DASH Archives - June 2010

Meat Space and the World Inside the Machine.

Marc Garrett talks to Danja Vasiliev about his personal works, ideas and 
intentions, asking what motivates him to use computers, technology and 
networks, as well as understand more about the social contexts and 
implications of his endeavors.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=397

Danja was an Artist in Residence at Furtherfield's HTTP Gallery space 
between the 1st March - 9th April 2010. A Russian born computer artist 
currently living between Berlin and Rotterdam. Working with diverse 
methods, technologies and materials Danja ridicules the contemporary 
affection for digital life and questions the global tendency for 
cyborgination. Danja co-founded media-lab moddr_ in 2007 which is a 
joint project at Piet Zwart Institute alumni and WORM Foundation. Based 
in Rotterdam moddr_ is a place for artists and hackers, engaging with 
critical forms of media-art practice.

The email interview took place a few weeks after his residency. A recent 
collaborative project that many readers may already know of, by Danja 
Vasiliev, Walter Langelaar and Gordan Savicic, all part of the moddr.net 
group is,Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, which lets you delete your social 
networking profiles and kill your virtual friends. Danja is certainly 
prolific, he is also collaborating with New Zealander artist, Julian 
Oliver who is now based in Berlin. This interview unearths some of the 
ideas and intentions behind Danja's personal works, asking what 
motivates him to use computers, technology and networks, as well as 
understand more the social contexts and implications of his endeavors.


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Reminder: Artists Re:thinking Games Book Launch - Thursday June 10th 2010.
 
http://www.furtherfield.org/artistsrethinkinggames_booklaunch.php
 
Come and celebrate with Furtherfield.org the recent publication of 
'Artists Re: Thinking Games'.
 
This is an unmissable event for all artists/gamers with a presentation 
by respected game artist Dr Mary Flanagan, a guest appearance by Jeremy 
Bailey and a display of some of the gameart featured in the book as well 
as an introduction by the editors.
 
RSVP - contact ruth.catlow@furtherfield.org
 
Introductory Presentations:
 
Corrado Morgana - About the book.
Ruth Catlow & Marc Garrett - Extra Context.
Guest Speaker - Mary Flanagan.
Guest Appearance - Jeremy Bailey.
 
Food and drink will be served.
 
At Birkbeck University of London's Cinema.  
43 Gordon Square.  
Birkbeck, University of London.  
London WC1H 0PD
 
Time 2pm - 4.30pm
Thursday June 10th 2010.
 
About the book
 
Editors Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett, Corrado Morgana.
 
Digital games are important not only because of their cultural ubiquity 
or their sales figures but for what they can offer as a space for 
creative practice. Games are significant for what they embody; human 
computer interface, notions of agency, sociality, visualisation, 
cybernetics, representation, embodiment, activism, narrative and play. 
These and a whole host of other issues are significant not only to the 
game designer but also present in the work of the artist that thinks and 
rethinks games. Re-appropriated for activism, activation, commentary and 
critique within games and culture, artists have responded vigorously.
 
Over the last decade artists have taken the engines and culture of 
digital games as their tools and materials. In doing so their work has 
connected with hacker mentalities and a culture of critical mash-up, 
recalling Situationist practices of the 1950s and 60s and challenging 
and overturning expected practice.
 
This publication looks at how a selection of leading artists, designers 
and commentators have challenged the norms and expectations of both game 
and art worlds with both criticality and popular appeal. It explores 
themes adopted by the artist that thinks and rethinks games and includes 
essays, interviews and artists' projects from Jeremy Bailey, Ruth 
Catlow, Heather Corcoran, Daphne Dragona, Mary Flanagan, Mathias Fuchs, 
Alex Galloway, Marc Garrett, Corrado Morgana, Anne-Marie Schleiner, 
David Surman, Tale of Tales, Bill Viola, and Emma Westecott.
 
In collaboration with FACT - http://www.fact.co.uk
http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.http.uk.net/
 
Publisher: Liverpool University Press (31 Mar 2010)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1846312477
ISBN-13: 978-1846312472
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1846312477

ELECTRONIC VISUALISATION AND THE ARTS 
EVA London 2010

Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th July 2010 

Venue: British Computer Society, 5 Southampton Street, Covent Garden,
London WC2E 7HA

 

REGISTRATION OPEN: Last day for registration: 30 June 2010

Registration details
 

 

RESEARCH WORKSHOP: There are a limited number of audience places
available for conference delegates who would like to attend the
Research Workshop. Please email Francesca Monti, f.monti@ucl.ac.uk, if
you would like to reserve one.

 

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES: EVA London 2010 offers a number of attractive
marketing opportunities for your organisation. Visit our website or
contact Suzanne Keene, Suzanne.keene@ucl.ac.uk, for further details.

Marketing opportunities
 




www.eva-conferences.com/eva_london/

 

Keynote speakers and conference programme
 

 

EVA London 2010 will debate the issues, discuss the trends and
demonstrate the digital possibilities in culture, heritage and the
arts. This year's conference includes sessions on:

 

*         Electronic arts

*         Data, art and time

*         The digital museum 

*         Art through evolutionary computation

*         Photography and reality

*         Digital art issues

*         Electronic resources for the public

*         Music and art

*         Digital performance

*         Digital arts practice

*         Digital perceptions

*         Art in the digital age

*         Experiencing history

 

If you are interested in the new technologies in the cultural sector -

If you are an artist, policy maker, manager, researcher, practitioner,
or educator - 

this conference is for you.

 

Please check the  EVA London 2010
  website for the
latest conference details. 

 

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announcements - no other postings.

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In the message type: SUBSCRIBE EVA-LONDON

EVA London 2010 will be co-sponsored by the Computer Arts Society, a
Special Interest Group of the British Computer Society, and by the
BCS.

 

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Institute for Computing Research

Department of Informatics

Faculty of Business

London South Bank University

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Please circulate widely:

Dr Charlotte Frost would like to inform you that PhD2Published, a new online resource providing academic book publishing advice for early career academics is launching. Its aims are to provide a wealth of hints and tips for newbie academics on how they might succeed in getting their all important first book into print. Also PhD2Published will provide discussion on the future of academic writing and publishing in the e-age.

Our resources will be available online at: http://www.phd2published.com allowing you to access features including articles, top tips, discussions, video blogs and guest posts relating to publishing, self-promotion and writing advice. The information has been provided by established academics to provide an insight into topics like how to pitch to a publisher or how to start your own website and build your ‘author platform’.  

PhD2Published will also offer discussion on developments in publishing and broadcast technologies and the rise of the ebook through the annals of academia. It was established by Dr Charlotte Frost who, through video blog entries, will demonstrate how these publishing tips have aided her in her own efforts to publish a book. Dr Frost is an arts writer and academic who specialises in the impact of internet tools on art history and criticism.
She has produced reviews and discussions on digital art, new media art and computer art for more than ten years and has worked online for a variety of organisations and has provided papers at conferences, presented radio shows and contributed to a video for the guardian.

Please spread the word to unpublished academics and if you’re a published academic or academic publishing house, we’d love to have your top five tips for book pitch success. Direct these, and any enquiries to the P2P team:
contact@phd2published.com. And do sign up to receive site content straight to your inbox: http://www.phd2published.com...

Welcome to PhD2Published!

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ISEA 2011 ANNOUNCED

The dates for ISEA2011 Istanbul are

 September 14 to September 21, 2011.

The event will coincide with the Istanbul Biennial.
http://www.isea2011istanbul.org
http://isea2011.sabanciuniv.edu/dates.html

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The deadline for the call for papers by LEA and FutureEverything - Art
in the Age of Pervasive Data has been extended to

September 10, 2010.

http://leoalmanac.org/


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The deadline for the CHArt 2010 call for papers has been extended to June 30, 2010. Please email your abstract to chart@kcl.ac.uk

The CHArt Committee

CHArt (www.chart.ac.uk)
c/o Centre for Computing in the Humanities
Kings College, University of London
26 - 29 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5RL


- CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS -


Technology and ‘the death of Art History’

The CHArt (Computers and the History of Art) 2010 Conference 

www.chart.ac.uk

Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11 November 2010, London, venue TBC.

In recent decades the traditional practices of Art History have come increasingly under attack. This has led to changes so extreme that some have talked of the 'death of Art History'.
 
The CHArt 2010 Conference wishes to explore the role of digital technologies in the disruption of Art History and the profound changes in the way that we display, consume and study art.
 
In 1985, when CHArt was founded, new technologies only had a minimal impact on Art History. Twenty-five years on they have transformed the entire artistic process, from the creation and presentation of art, to its reception, dissemination and research. Reflecting on these changes, we will consider how Art History has evolved and in what ways digital technologies will continue to affect and transform the discipline in the future. The conference programme will include a panel discussion with invited experts.
 
This year CHArt is looking for papers that examine the impact of digital technology on a range of issues including:
 
•	Ownership, authorship, collaboration and re-use
•	Access and participation
•	Globalisation, communication and dissemination
•	Research
•	Pedagogy and teaching
•	Conservation and preservation
•	Commissioning, curation and documentation


We welcome contributions from all sections of the CHArt community: art historians, artists, architects and architectural theorists and historians, curators, conservators, scientists, cultural and media theorists, archivists, technologists, educationalists and philosophers. Postgraduate students are encouraged to submit a proposal. CHArt is able to offer assistance with the conference fees for up to three student delegates. Priority will be given to students whose papers are accepted for presentation. An application form and proof of university enrolment will be required. For further details about the Helene Roberts Bursary please email anna.bentkowska@kcl.ac.uk.

Submissions should be in the form of a 300-400 word synopsis of the proposed paper with brief biographical information (no more than 200 words) of presenter/s, and should be emailed to chart@kcl.ac.uk by Wednesday June 30th 2010.

*Please note that submissions exceeding the stated word count will not be considered*

The CHArt Committee

CHArt (www.chart.ac.uk)
c/o Centre for Computing in the Humanities
Kings College, University of London
26 - 29 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5RL


- CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS –

CALL FOR PROPOSALS to host the 5th International Conference on the
Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology

The Media Art Histories Board invites applications to host the 5th
International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and
Technology. This international conference series, which was inaugurated
in 2005 in Banff, Canada, has since been held in several international
venues including Berlin in 2007, Melbourne in 2009 and will be held in
Liverpool in 2011. The conference series aims to engage a growing
community of scholars from a range of disciplines including art history,
contemporary art practice, art theory, history of science, history of
technology, science and technology studies, media studies, sociology,
philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, music
history, information sciences, image science, visual studies and
critical theory among others, to develop and share new research and
scholarship in the intersecting fields of the histories of media art,
science and technology. The host of the next conference in 2013 will
have the opportunity to continue to build on the impressive history of
the conference series.

MISSION
*Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our
culture, the conference series on the Histories of Media Art will
discuss the history of media arts within the interdisciplinary and
intercultural contexts of the histories of the arts. Numerous
individuals and institutions collaborate to produce the international
art history conference series covering the media arts, the arts and
technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as
pertinent to the contemporary arts.*

Proposals to host the conference should consist of the following
information:

1. Proposed Dates
2. Proposed Venues (including information on number, capacity and AV
and network capabilities of spaces)
3. Rationale for hosting the conference
4. Host Local Organizing Committee
5. Relevant previous experience (e.g., committee members* experience
in hosting conferences, events, etc.)
6. Publicity Plan
7. Funding / Sponsorship plan
8. Preliminary Budget

Those interested in making a bid to host the conference are encouraged
to write to Oliver Grau at oliver.grau@donau-uni.ac.at with an
expression of interest prior to submitting a formal proposal. Deadline
for final submission of proposals is September 30, 2010 and the MAH
Advisory Board will make its final decision on the next host for the
conference by December 17, 2010. 

 
MediaArtHistory Board (Steering Committee)

Sean CUBITT - University of Melbourne
Jorge LAFERLA - University of Buenos Aires
Oliver GRAU - Danube University
Linda HENDERSON, University of Texas, Austin
Erkki HUHTAMO UC Los Angeles
Douglas KAHN - UC Davis
Martin KEMP - Oxford University
Timothy LENIOR - Duke University
Machiko KUSAHARA - Waseda University, Tokyo
Gunalan NADARAJAN - MICA
Paul THOMAS - UNSW Sydney


www.mediaarthistory.org/

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Speed, Dromology and Invisibility, Leonardo Electronic Almanac

http://www.leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/speed_dromology_and_invisibility/



Deadline November 20, 2010

From the futurist’s speed through contemporary dromology to the
disappearance of the human body? What are the future trajectories of a
continuous process of acceleration? Is the disappearance of the body
through artificial speed a process of invisibility or that of a
visibility through acceleration?

The instantaneous communication across Web 2.0 and the speed of
interactions has created the feeling of a contradiction between an
idea of constant presence and that of the disappearance of the body in
a constant trajectory of ‘self-dissemination.’ In 1909 the futurists
envisaged a new world and some of their far-fetched visionary ideas
have come to pass. What is the role that speed will play in the future
of humanity in the twenty-first century?

The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) is inviting proposals from
scientists interested in light, speed and invisibility, from artists,
critical theorists and academics in cultural studies and digital
humanities for an issue on these themes co-edited by Lanfranco Aceti
and Chris Townsend, Professor of Media Arts, Royal Holloway,
University of London. Scientists that work on issues related to speed
and invisibility, media theoreticians, historians, artists that
represent in their work the high speed of life and contemporary
society are particularly welcome to submit proposals for
consideration.

The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) will produce an online and
printed issue, as well as host curated images and videos online.
Proposals to: info@leoalmanac.org

a)	Subject heading: Speed, dromology and invisibility?
b)	500 hundred word abstract for articles
c)	Open deadline
d)	2 images at 72 dpi resolution no larger than 800 pixels width for artists
e)	Links to previous work, videos or personal sites

Our publication formats allow for full-color throughout and we
encourage rich pictorial content where relevant and possible.  Note
however that all material submitted must be copyright cleared (or due
diligence must be evidenced).  For online publication a wide variety
of media content may be considered (animation, mp3, flash, java, etc…)

*	For scholarly papers please submit the final paper ready for peer
review.  Your contribution will be reviewed by at least two members of
the LEA board and revisions may be requested subject to review.
*	For themed and pictorial essays please submit an abstract or outline
for editorial consideration and further discussion.
*	Please keep your news, announcements and hyperlinks brief and
focused - include contact details and a link to an external site where
relevant.  We reserve the right to sub-edit your submissions in order
to comply with LEA policies and formats.  Where material is
time-sensitive please include both embargo and expiry dates.
*	In all cases specify special system considerations where these are
necessary (platform, codecs, plug-ins, etc…)

For further information or images submission contact: Ozden.Sahin@leoalmanac.org

http://www.leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/speed_dromology_and_invisibility/

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