphics and now with Netscape Communications, the
programmers of the Internet tool, Mosaic), Fred Klinkhammer of MediaLinx and
Satjiv Chahil of Apple Computer.
Info: Multimedia Trade Shows Inc., 7-70 Villarboit Crescent, Concord,
ON, Canada, L4K 4C7. Tel 1-905-660249-1, fax -2
KLANGART'95
June 7 - 10 1995, Osnabrueck, Germany.
This unique cultural event covers all aspects of "music and electronics"
including a scientific congress, the Musitec and the "Festival" with a series
of concerts and performances.
For a complete programme contact:
KlangArt, P.O.Box 4460, 49034 Osnabrueck, Germany.
Tel: 49-541-24960, Fax: 49-541-24913,
Email: kschwirz@rzserv.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.de
ED-MEDIA 95
June 18 - 21 1995, Graz, Austria
World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Papers, short papers, panels, tutorials, workshops, demonstration, posters
Info: ED-MEDIA 95/AACE, P.O. Box 2966, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA.
Tel: 1-804-973-3987, Fax: 1-804-9787449, E-mail: AACE@Virginia.Edu
ARS ELECTRONICA
June 20 - 24 1995, Linz, Austria
Theme: Mythos Information; Welcome to the Net Worlds.
"Ars Electronica 95 will ask critical questions to dogmas and myths of
postmodern information society".
Info: Brucknerhaus, Untere Donaulande 7, A-4010 Linz, Austria
Tel: 43-732-7612244, Fax: 7612350
ISEA95
September 17 - 24 1995, Montreal, Canada.
Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art
Info: ISEA 95, 307 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Bureau 515B, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. Tel: 1-514-990-0229, Fax: 1-514-842-7459, Email: ISEA95@ER.UQAM.CA
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The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien-
tists 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.
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.
Support: Erasmus University Rotterdam (Law Dept), Amsterdam University,
V2 Organisation, YLEM, ISAST, Renderstar Technology, Media Research,
Museum der Stad Gladbeck, Corel Corporation, The Council for the Int.
Bienale in Nagoya, CSL Computers, Viking Eggeling-Salskapet, Bratislava
Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Softimage Inc, Lokman Productions,
ARTCOM in Deutschland e.V., Tampere School of Art & Communications, Nordiska
Konstskolan, Painatuskeskus Oy.
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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
# 32, AUGUST 1994
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Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Ray Archee (Australia), Fernando Araujo (Colombia), Peter
Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US/Canada), Paul Brown (Australia), Annick
Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus (Germany), Pier Luigi Capucci (Italy),
Roger Malina (US), Ivan Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz (Brazil). Lay-out: Rene
Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth Shostak.
ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel/fax 31-10-2020850,
Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL (Board) or ISEA@SARA.NL (Newsletter)
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL . ART IS HOT AT SIGGRAPH94 - ISEA/ISAST MEETING . LOD . ISEA
PUBLICATIONS . A BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL . ARS ELECTRONICA . COMPTER MUSIC .
CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION . PUBLICATIONS . JOB . EDUCATION . CALENDAR
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EDITORIAL
Wim van der Plas
ISEA'94 IN HELSINKI
This issue of the ISEA Newsletter appears right before the Fifth
International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA'94) in Helsinki.
The University of Industrial Arts and many cooperating institutes have worked
hard for over two years to make ISEA'94 happen. The program looks very
impressive and promising. ISEA'94 will be opened by the Finnish Minister of
Culture, a fact that stresses the growing awareness of the importance of the
ISEA symposia.
During ISEA'94, the Inter-Society will help stage several important meetings.
One of them being the 'National Branches Meeting' (probably Tuesday during
dinner). Here, a discussion will take place on the way these branches, some
of which are already active, while others are only in a planning stage,
should be structured and organized. The aim is to create 'Guidelines for
local Branches', so that a strong world-wide organization for the electronic
arts (the main aim of ISEA) can begin to become reality.
Another important meeting will be the usual closing session, the 'ISEA
Panel'. A significant feature of this panel is information on the future
symposia. Michael Century will represent ISEA'95 (Montreal, Canada) and Wim
van der Plas ISEA'96 (Rotterdam, Holland). For ISEA'97 there are two or three
candidates: proposals were received from two American cities and one
Japanese. One of the American cities and the Japanese city will be
represented in person. As this is written, the definite candidacy of the
other American city is not certain. The Board of ISEA will try to come to a
decision on the location for ISEA'97 shortly after ISEA Helsinki. For ISEA'98
proposals are expected from the UK and the Slowakian Republic.
Also present in the panel will be Ken O'Connell, the Art Gallery Chair for
SIGGRAPH'95. ISEA aims at cooperation with all important electronic art
organizations and institutes, of which SIGGRAPH is of course one of the
largest. (See the piece below.)
In the next Newsletter we hope to present reviews and impressions from all
our correspondents present at ISEA'94. At this moment, we can only wish the
Helsinki people strength and success. No doubt it will be good.
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ART IS HOT AT SIGGRAPH'94
ISEA/ISAST MEETING
Wim van der Plas
As has become an annual tradition, ISEA and ISAST (the International
Association for the Arts, Science & Technology, publisher of Leonardo) held
a joint public meeting at SIGGRAPH, on July 28th, in Orlando, Florida.
SIGGRAPH is an obvious place to meet, because it is by far the largest event
in the world, related to electronic art. Of course SIGGRAPH is not as
interdisciplinary as, for example, the ISEA symposia, because SIGGRAPH is a
conference on computer graphics (and interactive techniques) only. In the
future, we should also meet during the annual International Computer Music
Conference, to create more balance, but these conferences do not have the
scale which SIGGRAPH has.
On the other hand, the scale has to do with the fact that SIGGRAPH is not, in
the first place, an artistic event. It started out as a scientific
('technical') conference and that is still the kernel of SIGGRAPH, next to
the large trade show, the largest in its kind in the world. Art naturally
became a part of SIGGRAPH, as you can not talk about graphics without talking
about design and communication. Still, 'emotional values' (if that comes
close to a definition of art) were never a main item in the SIGGRAPH
Proceedings.
What a surprise then, to discover Art had become a HOT item at SIGGRAPH'94!
To begin with: the keynote speech, given by Frederick Brooks, chair of the
Computer Science department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, the 'birth place' of Virtual Reality. This was quite a critical
keynote, as Brooks asked (referring to the practice of SIGGRAPH): "Where is
the beauty? Where is the delight? Where is the technical mastery of the
medium? Have we abandoned Art?".
During a very well attended (I had no time to count precisely, but somewhere
between 1000 and 2000 people in the room) panel session called 'Computer
Graphics- Are we forcing People to Evolve?', art, again, became a main item.
In the panel, among others Brenda Laurel (one of the keynote speakers of
ISEA'93) and Terence McKenna. The latter stated that "Cultural Cyberspace is
being born, and beauty should be the guiding image. Artists like Kawaguchi
and William Latham show the way to a divine imagination".
The subject of Art became the main item during one of the most important
meetings of SIGGRAPH'94: a panel on the future of SIGGRAPH. Now that SIGGRAPH
has grown to be such an immense event and computer graphics have conquered
such an important place in the world of culture and entertainment, questions
arise like: "Where should we go in the 21st century?". "Should we remain part
of ACM?" (the Association for Computing Machinery, a professional
organization of computer scientists). "Shouldn't SIGGRAPH become more
inter-disciplinary?", etc.
During this panel, very fierce criticism from the many artists present was
aired. After a one year exception, the Machine Culture exhibition of '93,
curated by ISEA board member Simon Penny, the Art Gallery of SIGGRAPH was
called outdated and boring, 'as usual'.
The whole policy of SIGGRAPH towards artists was criticized, as Jeffrey Shaw
stated: "Artists in Europe are used to a completely different relationship
towards their hosts; if this doesn't change, artists will no longer cooperate
with SIGGRAPH".
For example, artists, whose work is in the SIGGRAPH Art Show, have to pay in
order to attend the papers & panel sessions. This happens at some other
conferences, where the oganizers have grave financial problems. However, at
the multi million dollar SIGGRAPH event, things should be different. A
sensible suggestion came from Char Davies, artist and representative of a
major graphics software company (Softimage): she stated that the exhibitors
at the trade show are quite willing to help finance the artistic part of
SIGGRAPH.
Anyway, during this session, the pressure to integrate Art in SIGGRAPH became
most obvious. It culminated in the plan to start a new 'Task Force' within
the SIGGRAPH organization. Volunteers were called to participate in this task
force, that will be headed by Bonnie Mitchell of Syracuse University. ISEA is
of course very much interested in this development and at least one of the
board members will offer to participate in the new Task Force. We will keep
you informed.
The ISEA/ISAST MEETING
The ISEA/ISAST meeting drew more attention than the room could hold. The
panel consisted of Erkki Huhtamo (ISEA'94), Michael Century (ISEA'95), Roger
Malina (ISAST) and Wim van der Plas (ISEA). Several other speakers took the
floor later during the session.
Roger Malina had several interesting news items: Leonardo (MIT Press) is
going to publish the SIGGRAPH Art Catalog (the 'Visual Proceedings') during
the next couple of years. MIT press is also planning the publication of a CD
ROM on the history of Electronic Art. So, Roger is looking for names and
addresses of Electronic Art Pioneers and requests everybody to help him.
Erkki mentioned several of the highlights of ISEA'94: Russian Art
(there will be a cruise to St. Petersburg connected to ISEA'94), a
retrospective of Japanese electronic art, a Game Arcade (in line with the
'industrial art' background of this year's organizing institute), a session
on the integration of art education institutes in a network (August 21) and,
last but not least: "Rave and Sauna Parties" (it is probably not encouraged
to combine those).
Michael Century announced the co-incidence of ISEA'95 (September 17-24) with
the annual 'Images de Future' in Montreal . So, the two organizations will
cooperate and hopefully generate synergy this way. 'Telematics' will be an
important feature of ISEA'95 and the symposium will, of course (and for the
first time) be bilingual. This might attract more francophone attention than
the symposia have had so far.
Rejane Spitz urged the people present to start ISEA branches in their own
countries, like she did in Brasil. A discussion followed on how ISEA and
SIGGRAPH could have closer cooperation. 'Participation' seems to be the
keyword with SIGGRAPH and several (informal) appointments to this effect were
made.
Ken O'Connell (Art Chair SIGGRAPH'95) announced that in the Call for
Participation for SIGGRAPH'95 not only 2D and 3D graphics are mentioned, but
interactive installations too. Proposals should indicate precisely what
support is needed from SIGGRAPH to realize the piece. Themes include
'interactive entertainment' and 'interactive community'. Also, SIGGRAPH'95
wants to exhibit mail art. They want to receive a thousand postcards (6x8
inch). Email info: OCONNELL@SIGGRAPH.ORG.
Other announcements during the meeting included the SCAN (Small Computers in
the Arts Network) conference in the Science Museum in Boston later this year
(they are still accepting proposals; info via Email:
RANJIT@GRADIENT.CIS.UPENN.EDU). Jim Demmers of Public Domain (regular
contributor to this Newsletter) mentioned 'Perforations' the audio and/or
video magazines that are created for and available at the electronic Public
Domain Gallery. (Info via Email: INFO@PD.ORG).
At the end of the meeting an initiative to start a Korean branch was
announced. We also have word of the intention to start an Austrian branch.
We are doing all right!
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BECOME AN ISEA MEMBER NOW AND EARN US$ 149.00
STARTING 01.01.1995, ALL ISEA REGULAR MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE THE QUARTERLY
JOURNAL "LANGUAGES OF DESIGN" FREE OF CHARGE. THE NORMAL ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
RATE IS US$ 199.00; ISEA REGULAR MEMBERSHIP RATE IS ONLY US$ 50.00!!!
This offer does not apply to Student Membership.
LANGUAGES OF DESIGN commenced publication in 1993. Each issue is over 100
pages. There are four issues per year. PUBLISHER: Elsevier Science
Publishers, EDITORS: R. G. Lauzzana & D.E.M. Penrose.
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 features articles employing linguistic
techniques to generate literary and non-literary texts, music, and visual
works including art, dance, theater, architecture, and all types of design.
This multidisciplinary focus is reflected by 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 grammars, and computational musicology are
central to the subjects covered by the journal. More general subject areas,
such as formal languages, finite state automata, grammatical inference,
pattern recognition, cellular automata, semantic networks, connectionism, and
syntictical analysis are discussed in the context of their application to
productive systems. Specific analytic perspectives, such as syntactics,
semiotics, deconstruction, hermeneutics, stylistics, narratology, filology,
morphology, prosody, harmony theory, formal musicology, and performance
analysis will be presented.
These subjects are presented in terms of their impact and influence on a
theoretical foundation for productive systems. Research results from visual,
audio and textual analysis that may have an impact on the arts are also
featured. Of particular interest is research utilizing computational methods
to verify theoretical formal analysis. Articles critisizing the assumptions
and results of this work are also included.
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ISEA PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE
SISEA PROCEEDINGS
236 pages, editor Wim van der Plas
Papers by John Whitney Sr., Peter Beyls, Michael McNabb, E. Zajec, K.
Knowlton, Patricia Search, Delle Maxwell, Simon Penny, Sally Pryor, Paul
Brown, Stelarc and other key figures in electronic art.
Hfl. 30 for ISEA members, Hfl. 40 for non-members (plus mailing costs*)
TISEA PROCEEDINGS: MIA#69, Art & Cyber Culture
140 pages, editor Ross Harley
Papers by Nancy Paterson,, Mona Sarkis, Jennifer Hall, David Tafler & Peter
d'Agostino, Cynthia Rubin, Rejane Spitz and others.
Hfl. 30 for ISEA members, Hfl. 40 for non-members (plus mailing costs*)
*)Mailing costs: Hfl 5 within Europe, Hfl.10 outside Europe.
Credit card orders are preferred for all orders outside Holland.
Send your name, address, card company (Visa, Euro, Master), Card#
and Exp. date to ISEA, mentioning what (and how many) books you
order. Within Holland, send the money by Giro, indicating your
order on the cheque. ISEA, Rotterdam, Postbank 6236401.
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A BRAZILIAN ELECTRONIC CARNIVAL IN ISEA94
The ELECTRONIC CARNIVAL is a network project that will take place all over
the world from August to November, with a grand Openning Ball - a Carnival
Cry - during ISEA'94, from August, 20 - 25. This network event will be hosted
by UNICAMP - Instituto de Artes, in Campinas, Brazil, supported by the Centro
de Computacao of this university.
To join this project, participants should create as many characters as they
wish and subscribe them to the list carnival_l.
Interactions are expected to occur mostly in text format, but you are
encouraged to use other means such as music and images. Requests for more
information should be mailed to carnival-l@cesar.unicamp.br
THE ELECTRONIC BOOK
From the messages exchanged by characters, an electronic book will be
produced. The names of those participants who wish to remain anonymous will
not be listed, all the others will appear in the book.
THE BALL
An Opening Ball will occur during ISEA'94, when characters around the world
will be invited to act. ISEA'94 attendees will also be invited to create
characters and join this electronic party.
THE PARTICIPATION
To join, please send a message to
listserv@cesar.unicamp.br
with
subscribe carnival-l CHARACTER - YOUR NAME (optional)
in the body.
"We'll try to comunicate mainly in English but you may, if you wish, use
another language, perhaps you'll find another buffoon who'll understand you.
Language should not be barrier, during Carnival people speak more than they
listen...
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ARS ELECTRONICA
The PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA; the world's most reknown and highest cash prized
Computer and Multimedia Art Award is over. We received thousands of entries
and would like to thank all of you.
More than 100.000 US Dollars have been given to the winners in the 4
categories Computer Animation, Interactive Art, Computer Graphics and
Computer Music.
For the one's who could not attend this years ARS ELECTRONICA, we are
offering the Highlights of this years competition:
# VHS tape with the fourteen awarded computer animations
# CD with the winner pieces in the field of computermusic
# Prix Ars Electronica 1994 book, describing the new trends in computer arts
and the award winning entries in the field of computergraphics and
interactive art, as well as general trends in the field of computer art
If you are interested, just fill in the order and email or fax it
to us.
ORDER FORM
* VHS US$ 28,-
* CD US$ 13,-
* Book US$ 36,-
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* Package
* (including VHS, CD and Book) US$ 61,-
*
* I would like to receive:
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* Inside Europe: collection-only check, by pay check or by credit
card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
* Outside Europe: Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard, American
Express)
* All prices are prime costs and include tax as well as
forwarding expenses.
* Return to: SCHOEBER@UNI-LINZ.AC.AT or fax it to: 43-732-6900270
Peter Schoeber, ORF Landesstudio OOE, Redaktion Ku/Wi
Europaplatz 3, 4010 Linz, Austria.
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COMPUTER MUSIC
Source: Music-Research Digest
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LAST CALL FOR MUSICAL CODES
The Handbook of Musical Codes, under preparation since 1991, is nearing
completion. Substantial coverage is given to notation codes (DARMS, SCORE,
et al.), sound codes (MIDI, Csound...), multi-use codes (Kern and MuseData),
conversion codes (SMX and HyTime), and task-oriented codes (ESAC, Plaine and
Easie, SCRIBE, TabCode, Braille music notation and much else).
If you are the originator of a special-purpose code and have not previously
contributed, you may send a SHORT description (not more than 100 words)
stating the code name, place and date of origin, main purpose, major
features, and material encoded.
This must be accompanied by complete postal address information.
The Handbook of Musical Codes is being prepared under the auspices of the
International Musicological Society Task Force on Musical Data and Computer
Applications. Its purposes are to increase familiarity with the basic
provisions of codes in widespread, open use and thereby to provide an
elightened forum for the discussion of the problems of musical data
interchange in the scholarly context.
If you wish to be notified when the handbook is complete, please send your
name and full postal address to Nancy Solomon at CCARH@NETCOM.COM or to the
postal address given below.
Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities
525 Middelfield Rd., Ste. 120, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3443, USA.
Email: ESFCCARH@NETCOM.COM
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FUZZY
The 6th International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress will be held
22-28 July, 1995 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The organizers are actively looking
for researchers/developers using fuzzy systems in musical applications.
For more information, please contact Ms. Sandra Sandri, Brazilian Inst. for
Space Research, electronic mail: SANDRI@LAC.INPE.BR.
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Computer Music Journal
Stephen Pope
Computer Music Journal, CNMAT/U.C.Berkeley
STP@CNMAT.BERKELEY.EDU, 1-510-6443881
WHAT IS COMPOSITION?
Giuseppe G. Englert, Paris, France
I will present below a tool for composers to provoke their thoughts, to
teach, apply criticism, and defend themselves against criticism. This
description is a "Concept" (as I will define below) of such a tool. Since the
description is concerned exclusively with the act of creation, it ignores
purposefully the listener's perception and questions of aesthetics; only
facts that can be verified in music are considered. No historical limitations
are taken into account.
Can the composition of music, in general, be seized by formalizations in
words? Composition deals with abstractions, even in the case of electronic
music or "musique concrete". Not only is abstract thinking always present,
but quite often composers are obliged to manipulate abstractions of
abstractions .. of abstractions. It should be possible to attempt a
formalization, at the lowest level, of work done on abstractions.
Models, Concept, Realization
Three stages can be analyzed in the making of a composition or an
improvisation (the latter, at its best, is a real-time
composition):
the Models;
a Concept; and
the Realization.
We can find Models in remembering what has been told to us during the years
of education, in observing our environment the immediate one at home or
experiences of traveling--everything that is met during research and study if
we keep eyes and ears open for discovery.
It is obvious that observed objects are -in their totality- often too complex
to be the starting point of a new work of art. We reduce the observation to a
"usable" image, simplifying the recorded parameters to the scale of our
artistic goal. The technical term for this process is data reduction. For
example, if one examines an analysis of an instrumental or vocal sound
sustained for approximately three seconds, one discovers that tens of
thousands of parameter changes occur. To reconstruct (synthesize) the same
sound in an acceptable way, one can reduce the analysis data to a few hundred
pertinent parameters (according to a communication by Jean-Claude Risset at
the conference on Musique et Ordinateur, Universite Paris-Orsay, 1983). The
question is then, which parameters are pertinent and for what purpose?
A Concept is the result of an intellectual act that consists in defining
abstractly something that may exist in reality. Let us assume that a work of
art cannot be realized without a more or less elaborated Concept.
Realization is commonly associated with professional skill. We should
consider "realization" independently of the narrow standards established by
music schools. Thus Realization is the act (accurate, professional, or not)
of transforming a Concept into a communicable form.
Models are elements or structures that exist in our environment or in our
past; not the real objects as they exist(ed), but their image made by
composers for their personal use, dimming some details that they consider as
being of minor importance, emphasizing other ones.
The Concept is the abstract representation (willfully conceived or
unconsciously springing into thought, held in mental memory or developed on
paper or other media) of what the Realization is going to be. Its
elaboration, from the chosen Models aiming at the Realization, is the core of
composing activity. Colleagues who do not use computers for making music
almost certainly would prefer the more poetic expression "vision" for this
stage of composition.
There are three aspects of a Concept:
A. Concept of a working process:
1. Free improvisation
2. Organization according to the chosen means
for realizing a sound event
B. Concept of a musical form (see below)
C. Both A + B
The Concept of a musical form could be:
(in reference to the Model):
A chosen Model
Negation of a chosen Model
Emphasis of one chosen Model over another
Contradiction or distortion of a chosen Model
Combination of several chosen Models
(in relationship to the Realization):
Time constraints (such as performance date and time)
Time limits (total duration and sections)
Choice of instrument (acoustical, electronic, combination of both,
others)
Number and choice of performers (instrumentation)
Parameters and their hierarchy
Notation
Choice of programming language
Means of synchronization, if synchronization is wanted
Organization of sound-space, if wanted
etc. etc.
The Realization is a transcription (one of several possible) of the Concept
to a means of communication. It is the final result of the composing process
and takes the form of a performable score, a live performance, a recording to
be presented in public, a recording for private audition, or a new not yet
experienced music activity.
Chronologically, the Realization is not always the final stage in the
evolution towards a music event. In many cases, especially if the Realization
is communicated via a score, a performance, including the required
rehearsals, adds other problems to the music making. But we can consider the
ensemble of such problems as being part of one of the previous stages. In
fact, they might be part of a Model, and necessarily they have to be taken
into account in the definition of the Concept and in the Realization.
Appreciation of a Composition
It is obvious that the selection of Models cannot be referred to in judging
the quality of the realized composition. It might influence the degree of
interest of the listener. Indeed it is hard to imagine how a composition
based on an uninteresting Model could captivate an audience, even if the
Concept is clear and the Realization perfect. On the other hand, no matter
how tempting the chosen Model, a sloppy elaboration of the Concept or the
lack of accuracy in the Realization can only lead to a mediocre result.
In many writings about music, even by some reputedly serious critics or
historians, one encounters often the terms "inspiration" and "influence", the
first implying a positive appreciation, the second a rather negative one.
This terminology refers to the choice of Models, but does not inform the
reader about the most important criterion, how the Concept has been
elaborated. In other words, it does not say anything about the composition.
Models in nature:
Shapes of trees, leaves, flowers, Crystals, Nervous systems and neurons,
Coastlines, Natural laws reveled by physics, chemistry, and biology,
Topography (maps of urban or natural sites), Solar systems, comets,
constellations, Acoustical data: (spectra, Fourier or other), Acoustical
environment
Models of culture(s):
Music theory, Ancient or contemporary treatises, Habits of music performance
Philosophical and/or political thoughts, Structures of society, Liturgical
forms, Folk singing and dancing, Games and strategies, Literature including
poetry, prose, and vocal sounds, Rhetoric forms, Numbers, progressions of
numbers, or other, mathematical proportions, Logical constructions,
algorithms, Structure and technology of instruments or machines, Dramatic
performances, film, video, Paintings and graphical work, Architecture Schemes
and/or exigencies of Industrial production and last but not least: Music
Nil (absence of Models):
Since tradition and innovation are synergetic in forming culture,
it is hard to imagine a work of art that does not refer to an
existing model. Yet for the sake of completeness I include this
case in the scheme; one never knows what will be discovered in
the future.
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CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
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The 8th Annual 1995 Cleveland PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL
March 10 - April 23 1995, Cleveland State Univ. Art Gallery, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
You are invited to apply to the largest festival of performance art in the
world. A nationally recognized panel selects emerging artists of highest
quality to presernt performances, workshops, residencies and continuous
audience discussions in a festival atmosphere at theaters, galleries,
universities and community centers. Featured artists receive fees,
accommodations, transportation. The Performance Open offers time, space and
a small honorarium to any and all performance art applicants.
Send application form, 5 min. VHS-NTSC tape (SAS envelope for return of
tape), two B&W photo's, other materials (optional). All applicants from
outside the US must be received at PAF by October 5. If application is
received later, enclose US$10 entry fee.
Forms and info:
Thomas Mulready, Festival Director, PAF, 1365 Webb Road, Cleveland, OH 44107,
USA. (Sorry, no phone#, fax# or email address mentioned)
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EUROGRAPHICS '95
August 28 - September 1 1995, Maastricht, Holland
Themes: Computer Graphics, Multimedia and Virtual Reality.
Proposals are welcomed for: Tutorials, Conference (Research) Papers, State
of the Art Reports, Panels and Demonstrations.
Entries are welcomed for a Slide, Video, CD-i and CD-ROM competition. This
competition is open only to works in which computation plays a prime role in
the generation, not merely the manipulation of the image(s).
Deadlines:
October 3 :Tutorials
January 9 :Papers, Reports, Panels
March 13 :Demonstrations
May 15 :Slide, Video and CDs
Info and forms: Ms Anna Baanders, CWI, POB 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, Holland
Tel 31-20-5924048, fax 5924199, Email: ANNA@CWI.NL
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4TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE
April 1995, ARTEC, Nagoya, Japan
Apart from the International Invitational Exhibition, there is an
International Open Competition and Exhibition. "A great opportunity for
artists to get excellent international exposure".
Prizes: 1st 1.000.000 yen, 2nd 500.000 yen, 2 prizes of 200.000
and 45 recommendatory prizes of 100.000 yen.
The deadline for promotional and explanatory materials is November 10, 1994,
and the final deadline for finished projects is April 1995. There is an
application fee of 8000 yen per entry (plus eventual money transfer costs).
To be submitted for the first deadline:
-Official Apllication Form
-Photos, videos, maquettes, sketches and/or other promotional aides to show
example of finnished work
-Technical requirements
-Receipt as proof of 8000 yen payment
Forms and info:
The International Open Competition, The Council of the International Biennale
c/o Chinichi Shimbun, 1-6-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 460-11, Japan.
Tel: 83-52-2210753, Fax: 2210739, Email: LDF00226@NIFTYSERVE.OR.JP
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5th HOLLAND ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
November 23 - 27 1994, Utrecht, Holland
International Competition for Applied Animation in the following categories:
-Commercials, Promotional films
-Music Videos
-Educational and Documentary
-Station Calls, Film Intros
16 and 35 mm film, or video: Betacam, Betacam-SP, BVU, U-matic (PAL, NTSC or
SECAM). For video entries, Betacam-SP PAL is prefered.
All films must have been premiered after February 1st, 1992.
Deadlines:
Application Form and Consultation Video: September 3
Screening copies: October 24
Forms and Info: Holland Animation Film Festival, Hoogt 4, 3512 GW Utrecht,
Holland. Tel: 31-30-312216, Fax: 312940
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EFFECTS & ANIMATION FESTIVAL
November 7 - 10 1994, London, UK
Part of the Computer Graphics Expo.
Categories: Art, Commercials, Games, Education, Feature Films, Short Films,
Music Videos, Research, Student, Simulation, Broadcast Graphics.
All material must be entered on PAL U-matic video and completed after January
1993. Deadline: September 7, 1994
Info & forms:
Alison Nolan, Effects & Animation Festival, 10 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick,
London W4 4PH U.K. Tel: 44-81-9953632, Fax: 9953633
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PACIFIC GRAPHICS 95
August 28 - 31 1995, Seoul, Korea
Papers presenting original research in computer graphics are being sought.
For info and submissions:
Sung Yong Shin, Computer Science Dept, KAIST, 373-1, Kusung Dong,
Yusung-ku, Daejon 305-701, South Korea.
Tel: 82-42-8693528, Fax: 8693510, Email: SYSHIN@CS.KAIST.AC.KR
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ICSC'95
December 11 - 13 1995, Hong Kong
Third International Conference on Computer Science. This conference will
focus on a broad spectrum of research topics related to image analysis
applications and computer graphics.Info:
Prof. Roland T. Chin, Dept of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of
Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Fax: 852-3581477, Email: ICSC@CS.UST.HK
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CONVERGENCE: THE FIFTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
March 2 - 5 1995, Connecticut, USA
Connecticut College Center for Arts & Technology announces that the general
deadline for submissions has been extended to October 15, 1994
CALL FOR PAPERS, MUSIC COMPOSITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, ARTWORKS,
CHOREOGRAPHY, DANCE STUDIES AND INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
The Connecticut College Center for Arts and Technology, in collaboration with
the many other departments is pleased to announce CONVERGENCE.
The Symposium will consist of paper sessions, panel discussions, art
exhibitions, concerts of music, mixed media works, video, dance and
experimental theater. Selected papers and presentations will be published by
the Center as both printed and interactive multi-media CD-Rom Proceedings.
Papers and Presentations:
A detailed two-page abstract including audio-visual requirements should be
sent to the address below no later than October 15, 1994. Authors of
accepted papers will be notified by November 15, 1994. Finished papers must
be submitted in camera-ready form by January 15, 1995. In order for material
to be considered for inclusion in the CD-Rom version of the Proceedings, it
must also be submitted on disk in one of the following formats: Word or
Wordperfect. The Center encourages research papers and presentations in all
areas of the arts and technology, but is particularly interested receiving
papers concerned with Interactivity, Virtual Reality, Cognition, Information
Technologies, Applications in Video and Film, Music (composition,
performance, theory, interactivity, etc.), Experimental Theater,
Compositional Process, Speculative Use of Technology in Education, Computer
Simulations of Physical Phenomena, Scientific Visualization and Social and
Ethical Issues in Arts and Technology.
Music Compositions:
Works for instruments and tape, or tape alone, or interactive compositions
are being solicited at this time. Available instruments are: flute (doubling
on piccolo), oboe, clarinet (doubling on bass clarinet), bassoon, trumpet,
horn, trombone, percussion (two players), piano, and strings (2,1,1,1).
Works should not exceed 15 minutes in length and should be submitted with
accompanying score, where appropriate. Tapes for selection purposes should be
on cassette or 1/2 inch VHS. Tapes for performance should be 15 i.p.s. stereo
or quadraphonic, or DAT. Video works should be 3/4 inch Umatic or 1/2 inch
VHS. A self-addressed, preposted envelope should be included for the return
of materials within the U.S.A. Foreign materials will be returned at our
expense.
Artworks:
Works of computer-generated or computer-aided art, or computer - controlled
interactive art are encouraged. Animations, Video or other works of computer
art on tape will be shown in concert settings and in less formal settings
throughout the Symposium. Slides or video (VHS) and complete descriptions of
works should be submitted by the general deadline of October 15, 1994. Black
and White photographs for publicity and for possible reproduction in a
printed insert to the Proceedings must be sent by January 15, 1995.
Reproductions of accepted works for the CD-Rom Proceedings must be sent on
disk (Pict, Tiff, PCX) by Jan 15, 1995. Funds for the shipping of artworks
are extremely limited. Call or write the address below for more information
on the shipping of artwork.
Choreography and Dance Studies:
Computer-generated or computer-aided choreography is being solicited for live
performance or for videotaped presentation. Specially produced dance videos
are of particular interest, as opposed to concert tapes or other archival
uses of video for dance. Also of interest are proposals for demonstrations of
software for dance notation, choreographic analysis, or for interactive
studies in dance. Workshop proposals are also welcome.
Videotapes or complete descriptions of performance works (not longer than 20
minutes), demonstration or workshop proposals should be submitted by the
general deadline of October 15, 1994.
Tapes for selection purposes should be VHS.
Panels:
Proposals for panels are welcome. The proposals should include prospective
panelists, and should be directed to topics which fit the general description
of the Symposium. Of particular interest for 1995 are panels on the general
topic of =Convergence= which might include explorations of cross-disciplinary
approaches to arts and technology issues.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON SUBMISSIONS
Please include a self-addressed preposted envelope envelope for the return of
materials within the US. Foreign materials will be returned at our expense.
The Center encourages email submissions for text materials. Material should
be sent to:
Center for Arts and Technology, Box 5365, Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4196, USA.
Tel: 1-203-4392001, Email: CAT@CONNCOLL.EDU
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PUBLICATIONS
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NEXT WAVE
Catalogue of the NEXT WAVE Festival, May 1994, Australia.
Includes essays by Joan Brassil, Hank Bull, Sadie Plant, Jon McCormack, Gary
Warner, Symposium Program, Participating Artists Directory, Colour
Reproductions of Art Work.If you are interested, send a note to ISEA.
The price is not known yet.
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WAKAYAMA VIRTUAL STORY
Software, produced for the Wakayama Prefectural Museum in Japan.
Interactive walkthrough through 4 different microcosms, each representing a
certain era in Japan's history.
Needed are a Macintosh Quadra (16 MB RAM, 1.5 GB HD) Radius Video Vision
digital video card, Multi Scan monitor.
Info:
Cyber Entertainment, 5111 Denny Ave #10, N. Hollywood, CA 91601, USA.
Tel: 1-818-5051837, Fax: 5051548
Cyber Network (Japan), Tel: 83-3-32251411, Fax: 32251412,
Applelink: CYBERNET.DVJ
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COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL
18:2 Summer, 1994
Composition and Performance in the 1990s--1
-Editor's Notes: Electronic Resources for Computer Music--Stephen Travis Pope
-ISEE: An Intuitive Sound Editing Environment--Roel Vertegaal and Ernst Bonis
-Machine Tongues XVII: CLM--Music V meets Common Lisp--Bill Schottstaedt
-Discovering Inner Complexity: Time-Shifting and Transposition with a
Real-Time Granulation Technique--Barry Truax
-Composition and Performance in the 1990s--Leigh Landy
-Live Interactive Computer Music in HMSL 1984-1992--Larry Polansky
-The Computer-Extended Ensemble--David A. Jaffe and W. Andrew Schloss
Reviews:
Events
-Four Views of the 1993 International Computer Music Conference -- Tokyo,
Japan, 10-15 September, 1993 -- Robin Bargar, Insook Choi, Brad Garton, and
Takebumi Itagaki.
-First International Conference on Cognitive Musicology -- Jyvaskyla,
Finland, 26-29 August, 1993 -- Mauri Kaipainen and Otto Laske.
-International Workshop on Knowledge Technology in the Arts -- Osaka, Japan,
16 September, 1993 -- George W. Logemann
Publications
-Deryck Cooke: The Language of Music -- Stephen Smoliar
-Deta Davis: Computer Music Bibliography Supplement -- R. L. Blevins
-N. Fletcher and T. Rossing: The Physics of Musical Instruments --
S. Schwerman
Products
-Opcode Galaxy Plus Editors for Apple Macintosh Computers -- M.Desnos
-Symbolic Composer for Apple Macintosh and Atari computers -- Giancarlo Sica
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IRCAM is a leading non-profit organization of musical creation, R&D and
education in acoustics and music, located in the center of Paris (France),
next to the Pompidou Center. It hosts composers, researchers and students
from many countries cooperating in contemporary music production, signal
processing, acoustics and psychoacoustics and their interrelations.
One position will be available in October in the "Real-time platform" project
in the R&D department.
The candidate will perform the following task : development of the 'Max'
software in a multi-platform environment. 'Max' is a graphical user interface
dedicated to musical applications.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
o Excellent experience in C programming.
o Excellent experience in developpement of GUI on at least two of the
followings : X/Motif, NeXTStep, Windows and Macintosh.
o Experience in software engineering techniques
ADDITIONAL HELPFUL EXPERIENCE
o Knowledge in digital signal processing and computer music.
o Network programming (Internet, TCP/IP)
o Use of multi-platform graphic toolkits and interface builders.
SALARY
The salary range is FFrs 160,000-190,000/year approx. ($32,000-38,000).
AVAILABILITY
Position is available in October.
Please send resume and detailed work experience to the following
Email addresses: DECHELLE@IRCAM.FR, DECECCO@IRCAM.FR
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The Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Institut Universitari de l'Audiovisual &
Fundacio Phonos offers an education:
MASTER IN MUSICAL CREATION AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY
(academic year 1994-1995)
For info contact the address below or ISEA (mention 'MU08942'):
Institut Universitari de l'Audiovisual, La Rambla 31, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: 34-3-4123991, Fax: 4124162
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REVUE VIRTUELLE
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
July 6 - September 26, 1994
L'Art des Jeux, a virtual environment by Matt Mullican 'Five into
One' and the universe of video games.
September 14, 18.30 hrs: Debate with Alain Le Diberder, Matt
Mullican & Florian Rotzer.
Centre Pomopidou, South Gallery, Mezzazine.
EUROPEAN ART MEDIA FESTIVAL
September 7 - 11 1994, Osnabruck, Germany
This international event for innovative experimental film and video art is
accompanied by an inspiring exhibition presenting video installations and
interactive projects. Also: Seminars, Workshops and television projects.
Info: Postfach 1861, D-49008 Osnabruck, Germany.
Tel: 49-541-21658, Fax: 28327, Email: EMAF@BIONIC.ZER.DE
FIRST BRAZILIAN MEETING FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC
September 10 - 14 1994, Brasilia, Brasil
Symposium, lectures, performances, colloquium, concerts.
Foundation of the Brazilian Society for Electroacoustic Music
Info:
Laboratorio de Musica Eletroacustica
Universidade de Brasilia, Instituto de Artes
Departemento de Musica, Sala 21, 70919-970 Brasilia-DF, Brasil
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE 1994
September 12 - 17 1994, Aarhus, Denmark
Info: ICMC 1994, Musikhuset Aarhus, Thomas Jensens All, DK-8000 Aarhus C,
Denmark. Tel: 45-8931-8171, Fax: 45-8931-8166, Email: ICMC94@daimi.aau.dk
EUROGRAPHICS ' 94
September 12- 16 1994, Oslo, Norway
15th Annual Conference of The European Assiciation for Computer Graphics
Email: eg94@si.sintef.no
SIM HI.FI
September 15 - 19 1994, Milan, Italy
The 26th edition of the International Exhibition of Musical Instruments, High
Fidelity, Video and Consumer Electronics in the Fiera Milano. This year it
includes a Virtual Reality Theater, coordinated by Maria Grazia Mattei. This
includes a Virtual Reality History (on video), a Virtual Reality Show (15
installations) and a Virtual Images Show (computer animation).
Info:
SIM HI.FI, CP 15117, 20150 Milano, Italy. Tel: 39-2-4815541, Fax: 4980330
ECHT94
September 18 - 23 1994, Edinburgh, UK
The 6th ACM European Conference on Hypermedia Technology.
22 Technical Papers, 4 Technical Briefings, 4 Panels, 2 Hypertext literature
events (drawn from over 150 international submissions), 18 Courses,
pre-conference Workshops and a Commercial Briefing.
Advance Program & Info:
In Conference Ltd, 22 Great King Street, Edinburgh EH3 6QH, Scotland, UK.
Tel: 44-31-5569245, Fax: 5569638, Email: ECHT-REGISTRATION@ACM.ORG
OTTAWA 94
September 28 - October 2 1994, Ottawa, Canada
International Animation Festival
Info: 2 Daly St., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E2 Canada
Tel: 1-613-232-6727, Email: ab027@freenet.carleton.ca, Compuserve: 71203,3350
THE METAFORT
Symposium, September 30 - October 1st 1994, Paris, France
The Metafort is an initiative of the cities of Aubervilliers and Pantin,
supported by the Ministry of Culture. It is a cultural, social and
industrial project, in order to explore the relationships between creation,
research and contemporary art.
The actual opening doesn't take place until 1997. The international symposium
is meant to introduce Metafort's and other similar institution's objectives
and activities.
The symposium will be opened by the French minister of Culture. There will be
workshops, an animation space, an expression space, a social innovation
space, an industrial space and an enlarged virtual environment.
Info:
Metafort, 4, avenue de la Division Leclerc, F-93300 Aubervilliers, France.
Tel: 33-1-48354901, Fax: 48350821
MULTIMEDIA
October 15 - 20 1994, San Francisco, USA
This Second Annual ACM Multimedia Conference & Exposition has now become
independent; last year it was combined with SIGGRAPH.
It features: Interactive Exhibits, Conference Videotape, Demonstrations,
Elerctronic Proceedings, a Special Vendor Track, the Ubiquitous Art Zone
and Best Paper Awards.
In the Advance Program only these phonenumbers can be found:
800-5241851 (from within North America) or 1-508-4433330. The address of the
conference management: Danieli & O'Keefe Associates Inc, 490 Boston Post
Road, Sudbury MA 01776, USA
VISUALIZATION 94
October 17 - 21 1994, Washington DC, USA
5th annual IEEE Conference. Tutorials and a symposium on Volume
Visualization.
For info (also Call for VIS'95): Tel: 1-510-4239369, Email: VIS94@LLNL.GOV
PARTNERSHIPS IN MULTIMEDIA
October 18 - 20 1994, Lausanne, Switzerland
An International Business Meeting to establish the new partnerships required
for developing successful multimedia products.
October 18: Practical Workshops, October 19-20: Business Meetings
Info
UK: TFPL Ltd, 17-18 Britton St., London EC1M 5NQ.
Tel 44-71-2515522, fax 2518318, email: 100067.1560@COMPUSERVE.COM
USA: TFPL Inc., 1301 Twentieth St. NW #702, Washington, DC 20036
Tel 1-202-2966009, fax 2966343, email 74044.3166@COMPUSERVE.COM
THE PHOTON
October 20 - 21 1994, Lyon, France
A typographic symposium in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
invention of the Lumitype-Photon phototypesetting machine.
Info: Museum of printing and banking, 13 rue de la Poulaillerie, 69002 Lyon,
France. Tel 33-78-376598, Fax: 33-78-382595
INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON NEW MUSIC RESEARCH
October 20 - 22 1994, Ghent, Belgium.
Contact: Marc Leman, University of Ghent, Institute for Psychoacoustics
and Electronic Music, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Tel: 32-9-2644125, Fax: 32-9-2644196, Email: Marc.Leman@rug.ac.be.
ARTIFICES 3
November 5 - December 4 1994, Saint-Denis, France
Third biennial exhibition. Objective: to explore the relationship between
art, new technologies and interactivity. This year: the relation between
storing memory and accessing to memory, the ideas of collection, archive and
secret. Installations, a Laboratory section, a Library section.
Open every day except Monday, 10.30 am - 19.00 pm
Info:
Majorie Micucci, Direction des affaires Culturelles, Hotel de Ville, 2 place
Victor Hugo, 93200 Saint Denis, France. Tel: 33-149-336386, Fax: 336969
DEAF
November 8 - 13 1994 (Preceding seminars: October), Rotterdam, Holland
Dutch Electronic Art Festival. Organized by ISEA Holland, V2 Organization,
WDS and Lantaren/Venster. Locations: V2 location in the Witte de Withstraat
and Lantaren/Venster theater.
Themes: Digital Nature, the Dutch State of the Electronic Arts, Multimedia.
Exhibitions, performances, shows, symposium.
Related activities will be organized by ISEA Holland (Dirk Boon) in Zaandam.
More info will follow in the September issue of this Newsletter.
4 Seminars on electronic art, preceding DEAF, will be held in theater
Lantaren/Venster. Program:
October 3: Electronic and Computer Music
October 10: Computer Graphics and Animation
October 17: High Tech Performance Art
October 24: Interactive Art & Media
Price for all the whole series: Hfl 100.
Info & Seminar registration forms:
Dick Hollander, Lantaren/Venster, Gouvernestraat 133, 3014 PM Rotterdam,
Holland, tel 31-10-4361311, fax 4361331, Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL
FESTIVAL VIDEOBRASIL
November 20 - December 4 1994, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
The emphasis of this year's VIDEOBRASIL Festival is the poetical
approach of video making. Videos, video installations, and lectures.
Contact: Solange Farkas, Associacao Cultural VIDEOBRASIL
Rua Conego Eugenio Leite 920, Sao Paulo - SP - Brazil
Tel: 55-11-280-6031, Fax: 55-11-883-3288
MILIA 95
January 13 - 16 1995, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
International Illustrated Book and New Media Publishing Market.
Large bilangual conference.
Although we received the impressive looking preliminary program,
an address or phone number could not be located in it. We suggest
you contact the Palais des Festivals if you are interested.
ARS ELECTRONICA
June 20 - 24 1995, Linz, Austria
Theme: Mythos Information; Welcome to the Net Worlds.
"Ars Electronica 95 will ask critical questions to dogmas and myths of
postmodern information society".
Info: Brucknerhaus, Untere Donaulande 7, A-4010 Linz, Austria
Tel 43-732-7612244, fax 7612350
IV FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA CONTEMPORANEA
April 1995 , Bogota, Colombia.
Directed by Cecilia Casas.
Inquiries can be made to : Cra 9 74-99 Bogota, Colombia.
Tel: 57-1-2484969, Fax : 571-2484969
ED-MEDIA 95
June 18 - 21 1995, Graz, Austria
World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Papers, short papers, panels, tutorials, workshops, demonstration, posters
Info: ED-MEDIA 95/AACE, P.O. Box 2966, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA.
Tel: 1-804-973-3987, Fax: 1-804-9787449, E-mail: AACE@Virginia.Edu
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The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien-
tists 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.
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 men-
tioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA.
Support: Erasmus University Rotterdam (Law Dept), Amsterdam University,
V2 Organisation, YLEM, ISAST, Renderstar Technology, Media Research,
Museum der Stad Gladbeck, Corel Corporation, The Council for the Int.
Bienale in Nagoya, CSL Computers, Viking Eggeling-Salskapet, Bratislava
Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Softimage Inc, Lokman Productions.
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ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel 31-10-2020850,
Fax 31-10-2668705 (c/o Heidi van der Plas).
Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL (Board) or ISEA@SARA.NL (Newsletter)
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ANIMATION RESOURCES
compiled by Leslie Bishko
The following is a partial listing of film/video festivals with animation
categories. Some addresses may not be current. Most festivals accept VHS
videotape submissions, but several will only screen film. The missions of
these festivals are varied. My hope is that providing addresses for these
resources to digital artists can influence greater acceptance of computer
animation within the animation community.
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LIST OF FESTIVALS
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Association des rencontres aixoises du dinema
24, boul. de la Republique, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France
Ann Arbor Film Festival
PO Box 8232, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, USA
Annecy International Animation Festival
BP 399, 74013 Annecy, Cedex, France
Antwerp International Film Festival
Antwerpse Film Stichting
Theatercentrum, Theaterplein 1, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Humboldt International Film Festival
Theater Arts Dept., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA 95521, USA
Athens International Film and Video Festival
PO Box 388, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Atlanta Film and Video Festival
IMAGE Film/Video Center, 75 Bennett St. NW, Suite M1, Atlanta, GA 30309,
USA
Audio Visual Experimental Festival
P.O. Box 307 6800 AH, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Baltimore International Film Festival
Enoch Pratt Free Library
A-V Department, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
The Independent Film and Video Makers Competition
Baltimore Internaional Film Festival
The Baltimore Film Forum, The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
Angels Bronsoms
Media and Public Relations
Art Futura, Provenca, 326, pral. la, 08037 Barcelona, Spain
Canadian International Amateur Film Festival
25 Eugenia St., Barrie, ON L4M 1P6, Canada
World Festival of Short Films
90 Bois des Rois, B-5202 Ben-Ahin (Huy), Belgium
East Bay Video Festival
2054 University Ave., Suite 203, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
Bogota Film Festival
Calle 26 No. 4-92, Bogota, Colombia
The Animated Film and Cartoon Festival
Folioscope asbl, rue de la Rhetorique 19, 1060 Bruxelles, Belgium
World Festival of Short Films
Ministere de la Culture, Direction de l'audiovisuel,
44 boulevard Leopold II, 1080 Bruxelles, Belgique
International Art and Archaeology Film Festival
Imagin'art asbl, 62-B avenue Moliere, 1180 Bruxelles, Belgium
Brussels Animated Film and Cartoon Week
Folioscope asbl, boulevard Charlemagne 41, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Bombay International Film Festival
for Documentary, Short and Animation Films, Bombay-400 026, India
Brooklyn Arts Council
Film and Video Exposition
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
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The U.S. Environmental Film Festival
1026 W. Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904, USA
International Women's Films Festival
Maison des Arts, Place Salvador Allende, 94000 Creteil, France
International Animation Festival, Cardiff
69 Wells Street, London W1P 3RB, UK
F.I.C.A. CINANIMA
Apartado 43, 4501 Espinho Codex, Portugal
Cape Town International Film Festival
University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa
Big Muddy Film Festival
Dept. of Cinema and Photography
Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Festival internacional de Cine de Cartagana
Baluarte San Francisco Javier
Calle San Juan De Dios, Apartado Aereo 1834, Cartagena, Colombia
Chicago International Film Festival
415 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610-9990, USA
Women in the Director's Chair
International Film and Video Festival
3435 N. Sheffield, Suite 202, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
Cleveland International Film Festival
6200 SOM Center Road , #C20, Cleveland, Ohio 44139, USA
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
26, rue des Jacobins, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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World Wide Video Festival
Spui 189, 2511BN Den Haag, Holland
Bucks Co. Independent Film Tour
Closely Watched Films, P.O. Box 779, Doylestown, PA 18901, USA
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EarthPeace International Film Festival
c/o Burlington City Arts
City Hall
Burlington, Vermont 05401
USA
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburg EH3 9BZ, United Kingdom
Local Heroes
National Screen Institute
10022 - 103 St., 3rd Fl., Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0X2, Canada
In-Sight Festival of Women's Film and Video
9722-102 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 0X4, Canada
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International and National Festival
for Documentary and Short Films
Egyptian Film Centre, City of Arts, Giza, Egypt
Mary Jane Coleman
Sinking Creek Film and Video Celebration
1250 Shiloh Road, Greeneville, TN 37743, USA
Carolina Film and Video Festival
100 Carmichael Bldg., UNCG, Greensboro, NC 27412-5001, USA
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Haifa International Film Festival
142 Hanassi Ave., Haifa 34633, Israel
Atlantic Film Festival
2015 Gottingen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 3B1, Canada
Hamburg NO BUDGET Short Film Festival
LAG Film Hamburg e.V.
NO BUDGET - Buro, Glashuttenstrasse 27, 2000 Hamburg 36, Germany
Hawaii International Film Festival
1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848, USA
Hiroshima International Amateur Film and Video Festival
c/o Chugoku Broadcasting Co., Department of Business Promotion
External Enterprise Division, 21-3 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730,
Japan
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
4-17 Kako-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730, Japan
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Festivals Office, Hong Kong Coliseum Annex Bldg.
Parking Deck Floor, KCR Kowloon Station
8 Cheong Wan Rd., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Houston International Film Festival
PO Box 56566, Houston, Texas 77256, USA
International Contest of Short Films
Apartado 174, 22080 Huesca, Spain
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The Festival of Canadian Cinema
6323 North Guilford, Indianapolis, IN 46220, USA
Heartland Film Festival
613 North East St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Jerusalem Film Festival
P.O. Box 8516, Jerusalem 91083, Israel
The Black Maria Festival
c/o Jersey City State College
Department of Media Arts, 203 West Side Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07305, USA
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*Katherine Bowser
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF)
Foundation for Independent Video and Film (FIVF)
625 Broadway, 9th Fl., New York, NY 10012, USA
*(Compiles festival listings monthly for The Independent)
Kingston International Film Festival
394 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 1B8, Canada
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Filmfestival of Nations
Gaumbergstrasse 82, 4060 Linz, Austria
ORF-PRIX Ars Electronica
Franckstrasse 2A, A4010 Linz, Austria
International Film Festival of Figueira da Foz
Apartado 5407, 1709 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Los Angeles International Animation Celebration
2222 South Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA
Women in Film Festival
6464 Sunset Blvd., Suite 530, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation Films
Elsterstrasse 22-24, 0-7010 Leipzig, Germany
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
195 Piccadily, London W1V 9LG, United Kingdom
International Film and Video Festival
VIPER, Lowenstrasse 18, 6002 Luzern, Switzerland
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Festival Internacional de Cine Realizado pour Mujeres
C/Barquilla 44, 2 lzda, 28004 Madrid, Spain
Golden Knight International Amateur Film and Video Festival
Malta Amateur Cine Circle, PO Box 450, Valletta, Malta
Melbourne International Film Festival
207 Johnson St., 1st Fl., Fitzroy 3065, Victoria, Australia
Miami Film Festival
The Film Society of Miami, Inc.
444 Brickell Ave., Suite 229, Miami, FL 33131, USA
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Film Institute of Northern California
Mill Creek Plaza, 38 Miller Avenue, Suite 6, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA
Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie
Film Zone inc., 140 rue Botsford, bureau 29
Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick E1C 4X4, Canada
International Computer Animation Compeition
Cite des Arts et des Nouvelles, Technologies de Montreal
15, rue de la Commune Ouest, bureau 101, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2C6, Canada
Montreal International Festival of Films and Videos by Women
3575 boulevard St-Laurent, bureau 615
Montreal Quebec H2X 2T7, Canada
Les cinq jours du cinema independant canadien
4067, boulevard Saint-Laurent, bureau 303,
Montreal, Quebec H2W 1Y7, Canada
Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and Video
3724, boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2V8, Canada
Festival international ducourt metrage de Montreal
4545, avenue Pierre-De Coubertin
B.P. 1000, succersale M, Montreal, Quebec H1V 3R2, Canada
Moscow International Film Festival
International Film Festivals Directorate
Sovinterfest, Goskino of the USSR
10 Khohklovsky Per., Moscow 109028, Russia
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New York Short Film and Video Expo
The New School, 66 west 12th Street
Media Studies Department - N 1210, New York, NY 10011, USA
New York Film Festival
Film Society of Lincoln Center
140 W. 65th Street, New York NY 10023, USA
Robert Flaherty Seminar
International Film Seminars, Inc.
305 W. 21st St., New York, NY 10011, USA
New Directors / New Films
New York Film Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-6595, USA
New Directors / New Films
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd St., New York, NY 10019-5498, USA
ASIFA-EAST Animation Awards
c/o The Effects House, 111 8th Ave., New York, NY, USA
Media 10-10
Namur Short Film Festival
Maison de la Culture, 14 avg Golenvaux, 5000 Namur, Belgium
American Film and Video Association
8050 Milwaukee Ave., P.O. Box 48659, Niles, IL 60648, USA
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National Educational
Film and Video Festival/Market
655 13th St., Oakland, CA 94612-1222, USA
International Short Film Festival
Christian-Steger-Strasse 10
Postfach 10 15 05, 4200 Oberhausen 1, Germany
International Odense Film Festival
Vindegade 18, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
European Media Art Festival
Postfach 1861, Hasestrasse 71, 4500 Osnabruck, Germany
Ottowa International Animation Festival
c/o Canadian Film Institute, 2 Daly Avenue
Ottowa, Ontario K1N 6E2, Canada
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The Philadelphia International Film Festival
121 N. Broad St., Suite 618, Phila., PA 19107, USA
International Henri Langlois Encounters
Espace Pierre Mendes-France,
1 Place de la Cathedrale, 86000 Poitiers, France
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Festival du cinema international en Abitibi-Temiscamingue
215, avenue Mercier, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 5W8, Canada
La Mondiale de films et videos realises par des femmes
709, rue de la Salle, Quebec, Quebec G1K 2V6, Canada
Festival international du film par ordinateur de Montreal
B.P. 404, succursale Champlain, LaSalle, Quebec H8B 3V3, Canada
Festival du Cinema International de Ste-Therese
100, rue Duquet, Sainte-Therese, Quebec J7E 3G6, Canada
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The Reykjavik Film Festival
Gimli V/Laekjargotu, P.O. Box 88, 101 Rehkjavik, Iceland
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International Film Festival of Salerno
C.P. 137, 84100 Salerno, Italy
San Francisco Art Institute National Film Festival
800 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival
Artist's Television Access
922 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Golden Gate Awards
San Francisco Film Society
1560 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115-3516, USA
Cinequest
Box 720040, San Jose, CA 95172-0040, USA
Santa Fe Film Expo
The Center for Contemporary Arts
PO Box 148, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504, USA
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Al. Lorena, 937 - Cj. 303, 01424 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1216 State St., Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA
Shanghai International Animation Film Festival
618 WanHang Du Road, Shanghai 200042, China
Orlin Filipov
International Animated Film Festival
International Film Festivals General Management
1 Bulgaria Square, 1414 Sofia, Bulgaria
St. John's Women's Film and Video Festival
National Film Board, P.O. Box 984,
St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 6C2, Canada
Stuttgart International Festival of Animation
Techstrasse 56, D-7000 Stuttgart 1, Germany
Australian Video Festival
PO Box 316, Paddington 2021, Sydney NSW, Australia
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Tampere International Short Film Festival
Box 305, SF-33101, Tampere, Finland
Treviso Cartoon
International Festival of Animated Films and New Images
ASIFA Italia, 10131 Torino, Italy
Film Festival if International Cinema Students
c/o Tokyu Agency Inc. , Prem Sakuragaoka Bldg. 4F
8-18 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan
Toronto International Film Festival
70 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1L7, Canada
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video
Northern Visions
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 228, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X3, Canada
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ITVA Canada
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Film Council of Greater Columbus
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#018 June 1993
THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
# 18, JUNE 1993
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Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Paul Brown (US),
Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus (Germany), Roger Malina (US), Ivan
Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz (Brazil). Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost).
Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth Shostak. ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam,
The Netherlands. Tel 31-10-2020850, 31-79-612930, Fax 31-79-611737.
Email ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL or ISEA@SARA.NL
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
SFU CONFERENCE ON DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY Thecla Schiphorst
GOLDEN PLOTTER COMPETITION Dr. W. Schneider
SPECIAL SPACE PROBLEMS Alexander Karinsky
FISEA 93, LAST OPEN CALL Roman Verostko
THE VIRTOPIA VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECT Paul Brown
CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
EXHIBITIONS
PUBLICATIONS
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EDITORIAL
Busy Times. In July, ISEA will organize a panel session at Montage 93, the
large event on visual art and electronics in Rochester (NY), USA. On
August 4 (at 12 noon) the annual ISEA/ISAST Meeting will take place during
Siggraph in Los Angeles. The Meeting will be hosted by: Inter-Society for
the Electronic Arts (Wim van der Plas and Roman Verostko), Art Science
Technology Network (Annick Bureaud), Leonardo/ISAST (Craig Harris, Roger
Malina ) and YLEM (Beverley Reiser).
The purpose of the meeting will be to present plans for the Fourth Inter-
national Symposium on the Electronic Arts to be held in Minnesota in 1993,
the fifth symposium to be held in Helsinki in 1994 and the sixth symposium
to be held in Montreal in 1995. Organisers of other international events
will be invited to make available their information.
For the exact location of the meeting, see the Siggraph Program.
Right now, Minneapolis is mailing the Preliminary Program for FISEA 93
while Heslinki is printing the Call for Participation for ISEA 94.
Montreal is raising funds for ISEA 95.
ISEA Brasil has been very active again lately, see the piece by Rejane
Spitz in this Newsletter.
Here in Holland, we are trying to get sponsors to support ISEA. Some
companies have become Institutional Members recently and we are talking to
another large company to find ways to cooperate. ISEA, together with other
parties, is founding MAD, to stimulate the production of Art on CD-i. See
this Newsletter. So, let us keep this editorial short: back to work!
MAD
Recently, an initiative has started to stimulate the production of art on
CD-i. For this purpose a new foundation is being founded: MAD, Multi Art
Disk. Founding parties are: Grafico de Poost (the designers of the hard
copy of this Newsletter, they do a lot of design work for CD-i produc-
tions), ISEA, SAVE (Smart Audio Visual Enterprises, a company that inter-
mediates and advices in computer animation and CD-i productions) and V2,
organizer of electronic art events in Holland.
CD-i (the 'i' stands for interactive) is a consumers product, developed by
Philips. It can be connected to an ordinary TV. The disk contains up to 72
minutes of full motion video (compressed), stills, text and audio. It has
interesting educational and recreational possibilities, but MAD thinks, it
makes a great medium for Art too. All sorts of existing art, but also and
especially: special purpose interactive art for CD-i. MAD wants to help
artists get their work published on CD-i. Anyone interested in any side of
this project, is requested to contact ISEA.
Galleries
We have been requested to provide names of galleries that are interested
in computer graphics art. We like to extend this request to you. Who knows
of galleries interested in electronic art? Send suggestions to ISEA. Thank
you.
ISEA Brasil
Rejane Spitz has been helping to organise the virtual reality event
'Mostra Atlantic de Realidade Virtual'. She was one of the three members'
jury for the selection of the works for the Digital Painting Exhibition.
She also has written an article for the Catalogue and will be chairing
one of the Panels.
Email
The Hack-Tic organisation offers a (not very expensive) possibility to
get an Email-connection: XS4ALL (Access for all). XS4ALL is a UNIX machine
that is connected to the Internet. They have telnet and ftp, as well as
mail and news. You can use XS4ALL to connect to other hosts on the Inter-
net without extra charge. You can also get files, chat with other people
from all over the world, read your private e-mail, participate in the
UseNet and much, much more.
An account on XS4ALL costs 25 guilders per month. If you use it for more
than 15 hours in a month, you'll pay 2.50 for every extra hour. You get
1MB of disk space to use, you pay 2.50 per month for every extra MB. No
other fees are involved.
If you call in over the phone or via telnet from another host on the
Internet. You can sign up by typing 'new' as the login name. Just follow
the instructions on your screen.
Telnet : hacktic.nl (193.78.33.42)
Phone : 31-20-6902493 (8 lines)
Voice line: 31-20-6001480, press Touch-Tone 3 after our VMB picks up.
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SFU CONFERENCE ON DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Thecla Schiphorst
July 8-11, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Planned events for the Conference on Dance and technology include a
computer telepresence link between Merce Cunningham from the Jacob's
Pillow Festival and the conference participants at SFU. A keynote address
will be given by Bob Lockyer, Director of Music and Arts Television at the
BBC, and internationally renowned for his explorations of dance and the
camera. A second keynote address will be given by Myron Krueger, a
pioneer in the field of artificial reality, and author of the book,
"Artificial Reality II".
An international Screening of dance video works curated by Barbara Clausen
selected from among recent work viewed at Dance Screen 93 in Frankfurt
Germany along with selected conference video dance submissions will be
presented. An evening of new performance works in dance and technology
will also be featured. In order to bring participants and delegates
together, an international reception, and night in downtown Vancouver will
follow the evenings performance events.
Interactive installations from movement artists in Germany, France and
Canada will be on display. Workshops exploring dance and virtual reality,
dance and computer graphics, dance and interactive lighting, computer
compositional tools for choreogarphy, dance and midi interactive systems,
dance notional systems, and multi-media computer systems for dance will be
offered.
Other offerings included technical sessions designed to give dance artists
an opportunity to see what is current and cutting edge in the world of
interactive multi-media and performance. Paper and panel sessions will be
given from dance artists around the world, including speakers from Canada,
England, Sweden, Germany, France, Portugal, Australia, and the United
States.
Conference Fees are $125 Canadian. (payable in Canadian funds, cheque or
bank draft) On campus housing is available, and must be booked bu June 11
l993, to ensure availability. For housing information contact Suzanne
Nazareeno, SFU Residences and Housing, phone 1-604-2914503.
For registration information contact:
Thecla Schiphorst, Conference Chair (Email: thecla@cs.sfu.ca)
Sang Mah, Local Arrangements Chair (Email: sang@cs.sfu.ca)
Computer Graphics Research Lab, Centre for Systems Science
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, V5A 1S6
Tel: 1-604-2913610, Fax: 1-604-2914424
Preleminary Program on request available at ISEA.
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GOLDEN PLOTTER COMPETITION
Dr. W. Schneider, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck
The computer art competition 94 for the Golden Plotter is still being
prepared. We had some delay in the production of the entry papers which
will be finished soon and be sent to the artists. Each sign of interest or
participation is being registered in our files.
Our new phone# is 49-2043-23029. Our new fax (cultural affairs):
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SPECIAL SPACE PROBLEMS
Alexander Karinsky
Back in 1986 I started the very first Underground Music & Video label
'Cosmic Conspiracy Productions' releasing incredibly ground breaking
material but confined to the 'Cassette' realm because of mammoth, inflated
costs back in Australia. Since having the label exposed world wide and the
video material shown in four different continents in various festivals, I
had arrived at a certain point when moving to New York that none of this
essential material has ever been shown here in NY or the USA except for
Electronic Arts Intermix's catalogue. The reason that I bring this up with
you that I have the very first Cable TV program here in New york to show
this kind of stuff, and the amount of response to the program is
phenomenal! There is no advertising on my show, therefore no plagarism or
gaining advantage from exhibiting Artists works; I simply do it for the
love of it and it works! At the moment I am looking for artists who would
like to exhibit videos on my show.
Contact: Alexander Karinsky, P.O. Box 20203, new York, NY 10001.
Tel: 1-212-3665142, Fax: 1-212-3660747.
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FISEA 93, LAST OPEN CALL / PROGRAM INFORMATION
Roman Verostko
Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art.
November 3-7, 1993, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Interdisciplinary, theme is "the art factor". Works appropriate for the
"Slide Show" or the "Listening Chamber" will be received up to July 15.
Includes work by visual artists, performers, musicians, and those develop-
ing new electronic formats including network art.
Continuous showing and listening sites planned. Also appropriate
faciltities for viewing work (slides, video, sound) will be available on a
one to one basis during the symposium.
Last Open Deadline:
July 15: Slide Show, Listening Room.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM & REGISTRATION. Program and registration material
available via email or pmail. Discounts on early workshop enrollment and
symposium registration. Workshops are expected to fill early.
Information: FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2501 Stevens Ave S; Minneapolis, MN 55404-4343, USA
Tel: 1-612-8743754, Fax: 1-612-8743732, Email: fisea93@mcad.edu
Prog Director: Roman Verostko (roman@mcad.edu) Tel: 1-612-8252720
Executive Assistant: Joan Klaiber (joan_klaiber@macmail.mcad.edu)
Electronic Theater/Interactive: Scott Sayre (scotts@kitchen.mcad.edu)
Network Arts: Jan Zita Grover (jzgrover@kitchen.mcad.edu)
Concert/Perform/Listen Chamber: Homer Lambrecht (homerl@kitchen.mcad.edu)
Art Show, 2D/3D, Install: Brian Szott (brian_szott@macmail.mcad.edu)
Slide Show: Judy Yourman (jyourman@kitchen.mcad.edu)
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THE VIRTOPIA VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECT
Paul Brown (Via Arachnet)
June 1993, Orlando, Florida
Welcome to Virtopia - an artistic virtual world in the making. Designed as
a constantly expanding series of emotional adventures, Virtopia is a
work-in-progress that provides a multi-sensory feeling of total immersion
within several three dimensional computer generated worlds. A barren and
lonely desert interface holds a number of oases which become portals to
experiences such as animated rooms full of haunting images, or a 20 foot
high temperamental spider whose behavior is dependent upon yours.
The work is a collaborative effort by Designer Jacquelyn Ford Morie and
World Builder Mike Goslin of Orlando's Visual Systems Lab, a division of
the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training.
The project grew out the observation that most of the virtual worlds being
created today are strictly utilitarian - designed to provide opportunities
such as walkthroughs of buildings before construction begins. "Virtual
worlds can be unparalled vehicles for personal expression," states Morie.
"The problem is that most of the tools for this new medium have not been
available to artists yet. Virtual reality will explode as a dynamic
medium for artistic expression as access increases. Creative forces have
the potential ultimately to decide what virtual reality will become."
Morie's background is well suited to this new area of expression, with
advanced degrees in both fine art and computer science, and a ten year ex-
hibition record of her innovative computer graphics artwork. For her, the
creation of virtual environments is the ultimate way to work. "It provi-
des the means to involve the viewer as a total participant in the artwork,
making him or her an active part of the art."
The psychological element in virtual environments is equally important to
the degree of immersion a participant experiences. Mike Goslin, the other
half of the creative team, contributes a degree in psychology as well as
years of artistic experimentation to Virtopia. Currently pursuing a
masters' degree in computer science, Goslin sees virtual reality as "one
of HuxleyUs famous doors, thrown open to expose the mind of the creator,
or any other place you might care to visit.
Its potential is only limited by oneUs imagination."
Virtopia premiered at the opening night of second annual Florida Film
Festival at Orlando, May 28th, 1993, hosted by Enzian Theater. The
Florida Film Festival is the very first to recognize the importance that
virtual environments will have in shaping the future of entertainment
media. In addition, a free Virtual Reality Seminar discussing the making
of Virtopia and its impact on art, film, and society was presented by the
creators of Virtopia on Sunday, June 6th, 1993.
Contact:
Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Institute for Simulation and Training
Visual Systems Lab, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32826, USA. Tel 1-407-6585099, Email: morie@ist.ucf.edu
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CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
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SILICON GRAPHICS ISEA94 GRANT FOR YOUNG EUROPEAN ARTISTS.
Silicon Graphics and ISEA94 announce 6-month grant projects for young,
up-and-coming European artists who work in the field of electronic and
computer arts. The aims of the grant are to focus on the Next Generation,
one of the central issues of ISEA94, and to help the realization of new
projects with aesthetic and technological interest.
Silicon Graphics will provide the chosen artists with SGI-hardware accor-
ding to the requirements of the projects. The artists and their projects
will be presented at the ISEA94 Symposium in Helsinki 23.-28.8.1994.
APPLICATION
Applicants should submit a detailed description of their proposed project
indicating the SGI hardware required. Application should include:
- the ISEA94 entry form completed
- curriculum vitae
- slides, tapes or other audiovisual material; possible outline re-
quirements
DATES
Submission deadline 1.10.1993. Notification 1.11.1993.
Grant period 1.12.1993-31.5.1994.
For further information, please contact:
ISEA94 Project Manager
Minna Tarkka, University of Art and Design UIAH/Media Lab
Hameentie 135 C 00560, Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 358-0-7563601, Fax: 358-0-7563602, Email: isea@uiah.fi
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PUBLIC GRAPHICS
Visual information for everyday use
26-30 September 1994, Lunteren, the Netherlands
You are invited to participate in the international symposium Public
Graphics, visual information for everyday use.
The symposium's objective is to provide an international forum for the
dissemination and exchange of scientific information and practical ex-
perience on the development, design, evaluation, and use of graphic
products intended for the public at large.
The topics of the symposium are:
- The design process, methodology and management
- User instructions, contents and format
- Warnings
- Forms
- Wayfinding, signs and sign systems
- Maps and plans
- Graphic symbols.
Leading experts in each area will give keynote speeches. In addition,
submitted papers on the topics will be presented.
The Public Graphics symposium is especially organized to bring together
researchers and practitioners, from both industry and academia, who are
working to improve the effectiveness of public information. As a joint
meeting of practitioners and researchers, the symposium should provide an
opportunity to discuss approaches to public information across
disciplines.
Enquiries regarding submission of papers or participation:
Symposium Public Graphics, Harm J.G. Zwaga, Department of Psychonomics,
Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tel: 31-30-534281, Fax: 31-30-534511, Email: zwaga@fsw.ruu.nl
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CHI 94
Celebrating Interdependence
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Boston (MA), USA
April 24-28, 1994
CHI 94 encourages the participation of all members of the Human-Computer
Interaction community from a wide variety of countries and cultures.
For info & participation contact one of the following:
Gilbert Cockton
GIST, Dept of Computing Science, The University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
Tel: 44-41-339 8855x5569, Fax: 3304913, Email: COCKTON.CHI@XEROX.COM
Hiroshi Ishii
NTT Human Interface Laboratories
1-2356 Take, Yokosuka-Shi, Kanagawa, 238-03, Japan
Tel: 81-468-593522, Fax: 592332, Email: ISHII.CHI@XEROX.COM
Wayne Breeden
Conference & Logistics Consultants
703 Giddings Ave, Suite U-3, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA
Tel 1-410-2696801, fax 2670332, Email BREEDEN.CHI@XEROX.COM
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CALL FOR ART
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) will be hosting a show of COPY
ART-- art created with the aid of a photocopier. The show will run from
July 22 to September 30, 1993. Submission deadline is the end of June.
Mail art. These should be small creations, e.g. 8.5" by 11", that you
send us by mail or FAX, we hang up, and never return.
Framed art open to artists in the San Francisco bay area.
Send slides for jury selection.
Art Show, Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Tel: 1-415-812-4443
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From July 8th onwards, there will be a juried exhibition of computer
graphics and image processing art in the Rode Hoed, Keizersgracht in
Amsterdam. The event was organized by Professional Imaging, the Dutch
computer graphics design journal. ISEA is represented in the jury and
as this Newsletter goes in print, we can already say that the quality
of the submitted pieces is very high. Go and see it for yourself!
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INTERACTIVE POETRY
I am co-developer of an interactive poetry authoring system, COLLOQUY,
with Robert Chiles of Kent State University. DOS only. It is available
from us (cheap! $25 for single Beta license). I'll send an ASCII text of
general information, including examples of a poem, to anyone who'd like to
know more. If someone who reads this wants to try a similar idea on the
Mac, I think Hypercard has real possibilities.
Contact: Judith Kerman, KERMAN@TARDIS.SVSU.EDU
NOMAD SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
An Interdisciplinary Journal of The Humanities, Arts, And Sciences
Manuscript submissions wanted in all interdisciplinary fields!
Nomad is a forum for those texts that explore or examine the undefined
regions among critical theory, visual arts, and writing. It is a
bi-annual, not-for-profit, independent publication for provocative
cross-disciplinary work of all cultural types, such as intermedia artwork,
metatheory, and experimental writing, as well as literary, theoretical,
political, and popular writing. While our editorial staff is comprised of
artists and academics in a variety of disciplines, NOMAD strives to
operate in a space outside of mainstream academic discourse and without
institutional funding or controls.
Details from:
NOMAD, c/o Mike Smith, 406 Williams Hall, Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA. Email: msmith@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
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CALENDAR
Support LEN/FAF
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DIGITAL SUMMER
June 9 - September 10 1993, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Seminars (QuarkXtensions/CD-I/MultiMedia), workshops, discusions etc.
Info: Electronic Publishing Services, P.O. Box 15660, 1001 ND Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. Telefax: 31-20-6209655
THE 4TH MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
June 29 - 30, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London, UK.
Registrations and enquiries should be directed to:
P.O. Box 3021, 3502 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tel: 31-30-932209, Fax: 31-30-931419
COMPOSER TO COMPOSER
July 7 - 11, 1993 Interactive Music, Media & Performance
The Telluride Institute's COMPOSER TO COMPOSER program returns with a
new focus this Summer. Tele-communications media, human-machine
interaction and performance collaborations 'set the stage' in this Rocky
Mountain setting, as multi-disciplined composers creatively conspire to
turn the Information Revolution into a Cultural Revolution.
Featuring: Composers Laboratory,Discussions & Workshops, Public Presen-
tations & Tele-Composer's Event with guest composers:
Donald Buchla, Mark Coniglio, Paul DeMarinis, David Dunn, Joan La Barbara
John Mitchell, Richard Povall, David Rosenboom, Morton Subotnick, Woody &
Steina Vasulka and a live interactive exchange with composers at the
ELECTRONIC CAFE INTERNATIONAL, Santa Monica, CA. Saturday, July 10,
Sheridan Opera House 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM.
Contact: Richard Lowenberg, Program Director, The Telluride Institute,
The Stronghouse, Box 1770, 283 South Fir St., Telluride, CO 81435, USA.
Tel: 1-303-7286960, Fax: 1-303-7284919, Email: tellinst@csn.org
MONTAGE 93
July 11 - August 7, Rochester (NY), USA
International Festival of the Image
Montage consists of exhibitions, symposia, electronic theater and many
other events. r.
Info: Montage 93, 31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607-1499, USA
Tel: 1-716-4428897, Fax: 1-716-4428931
OBERLIN WORKSHOPS
July 18-25 & July 26-31, Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, USA.
The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites you to
participate in the 1993 workshops in electronic and computer music.
Details: Gary Lee Nelson, Director fnelson@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu
Brochure and registration forms:
Office of Outreach Programs, Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074, USA. Tel: 1-216-775-8044
SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA IN EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY
July 26 - July 31, 1993 Savannah, Georgia, USA.
Contact: davidb@citadel.edu
ELECTRONIC IMAGING AND THE VISUAL ARTS
July 28-30, National Gallery, London, UK.
Info: VASARI Ltd., 237 High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire CU11 1TJ, U.K.
Tel: 44-0-252-313437, Fax: 44-0-252-311540
SIGGRAPH 93
August 1-6, 1993, Anaheim (CA), USA
Info: Siggraph 93, 401 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Tel 1-312-6446610, fax 3216876, Email CMSBA@SIGGRAPH.ORG
12th VIDEO ART FESTIVAL
September 2-5, '93, Locarno, Switzerland
Info: AIVAC, POB 763, CH-6600 Locarno, Switzerland. Tel 41-93-312208, Fax
312207
EUROGRAPHICS 93
6-10 September 1993, Barcelona, Spain
Topics: Advanced Interaction, Cooperative Working & Visualization in:
CAD, Animation, Electronic Publishing & Geographical Information Systems
Info & registration
Eurographics 93
Palau de Congressos, Dept de Convencions
Fira de Barcelona, Av Reina Maria, Cristina s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: 34-3-4233101, Fax: 4262845, Email: EG93@LSI.UPC.ES
EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL
September 12-26, '93, Osnabruck, Germany
Experimental film and video art, installations, performances, seminars,
Info: European Media Art Festival, POB 1861, D-4500 Osnabruck, Germany.
Tel: 49-541-21658, Fax: 28327
HIGH SPEED MOTION ANALYSIS, SYSTEMS & TECHNIQUES
October 11-15 1993, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Seminar/workshop provides comprehensive coverage of the systems and
techniques of high speed image capture and analysis of physical events.
The course is divided between lecture and laboratory session. Among the
topics are high speed photography & photonics, video camera technology,
image processing etc. Info & registration:
Center for Continuing Engineering Education
College of Engineering & Applied Science
929 North Sixth Street, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA
Tel: 1-414-2273200, Fax: 2273146
VIPER'93
October 19-23 1993, Lucerne, Switzerland.
14th International Film- and Videofestival.
Info: VIPER, Loewenstrasse 20, PO Box 4929, CH-6002, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Tel: 41-41-517407, Fax: 41-41-5288020.
2. VILEM-FLUSSER-SYMPOSIUM
October 28-31 1993, Royal Palace, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Information: Angenommen/Suppose, Ridderlaan 59, 2596 PG Den Haag, The
Netherlands. Tel: 31-70-3244953, Fax: 31-70-3282708.
5th INTERNATIONAL VIDEO WEEK
October 29 - November 6 1993, Geneve, Switzerland.
Info: SIV, Saint-Gervais Geneve, 5 rue du Temple, 1201 Geneve, Switzerland
Tel: 41-22-7322060, Fax: 41-22-7384215.
INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL 1993
November 4-10 1993, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Contact: AVE. PO Box 307, 6800 AH Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Tel: 31-85-511300, Fax: 31-85-517681
IMPAKT
November 25-29 1993, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Festival for experimental art. Film, video, music, installations.
Info: Arjon Dunnewind, Impakt c/o Ekko, Bemuurde Weerd wz 3, 3513 BH
Utrecht, Holland. Tel: 31-30-317457, Fax: 31-30-310402
IMAGINA 94
February 16-18, 1994, Monte-Carlo.
13th Monte-Carlo Forum on Computer Graphics, Virtual Worlds, Special
Effects, Conferences, Exhibition, Pixel-INA Competition Film Show
NEW VISIONS
March 1994, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
New visions is an international festival of creative video, experimental
film and audiovisual practice. Its open to work originated in Super 8,
16mm, all formats of video and in all genres. The festival will consist of
several programmes of work drawn from international open submission.
Contact: New Visions, 2/9, 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8QD, Scotland,
UK. Tel: 44-41-2216380, Fax: 44-41-2217775.
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The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien-
tists 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.
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 men-
tioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA.
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Support: Rotterdam University, Amsterdam University, V2 Organisation, Tell
Productions, YLEM, ISAST, Renderstar Technology, Media Research, Museum
der Stad Gladbeck.
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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
# 16, APRIL 1993
__________________________________________________________________________
Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Paul Brown (US),
Jurgen Claus (Germany), Roger Malina (US), Ivan Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz
(Brazil). Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee,
Seth Shostak. ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel
31-10-2020850, Fax 31-79-611737, Email ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL or ISEA@SARA.NL
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas
MEDIEN LABOR MUNCHEN Prof. Herbert Francke
WIN 2K's OF GOLD Wim van der Plas
MANIFESTATION FOR THE UNSTABLE MEDIA V V2 Organisation
IAKTA WORKSHOP Yoshiyuki Abe
WORKING PAPERS 6 Jim Demmers
CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
PUBLICATIONS
CALENDAR
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POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tel during (Dutch) office hours: 31-79-612930, other hours: 31-10-2020850
Fax: 31-79-611737, Email: ISEA@MBR.FRG.EUR.NL
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EDITORIAL
Wim van der Plas
With time, our Calendar is becoming more complete. We have had positive
comments on that. However, there are two remarks to be made: 1: it is not
as complete as we would like, and 2: this newsletter is supposed to be
more than a calendar. Considering these points further, we note that:
1: In fact, the newsletter is rather one sided. What is lacking, to a
large extent, is music and music-related art events. The idea behind ISEA
is interdisciplinarity. All the arts will start to merge, thanks to the
electronic revolution. That is why we need the communication structure
that ISEA tries to provide. Who is going to send us more information on
electronic and computer music events?
2: Please, do not hesitate to give us your thoughts on any aspect of
electronic art. We would welcome practice, such as reviews of events, or
theory. Do not leave it up to the correspondents alone. They do not get
paid for this either! Pieces should be no longer than one half to one
page. If possible, send material by Email.
We are happy to be able to tell you that all the International Symposia on
Electronic Art currently planned are making good progress. In Minneapolis
(4th ISEA) they are working like crazy, judging proposals and preparing
the preliminary program. In Helsinki, Minna Tarka was appointed coor-
dinator in order to organize the fifth symposium next year for the Univer-
sity of Industrial Arts. The Montreal group has held a number of meetings
in order to finalize their plans for ISEA '95.
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MEDIEN LABOR MUNCHEN
Prof. Herbert Franke
A new laboratory has been created in Munich for the implementation of
interdisciplinary Media Art projects: the Medien Labor Munchen - MLM. It
is currently housed in the second floor of the Kunstlerwerkstatt in the
Lothringer Strasse, and was set up through the auspices of the Cultural
Affairs Office (Kulturreferat) of the City of Munich with the help of
several industry sponsors, including the Siemens Cultural Program.
In its pilot phase, the primary task of the MLM will be to hold courses
and workshops on the artistic possibilities of the new media, as well as
to convey basic technical knowledge on their use and implementation.
These classes are open to all interested parties - especially artists, but
also to people in the natural sciences and humanities. The goal of these
courses is to enable participants to independently use electronic tools to
carry out long-term projects at the MLM. Beyond this, criteria for an
aesthetic of the new media arts and appropriate forms for their presen-
tation should be developed. Further, lecture series, conferences and
exhibitions are planned in order to engage a broad section of the public
in a discussion on the media arts.
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WIN 2 K's OF GOLD
Wim van der Plas
Since gold is still very hard to synthesize, this is the way to get it.
CorelDRAW organizes an ongoing competition for its registered users. This
competition has been going on for a few years and the winners of this year
will receive their prizes during an 'Academy Award of Graphics' on the
20th of May in the National Gallery of Ottawa, Canada. There are 1,000,000
Canadian dollars to be won, plus 2 kilograms of gold. The results of the
competition are published in an annual book called Corel Art Show
available from the book store.
The new competition starts in August. There are monthly competitions until
April, so you can enter more than once.
For further information: tel 1-613-728-8200, fax 728-2891.
For Holland/Europe: POB 616, 2130 AP Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
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MANIFESTATION FOR THE UNSTABLE MEDIA V
V2 Organisation
1 - 10 October 1993, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
The 5th edition of this annual festival will be on the BODY: 'the physical
body in relation to the immaterial body in electronic space', 'the body as
an architectural object that can be designed', 'the body in ruin', 'the
body without organs' and more of these topics wil be addressed to. In
general our relation to nature will be a central issue: 'is man still the
measurement of all things ?' and 'are we machines living in a hyper
cartesian age ?'. The festival will have an analytic approach on our
technological society in relation to the arts. An exhibition, radioshow,
symposium and some performances will be part of this festival that will
present an international group of artists and scientific researchers.
Participating artists will be: Stelarc (Australia) performing with his
third hand and a virtual 4th hand; Erik Hobijn (NL) with his 'Delusions
of self immolation'machine that can give you an extreme physical and
psychological experience; Paul Sermon (UK) presenting his 'Telematic
dreaming' an intimate work that tries to evoke an interaction between the
telematic and the physical body; Arthus and Marilouise Kroker (Canada)
will talk on the 'body invaders'; Gregory Whitehead (USA) will take part
in the live radioshow on October 1st and bring some radiobodies to live.
Other artists will be involved in this festival. For more information
please contact: V2 Organisation, PO Box 11007, 5200 ES 's-Hertogenbosch,
The Netherlands. Tel: 31-73-137958, Fax: 31-73-122238.
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IAKTA WORKSHOP
Yoshiyuki Abe
September 16 , Senri Life-Science Center, Osaka, Japan.
Organization: The International Association for Knowledge Technology in
the Art The Labolatories of Image Information Science and Technology
(L.I.S.T) Chairmen: David Cope, Bernard Bel and Haruhiro Katayose
Abstract:
Following the 1993 ICMC in Tokyo, Japan, a Workshop on Knowledge
Technology in the Arts will be held in Osaka, 3 hours from Tokyo by train,
and 1 hour by plane. The Workshop is sponsored by the International
Association for Knowledge Technology in the Arts, IAKTA, Inc., Boston, MA,
USA (Otto Laske, President) and Laboratories of Image Information Science
and Technology, Osaka, Japan (Haruhiro Katayose, Workshop Coordinator).
We are herewith calling for papers on applications of symbolic and
connectionist AI to topics in composition, design, performance, and
teaching in the computer arts (music, film, video, poetry, dance,
sculpture, drawing, performance art, etc.). In particular, we are looking
for reflections upon the impact of knowledge technology (algorithms,
knowledge bases, neural networks, hypermedia, virtual reality) on the
artistic process. We are also encouraging tutorial materials on these
topics which are geared to encouraging novices in the field to become
involved with new technologies in the arts. Email submission is welcome.
Important constraints of submission are:
1. 1000-word abstract (English), due by April 30, 1993
2. June 30, 1993: notice of acceptance/rejection
3. July 30, 1993: deadline for submitting camera-ready, free format text
4. Workshop fee: equivalent of US$ 20.00.
The Workshop will comprise papers, panels, demonstrations, and a computer
music concert, as well as a banquet. Demonstrations will be presented by
the Laboratories of Image Information Science and Technology.
Secretariat:
Haruhiro Katayose, L.I.S.T, Laboratory of Image Information Science and
Technology, Senri Life-Science Center 11F, 1-4-2 Shinsenri-higashimachi
Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 565 Japan.
Fax: 81-6-8732040, Email: katayose@inolab.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
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WORKING PAPERS 6
Jim Demmers
PUBLIC DOMAIN as an organization is devoted in both theory and practice to
examinations of the relationships between art and ideas, and more
specifically, the role that technology plays in constituting modern life
and thought. To facilitate these explorations we conduct a series of
presentations called WORKING PAPERS several times a year, publish a
limited edition of the journal PERFORATIONS, and provide on-line computer
network services for Public Domain members.
This Spring's series of WORKING PAPERS will be held at the Homage Coffee
House at 255 Trinity Ave. (near the Trinity gallery) in downtown Atlanta.
(Their phone number is 404-525-7546). Each session will begin at 7:30
p.m. and last approximately one hour. There will be an opportunity for
discussion following each presentation. Admission is free and open to the
public.
For further information concerning WORKING PAPERS and/or PUBLIC DOMAIN
please contact:
PUBLIC DOMAIN, P.O. box 8899, Atlanta, GA 30306-0899, USA
Tel: 1-404-8437087, E-mail: jdemmers@pd.org (Jim Demmers)
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CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
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TELAESTHESIA '93
May 1993, Village Square, Brighton Marina, Brighton, UK
This is an international call for FAX ART: the (techno)logical successor
to mail art. Throughout May 1993, visitors to the largest Arts Festival
in England will be invited to enter an extraordinary gallery where YOU
can control both the environment AND the contents of the show, remotely,
with your local FAX machine.
We invite YOU to help decorate the gallery. Design a vertically-
repeating wallpaper pattern on a sheet of paper and FAX it to us. We
will then make several copies of the design, attach them together
and then 'hang' your strip of wallpaper in our gallery. We invite you
also to FAX other 'ornaments' for the gallery walls: clocks, decorative
plates, flying ducks - let your imagination run wild!
The theme of the Xhibition is "telaesthesia". We invite you to FAX to
us your visual interpretations of the five known human senses and/or
your experiences beyond the sixth sense. All artwork received will be
displayed in our 'newly decorated' gallery space.
Fax : 0273-818352 (UK), Fax: 44-273-818352 (rest of world), Faxes accepted
15th April - 31st May, 1993. Xhibition open to the public 1st - 31st May.
CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS (CCRMA)
SUMMER COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
June 28 to July 23, 1993, Stanford University, USA
For applications and information, please write: CCRMA Summer Workshops,
Music Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8180, USA.
Tel: 1-415-723-4971, Fax: 1-415-723-8468.
1993 CONTEMPORARY ARTS SUMMER INSTITUTE SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
COMPUTED ART INTENSIVE
JUNE 28 - JULY 17
Exploring Software as a Creative Medium
Interactive music systems (Daniel Scheidt), scoring & sound design
(Martin Gotfrit), computer controlled installations (George Lewis),
expert systems animation, (Sang Mah), choreographic software (Thecla
Schiphorst). Applications are due April 30.
For More Information Contact:
Tanya Petreman, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby BC, V5A 1S6 Canada. Tel: 1-604-2914672, Fax: 1-604-2915907.
Email: Tanya_Petreman@sfu.ca
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 1994, CALL FOR ENTRIES
Since 1990, the Prix Ars Electronica for Interactive Art has been awarded
for artwork using virtual reality, screen based interactive hypermedia,
interactive multi-media installations, interactive hypertext and cinema,
interactive sound and virtual sculpture and other types of interactive
art involving the use of computers.
Prize winners have included Myron Krueger, Paul Sermon, Monika Fleischmann
/Wolfgang Strauss, Knowbotics Research, David Rokeby, William Seaman,
Stephen Wilson, Joachim Sauter, Jill Scott, Chico McMurtrie/Rick Sayre,
Jeffrey Shaw and Norman White.
The deadline for entries for the 1994 Prix Ars Electronica for Interactive
Art is 28 February, 1994. Three Prizes with a total value of $25,000 will
be awarded. Submissions must include a videotape demonstrating the nature
of the interactivity involved in the artwork and making clear the in-
novative and creative use of the computer.
Prizes are also awarded separately in the categories of Computer Animation
and Computer Music.
For further information and to receive entry blanks contact:
Prix Ars Electronica, ORF, Franckstrasse 2a, 4010 Linz, Austria.
Tel: 43-732-6900267, Fax: 43-732-6900270.
NETWORKING PROJECTS WANTED FOR FISEA 93
FISEA 93, to be held in Minneapolis, MN, in November 1993, is seeking
proposals for papers and panels on networking among artists and networking
projects. Please send proposals before May 15, 1993, to:
Jan Zita Grover, Artpaper, 2402 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55114
USA. Email: jzgrover@mcad.edu
ONE MINUTE WORLD FESTIVAL
July 30, '93, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Deadline for sending tapes:
Works from 3 seconds to 60 seconds. Ask for conditions of entry before
sending tapes.
Info:
Agencia Observatorio, Rua Prof. Rubia Meira 50, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Tel/fax: 55-11-8512846
France: Catherine Derosier, tel 33-81-309030, fax 309525
England: Michael Maziere, tel 44-71-2844588, fax 2676078
Spain: Juan Carlos Perez, tel 34-1-4417188, fax 4419884
A CALL TO ALL MAIL 7 FAX ARTISTS
AN ACT OF RESISTANCE: MAKING COMMUNITY(IES)
Resist, a foundation celebrating 25 years of funding grassroots social
change, is sponsoring an art event in Fall 1993. There will be an inter-
national MAIL ART and FAX ART component to the show OPEN TO EVERYONE. Mail
art: No returns; documentation to all. Send mail art only to: P. O. Box
1136, Kendall Square., Cambridge MA 02142 USA.
Mail art deadline late September '93. Fax art: During the show only --
number TBA. Send a S.A.S.E. or two international postal reply coupons for
more mail and fax details.
Arts Resist, One Summer Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA.
E-mail: jeremias@mit.edu
EDUGRAPHICS '93
First International Conference on Graphics Education.
6-10 December 1993, Hotel Alvor Praia, Alvor, Algarve, PORTUGAL.
The conference aims at gathering together outstanding educators in
graphics, which will give keynote lectures reviewing, presenting the
state-of-the-art and discussing future directions on their respective
fields. The conference will be open to contributors from all ranks and
from all over the world. Graphics will be be focused on from a wide and
comprehensive point of view.
The conference will not be one more "computer graphics education" meeting
but a truly all-encompassing event on all aspects and sub-areas of
Graphics. The conference shall be known for its openness, anti-clique and
anti-politics philosophy. Keynote speakers shall be outstanding
specialists in all of the various sub-domains of Graphics.
Subject areas include : Technical Drawing, Engineering Graphics, Descrip-
tive, Geometry, Theoretical Graphics and Geometry, Computational Geometry,
Geometric, Modeling, CAGD, Computer and Computational Graphics, CADD, CAI,
CAD/CAE, Image Synthesis and Processing, Scientific Visualization, Human-
Computer Interface, Animation and Fractals.
Co-Chairs : Vera B. Anand Clemson University, USA, Luiz A. Vieira Dias,
National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, Harold P. Santo, Technical
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Organizing Committee Chair:
Prof. Harold P. Santo, Department of Civil Engineering
IST - Advanced Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon
Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Tel/Fax : 351-1-848-2425, E-mail : d1663@beta.ist.utl.pt
EDUGRAPHICS '93 will be held concurrently with "COMPUGRAPHICS '93 - Third
International Conference on Computational Graphics and Visualization
Techniques" (same date and venue).
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VIDEO LECTURES COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Lectures by the originators of today's important computer technologies.
(Discount for ACM members until May 7, '93).
Available from:
University Video Communications, POB 5129-LL, Stanford, CA 94309, USA
Tel 1-415-8130506, Fax 8130315, Email: UVC.LEMON@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU
THE ARACHNET ELECTRONIC JOURNAL ON VIRTUAL CULTURE
March 22, 1993 Volume 1 Issue 1
Tabble of contents:
1.Feature Articles.
-Education, Cyberspace and Change by J.L. Lemke.
-Abductive Multiloguing: The Semiotic Dynamics of Navigating the Net.
by Gary Shank.
2.The Cyberspace Monitor, edited by Algirdas Pakstas.
Editor message, Media Reviews (Books: 'Internet: Getting Started')
Netware Reviews (Software: Electronic Journal System) (Services: Internet
Talk Radio), Netware Tutorials (Listserv/Ldbase), Meetings/Conferences/
Exhibitions/Events/Projects.
Papers may be submitted at anytime by email or send/file to:
Ermel Stepp - Editor-in-Chief, M034050@MARSHALL.WVNET.EDU
LISTSERV Retrieval Instructions:
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VIDEO POSITIVE
April 1-31 '93, Liverpool, England
Installations by Peter Callas, John Conomos & David Haines, Barbara
Steinman and others. Performances by Annie Griffin, Solid State Opera,
Robin Blackledge. Seminars and screenings.
Info:
Eddie Berg, Movolia, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
England. Tel: 44-51-7092663, Fax: 7092150
IBERCAD 93
April 19-24, '93, Barcelona, Spain
Info: World Computer Graphics Association, 2033 M St, NW, Suite 399
Washington, DC 20036-8446, USA. Tel: 1-202-7759556
39th INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE
April 22-28, '93, Oberhausen, Germany
Main theme: 'Confrontation between different cultures'. Also a program of
pop promos from Britain and the US and of ads from Brasil and South
Africa. International TV Forum with South Productions, Channel Four. Film
market, competition.
Info: Int. Kurzfilmtage, Chr. Stegerstrasse 10, D-4200 Oberhausen 1,
Germany, Tel: 49-208-852591, Fax: 856414
VISION
April 25-29, '93, Denver, USA
Info:
XPLOR International, The Electronic Document Systems Association
2550 Via Tejon, Suite 3L, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274-6809, USA
Tel: 1-310-3733633
NCGA 93
April 26-29, '93, Philadelphia, USA
Conference of the National Computer Graphics Association.
Includes Film & Video Competition computer animation.
Info: NCGA, 2722 Merrilee Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22031-4499, USA.
Tel: 1-703-6989600
THE INFORMAL EUROPEAN ARTS AND MEDIA MEETING
1 - 4 May 1993, Felix Meritis Building, Amsterdam
The informal European Arts and Media Meeting, 'Beyond Mass Media', wishes
to strengthen and contribute to the growth of the network of which
producers, arts institutions, broadcast and media people and organisations
are a part. It aims to be a think-tank and meeting point for key thinkers
and practitioners of the audiovisual and arts worlds of Europe. The
meeting should stimulate, challenge and encourage cooperation and
collaboration.
Contact: The Felix Meritis Foundation, PO Box 53066, 1007 RB Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. (The envelop should be marked 'IEAM'.
Tel: 31-20-6262321 Fax: 31-20-6249368.
TYPE-X, ART-X
May 6-8, '93, Philadelphia, USA
Printing Expo.
Info: Graphic Communications Three, 7500 Old Oak Blvd, Cleveland, OH
44130, USA. Tel 1-216-8262878
8e IMAGES DU FUTUR
Montreal, Canada, May 14-September 19, '93
"Largest exhibition on art, new technologies and communications in the
world": holography, computer animation, virtual reality, interactive
sculptures, multimedia installations. Special focus on New York.
International computer animation competition; 5 categories art,
theatrical, advertising, logo/film credits, special FX. Jury awards and
people's choice awards (September 15).
Info:
Mario Tremblay, La Cite des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montreal
15 rue de la Commune ouest, bur 101, Montreal, Canada H2Y 2C6
Tel: 1-514-8491612, Fax: 1-514-9820064
ENVIRONMENTAL ART AT THE EXPLORATORIUM.
14 May - 6 September, 1993
Meanderings by Michael Brown, Terraforms:Duet for Sandbox and Computer
by Al Jarnow, Cloud Rings by Ned Kahn, Water Waves: A multi-monitor
video installation by Andrej Zdrawic.
Contact:
The Exploratorium, McBean Theater, 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA USA,
Tel: 1-415-5526866
VIRTUAL REALITY 93
May 19-21, '93, San Jose, USA.
Info: Meckler Corp., 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880, USA
Tel: 1-800-6355537
CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING IMAGES
May 21-22, '93, Pace University, New York, NY, USA.
Sponsored by NYC ACM/SIGGRAPH
Contact: Professor Francis T. Marchese, Department of Computer Science,
Pace University, New York, NY 10038, USA. Tel: 1-212-3461803,
Fax: 1-212-3461933, E-Mail: MARCHESF@PACEVM.Bitnet
SILICON GRAPHICS EXPO
May 25-27, '93, San Jose, USA
Info: SG Expo, 12343 Hymeadow Drive, Bldg. 3, Austin, TX 78750, USA
Tel 1-800-727EXPO [translation?]
MULTIMEDIA '93
May 27-29, '93, Toronto, Canada
Info: Susan Blair, Multimedia Trade Shows Inc., 7-70 Villarboit Crescent
Concord, Ont., Canada L4K 4C7. Tel: 1-416-6602491
19th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL
June 1-6, '93, Annecy, France
Info: Centre International du Cinema d'Animation, POB 399, F-74013 Annecy,
France. Tel: 33-50-574172, Fax: 678195
CINE VIDEO PSY '93
June 8-11, '93, Lorquin, France
Info: Assn. Video Psy, Centre Hospitalier Specialise, F-57790 Lorquin,
France. Tel: 33-87-231412, Fax: 231410
ARS ELECTRONICA
June 14-18, '93, Linz, Austria
Main theme: 'Genetic art - artificial life'. A symposium with inter-
national geneticists, exhibition, videos, music, media projects and the
international competitions: computer animation, computer graphics, com-
puter music and interactive art.
Info: ORF-Ars Electronica, Frankstrasse 2A, A-4020 Linz, Austria.
Tel: 43-732-6900267, Fax: 6900270
ACH CONFERENCE
June 16-19, 1993, Georgtown University, Washington, DC, USA
1993 Joint International Conference of The Association for Computers and
the Humanities and The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computers
This conference is the major forum for discussion of the preparation,
encoding, and use of character-based electronic text and for computerbased
research in literature, linguistics, and related humanities disciplines.
Details from:
Dr. Michael Neuman, ACH-ALLC93, Academic Computer Center, 238 Reiss
Science Building, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Tel: 1-202-687-6096, Fax: 1-202-687-6003,
Email: ach_allc93@guvax.georgetown.edu
COMPUTER ANIMATION 93
June 17-18, '93, Geneve, Switzerland.
Computer animation in the following categories: science & industry, motion
picture, corporate communication.
Info:
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Mira Lab, CUI, 24 rue General Dufour, CH-1204
Geneve, Switzerland. Tel: 44-22-7876581, Fax: 7353905
Email: THALMANN@ELDI.EPFL.CH
MOSTRA ATLANTIC DE REALIDADE VIRTUAL
21 June - 2 July 1993, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A two-week event consisting of Virtual Reality demonstrations, workshops
and lectures, and a Digital Painting exhibition.
Presentations include:
- Mandala System performance (Vincent John Vincent - The Vivid Group,
Canada)
- V.R. demonstrations by Bryan Hughes (Renaissance Foundation, USA)
- Coletiva ATLANTIC de Pintura Digital (Collective exhibition of
Digital Paintings) - Curator: Rodrigo Toledo
- Workshops (by Vincent John Vincent and Bryan Hughes)
- Seminars:
- Applications of V.R.
- V.R. applied to art & entretainment
- Electronic Art: a combination of art and science
Coordinator: Rejane Spitz
Sponsored by: CIA. ATLANTIC de PETROLEO
Supported by : ISEA (South America)
Contact: Maria Byington or Rodrigo Toledo, CANDIDO MENDES CULTURAL CENTER
Rua da Assembleia 10 / 616 - CEP20119-900, Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BRASIL
Tel: 55-21-5312000, (ext. 257), Fax: 55-21-2242111
MONTAGE '93
July 8 - August 7, '93, Rochester, USA.
International festival of the image. The fusion of art & technology and
the future of visual communications. Exhibitions, lectures, panels,
international film festival, video, computer animation, time-based
electronic work, arts & technology exposition, conferences, workshops.
Info: Lisa Farrell, Montage 93, 31 Prince Street, Rochester,
NY 14607-1499, USA. Tel: 1-716-4428897
COMPUTER MUSIC WORKSHOPS
July 18-25 and July 26-31, Oberlin College, USA
Two Workshops in Electronic and Computer Music.
The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites you to participate in
the 1993 workshops in electronic and computer music.
Contact:
Office of Outreach Programs, Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College,
Oberlin, OH 44074, USA. Tel: 1-216-775-8044, Email: fnelson@oberlin.edu
ICS 93
July 19-23, '93, Tokyo, Japan.
International conference on supercomputing.
Info: Julie Eitzer, ACM, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-9998, USA.
Tel: 1-212-8697440
ELECTRONIC IMAGING AND THE VISUAL ARTS
July 28-30, National Gallery, London, UK.
Preliminary information about the 1993 EVA conference (Electronic Imaging
and the Visual Arts) is now available. Two days of pre-conference
tutorials on fundamentals of imaging applications, and advanced technical
topics, will be offered July 26-27.
In addition to the annual EVA conference, a series of related one-day
seminars is being held in Paris, Edinburgh, Madrid, and Amsterdam through
April 1994. For full details and registration information, contact the
conference organizers:
VASARI Ltd., 237 High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire CU11 1TJ, U.K. Kingdom
Tel: 44-0-252-313437, Fax: 44-0-252-311540
SIGGRAPH '93
August 1-6, '93, Anaheim, CA, USA
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
Includes Multi-Media '93. Includes Electronic Theater and Art Show.
Info:
Leona Caffrey, Smith, Bucklin & Ass, 401 North Michigan Av, Chicago, IL
60611, USA. Tel: 1-312-6446610, Fax 3216876, Email: S93@SIGGRAPH.ORG
MUSIC EDUCATION : AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PERSPECTIVE
A half-day workshop to be held on Wednesday 25th August, 1993 as part of
AI-ED 93, the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education,
23rd-27th August, 1993, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Workshop submissions and enquiries should be sent to :
Matt Smith, Dept. Computing, Open University,
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK7 6AA, UK
Tel: 44-908-652682, Fax: 44-908-652140, Email: m.r.smith@open.ac.uk
7TH FREIBURG VIDEO FORUM
September 2-5, '93, Freiburg, Germany
A forum for experimental and documentary videos: reality & fiction, art &
politics.
Info: Medienwerkstatt Freiburg, Konradtstrasse 20, D-7800 Freiburg,
Germany. Tel: 49-761-709757, Fax: 701796
12th VIDEO ART FESTIVAL
September 2-5, '93, Locarno, Switzerland
Info:
AIVAC, POB 763, CH-6600 Locarno, Switzerland. Tel 41-93-312208, Fax 312207
EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL
September 12-26, '93, Osnabruck, Germany
Experimental film and video art, installations, performances, seminars,
international student forum.
Info: Alfred Rotert, Int. Experimentalfilm Workshop, POB 1861,
D-4500 Osnabruck, Germany. Tel: 49-541-21658, Fax: 28327
4TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC FILM FESTIVAL
September 23-30, '93, Montreal, Canada
International competition, public screenings, conferences.
Info: Herve Fischer, Fest. Int. du Film Scientifique,
15, rue de la Commune ouest, Montreal, Canada H2Y 2CD
Tel: 1-514-8491612, Fax: 9820064
ICSPAT'93
Sept 28 - Oct 1, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
The International Conference on Signal Processing Applications &
Technology will be held on September 28 - October 1 in Santa Clara, CA,
USA. Papers must be received by May 14, 1993.
Contact: DSP Associates, 18 Peregrine Rd., Newton Centre, MA, 02159, USA,
Tel: 1-617-9643817, Fax: 1-617-9696689, Email: World@world.std.com
INTERFACE'93
The 18th Annual Conference for Humanities and Technology.
21-23 Oct 1993, Atlanta, USA
Call for papers deadline is May 1, presentations limited to 20 minutes.
Send abstracts (100 word single-spaced top centre age) to:
Interface '93, Humanities and Social Sciences Department
Southern College of Technology, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA
30060-2896, USA. Tel: 1-404-5287202
THE BODY IN RUIN
1993, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
The V2 Organisation is a center for art & technology. In 1993 a series of
events are focussed on the body.
23, 24 and 25 April: 'Most Incredible Machines' with Gordon Monahan (Can)
Laura Kikauka (Can), Brad Hwang (K) and Bastiaan Lips (BRD/NL)
14, 15 and 16 May: 'Neo Nature', a project by Horst Rickels (NL) and
Viktor Wentik (NL)
June: 'Music with Machines' with Clarence Barlow (India) and STEIM (NL)
June: 'Synesthetics: stimulation & Stimulation', program curated in
cooperation with Gottfried Hattinnnger (A). With Just Merit (A), Dannniel
Charles (F) and others.
September: 'Prosthesis: the body as an architectural object'
NOX (architecture collective, NL), Diler & Scofido (USA) and others.
Contact: V2 Organisation, PO Box 11007, 5200 ES 's-Hertogenbosch,
The Netherlands. Tel: 31-73-137958, Fax: 31-73-122238.
________________________________________________________________________
The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien-
tists 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.
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 men-
tioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA.
Support: Groningen University, Amsterdam University, De Fabriek/Hollandia.
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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS THE ISEA NEWSLETTER # 15, MARCH 1993 __________________________________________________________________________ Editors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Jurgen Claus (Germany), Roger Malina (US), Ivan Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz (Brazil). Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth Shostak. ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel 31-10- 2020850, Fax 31-75-701906, Email ISEA@RUG.NL or A430WYNA@DIAMOND.SARA.NL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas FISEA93 Roman Verostko ZKM VIDEO AWARD Roger Malina 11th WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL Erik Quint CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION CALL FOR ARTICLES PUBLICATIONS CALENDAR SELECTED ITEMS FROM FAF/LEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas The number of ISEA members is growing steadily. This is good news, although it must be said that most new members are associate members. This fact has financial implications for us i.e. no money comes in from as- sociate members, but we have to send out more Newsletters (all over the world). Insofar as this occurs electronically, there is no big problem but since many members are not on Email yet, they receive a hard copy sent via airmail. Recently we have been trying to obtain a Dutch grant subsidy, as ISEA headquarters are located in Holland. Sad to relate, the subsidy was refused. The refusal was justified by the following: ISEA is international and not a Dutch affair, and ISEA is promoting technology rather than art! How misunderstood can one get? Our next move will be to try and find some sponsorship. We urge all our members to suggest ways to establish ISEA a more professional footing. It has been possible to find the funding for all three symposia so far (and we do not have to worry about the next one either), but it seems much more difficult to find material support for what is the goal of the symposia i.e. creating a permanent structure for communication and cooperation within the electronic arts. Anyway, we thank all the regular members that support us financially, and we hope all associate members will become regular members in due course. Some regular members have applied for membership and are receiving the Newsletter, but haven't bothered to pay. Shame on you! Good news for those people: you can now pay with your VISA card. Rectification In the last Newsletter (#14), the address of ISEA94 (Helsinki) was men- tioned. However, by mistake it was announced as the Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art. Of course '94 is the Fifth. The Fourth is taking place next November in Minneapolis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISEA93 Roman Verostko Fourth International SYMPOSIUM on E L E C T R O N I C A R T The MINNEAPOLIS HILTON NOVEMBER 3-7 1993 MCAD - MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN (Hosting Institution) WHO ATTENDS Artists, musicians, scientists, curators, educators, arts critics, those interested in art & science. FOCUS "the art factor". Information processing by artists. Connecting artists and machines. Critical assessment of the artist-machine dialectic. EMERGING TECHS Arts applications: artificial life, virtual reality, automata, networking. WORKSHOPS Introductory and advanced. Sound & image generators, networking arts, body movement, automata. POSTER SESSIONS Artists, musicians, performers, researchers - current theory & practice. OPENING ADDRESS Friday. Jan Hoet, Director, Museum Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium; Artistic Director, Documenta IX, Kassel 1992; President, International Association Art Critics. PLENARY ADDRESS Saturday. Brenda Laurel, researcher, writer, consultant on interactive media and interface design. JURIED EXHIBITIONS Walker Art Center: Electronic theater (animation, interactive works) MCAD Gallery, Alternate Spaces: Art Show, Installations Tedd Mann Concert Hall (U of Minn): Concert & Performance Events Whitney Theater (Mpls Community College):Concert & Performance Events ENDORSEMENTS: ISEA Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts ISAST Leonardo, International Society for Art Sciences & Technology ANAT Australian Network for Art and Technology YLEM Artists Using Science and Technology INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS: Roy Ascott (U.K.), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Annick Bureaud (France), Jurgen Claus (Germany), Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (Portugal), Ross Harley (Australia), Craig Harris (US), Theo Hesper (Indonesia), Itsuo Sakane (Japan), John Lansdown (United Kingdom), Nadia Magenat-Thalmann (Switzerland), Artemis Moroni (Brazil), Wim van der Plas (Netherlands), Simon Penny (US), Stephen Pope (US), Christine Schopf (Austria), Philippe Queau (France), Yoshiyuki Abe (Japan). SUBMISSIONS: Deadline range April 15-June 15. Address FISEA 93 for Call for Participation. REGISTRATION: Address FISEA 93 for Registration Package. FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art & Design 2501 Stevens Av S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA TEL: 1-612-8743754 FAX: 1-612-8743732 EMAIL: fisea93@mcad.edu Program Director: Roman Verostko EMAIL: roman@mcad.edu TEL: 1-612-8252720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZKM VIDEO AWARD Roger Malina A TV Company (SWF) and a public institution for culture (ZKM) are spon- soring an award for new media. 50 art videos selected will be broadcast on German television. Prize money ($19,000 US total) will also be awarded. Entries must be submitted by May 15, 1993. For complete information contact: ZKM, (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologien) Karlsruhe, Kaiserstrasse 64, PO Box 69 19, D 75000 Karlsruhe 1, Germany. Tel 49-721-93400, Fax 49-721-934019. Info from Dieter Daniels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL Erik Quint 19 - 25 April 1993, The Hague, The Netherlands. The aim of the festival is to make the international developments acces- sible in the field of electronic media art. At the same time, the festival serves as an international meeting place for artists, producers, distribu- tors and curators working in electronic media art. As always, the programme consists of an international selection of recent video tapes, multimedia installations and special (subsidiary) programmes. Other activities include the video market and the academy day. Further more, the new Kijkhuis has the use of a large (about fifty square metres) priva-lite screening window which will allow a large part of the Spui to become an open air theatre. Video Tapes An international selection of one hundred video tapes, as expected extremely diverse thematically and aestheticaly, together with the installations form the heart of the festival. Special Programmes -Documentary and electronic media arts. A review of fifteen years of documentaries on electronic media art, including installations. A number of the accompanying lectures considers the (im)possibility of the audiovisual registration of electronic media art. -Demontage: film/video, appropriation/recycling. This is a co-production with IVAM, the museum for modern art in Valencia. It is structured around the theme Found Footage; the re-use of audio visual material in new productions. Video Market April 22 and 23, 1993, 14.00-19.00 hours Offers producers, distributors, magazine editors, art institutes and art schools the opportunity to present themselves and their products. The Video Market will feature extensive viewing facilities, stands for displaying brochures and access to telephone and fax facilities for all participants. Also, each participant will have an advertisement in the festival catalogue. The cost of participating in the video market is Hfl.500 (approx. US$ 300). For more information, previews of tapes and illustration material, please contact: Erik Quint/Anke Stapels World Wide Video Festival Spui 189, 2511 BN The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-70-3644805 Fax: 31-70-3614448 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION (Support Computer Graphics (ACM Siggraph)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART FROM THE MACHINE Deadline for entries - May 15, 1993 (postmark) Computer art show to be held during the SIGGRAPH `93 conference in Anaheim, California, August 1 - August 6. This is not a SIGGRAPH sponsored event, but rather a show of printed computer art during SIGGRAPH `93. This show will showcase: inkjets, serigraphs, photo-etchings, plotter output, linotronic output, photography and other marriages of computer and print technology. There are no specific requirements regarding content. You may submit up to 5 slides, clearly labelled, information about output media, biography, statement of intent, hardware/ software used, any other relevant materials, and $3.00 per slide (to help pay for exhibition space) Entries may be sent to: Stewart McSherry, 4782 Panorama, San Diego, CA. 92116, USA. Tel 1-619-3380972 (voice and fax) E-mail: mcsherry@sdsc.edu GRAPHICS INTERFACE 93 May 17-21, 1993, North York, Canada Graphics Interface is seeking contributions for the electronic theatre program. Submissions due: April 1, 1993 Info and submissions: John Amanatides, GI'93 Local Arrangements chair, Department of Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 Canada Tel: 1-416-7362100, Fax: 1-416-7365872, Email: AMANA@CS.YORKU.CA FOURTH EUROGRAPHICS WORKSHOP ON RENDERING June 14-16, 1993, Paris, France Topics: Radiosity, Ray tracing, Illumination models, Volume rendering, Human perception issues, Colour, Texture mapping, Sampling, Filtering and anti-aliasing. Extended Abstracts due: March 26, 1993 Info & submissions: Francois Sillion, LIENS, Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France. Tel: 33-1-44322042, Fax: 33-1-44322080, Email: SILLION@DMI.ENS.FR SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY July 8 - 11, 1993, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Organized by: The School for Contemporary Arts and the Computer Graphics Research Lab at Simon Fraser University, in conjunction with the National Dance Association of America. Consists of: Paper sessions, Panel discussions, Dance videos and Concerts involving Interactive Performance and Multi Media Dance works. Topics: Interactive Performance Studies, The Compositional Process and its Relationship to Technology, Applications of Video and Film, Computer Systems for Choreography and Dance Notation and Virtual Reality. Deadline for all submissions: March 31, 1993 A detailed two page abstract should be sent for all submissions. Dance viseo or interactive performance must also include a video tape. Accepted papers and video submissions required in final form by May 31, 1993 Submissions and info: Thecla Schiphorst, Computer Graphics Research Lab Centre for Systems Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. Tel: 1-604-2913610, Fax: 1-604-2914424, Email: THECLA@CS.SFU.CA VISUALIZATION '93 SYMPOSIUMS October 25-26, San Jose, USA 1. Symposium on Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality Topics: Display and interaction hardware including tracking, gesture recognition, and graphics/audio/force/tactile displays. Software architec- tures. Interaction techniques. Environment design. Human factors. Applications to visualization. Other applications. Submissions: Long papers (5000 words), short papers (2500 words), position statements (2500 words) and panel proposals. Send 6 copies. Submissions due: March 31, 1993 Info and submissions: Steve Byron, NASA Ames Research Center, MS T045-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, USA. Tel: 1-415-6044524. Email: BRYSON@NAS.NASA.GOV 2. Symposium on Parallel Rendering Topics: Polygon scan conversion, Ray tracing, Radiosity, Volume rendering Constructive solid geometry, Surface generation, Scientific visualization Massive parallel computation, Performance analysis, I/O and display issues Architectural impact on algorithms Submit 5 copies of draft, including an abstract and key words. Draft should not exceed 8000 words. Submissions due March 31, 1993 Info and submissions: Tom Crockett, ICASE, M.S. 132C NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-0001, USA Tel: 1-804-8642182, Email: PRS93-INFO@ICASE.EDU REALIDAD VIRTUAL Autumn, 1993, Madrid, Spain Art Futura is an electronic art festival that has taken place in Barcelona for the last three years. Art Futura 93 will have split personalities this year, with an edition in Barcelona from 19-24 April, and another one in Madrid in the autumn. This year's theme is "Artificial Life", and Bar- celona's edition will feature Karl Sims, William Latham, Susam Amkraut and Michael Girard, Stelarc, Javier Mariscal and Moebius. We are very interested in being contacted by artists around the world working in the field of AL and being able to show some of their works of art in Madrid this autumn. Please, send any description, visual material (slides, photos, videos) or anything that will give us an idea about your work, and the kind of equipment needed to show it. Information: Alberto Arnedillo Realidad Virtual Almirante 26-3, 28004 Madrid, Spain Tel: 34-1-5312938/5230509, Fax: 34-1-5233309, Email: contact ISEA INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL 1993 November 4-10, 1993, Arnhem, Holland AVE aims at stimulating the new and investigative use of time-based electric, electronic or visual mediums in modern art practice. AVE will present films, videos, installations, performances, audioart, etc. For more information and entry forms, contact: AVE, PO Box 307, 6800 AH Arnhem, Holland Tel: 31-85-511300, Fax: 31-85-517681 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR ARTICLES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [the] INFINITE EDGE Focusing on the Edges of Culture, examining the Fringes of Reason and the Reasons of Fringe, the Here and Now and Soon-to-Be, via unstrcutured Tones that Ebb and Flow from In-Form Information to Formless Rants of Altered States. [the] Infinite Edge is Divided into the following sections: GENESYS -Notes from the Editor, Letters from those that Grep and/or Grok the Infinite Edge. 32-BIT -Soundbytes of the World, Unite and Take Over. Blurbs per taining to interesting news and products, quotes, technology, factoids MODERN -Cultural Commentary - Realizing, Focusing, and Morphing the PostModern World. Rants, Essays, Theses, Observations, Predictions, Analyses, Streams and Rivers of Consciousness. -SUB -The Depths of the Underground Subcultures. Rants, Essays, Theses, Observations, Predicions, Analyses, and Information. E+ -The Virtual World. News, Notes, Notables and Quotables, Rants, Essays, Theses, Observations, Predictions, Analyses, Communication, Teknologies. VILLAGE- -Interviews (I-Views) and E-Views with those who Surf, Ride, VIEWS Make and Break the Edges of Culture. STREAMZ -Fiction on The Edge: Transreal, Hyperreal, SlipStream, Cyberpunk, Post-Cyberpunk, [insert_any_word_here], etc. MEDI8 -Reviewing, Analyzing, and Commentary regarding Popular and Underground Media: Books, Magazines, Zines, E-Zines, E-Books, Hypertext, Music, Film, Video, Television, Software, etc. MOBIUS -One Last Informational Fix, Closing Words, Late-Crashing News. I am looking for submissions and assistance with this project from all angles: fiction writers, essayists, ranters, graphic designers, artists, poets, etc. Submissions are welcome in any form, in any style, in any tone, though that is not a guarantee that everything I receive will be printed. I am looking for submissison as soon as possible, but feel free to send them in whenever you like. For first issue, send them in by the end of March. Due to lack of available resources, I am unable as of yet to reward monetarily those who contribute to [the] Infinite Edge. I have little money, and my primary interest is producing the highest-quality zine possible, containg an immense spectrum of information. If you would like to contribute to [the] Infinite Edge in any way, shape, or form, please send all queries, submissions, tips, words of wisdom, etc., to me on the Internet at: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu If you do not have Internet access, please send mail to: Andy Hawks, 4290 South Mobile Cir. #D, Aurora, CO 80013, USA By the way, I am looking at offering [the] Infinite Edge at a cost of US $3 per issue. The first issue is not completed yet, but if you are anxious, please contact me via email or snail mail (airmail). ARACHNET ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF VIRTUAL CULTURE Special issue: VIRTUAL CULTURE AND LAW The Arachnet Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture (EJVC) announces a call for papers for a special issue on Virtual Culture and Law, to be published in June 1993. Virtual culture is computer-mediated human experience, behavior, thought, meaning, action, or interaction, such as electronic mail, conferences, and journals; information distribution and retrieval; the construction and visualization of images, representations, or models of reality or worlds; and global connectivity. The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture is a refereed journal whose purpose is to foster, encourage, advance, and communicate scholarly thought, (including analysis, evaluation, and research) in multiple disciplines about virtual culture. Papers for the special issue may address any aspect of the intersection of virtual culture and law, from the practical (such as copyright and liability issues) to the theoretical (the law and virtual communities; computer-mediated communication and the future of law.) For more information concerning style and form of the article, contact ISEA. The deadline for the June 1993 special issue is May 1, 1993. All submissions must be by electronic mail to: James Milles, Special Issue Editor, EJVC Issue on Virtual Culture and Law Head of Computer Services Saint Louis University Law Library Email: millesjg@sluvca.slu.edu (source: Arachnet) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following information concerns an electronic bulletin, available on request from ISEA, either electronically or as a print out. FEDERAL INFORMATION NEWS SYNDICATE (FINS). Communicating the Emerging Philosophy of The Information Age. Federal Information News Syndicate, Vol I, Issue 5 (902 words) Read this issue of FINS to consider: * Value-conflicts in cyberspace, human limitations, & censorship, which can crush the internet's ability to free the expression of the whole people; and * opportunities for high-quality dialogue that can confront the problem situation squarely and help close the values-gap. (source Arachnet) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PSYCHOSCAPE March 27 - April 7, 1993 at O Art Museum , Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition of ArtLab's 1st open collaboration. Artists: Bulbous Plants, Digital Therapy Institute and Hideaki Motoki. Contact: ARTLAB, Dk bldg. 5F, 7-18-23 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Japan Tel +81-3-5410-3611, Fax +81-3-5410-3615 11th EUROGRAPHICS UK CONFERENCE March 30-April 1, York, England Contact: Rob Fletcher, Computing Service, University of York, Heslington, York, Y01 5DD U.K. Tel: 44-904-433816, Fax: 44-904-433740, Email: CONFERENCE@EG.UK.CO.UK INTERMEDIA CONFERENCE 30 March - 1 April 1993 Keynote Presentation by News Electronic Data CEO John Evans, Converging Industries Panel, Artists Talk About the New Media. San Jose Convention Center Contact: Intermedia Customer Service, Mary Johnson, Tel: 1-203-3528240 MONTAGE'93 Deadline for papers 1 April 1993 Contact: Montage '93, International Festival of the Image, 31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607-1499, USA, Tel: 1-716-4428897, Fax: 1-716-4428931 VIRTUAL REALITY 93 Impact & Implications 6-7 April, 1993, Olympia Conference Centre, London, England. Registration Fee before 23 March: 499.38 Pound Sterling Registration Fee after 23 March: 534.63 Pound Sterling Contact: Conference Registration Dept Meckler, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT, U.K. Tel: 44-71-9760405, fax: 44-71-9760506 CYBERTRONICS Through 17 April, 1993 Series of events dedicated to the interaction of technology and physicality in the medium of sound. The series features Stelarc, Mark Trayle, Elise Kermani, Takehisa Kosugi, Laetitia Sonami, and Trimpin and Todd Machover. Contact: The Kitchen, 512 West 18th St., New York, NY, USA. Tel: 1-212-2555793 THE FUTURE OF THE FAMILY SNAP 19 April, 1993 >From shoebox to interactive computer image bank! What will new technology, and new ideas of "family" mean for the future of the snapshot. This one-day conference includes presentations by artists, photo theorists and multi-media technologists. It will discuss the family snap as domestic history, as enabling tool, and as fun. Contact: The Exploratorium, McBean Theater, 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA USA, Tel: 1-415-5526866 MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS'93 13-15 April 1993, Banff, Alberta, Canada. "Forging the Links: Market-Technology-Policy" Contact: Dr. Dorothy Phillips, Communications Research Center, 3701 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8S2, E-mail: dorothy@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca CREATIVITY AND COGNITION Cognitive science, art and design practice: An International Symposium 13-15 April 1993, Loughborough University of Technology, UK Contact: The Lutchi Research Centre, Loughborough University of Tech- nology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. Tel: 44-509-222694, Fax: 44-509-610815, E-mail: p.j.holligan@lut.ac.uk ARTEC'93 The Third International Biennale in Nagoya 23 April - 6 June 1993, Nagoya, Japan. An event of art and technology, consisting of four main parts; international competition and exhibition, open competition and exhibition, lighting and illumination and a symposium. Contact: The Open Competition, The Council for the International Biennale in Nagoya, c/o the Chunichi Shimbun, 1-7-2, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-11, Japan. Tel: 81-52-2210753, Fax: 81-52-2210739 INTERCHI'93 24-29 April, RAI Conference Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM Conference Contact: European Office: Soerenseweg 32, 7314 CE Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Tel: 31-20-5485591, Fax: 31-20-6441746. North-American Office: P.O. Box 1279, 1355 Redwood Way, Pacifica, CA, 94044 USA. Tel: 1-415-7381200, Fax: 1-415-7381280 E-mail: ic93-office-na.chi@xerox.com NCGA '93 26-29 April 1993, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, USA Computer Graphics Solutions: Applications for Implementation The 14th annual conference and exposition sponsored by the National Computer Graphics Association (NCGA), dedicated to computer graphics applications for engineering and business graphics. Contact: NGCA, 2722 Merrilee Drive Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22031 USA. Tel: 1-703-6989600, Fax: 1-703-5602752 3CYBERCONF The Third International Conference on Cyberspace 14 May - 15 May, 1993, The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Registration deadline March 30, 1993 For more information, e-mail 3cyberconf@bongo.cc.utexas.edu, or write 3Cyberconf, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. Tel: 1-512-4711922, Fax 1-512-4710716 35th AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL May 26 - 30, 1993, Niles, USA AVFA, P.O.Box 48659, Niles, IL 60714. Tel: 1-708-6986440, Fax: 1-708-8231561 COMPUTER ANIMATION '93 June 17-18, 1993, Geneva, Switzerland CG INTERNATIONAL June 21-25, 1993, Lausanne, Switzerland Contact: Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, MIRALab, CUI 24, rue du General Dufour, CH-1204 Geneva, Switzerland Email: THALMANN@UNI2A.UNIGE.CH READING PRINTS Through 6 July, 1993 The use of language as a pictorial element in twentieth-century printed art is the subject of the installation, which traces the dynamic and ever-diversifying role of language in modern and contemporary art in general and in the print mediums in particular. Contact: The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 St. New York, NY USA. Tel: 1-212-7089400 WORKING CONFERENCE ON GEOMETRIC MODELING IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS June 28-July 2, 1993, Genova, Italy Focus: Disciplines, Roles, Applications Contact: Bianca Falcidieno, Instituto per la Matematica Applicata-CNR Via L.B. Albereti 4, 16132 Genova, Italy. Tel: 39-10-515510/517639, Fax: 39-10-517801, Email: FALCIDIENO@IMAGE.GE.CNR.IT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION, RENDERING AND VISUALIZATION July 12-14, 1993, Ankara, Turkey Contact: Varol Akman, ATARV-93 Dept. of Computer Engineering & Information Science Bilkent University, 06533 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey Tel: 90-4-2664040, Fax: 90-4-2664127, Email: ATARV@TRBILUN.BITNET SIGGRAPH 93 Conference: August 1 - 6 1993 Exhibition: August 3 - 5 1993 Anaheim, California Anaheim Convention Center. For general information : SIGGRAPH 93, Conference Management, Smith, Bucklin & Associates, 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Phone 1-312-3216830, Fax 1-312-3216876, Email: SIGGRAPH93@SIGGRAPH.ORG ARS ELECTRONICA June 1 - 19, 1993, Linz, Austria. Information: Franckstrasse 2a, A4010 Linz, Austria. Phone: 43-732-53481267, Fax: 43-732-53481270 PACIFIC GRAPHICS '93 August 30 - September 2, 1993, Seoul, Korea. Contact: Sung Yong Shin, Computer Science Department Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology 373-1, Kusung-dong, Yusung-ku, Daejon 305-701, Korea Tel: 82-42-8693528, Fax: 82-42-8693510, Email: SYSHIN@CS.KAIST.AC.KR ICMC1993 International Computer Music Conference 1993 Date: Sept. 10-15 , 1993 Place: Waseda University Tokyo, Japan Early registration dead line: July 10th Info: contact ISEA __________________________________________________________________________ Selected items from Fineart Forum, Volume 7 #3 and Leonardo Electronic News, March 15, 1993. The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts contribu- tes to Fineart Forum and republishes the items on electronic art on behalf of its members. FAF is published by the Mississippi State University/NSF Engineering Research Centre. LEN is published by the International Society for Art, Science and Technology on behalf of The Art, Science and Tech- nology Network. __________________________________________________________________________ SPACE: Student Poster and Animation Competition and Exhibition MaryKate Haley The ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, George Mason University, and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts is sponsoring a computer graphics Student Poster and Animation Competition and Exhibition. The posters and video pieces will be on exhibit in Anaheim California at SIGGRAPH '93. Selected video pieces will also be shown in the Information Age exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution, Washintgton, D.C. Deadline is June 15 1993. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Contact : MK Haley or Jackie White Art Dept. LACSHA/ Cal State L.A. 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles CA 90032-0032, USA Tel: 1-213-3434034 or 1-213-3434012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHSColograms - digital 3D hardcopy Stephan Meyers (Art)n was founded in 1983 by Director, Ellen Sandor. (Art)n is a collective of artists, scientists, mathematicians and computer talents who pioneered Virtual Photography with their patented invention of the Stealth Negative PHSCologram* (pronounced skol%o%gram). The group's name was chosen to indicate the unlimited potential for collaboration between the arts, sciences, and cutting-edge visual technologies. Unlike traditional research environments, (Art)n develops technology for the sake of artistic exploration and innovative design. (Art)n's patented technology was inspired by the process-oriented works of Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy and Duchamp. Their unique invention is the only autostereographic three-dimensional hard copy medium in the world that is entirely computer generated. PHSColograms are created from digital imagery with striking true-to-life colors in the highest resolution. In their finished stage, they are displayed in light boxes. An observer does not have to stand at certain angles or wear special glasses to see the images. PHSColograms also have some movement. As an observer passes by, the image seems to follow. They are often described as floating sculptures or three-dimensional photographs. (Art)n is presently working on commercializing their technology for CAD, CAID, Advertising, Entertainment, Fine Arts, Medical, and Scientific Visualization markets. Other plans include downsizing the process for desktop users. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART INDEX AND ARTS & HUMANITIES SEARCH NOW ON FIRSTSEARCH AND EPIC DESIGN-L Art Index, the H. W. 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For more information call: Tam Dalrymple 1-614-7615054, Nita Dean 1-614-7615002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS & COMPOSITIONS: X COLLOQUIUM ON MUSICAL INFORMATICS Francesco Giomi Milan, December, 2-4, 1993 Deadlines: 3/15/93: Arrival of extended abstracts (scientific papers, posters, demonstrations); 5/31/93: Arrival of music compositions and descriptions; Contact & send contributions to: Comitato Organizzatore del X Colloquio di Informatica Musicale c/o L.I.M. - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione Universita' degli Studi di Milano via Comelico, 35, I-20135 Milano (Italy) Tel: 39-2-55006338/382/380 (answering machine) Fax: 39-2-55006373 E-mail: MacLim@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it Acknowledge-To: < CONSERVA@IFIIDG.FI.CNR.IT > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART AND HOLOGRAPHY, A NEW PUBLICATION. The International Catalogue for Holography will be published four times a year, each issue features the work of eight artists, illustrating their work (in colour), offering their own views and comments on their work and the medium, and providing biographical details. Every other issue con- tains a specially commissioned critical essay on the visual, creative, aesthetic, social or political aspects of the medium. Subscription costs. 65 German marks, 25 Pounds Sterling or 55 US Dollars. Payable in the above currencies by cheque. By international money order in German Marks. By direct bank transfer to Deutsche Bank Konto Nr 643 2330, BLZ 370 700 60. Send subscriptions to The Creative Holography Index, Postfach 200210 5060 Bergisch Gladbach 2, Germany. Fax: 49-2202-30497. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIL ART SHOW Dana Fritz/Dan Collins Upcoming E-Mail/Snail Mail Art Show at Arizona State University. Postal address: Fritz/Collins, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. 1- 852-871505. We're part of the Intermedia program at ASU. Dan Collins, Email: iddlc@asuvm.inre.asu.edu or iddlc@asuacad ________________________________________________________________________ The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien- tists 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 POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, Holland (Tel 31-10-2020850, Fax 31-75-701906, Email ISEA@RUG.NL). 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 men- tioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA. Support: Groningen University, Amsterdam University, De Fabriek/Hollandia. End of ISEA Newsletter #15
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THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ISEA NEWSLETTER
# 14, FEBRUARY 1993
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ditors: Dirk Boon, Wim van der Plas (Holland). Correspondents: Yoshiyuki
Abe (Japan), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Leslie Bishko (US), Jurgen Claus
(Germany), Roger Malina (US), Ivan Pope (UK), Rejane Spitz (Brazil).
Lay-out: Rene Pare (Grafico de Poost). Text editors: Ray Archee, Seth
Shostak. ISEA, POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel 31-10-
2020850, Fax 31-75-701906, Email ISEA@RUG.NL or A430WYNA@DIAMOND.SARA.NL
PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF OUR NEW ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER!
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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL Wim van der Plas
LANGUAGES OF DESIGN Ray Lauzzana
ART FUTURA 93 Media Research
CALL FOR PAPERS Roger Malina
ONLINE - Art in Networks Horst Hoertner
FISEA 93 Roman Verostko
CALENDAR
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EDITORIAL
Wim van der Plas
Recently, general information concerning ISEA and membership application
forms have been prepared in several languages. A Portugese version for the
South American continent was produced and distributed by Rejane Spitz.
Yoshiuki Abe made a Japanese version. He also translated a summary of the
Call for Participation for the Fourth International Symposium on
Electronic Art (FISEA 93), and we are proud to announce that Yoshi is
going to provide a summarized Japanese version of the ISEA newsletter from
now on.
Newspaper articles mentioning ISEA appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald
(on the occasion of the Third International Symposium on Electronic Art)
and in the Brazilian newspaper O Globo and the Brasilian TV Guide. In
both last cases, the occasion was an interview with Rejane.
The Fourth Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 94) in Helsinki is in
preparation. This is the Email address: ISEA@UIAH.FI
EMAIL
In an earlier newsletter, we offered the possibility to join Email to our
Dutch readers. If we have enough interest, we can open an account so that
anyone possessing a computer and a modem (and a telephone) can log in at a
very low price. We also indicated we like to know who else (in Europe,
outside of Holland) is interested.
We had very few reactions, and now we wonder whether it is clear to
non-Email-users what the advantages of Email are. Email enables you to
communicate to anyone in the world for the price of a LOCAL phone call. Of
course, you can only communicate with people that are on Email themselves.
In Europe, all Universities and practically all Institutes for Higher
Education are connected to Email. Many of the larger companies are on
Email. In the US people can get an Email account with one of the phone
companies and practically all electronic artists are on Email.
Especially for organizers and publishers, but in effect to anyone whishing
to be in touch with the 'electronic community', Email is essential.
If you have questions, ask us by letter, phone or fax.
ARTIST/TECHNOLOGIST SURVEY
The request below was in one of the earlier newsletters. I am glad that
quite a few people reacted. However, I like to see more opinions, so here
goes again:
During the ISEA-panel on the Future of Computer Graphics at Montage 93, I
like to go into the relationship between artists/designers on the one hand
and scientists/technologists on the other. I would like to draw on the
experiences with this subject of our members.
Anyone having any experience with or (grounded) opinion on this relation-
ship, is asked to reflect. You are invited to write to me (by letter or
Email) and tell me whatever is on your mind concerning the cooperation
between the two disciplines.
Please try to give me the following information:
-What is your education/occupation/background?
-Do you think cooperation between the two disciplines is necessary for the
development of electronic art? Why (not)?
-Have you got any relevant experience with this cooperation and can you
elaborate on it, either in a positive or a negative sense?
-Please, give examples. Illustrations by way of video tape or other AV
materials is welcomed very much. They can illustrate both succesful
cooperation, failures, or illustrate the point of view that cooperation is
not necessary.
-Does education anticipate on the needs for cooperation or is there
anything you have to say concerning the relationship between the dis-
ciplines in the light of education?
Thank you very much for your cooperation. I will keep you informed via
this Newsletter.
Wim van der Plas
POB 8656, 3009 AR Rotterdam, Holland
Email ISEA@RUG.NL
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LANGUAGES OF DESIGN
Ray Lauzzana
The international journal of formalisms for WORD, IMAGE, & SOUND
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 non-literary texts, music,
and visual works including art, dance, theater, architecture and all types
of design.
This multidisciplinary focus is reflected by 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 grammars, and computational
musicology are central to the subjects covered by 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 are discussed 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.
These subjects will be presented in terms of their impact and influence on
a theoretical foundation for productive systems. Research results from
visual, audio and textual analyses that may have an impact on the arts are
also invited. Of particular interest is research utilizing computational
methods to verify theoretical formal analysis. Articles criticizing the
assumptions and results of this work are also welcome.
For a free sample copy contact:
Petra van der Meer, Marketing Manager
Elsevier Science Publishers
P.O. Box 103
1000 AC Amsterdam
Netherlands
For Author Instructions, Submissions, and other editorial info,
contact:
Raymond Lauzzana, Editor-in-Chief
South Park Media Center
544 Second St.
San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
tel: 1-415-5674157
fax: 1-415-8961512
e-mail: LAUZZANA@NETCOM.COM
E-mail submissions are welcome. However, please write to the Editor-
in-Chief for Author Instructions prior to submission.
Submissions that do not conform to the format requirements, will
not be accepted.
For advertising rate information contact:
Denise E. M. Penrose, Managing Editor
P.O. Box 47095
San Francisco, CA 94147, USA
tel: 1-415-5674157
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ART FUTURA 93
Media Research
Art Futura announces its fourth edition to be held at the Palacio de
Congressos (Barcelona) from april 19th to 24th.
ARTIFICIAL LIFE
If artificial life delivers on a fraction of its promise, our computers
and lives might never be the same. Through the use of techniques borrowed
from biology, programmers are capable of creating programs that evolve and
reproduce. It's the beginning of a daring new field with vast applications
in the creation of new imagery.
Panel with the participation of: Karl Sims (Artist/Thinking Machines/USA),
illiam Latham (Artist/IBM UK/England), Jacques Ninio
(Biotechnologist/CNR5/France) and Xavier Berenguer (Computer Graphics
expert/Spain)
STELARC
Presentation by the Australian artist who includes in his performances
elements of robotics and is famous for his naked mid-air suspensions.
Stelarc is heavily involved with R&D on a prosthetic hand.
MARISCAL
Javier Mariscal will introduce images of 'Aquarinto', a new video game
designed for a theme park in Nagasaki (Japan), that includes computer
graphics (2D and 3D) produced in collaboration with Animatica.
3D in SPAIN
Presentation by Hipolito Vivar of the latest in computer graphics produced
in Spain.
MTV Art Breaks
Peter Dougherty, creative director, will introduce a selection of video
works produced specially for MTV
VIRTUAL REALITY
Susan Amkraut and Michael Girard (authors of the classic computer
animation 'Eurhythmy') will introduce an advanced version of their virtual
reality system 'Menagerie', recently presented at the Georges Pompidou
Center in Paris.
MOEBIUS
Art Futura pays tribute to the french artist Jean Giraud (Moebius), with a
talk by the artist himself and projection of his works, as well as a
preview of his computer generated movie 'Starwatcher' (now in his final
production stage).
ART FUTURA 93 FILM & VIDEO SHOW
As in the past editions Art Futura showcases an international selection of
the most innovative works in computer graphics and experimental video. The
Art Futura 93 Film & Video Show offers an update of the latest advances,
including works by Media Lab, HD/CG New York, Pacific Data, Ex-Nihilo,
Mitsuo Shionaga and a stereoscopic movie (polarized glasses) produced by
Brad de Graf.
For any consultations:
Angels Bronsoms, Art Futura 93 Press Departement, Provenza 326,
Barcelona 08037, Spain. Tel: 34-3-4590708. Fax: 34-3-4590268.
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CALL FOR PAPERS: ARTISTIC AND LITERARY VISIONS OF SPACE
Roger Malina
The International Astronautical Federation has announced a call for papers
for a session on Artistic and Literary Visions of Space to be held at the
International Astronautical Congress in Graz Austria 16-22 October 1993.
In this session the organisers hope to document how artists and writers
lay the cultural foundation upon which future space exploration activities
depend. Deadline is March 15, 1993
Abstracts for papers should be sent to:
Jonathan Galloway,
Lake Forrest College,
Illinois 60045,USA
or emailed to RMALINA@CEA.BERKELEY.EDU.
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ON LINE - ART IN NETWORKS
Horst Hoertner
4 to 7 March 1993, Graz, Austria.
Great words and hopes have accompanied the development of electronic arts
at all times. It is, however, also feared that art might only be exploited
as a complaisant lacky of high-tech industry. The worldwide efforts to
integrate art, science and technology are no longer fruitless and,
therefore, an independent identity of a telematic art is also beginning to
take shape. To determine this shape in the hybrid complex of topics of a
digital, telematic culture is the central objective of three symposia to
be held in Austria in 1993.
ON LINE - Art in Networks
IN CONTROL - on the man-machine interface
ON AIR - on the new media of the digital age
Is telecomunication technology capable of sustaining artistic activities?
And on which conditions is it able to rise above the "...desperate attempt
to save something of what once was communication (...) for this strange
realm consisting of silicon and high-frequency waves." (F.A. Kittler)
This issue is the focus of the first symposium.
Accompanied by projects of international artists and a documentation of
recent developments, international speakers will address this topic,
discuss controversial positions and current concepts of telematic aes-
thetics for four days.
Symposium location: Palais Attems, Sackstrasse 17, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Organizer:
Styrian Cultural Initiative
Office: Jutta Schmiederer, Kernstockgasse 22-24, A-8020 Graz,
Austria.
Tel: 43-316-912766
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART,
Roman Verostko
November 3-7, 1993,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 4th in the series begun at Utrecht in 1988.
Current research, theory and practice on the use of electronics in the
arts, with an emphasis on "the art factor". Addresses works by visual
artists, performers, musicians, and those developing new electronic
formats. Call for submissions: papers, panels, courses/workshops, poster
sessions, arts exhibitions include electronic theater, network art and
sound/performance arts. Participants: artists, scientists, arts critics,
curators, educators, and others interested in the use of electronics in
the arts. Participating institutions: Mpls College Art & Design (Host),
Walker Art Center, U of Minn School of Music, Minneapolis Institute of
Arts, Minneapolis Community College.
Deadlines: Workshops, Courses, Papers/Panels: April 15
Performance/Concert: May 15
Art Show, Electronic Theater, Poster Sessions June 15
Slide Show, Listening Room: July 15.
For guidelines: FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2501 Stevens Ave S; Minneapolis, MN 55404-4343, USA.
Tel: 1-612-8743754
Fax: 1-612-8743732
Email: FISEA93@MCAD.EDU
Program Director: Roman Verostko,
Tel: 1-612-8252720
EMAIL: ROMAN@MCAD.EDU
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MONITOR 93
The Second Coming of the Cryptics, Video as Art Festival
February 26 - March 21, 1993
Frolunda Kulturhus & Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden
The sub-title suggests a mythological curse meant to invoke and
consolidate the validity of art as a surrealistic braintool rather than an
educational and mechanical way to socialise. Artists are invited to submit
tapes. Due to our moving, this announcement reached us too late: deadline
for entry forms was February 1st, deadline for tapes was February 15th.
Info: Monitor 93, Box 63, S-42121 V Frolunda, Sweden.
Tel: 46-31-851665, fax: 46-31-851667
WRO 93
Fourth International Sound Basis Festival.
Mat 5-8, 1993, Wroclaw, Poland.
Devoted to exploring the esthetic and technical potentials of the visual
representation of sound. WRO provides an international forum for
endeavors, experiments and exchanges among video/computer artists,
critics, technologies, galleries and art centers.
Competition:
Video or computer animation work emphasizing the role of music/sound in
visual art and offering a sound/image production that shows awareness and
creativity in exploiting the potentials and limitations of the media
employed. Only work produced after January 1st, 1991. Entries must reach
WRO no later than March 8th, 1993. Three cash prices of total amount of 90
million zlotys (about $6000, according to the organizers).
Entry forms and more info:
Open Studio Cooperative, POB 1385, PL-54137, Wroclaw 16, Poland.
Phone/fax: 48-71-448369
THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS, FREEDOM AND PRIVACY
9 - 12 March, San Francisco Airport Marriot Hotel, Burlingame, CA, USA
Contact: Bruce Koball, General Chair, CFP'93, 2210 Sixth St.,
Berkeley, CA, USA, tel: 1-510-8451350, Email CFP93@WELL.SF.CA.US
CYBERTRONICS
9 March - 17 April, 1993
Series of events dedicated to the interaction of technology and
physicality in the medium of sound. The series features Stelarc,
Mark Trayle, Elise Kermani, Takehisa Kosugi, Laetitia Sonami, and
Trimpin and Todd Machover.
Contact: The Kitchen, 512 West 18th St., New York, NY, USA, tel:
1-212-2555793
VIRTUAL REALITY 93
Impact & Implications
6-7 April, 1993, Olympia Conference Centre, London, England.
Registration Fee before 23 March: 499.38 Pound Sterling
Registration Fee after 23 March: 534.63 Pound Sterling
Info: Conference Registration Dept
Meckler, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT, U.K.
Tel: 44-71-9760405, fax: 44-71-9760506
ARTEC'93
The Third International Biennale in Nagoya
23 April - 6 June 1993
An event of art and technology, consisting of four main parts;
international competition and exhibition, open competition and exhibition,
lighting and illumination and a symposium.
Information:
The Open Competition,
The Council for the International Biennale in Nagoya, c/o the
Chunichi Shimbun, 1-7-2, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-11, Japan
Tel: 81-52-221-0753, fax: 81-52-2210739
3CYBERCONF
The Third International Conference on Cyberspace
14 - 15 May, 1993, The University of Texas in Austin.
For more information write to:
3CYBERCONF, School of Architecture, University Of Texas, Austin,
Texas 78712, USA.
Phone 1-512-4716619, fax 1-512-4710176.
Email: 3CYBERCONF@BONGO.CC.UTEXAS.EDU
SIGGRAPH 93
Conference: August 1 - 6 1993
Exhibition: August 3 - 5 1993
Anaheim, California Anaheim Convention Center.
For general information :
SIGGRAPH 93, Conference Management, Smith, Bucklin & Associates,
401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Phone 1-312-3216830, Fax 1-312-3216876,
Email: SIGGRAPH93@SIGGRAPH.ORG
ARS ELECTRONICA
June 1 - 19, 1993
Information: Franckstrasse 2a, A4010 Linz, Austria.
Phone: 43-732-53481267, Fax: 43-732-53481270
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PERFORMANCES
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NORA'S ART, A Performance by Pat Olesko
5 - 7 March, 1993
Footwork, 3221 22nd St. at Mission, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA
Contact:
New Langton Arts tel: 1-415-6265416,
Southern Exposure tel: 1-415-8632141,
Footwork tel: 1-415-8245044
SINGING THE WORLD INTO EXISTENCE, 3
13 March, 1993
Paul Panhuysen and His Kanary Grand Band. Live inter-species performance
work that explores how sound,light, air, and feedback mechanisms affect
birdsong. Performancemarks the opening of a six-week installation
(through April 30).
Contact: Exploratorium,
3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tel: 1-415-5610361, fax: 1-415-5610307
ZERO - IN - TIME
19- 20 March, 1993
Interactive Live Performance with Leading Computer Music Composers
Contact: Life on the Water, Fort Mason Building B, San Francisco, CA,
USA, tel: 1-415-7768999
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PAUL DE MARINIS: THE EDISON EFFECT,
A Series of Interactive Sound Sculptures San Francisco Art Institute
18 February - 20 March.
Contact: San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA,
USA, tel: 1-415-7717020
THE HALSEY GALLERY
Judith Yourman: Details at Eleven, Leona Helmsley/Joel Steinberg:
Multi Media Installation. February 22 - March 17, 1993
The exhibition examines the American fascination with celibrity and
scandal, and the role that the media play in transforming news,
particularly court trials, into entertainment. Lecture by the artist on
Feruary 23, 8 pm.
The Halsey Gallery, School of the Arts, College of Charleston, 66
George Street, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
RADICAL FUTURES An Exhibition of New Work by Todd Siler
27 February - 27 March, 1993
Contact: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., 31 Mercer St., New York, NY 10013,
USA. Tel: 1-212-2263232, fax: 1-212-9411536
DIAGRAMMATIC DIALOGUES, Computer Imaging, An exhibit by Joan Truckenbrod
2 - 27 March, 1993
Contact: ARC Gallery, 1040 West Huron St., Chicago, IL, USA,
tel: 1-312-7332787
DIGITAL PAINTINGS by HOLGER BAR
5 - 9 March, 1993
Contact: Museum Fur Holographie & Neue Visuelle Medien, Pletschmuhlenweg
7, D-5024 Pulheim, GERMANY
Tel: 49-2238-51053, fax: 49-2238-52158
11th WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL
19- 25 April 1993
Kijkhuis, Noordeinde 140, 2514 GP Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Tel: 31-70-3644805, fax 31-70-3614448
35th AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
May 26 - 30, 1993
AVFA, P.O.Box 48659, Niles, IL 60714.
Tel: 1-708-6986440
Fax: 1-708-8231561
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MECKLER PUBLICATIONS
3 Publications on Virtual Reality were announced by Meckler
Publications:
-Virtual Reality Report.
Editors: Sandra Kay Helsel, Tony Feldman. International Newsletter
dedicated to artificial reality, cyberspace and virtual reality, 10 issues
110 Pound Sterling
-Virtual Reality Research and Development 1992, Editor: Jeremy Thompson
Articles by researchers, Country by country directory,
Bibliography 350 pages, 45 PS
-Virtual Reality Market Place 1993, Editor: S.K. Helsel,
Directory of vendors, products and services. 180 pages, 32.50 PS
Order from: Meckler, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1P
1RT, U.K.
ANIMATION JOURNAL
Animation Journal publishes writing on any subject related to animation,
encouraging submissions from artists and others who work outside the
traditional academic realm of the university. For subscription and submis-
sion information, please contact:
Animation Journal, Maureen Furniss (Editor), Division of Critical
Studies, School of Cinema & Television, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-221, USA
__________________________________________________________________
Selected items from Fineart Forum, Volume 7 #2 and Leonardo Electronic
News, February 15, 1993. The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts
contributes to Fineart Forum and republishes the items on electronic art
on behalf of its members. FAF is published by the Mississippi State
University/NSF Engineering Research Centre. LEN is published by the
International Society for Art, Science and Technology on behalf of The
Art, Science and Technology Network.
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CULTURAL POLITICS IN TECHNOLOGICAL ART
1-4 April 1993, Vienna, Austria
The Austrian Academy of Sciences in Cooperation with the Centre of Social
Innovation in Vienna organizes a Symposium on "Cultural Politics in
Technological Art". The idea is based on a study on "Technologische
Kultur", which reveals the status and problems of Austrian artists. In
order to widen the perspectives we will invite experts. Whoever is con-
cerned to one of the following fields is invited to submit an abstract:
- Places of Work and Education in Technological Art
- Media Art in Radio and Television
- Market and advancement in the sector of Technological Art
- The end of authorship in an area of digital mediamorphosis
- Strategies for Networking
We will offer free flight and accommodation for people who prepare a
speech and/or make a workshop.
For further information please contact Mr. Rolando Alton-Scheidl,
Tel:43-1-712214837,
Fax: 43-1-712214830
Email: SCHEIDL@LEZVAX.OEAW.AC.AT
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IDEA / International Directory of Electronic Arts
Annick Bureaud
Computer Art, computer animation, video, interactive art, networking,
holography, sound works, space-sky art, robotic art, virtual reality,
etc.. IDEA covers the whole range of activities in the field of art &
technology. Bilingual, French/English, this unique Directory includes in
this second edition more than 2800 addresses world wide concerning
Organisations (festivals, galleries, museums, art centers, schools and
universities, centers for research and creation, resource centers,
non-profit organisations), Artist, People (theoreticians, critics,
researchers, curators) and Periodicals.
A bibliography and four indexes complete IDEA. IDEA is also available on
mailing labels which can be sorted in different ways. For a free cost
estimate send a detailed request.
IDEA: 11 x 19 cm - 504 pages -250 FF - CHAOS Editions, Paris.
Mail order sales in French Francs only:
CHAOS, 57 rue Faluiere, 75015 PARIS France, fax: 33-1-3221124
Payment by International Money Order to: CHAOS account #040 220 29748 bank
BICS 31 bd Edgar Quintet, 75014 PARIS. (Orders with payment ONLY - an
invoice will be sent with the directory on request).
Mail order sales in dollars:
ARTCOM, PO Box 3123 Rincon Annex, San Francisco CA 94119-3123
DIFFUSION i MEDIA, 4487 rue Adam, Montreal (QUE) Canada H1V 1T9,
Fax: 1-514-2811884
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PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
Call for Submissions.
Deadline February 28, 1993. The theme of this year Ars Electronic
Conference (not the Prix) is "Genetic Art - Artificial Life".
Details: ORF-Prix Ars Electronica; Franckstrasse 2A; A-4010 LINZ
Austria.
Tel: 43-732-52481267
Fax: 43-732-53481270
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STELARC
Paul Brown
Stelarc, the Australian performance artist is in residence at the Kansas
City Art Institute Jan 15 - March 4. For details: Fax: 1-816-9316082
He then moves to The Kitchen in New York March 5-14; Obscure in Quebec
March 24-Apr 7; Art Futura, Barcelona Apr 12-25; Helsinki Apr 26-May 9
and CAVS/MIT Cambridge May 10-22.
________________________________________________________________________
The Inter-Society aims at joining a world-wide network of artists, scien-
tists 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.
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 men-
tioned in this Newsletter by contacting ISEA.
Support: Groningen University, Amsterdam University, De Fabriek/Hollandia.
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Annual Report92
ISEA
Annual Reports
for
June 1990 - June 1992
Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts
PREFACE: History
Roughly speaking, ISEA is a spin-off of the Rotterdam (Holland) based
Foundation for Creative Computer Applications (SCCA). The SCCA was founded
in 1984 to promote the creative use of computer technology, as opposed to
the more common, profit-based use. The one-sided introduction of computer
technology in our society has seemed to suggest destructive cultural
consequences if the cultural world ignored, or even opposed, the use of
computers.
The SCCA played an important role in the introduction of the computer to
art schools in Holland, and organized several educational projects. Of
these, the 'Information Project: Computer Art' (which included a one-day
symposium entitled 'Computer Art, Does it Exist?'), held in Rotterdam in
1985, was the most important.
At this point it appeared that the SCCA had been successful in its role,
interesting the Dutch art community in the creative potentials of computer
use. Consequently, the SCCA decided to broaden its scope. It wished to
become active on an international level, transcending the barriers between
the various art disciplines. It was felt that electronic technology
softened the lines between traditional art forms. That, together with the
fact that the electronic revolution proceeds at a speed that makes it
very difficult to maintain a proper perspective, mandates a structured,
scientific approach towards a field that has been coined 'electronic art'.
It was decided to found an international organization, one that would
serve to mediate among the individual organizations and institutes that
were spreading throughout the field. As an example, it was clear that
computer graphic artists knew about major computer graphics events, such
as Siggraph, and met each other there, while the computer music people
were members of the Computer Music Association (CMA) and met each other at
the International Computer Music Conferences. Both groups appeared to
be very interested in results in one another's discipline, but there was
no opportunity for them to meet. They simply didn't attend each other's
conferences.
An umbrella organization was in order, and to facilitate its birth, a
symposium seemed appropriate. The planned symposium was called the First
International Conference on Electronic Art, optimistically scheduled for
1986. The name was later changed to the First International Symposium on
Electronic Art (FISEA). The SCCA tried to find symposium sponsors in
Rotterdam, ultimately reaching an agreement with the Utrecht School of Art
(HKU). The SCCA and the HKU organized FISEA as a joint operation. FISEA
took place in 1988 in Utrecht's Jaarbeurs Congress Center, smack in
the middle of Holland, with evening programs in several local theaters as
well as in the Omnimax theatre in The Hague.
FISEA was quite a success. From the reactions and the participation in the
symposium, it was clear that the initiative had met with a 'market
demand'. Representatives came from many universities within Europe, from
the US and Australia, and from such organizations as Siggraph, CMA, Ars
Electronica, ISAST (International Association for the Arts, Science &
Technology), ANAT (Australian Network for Art & Technology), etc. Several
meetings were held to discuss the need and the possibilities for the
founding of an umbrella organization for the electronic arts. The results
of a survey among the participants indicated that practically all were in
favour of such an organization, and felt that there was a clear need for
it. The term 'Inter-Society' was coined to symbolize the meta-character of
the new, still-to-be-founded, organization.
The initial idea was that the Inter-Society would be set up by the Utrecht
School of Arts, which was also laying claim to the organization of the
second symposium, SISEA, two years thereafter.
However in June 1989, the HKU reported that it had made no progress on
either project and decided to withdraw. The founder of the SCCA, Theo
Hesper (initiator of the idea for both the umbrella organization and
FISEA) and the former director of the SCCA, Wim van der Plas, then decided
to take the initiative themselves. First the preparations for the Second
International Symposium on Electronic Art (SISEA) had to be set in motion
in order to organize it in 1990, as had been decided at FISEA.
The Polytechnic School in the city of Groningen, in the north of Holland,
decided to organize SISEA with Wim van der Plas in the role of executive
director. Groningen Polytechnic has an art department (music, visual arts
and architecture) that included several 'electronic activities', especial-
ly in the field of computer animation.
In order to prepare the ground work for ISEA, several meetings were
organized with a local group of experts. The first of these meetings took
place at the Utrecht School of Arts; other meetings were held in Amsterdam
and Groningen. Present were representatives of the SCCA, the Groningen
Polytechnic, the HKU, Eindhoven University, Groningen University, the
Dutch Broadcasting Corporation and other institutes. Several international
meetings were also staged at Siggraph (Boston, 1989 and Dallas, 1990) and
Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria, 1989 and 1990).
It was decided that:
-the Inter-Society was to have members and would have the legal form of a
'vereniging' (Dutch, refering to an organization wherein members have the
right to elect the board)
-the board was to consist of representatives from various countries and
various disciplines
-the founders would form a provisional board until enough members would be
accrued to hold elections.
-members could consist of both organizations/institutes and individuals.
This was especially aimed at artists, who often work as individuals.
According to the plans made at FISEA, the founding of the Inter-Society
for the Electronic Arts, ISEA, took place before SISEA.
SISEA was held in November, 1990. ISEA was founded in June, 1990.
Founders and provisional board members consisted of Theo Hesper and Wim
van der Plas.
REPORT: 1990
The first thing ISEA did was to issue a press release announcing its
formation. A membership application was produced and distributed by mail
and at Siggraph (Dallas) and Ars Electronica (Linz), as well as at the
European Meeting of Art & New Technologies in Athens. ISEA was invited to
this last meeting and had the chance to explain its purpose there. At
Siggraph, a meeting was held in cooperation with ASTN as part of the
scientific conference. At Ars Electronica, a press conference was staged.
Of course the most important event for ISEA was the SISEA symposium, from
12-17 November in Groningen.
SISEA was a very successful event. It consisted of a three-day scientific
symposium, two days of workshops, an art exhibition, a film and video
show, and a night of concerts and performances, all staged at the Ooster-
poort Cultural Center (excepting the workshops). In addition, there were
several public events outside the symposium location. Attendees numbered
266, while thousands of people visited the exhibition. The two evening
programs sold out completely.
A large part of the program (symposium, workshops, evening programs and
exhibition) was compiled from a selection of proposals (more than 300 were
received) sent in by artists and scientists from all over the world. The
selection was made by an international program committee, consisting of:
Paul Berg, Theo Hesper, Kees van Oosterveld, Felix Hess (Holland), Donna
Cox, Charles Csuri, Michael Girard, Raymond Lauzzana, Tom Linehan, Roger
Malina, Stephen Pope (USA), Yoichiro Kawaguchi (Japan), Virginia Barratt
(Australia), Francois Bayle (France), John Lansdown (UK), Jurgen Claus
(Germany), Christine Schopf (Austria).
Participants came from 19 different countries. Best represented were,
respectively, Holland, USA, Germany, Sweden, Australia and the UK.
The main event, the symposium, consisted of lectures and panel discus-
sions, as is usually the case with scientific symposia. However, two
program items were new, and very representative of the philosophy behind
ISEA and the symposia: so-called Institutional Presentations (IP's) and
Poster Sessions (PS's). During IP's, organizations and institutes
introduced themselves.
A representative explained what they were doing, for whom, why, since
when, etc., often using AV materials to illustrate their points. In this
way, the organizations learned about each other, and the concept of ISEA
functioning as an umbrella organization became more concrete. The or-
ganizations and institutes that presented themselves were:
ISAST, Computer Music Association (International)
Experimental TV Center, YLEM/SCAN, Visual Engineering Lab,
Syracuse Media Studies, Siggraph, Artcom (USA)
Electronic Media Arts, ACAT (Australia)
International Directory of Electronic Arts, CETECH, INA (France),
Living Art Center (Sweden),
Computer Music Laboratory (Bulgaria),
Prometheus (USSR),
LIM (Italy),
Electronic Media Laboratory (UK),
Ars Electronica (Austria),
Center Copy Art (Canada),
The PS's were parallel sessions, with between two and five held
simultaneously. Artists told about their work in an informal setting,
making generous use of audio-visual aids. Audience members stayed with
each speaker as long as they liked, eventually moving to another. It was
clear from the participant reactions that this was a much appreciated part
of the program.
During the last afternoon, a plenary session was held: the First Plenary
Meeting of The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts. In the panel were
representatives of ISEA itself, Ars Electronica, ISAST, ANAT, CMA,
Siggraph, a publishing company, and several others. They all stressed the
importance of cooperation.
REPORT: 1991
At this point, ISEA had been founded and had presented itself as a society
with many good intentions. Although reaction was positive, ISEA still
remained empty handed. The two board members both had full time jobs that
didn't allow them much opportunity to work for ISEA. That is why progress
was slow during the first year. Still, progress was made:
-ISEA was promoted at several occasions and members started subscribing.
-ISEA held a meeting at Siggraph in the US again, in cooperation with
ASTN. Speaker for ISEA was Michael Girard.
-ISEA researched the possibility for starting a new journal: The
International Journal for the Electronic Arts. Many publishing firms were
approached and discussions took place with potential editors.
-ISEA took part in an EEC sponsored 'Expert Meeting on Art & New
Technologies' in September in Athens, Greece. It proposed to set up an
Electronic Mail network for artists. This would enable artists and
scientists to exchange ideas and information on an instant basis that
transcended international borders. This would eventually lead the way to a
more ambitious project: the creation of a Virtual Studio. A Working Group
was formed, consisting of representatives from the Universities of
Barcelona and Dublin, Siemens Research, the Greek Art & Technology Centre
and ISEA. ISEA is the coordinating party within the Working Group.
-ISEA took part in the initiative to begin a CD-ROM project headed by
Dr. Raymond Lauzzana. The aim is the publication of CD- ROMs containing a
visual history of computer graphics art.
-A ISEA presentation was held in Zurich, Switzerland, during the Inter-
national Summer School headed by dr. Thomas Bernold
-ISEA organized a lecture by Japanese computer graphics artist Yoshiuki
Abe in Groningen, Holland.
REPORT: 1992
This year progress became more rapid. Much is owed to a new associate: Mr.
Dirk Boon of 't Lab in Zaandam. Since he heads the ISEA secretariat,
regular communication with the members has been assured (see below), and
the board had more time to concentrate on the development of the content
of ISEA.
-From January onwards, ISEA has published a monthly newsletter.
The content and layout of the newsletter has improved with every issue. A
new logo and a letterhead were designed by Dutch artist Geert-Jan Talens.
ISEA is building up a network of correspondents. The connection with the
US is mainly based on cooperation with ISAST/ASTN and with the Ohio State
University. Computer graphic artist Yoshiyuki Abe is the new Japanese
correspondent, Roger Malina is correspondent from the USA and Ivan Pope is
correspondent from the UK. ISEA is talking to potential correspondents in
Australia, Eastern Europe (Poland) and others. Towards the end of the year
it is expected that ISEA will have a
world-wide network of correspondents.
-ISEA has been involved with the coordination of future International
Symposia on Electronic Art, and ISEA functions to promote their con
tinuation. Due to the great international interest in the symposia, it
was decided that after TISEA takes place in 1992 the symposia will be
held annually rather than bi-annually. Since ISEA and the symposia are
European initiatives, it was considered desirable that the symposia
should return to Europe every other year.
For FISEA93 there were two site candidates, both within the US.
After discussing the issue with representatives from both sites, it was
decided that the Minneapolis College of Art will sponsor FISEA93, and the
University of Alaska at Anchorage will organize SISEA95. (The first
letter stands for Third, Fourth, Fifth etc).
The Fourth symposium (FISEA94) is to take place in Europe. There are
currently two candidates cities: Koln (Germany) and Sofia (Bulgaria). A
decision will be made very soon.
-ISEA has been advising and supporting both TISEA92 (Sydney, Australia)
coordinated now by Ross Harley (University of NSW) and FISEA93,
coordinated by Roman Verostko (Minneapolis College of Art).
-In cooperation with the 'Athens Working Group', ISEA has applied for a
research grant with the European Commission in order to start activities
that will lead to an e-mail network for artists, as mentioned above.
-ISEA is currently seeking co-operation with other, related publications,
in order to accelerate the start of the International Journal for the
Electronic Arts.
-ISEA is now the coordinating party for the CD-ROM Project described
above.
-ISEA gave presentations at the Nijmegen University Computer Science
Department and at the Eindhoven University Computer Science Department.
-ISEA has helped and advised numerous individuals and organizations that
have sought ISEA's support. It supported two american festivals:
Montage'93 and the Rochester Animation Festival.
-ISEA sent in proposals for active participation in Siggraph and
Montage'93.
-In cooperation with ISAST/ASTN, ISEA holds a meeting during Siggraph in
Chicago (US).
-In cooperation with Time Based Arts ISEA is organizing a lecture by
american artist and professor Collis Davis in Amsterdam.
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ISEA whishes to acknowledge dr. Seth Shostak for his correction of the
draft version of this report.
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Past ISEA Symposia
27. Barcelona, Spain ISEA2022
25. Gwangju, South Korea ISEA2019
24. Durban, South Africa ISEA2018
23. Manizales, Colombia ISEA2017
22. Hong Kong, China ISEA2016
21. Vancouver, Canada ISEA2015
20. Dubai, (Abu Dhabi & Sharjah) UAE ISEA2014
19. Sydney, Australia ISEA2013
18. Albuquerque, (Santa Fe & Taos), New Mexico ISEA2012
17. Istanbul, Turkey ISEA2011
16. RUHR region (Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg), Germany ISEA2010
15. Belfast, Northern Ireland ISEA2009
14. Singapore, ISEA2008
13. San José, USA ISEA2006
12. Helsinki, Finland, (Tallinn, Estonia and on the Baltic Sea) ISEA2004
11. Nagoya, Japan ISEA2002
10. Paris, France ISEA2000
9. Liverpool/Manchester, UK ISEA98
8. Chicago, USA ISEA97
7. Rotterdam, Netherlands ISEA96
6. Montréal, Canada ISEA95
5. Helsinki, Finland ISEA94
4. Minneapolis, USA FISEA’93
3. Sydney, Australia TISEA, 1992
2. Groningen, Netherlands SISEA, 1990
1. Utrecht, Netherlands FISEA, 1988
For more information see the ISEA Archives
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