folly, a leading digital arts organisation working in the Northwest of England and online, is looking to commission an article on "Video Editing with Open Source Tools" for the Digital Artists' Handbook.

http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org

The Digital Artists' Handbook is an up to date, reliable and accessible source of information that introduces artists to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art.

The goal of the Handbook is to be a signpost for tools, resources, and methods. A source of practical information and content that bridges the gap between new users and the platforms and resources that are available, but not always very accessible. The Handbook will be slowly filled with articles written by invited artists and specialists, talking about their tools and ways of working. Articles can take the shape of introductions to tools, as well as descriptions of methodologies and technologies.

When discussing software, the focus of this Handbook is on Free/Libre Open Source Software. The Handbook aims to give artists information about the available tools but also about the practicalities related to Free Software and Open Content, such as collaborative development and licenses. All this to facilitate exchange between artists, to take away some of the fears of artists when it comes to open content licenses, sharing code, and allowing them to have a look at various ways of working and collaborating. The focus is on practical consequences, not on political implications.

The Handbook was launched in March 2008. A number of articles were commissioned for this launch, including introductions to all the main handbook sections. One area we are seeking to increase the depth of content in is "Working with Digital Video", and we are looking for someone to write an article on the topic of "Video Editing with Open Source Tools". An introduction to "Working with Digital Video" has been published at www.digitalartistshandbook.org/node/28. We would like the article to pick up on the ideas introduced in the final paragraph of the introduction, using a number of tools in way of examples:

"When you start working with free software as a videomaker, it is likely that you need to invest some time and energy in understanding certain basics of the video production process. Sometimes this might mean you have to look for alternative workflows, to dive 'under the hood' of a digital tool, or reconfigure an existing solution to suit your needs. Investigating the tools you use as a video maker is an important part of the job, it can help gain insights, it can be an inspiration to explore new ways of working and imagemaking." Peter Westenberg, Working with Digital Video, Digital Artists' Handbook, October 2007

A fee of £185 ex VAT is available to the writer of the "Video Editing with Open Source Tools" article.

For further information please email jennifer.stoddart 'at' folly.co.uk or call +44 (0)1524 388550

The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 18th July 2008, 5.30pm BST. Expressions of interest should be sent by email to Jennifer Stoddart.

Source : NetBehaviour

Vous pouvez dès maintenant vous inscrire pour le prochain Festival Bandits-Mages qui se tiendra du 6 au 10 mai 2009.

INSCRIPTION ICI
http://www.bandits-mages.com/festival2009/goConnect?l=0

You can now submit your work for the next Bandits-Mages Festival which will take place from 6th to 9th may 2009.

REGISTRATION
http://www.bandits-mages.com/site2008/goArticle.php?l=gb&c=Festival#art336

Annoncé comme les premières rencontres vidéo des écoles d'art françaises, le festival Bandits-Mages fut créé par un groupe d'étudiants de l'Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts de Bourges en mai 1992. En 1993, le festival prend une dimension internationale et présente la production vidéo d'une cinquantaine d'écoles d'art françaises et étrangères. Dès 1994, il s'ouvre aux jeunes artistes indépendants et développe une programmation multimédia historique et contemporaine, en élargissant son champ d'action dans plusieurs sites culturels de la ville de Bourges. Libre d'accès et gratuit, le festival est ouvert à tout public et propose sur une durée de quatre à cinq jours un programme de projections vidéo et cinéma, d'expositions, de performances, de débats et tables rondes.

Announced as the first meetings of video art schools in France, the festival Bandits-Mages was created by a group of students at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Bourges in May 1992. In 1993, the festival takes an international dimension and this video production of some fifty art schools in France and abroad. By 1994, it opens the young independent artists and develops multimedia programming historical and contemporary, broadening its scope of action in several cultural sites in the city of Bourges. Free access and free, the festival is open to everyone and offers over a period of four to five days a programme of video and film screenings, exhibitions, performances, debates and round tables.


http://www.bandits-mages.com

Dossier «FRAGILE» :: esse arts + opinions

esse arts + opinions numéro 65
Date de tombée : 10 septembre 2008

APPEL DE TEXTES / CALL FOR PAPERS

Dans la foulée des numéros précédents consacrés aux « déchets » ou portant sur les « actions réciproques », il nous semble que l'art se fait aujourd'hui sous le signe d'une certaine fragilisation des paramètres qui l'ont vu naître.

Paradoxalement, alors que l'affect était au cœur du régime moderniste, l'art actuel s'inscrirait davantage dans un contexte où les intentions expressives des créateurs ne figurent plus à l'avant-plan des considérations critiques. Alors comment penser l'affect – cette exposition fragilisante du moi au regard d'autrui – dans les mondes de l'art qui sont les nôtres ? Plus encore, quels sont les artistes pour qui la fragilisation de l'œuvre est un souci particulier qui est signifié à l'intérieur même du travail plastique ? Telles sont les questions qu’il nous a semblé fécond de poser face à l'insistant enjeu – toujours fragile – du devenir de l'art contemporain.

Les textes proposés (de 1 000 à 2 000 mots maximum) pourront être envoyés à s.babin@esse.ca avant le 10 septembre 2008. Inclure une courte biographie (50-100 mots), un résumé du texte (100 mots), ainsi que l’adresse postale et le courriel de l’auteur.

http://esse.ca/

What is WLTF?

Is a publication and an online project. I call it a magazine, but prefer to use it in inverted commas "magazine", because it is more than that, but I couldn't find a good enough term that could encompass everything, so magazine seemed like a good enough way to describe it.



"Let's fuck, not fight!" Est-ce que le cri de WLTF # 1 et a été pensée comme une mise à jour sur le "Make love, not war!" devise de la fleur-de production d'électricité ainsi que l'hommage à des soulèvements de 68. Au cours des dernières décennies, nous avons assisté à la mort de l'idéalisme, de nouvelles générations ne semblent plus vouloir changer le monde - avons-nous conformes? J'espère que non. Nous pouvons encore le faire, et pourquoi pas le faire par le sexe?

Pour l'ensemble brève et comment envoyer des images, consulter notre blog


http://www.wltf-mag.com/blog

http://www.wltf-mag.com



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"Let's fuck, not fight!" Is the cry of WLTF #1 and has been thought as an update on the "Make love, not war!" motto of the flower-power generation as well as homage to the uprisings of 68. During the past decades we have witnessed the death of idealism, new generations no longer seem to want to change the world - have we conformed? I hope not. We can still do it, and why not do it through sex?

For the full brief and how to submit images, access our blog:

http://www.wltf-mag.com/blog

http://www.wltf-mag.com

REVUES D’ARTISTES / ARTIST’S PERIODICALS

English version
LENDROIT Gallery is organising from november 6th to december 19th an axhibition
called Artist’s periodicals. The gallery will present a selection of periodicals; periodicals will be on sell in the bookshop.
For showing an important selection of editions (in activity, sold out or not published anymore) we propose to artists and publishers who wish to present their publications (for exhibition and/or for
selling) to contact us.

Version française
LENDROIT Galerie organise du 6 novembre au 19 décembre 2008 une exposition
intitulée Revue d’artistes. L’espace galerie accueillera un certain nombre de
revues d’artistes contemporaines (françaises, américaines, turques, japonaises…); l’espace librairie proposera des revues à la vente et à la consultation.
Afin de présenter un panel important de revues (en activité, épuisées ou n’étant
plus publiées) nous proposons aux artistes et éditeurs souhaitant proposer leurs
publications (pour l’exposition et/ou pour la vente) de prendre contact avec
nous.

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LENDROIT Galerie / LENDROIT Gallery
éditions d'artistes & art imprimé / editions by artists & printed art
Diffusion, promotion, édition, centre de ressources...
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23 rue Quineleu - 35000 Rennes - France
33 (0)2 23 30 42 27 - lendroitgalerie@free.fr - http://www.lendroit.org
Du mercredi au vendredi 10h30-12h30 / 14h30-18h30. Le samedi de 14h30 à 18h30.

VERS UNE CONNAISSANCE HORS TEXTE
Croiser les regards, partager les interrogations

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL JEAN ROUCH
14-20 Novembre 2009


APPEL À COMMUNICATION



Le CFE organise à Paris en novembre 2009 un colloque international pour rendre hommage aux travaux scientifiques et à l'oeuvre cinématographique de son fondateur et animateur Jean Rouch. Notre propos sera de rendre compte des recherches qui se sont poursuivies dans les domaines des langages imagétiques pour l'anthropologie dont Jean Rouch a été le premier ou l'un des premiers explorateurs.

Cet appel s'adresse à tous ceux, cinéastes, critiques, enseignants, chercheurs et étudiants qui se préoccupent des différents modes d'expérimenter le réel et d'en rendre compte par les langages audiovisuels.

Les communications devront s'inscrire dans le cadre de l'un des cinq thèmes retenus :

· Ethnologie, films et situations coloniales

· L'imaginaire est réel, la fiction dit le monde

· Une anthropologie partagée

· Cinéma direct et construction du réel

· Une anthropologie nouvelle, une anthropologie du vivant

Les propositions de communication, sous la forme d'un texte-résumé de mille cinq cents signes maximum, accompagné de la fiche d'identification ci-jointe, devront parvenir par internet au Comité du Film Ethnographique avant le 15 octobre 2008.

Le programme définitif sera établi le 1er décembre 2008 et les participants retenus devront envoyer leur communication complète (textes et audiovisuels pour une durée maximale de 20 minutes) au plus tard le 31 mai 2009 afin de permettre leur circulation préalable auprès des membres du colloque.

On trouvera en documents attachés la fiche d'identification ainsi qu'une présentation détaillée des objectifs, des partenaires et du déroulement du colloque.

Dates importantes
15 octobre 2008 : date limite d'envoi des texte-résumés
1er décembre 2008 : communication de la liste des participants
31 mai 2009 : date limite d'envoi des communications
septembre 2009 : programme définitif du colloque


Contact :
Comité du Film Ethnographique
Musée de l'Homme
17 place du Trocadéro - 75116 Paris - France
Tél. : 33 (0)1 40 79 36 82 - 33 (0)1 47 04 38 20
colloquejeanrouch@mnhn.fr
http://www.comite-film-ethno.ne

Call for Papers

Media in Motion:
The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age

October 29, 2008

McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada


The DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) Research Alliance and Media@McGill invite submissions of abstracts for the presentation of papers at the inaugural Media in Motion Symposium. The interdisciplinary event aims to bring together scholars, professionals, and graduate students across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences in order to explore the many facets of media art preservation. To that end, submissions related to the conference theme, ”The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age,” are strongly encouraged. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

- Archival Practices
- Challenges of Audio, Film, Video, and Digital Media Preservation
- Cultural Influences, Impacts, and Considerations
- Cultural Property Law
- Digital Preservation and Cultural Memory
- Digitization of the Humanities
- Effects on Artistic Practices
- Ethical, Social, and Philosophical Concerns
- Preservation Strategies and Techniques
- Future Trends and Directions

As the symposium will be held in conjunction with the Annual International DOCAM Summit (on October 30-31, 2008, at McGill University), preference will be given to proposals that address issues related to the alliance’s activities. For more information on DOCAM and its mandate, please visit http://www.docam.ca/en.

All presented papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume of the proceedings. Additional information will be provided upon acceptance.

Proposals should include a title; the name, affiliation, and e-mail address of the author; an abstract of 300 words; and a brief statement explaining how the paper fits within the research priorities of DOCAM. Submissions in English or French are welcome. Please send proposals by June 15, 2008 to Marilyn Terzic at docam.symposium@mac.com.

DOCAM is an international research alliance on the documentation and the conservation of the media arts heritage, initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology. Its main objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting digital, technological, and electronic works of art.

Media@McGill is a hub of research, scholarship, and public outreach on issues and controversies in media, technology, and culture. Based in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, Media@McGill is supported by a range of sources, most notably a generous gift from the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation. For more information, please visit http://media.mcgill.ca.


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Appel de communications

Enjeux médiatiques:
le défi de la préservation à l’ère numérique

29 octobre 2008

Université McGill
Montréal, Québec
Canada


L’Alliance de recherche DOCAM (Documentation et conservation du patrimoine des arts médiatiques) et Média@McGill vous invitent à soumettre des résumés pour la présentation de communications au Symposium inaugural Enjeux médiatiques. L’événement interdisciplinaire vise à réunir des chercheurs, des praticiens, et des étudiants des deuxième et troisième cycles en sciences, en lettres et sciences humaines, et en sciences sociales afin d’explorer les nombreuses facettes de la préservation des arts médiatiques. À cette fin, les propositions liées au thème du symposium, « Le défi de la préservation à l’ère numérique », sont vivement encouragées. Parmi les sujets possibles figurent, sans y être limité :

- Pratiques en matière d’archivage
- Défis de la préservation de contenu audio, filmique, vidéo, et numérique
- Influences, incidences, et considérations culturelles
- Droit en matière de biens culturels
- Préservation numérique et mémoire culturelle
- Numérisation du patrimoine des sciences humaines
- Effets sur les pratiques artistiques
- Enjeux éthiques, sociaux, et philosophiques
- Stratégies et techniques de préservation
- Tendances et orientations futures

Comme le symposium se tiendra conjointement avec le Sommet annuel international DOCAM (les 30-31 octobre 2008, à l’Université McGill), la préférence sera accordée aux propositions portant sur des problématiques liées aux axes de recherche de l’Alliance. Pour plus de renseignements sur DOCAM et son mandat, veuillez visiter http://www.docam.ca/fr.

Toutes les communications présentées seront prises en considération pour être publiées dans un recueil des actes. Des renseignements supplémentaires seront fournis sur acceptation.

Les propositions doivent comprendre un titre; le nom, l’affiliation et l’adresse électronique de l’auteur; un résumé de 300 mots; et un bref énoncé expliquant comment la communication cadre avec les priorités de recherche de DOCAM. Les propositions sont acceptées en anglais ou en français. Veuillez les faire parvenir d’ici le 15 juin 2008 à Marilyn Terzic à docam.symposium@mac.com.

DOCAM est une alliance internationale de recherche sur la documentation et la conservation du patrimoine des arts médiatiques, établie par la fondation Daniel Langlois pour l’art, la science et la technologie. Son objectif principal est le développement de nouvelles méthodologies et d’outils adaptés aux enjeux de la conservation et de la documentation engendrées par les pratiques artistiques reposant sur l’emploi de technologies.

Média@McGill est un pôle de recherche, d’érudition, et de sensibilisation qui se consacre aux enjeux et aux polémiques liés aux médias, à la technologie, et à la culture. Hébergé au Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études en communications de l’Université McGill, Média@McGill peut compter sur diverses sources de financement et a notamment reçu un don très généreux de la Fondation canadienne Beaverbrook. Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez visiter http://media.mcgill.ca.

SOS-ART.COM


Le thème "Finitude" est en ligne / The thème "Finitude" is on line:
finitude.jpg
http://www.journaltheme.com/finitude/lesparticipantsf.html



Prochain thème: Poisson / Next thème: Fish
Dead Line: 27 juillet / July 27
contact@sos-art.com



Merci pour votre attention / Thank you for your attention
L'équipe / The team
sos-art.com

La Pecha Kucha Night vol 4 aura lieu lors de LA NUIT DE LA COM le
vendredi 13 juin 2008
aux Grandes Tables Friche de la Belle de Mai

POUR S'INSCRIRE - Réservation en ligne en cliquant ici :
http://www.docs-web.com/nuit2008/reservation.html

Tous les participants selectionnes auront 20 images, 20 secondes par
image pour 6 minutes 40 de tchatche. Des films sont également
autorisés dans la mesure où le projet présenté implique du son et /ou
de l'image animée.

Par ordre alphabétique, les prochains participants sont:

Alfons Alts, altotypiste allemand basé à Marseille
Bastien Bironneau, Directeur de Création chez T.I.N.A (This Is Not Art)
Marianne Cat pour Commerce Design Marseille
Maud Caubet, architecte DPLG basé à Paris
Josef Crisanto, designer philippin basé à Monaco
Stéphan Muntaner, point de vue à Marseille
Mouvement Ephémère, Carla Schertel et Camilo Nino, étudiants designers
brézilo-colombiens
Jean-Charles Philip de l'agence Emob basée à Toulon
Mme Récamier de Parties Fines à Marseille
Etienne Rey, artiste plasticien basé à Marseille

Organisation en partenariat avec l'UCC PACA et son president Philippe Francais.
Sarah Carriere-Chardon, commissaire independante agreementee par l'ONG
Pecha Kucha Night Tokyo

See you there!
Sarah

C a l l f o r A r t i s t s

Exploring Your Invisible Paradise!

IMAGE RADIO 2008 - Eindhoven
New media in public space

30-10 till 02-11-2008

DEADLINE EXTENDED

Submit your work until 9th of June 2008

Take this opportunity to participate in the 2nd edition of Image Radio –
a young festival for new ideas in digital culture, taking place in
Eindhoven, Netherlands.

For more information, please go to
http://www.imageradio.nl

Source : NetBehaviour

Environment 2.0: Through Cracks in the Pavement

Leonardo Guest Editor: Drew Hemment

The second call for papers of the Leonardo special project
Lovely Weather: Artists and Scientists on the Cultural
Context of Climate Change seeks new cross-disciplinary
thinking on sustainability in urban environments, with a
focus on creative intervention, social change and
non-Western perspectives.

In urban environments we are separated from the consequences
of our actions as surely as the tarmac of the road cuts us
off from the earth beneath. This physical boundary
encourages a phenomenological separation. It is also a
symptom and a driver of a global reliance on the private car
and fossil fuel. But between the cracks in the pavement,
another world flourishes---local activism, recycling,
environmental collectives, permaculture, urban gardening.

Artistic and social projects can widen the cracks in the
pavements. Such creative innovations might be artworks,
social entrepreneurship, scientific intervention or
innovations that harness everyday creativity. They might
seek to decode the complex relationships between people,
nature and technology in urban settings. Or they might be
conceived as interventions that can help contribute to
profound social change, or suggest alternative possibilities
for or critical perspectives on sustainability.

A new relationship is emerging as computing migrates into
the environment. When the Earth is mapped, tagged and
digitized, it ceases to be inert raw material and becomes
instead navigable, computable and manipulable. How will this
affect the way that industrial societies have viewed the
environment as a resource to be exploited and tamed?

Leonardo is soliciting texts that document the works of
artists, researchers, and scholars involved in the
exploration of sustainability in urban environments. Themes
and issues may include:

• Sustainability in urban environments
• Ubiquitous, pervasive, locative and mobile communication
technology
• Growing community
• Sowing seeds of social change.

Linked activity includes an Urban Climate Camp forum at
ISEA2008 in Singapore in August 2008, and an exhibition and
workshop at Futuresonic 2009 in Manchester, U.K., during May
2009, http://www.futuresonic.com. Submissions are welcome
in all linked strands of activity.

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts or proposals to
leonardomanuscripts@gmail.com. Leonardo submission
guidelines can be found of Leonardo On-Line:
http://www.leonardo.info. Please indicate your proposal is for
Environment 2.0.

For more information on Leonardo special project Lovely
Weather: Artists and Scientists on the Cultural Context of
Climate Change:
http://www.olats.org/fcm/artclimat/artclimat_eng.php.

Une sélection internationale de clips & vidéos de création musicales.
Projection au Trait d'Union et en plein air, Maison Folie du Fort de Mons, 20 juin 2008

VOUS SOUHAITEZ PARTICIPER ?

Envoyez vos vidéos d'une durée maximale de 10mn sur :
- DVD (pour sélection)
- DVD Data ou Mini DV Pal (pour diffusion)
avant le 31 mai 2008

Télécharger le fomulaire :
http://www.musicvideoart.heure-exquise.org


Envoyez le fichier complété par mail à :
contact@exquise.org //// Objet : Musicvideoart - Joignez une copie imprimée avec votre vidéo.

An international selection of short films and music clips.
Screening at Trait d'Union and open air in Maison Folie Fort de Mons, 20th June 2008

WANT TO JOIN ?

Send your video - maximum 10 mn
- DVD ( for selection)
- Data DVD our Mini DV PAL ( for screening)
before 31th of May 08

Download the entry form :
http://www.musicvideoart.heure-exquise.org

Send the completed form by email at :
contact@exquise.org //// Object : Musicvideoart - Join a printed version and send it with your video.
Heure exquise ! - Centre international pour les arts vidéo
Le fort, rue de Normandie - 59370 - Mons en Baroeul (France) - Tel : + 0033 (0)3 20 432 432 - Fax : + 0033 (0)3 20 432 433 - Mail : contact@exquise.org
http://www.heure-exquise.org

Membre du réseau 50 degrés Nord : http://www.50degresnord.net
Partenaire du projet européen GAMA (Gateway to Archives of Media Art) - http://www.gama-gateway.eu

Déplacements des pratiques artistiques

Les propositions devront parvenir sous forme d’une problématique résumée (4000 signes espaces compris) avant le 15 juillet 2008


En dépit du maintien des catégories dans les productions artistiques, certains champs disciplinaires tendent à assimiler des pratiques qui leur sont traditionnellement extérieures. La migration des arts hors de leur champ d’origine ne relève ni d’une interdisciplinarité ni d’un décloisonnement des disciplines, mais bien plus d’une tendance à l’extra-disciplinarité. Des reportages photographiques ou des études sociologiques ont pu être exposés dans des lieux d’art contemporain et à l’inverse la figure de l’artiste a pu être utilisée par les théories économiques. Comment se caractérise ce déplacement, ces migrations d’un champ disciplinaire à un autre ? Que signifie-t-il d’un point de vue artistique, critique et esthétique ? Le recours à d’autres méthodes, à d’autres outils utilisés par exemple à des fins fictionnelles, engage-t-il des problématiques particulières ? La revue Marges souhaite faire appel aux jeunes chercheurs de différentes disciplines (esthétique, arts plastiques, sociologie, histoire de l’art, etc.) pour observer ces transformations contemporaines, pour tenter de les appréhender à l’aide de leurs propres outils méthodologiques et conceptuels et ainsi nous aider à penser ces nouvelles pratiques du début du 21e siècle.

Cet appel à contribution a pour finalité une journée d’étude et une publication au sein d’un numéro thématique de Marges. Les propositions devront parvenir sous forme d’une problématique résumée (4000 signes espaces compris) avant le 15 juillet 2008, puis un texte définitif avant le 15 octobre 2008 (40 000 signes espaces compris) pour ceux qui auront été retenus. La journée d’étude aura lieu à l’automne 2008 à Paris ; le numéro de Marges paraîtra au printemps 2009.
Les textes sont à envoyer à jerome.glicenstein@club-internet.fr

La revue Marges publie des articles d’étudiants et de jeunes chercheurs. Elle publie également des comptes rendus d’ouvrages et d’expositions.
Les anciens numéros sont disponibles par correspondance contre un chèque de 5 euros (à l’ordre d’« AMP8 ») à envoyer à Marges c/o Secrétariat Arts plastiques, Université Paris 8, 2 rue de la Liberté 93526 Saint-Denis cedex 02. Ou encore en version électronique sur le site de la revue : http://www.revue-marges.fr

Derniers numéros thématiques :
Marges 08 « L’Art à l’heure de la société de service » (à paraître à l’été 2008)
Marges 07 « Vies d’artistes »
Marges 06 « Art et ethnographie »
Marges 05 « L’Exposition »

CALL FOR APPLICATION

6TH ASIA-EUROPE ART CAMP:
Ludic Times | The Art of Gaming
22 ­ 29 July 2008
Singapore

Deadline: 28 May 2008

The Asia-Europe Art Camp project is an initiative set up by Asia-Europe
Foundation (ASEF) in 2003 focusing on New Media Art. The project aims at
developing a platform to promote dialogue between art students from Asia and
Europe, to learn more about each other¹s contexts, cultures and be inspired
during a week of lectures, workshops and public events. Focusing more on the
creative process than on the ³artistic product², the Art Camp has been
designed as a learning experience and an opportunity for professional
development.

Built upon the achievements of the previous five Art Camps, the 6th Art Camp
will gather 20 young artists or students, usually in their final year of
study, from ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) countries for an intensive week of
workshops, lectures and meetings as well as artistic and collaborative work.
A team of Asia-Europe artistic advisors and resource persons specialised in
art and technology will lead and facilitate the workshops during the Art
Camp.

On the sidelines of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA)
2008 and the Asia-Europe New Media Arts Policy and Practice Meeting, the 6th
Asia-Europe Art Camp to be held in Singapore is conceptualised around the
theme of gaming and will focus on the nature of our contemporary ludic
culture while taking into account psychology of gaming and theories of
gaming (as tools for social development and awareness, real-life situation
simulations, artificial and augmented realities, serious games for education
and games as an art form). Electronic, internet-based and pervasive games
and their roles in urban society will be discussed as well as the
possibilities for Asia-Europe game development collaborations and
industry-artist-researcher partnerships.

Objectives
· To give participants the opportunity of an international, cultural and
artistic learning experience and professional development by meeting up with
renowned game art experts from Asia and Europe.
· To provide participants with a genuine exposure on the development of new
media arts in Asia and Europe especially by giving unique opportunities to
participate actively in the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA)
2008 and the Asia-Europe New Media Arts Policy and Practice Meeting.
· To encourage and support any promising collaboration between participants
prior and after the Art Camp.

Activities & Process

Online Platform
An online platform will be activated a month before the Art Camp to allow
the selected participants to initiate communication with one other before
they meet physically.

Lectures | Workshop | Project work
A team of experts including animators, software developers, artists and
researchers will present various presentations served to explore certain
core concepts and principles of the Art Camp. During the workshops,
facilitators from Asia and Europe will introduce various new media tools
such as Machinima, Unreal tournament (UT) engine, etc. These workshops will
enable the participants to work in groups, present ideas and discuss
concepts.

Public presentation
The student participants will conclude the Art Camp with a presentation of
their Works-in-progress created during the workshop which will be screened
and showcased to the public during the ISEA meeting.

Side Activities
The students will also be given the opportunity to participate in the
acclaimed ISEA 2008 during the Art Camp as well as to contribute their
thoughts and recommendations in the New Media Arts Policy and Practice
Meeting, both of which will be held alongside the Art Camp.

Who can apply ?

Final year students (university level, below Master) from relevant schools
(mixed/new/inter-media departments preferably) with the following criteria:
* Nationality of an ASEM member country (Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria,
Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, The
Netherlands, Pakistan, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United
Kingdom and Vietnam).
* Preferably between 20 and 28 years of age;
* Have a keen interest in exchanging thoughts and visions with other artists
from other countries and backgrounds in new media arts;
* Possess an interest in collaborative work & cross-cultural exchanges.
Prior relevant experiences and/or projects as well as participation and
interest in local and international artists¹ networks are an asset.
* Have an interest in participating in a one-month online collaboration
prior to the Art Camp to regularly engage in an exchange with the other
selected participants and assigned team.
* Possess a good ability to communicate in English, which is the working
language of the Art Camp.

Terms & conditions

* The selected participants may be subsidized to help defray the costs of
the travel to Singapore;
* Accommodation (twin sharing) for the duration of the Art Camp will be
covered by the organizers;
* Each selected participant will complete and sign a registration form with
ASEF within the week following the announcement of his/her selection.
Failure to do so will invalidate the selection.
* Participation by the selected participants in the on-line collaboration
one month prior to the Art Camp is required.

Submission

1. A duly completed Application Form.
2. Your Curriculum Vitae (no longer than 2 pages) detailing your artistic
experience related to Art Camp project concept, short biography (5-6 lines
max) and informal picture.
3. A Letter of Motivation (no longer than 2 pages) stating:
a. What do you want to achieve through this Art Camp?
b. Your interest in cross-cultural and collaborative projects.
c. Past experiences that are relevant for this project.
d. Future projects you would like to explore after/through this Art Camp in
relation with Asia and Europe.
e. Why do you think the Art Camp is appropriate for you?
f. What can you contribute to the Art Camp?
4. Samples of your work (with concept description) in any following formats
based on your background and interest: CD-ROM DVD (for video/performance
works and/or game demo, in 3 copies, format playable with Quicktime or
Window Media Player), digital photography works (the size should not exceed
150dpi) and/or web links to access your profile and work.
5. A recommendation letter from your Faculty/School is required.

Deadline: 28 May 2008

Please submit your application and all requirements by e-mail preferably
(CD/DVD material should be sent by post):

Azizah Fauziah
Cultural Exchange Department - Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
31, Heng Mui Keng Terrace - Singapore 119595
Tel: +65 6874 9741 - Fax: +65 6872 1207 - azizah.fauziah@asef.org

Organisers

The 6th Asia-Europe Art Camp is organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation in
partnership with the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2008.

· Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) seeks to promote better mutual understanding
and closer cooperation between the people of Asia and Europe through greater
intellectual, cultural, and people-to-people exchanges. These exchanges
include conferences, lecture tours, workshops, seminars and the use of
web-based platforms. Established in February 1997 by the partners of the
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), ASEF works in partnership with other public
institutions and civil society actors to ensure its work is broad-based and
balanced among the partner countries. http://www.asef.org

The Cultural Exchange Department (CE) of ASEF seeks to provide young artists
and cultural professionals with a unique environment for dialogue that can
evolve into positive artistic interventions, dynamic cultural networks and
cultural policy development in and between Asia and Europe. CE¹s areas of
co-operation are young artists¹ exchange (new media, photography, dance and
music), process oriented platforms and networks (museums, independent cinema
and autonomous cultural centres), dialogue on policy and culture, and a
vision for an Asia-Europe Cultural Portal (Culture360).

· International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), initiated in 1988, is
the world¹s premier media arts event for the critical discussion and
showcase of creative productions applying new technologies in interactive
and digital media. Held biannually in various cities throughout the world,
this migratory event is being held in Asia for the second time in its
history, after Singapore successfully secured this bid.
ISEA 2008 will consist of an internationally juried media art exhibition, a
peer reviewed academic conference and various invited exhibitions, workshops
and partner events. Hosting ISEA 2008 represents both an incredible
opportunity for Singapore team to define, shape and affect media and
cultural developments in Singapore, as well as in the Asian region and
beyond. It seeks to include as many culturally diverse perspectives from the
Asian region to encourage cross-cultural dialogues on the possibilities and
opportunities of media technologies globally. http://www.isea2008.org

Call for Poster Presentations - Urban Screens Melbourne 08

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Urban Screens Melbourne 08
Conference “mobile publics” 3 – 5 October 2008
Multimedia exhibition 3 – 8 October 2008
http://www.urbanscreens08.net

EXTENDED Deadline for submission: 31st May 2008

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Urban Screens Melbourne 08 is the third, ground-breaking international conference and multimedia exhibition in a series of worldwide events around the redefinition of a growing digital infrastructure of moving images in public space. It will mark the official launch of the International Urban Screens Association and will take place 3.-8. October at Federation Square, Melbourne. Federation Square is a unique cultural and community oriented multimedia precinct, centred around a significant 38m2 public LED screen complemented with other digital elements.


CALL FOR POSTERS ********************

Urban Screens Melbourne 08 is currently looking for researches to present posters on the latest development in the interdisciplinary field of Urban Screens. The poster presentations will be integrated in the overall Urban Screens Melbourne 08 event structure. You will be able to showcase your project to a public audience and professionals and stakeholders with distinctive interests in media and public space, in attendance at our conference “USM08 -Mobile Publics”.
http://www.urbanscreens08.net/conference-2008

The poster presentations provide a forum for authors to present their work in an informal and interactive setting. To bridge the Conference and the Multimedia Exhibition we are looking for proposals for posters and experimental presentations in public space. All accepted posters will be displayed in an exhibition in the public Atrium precinct, next to the conference hall, viewable for all conference attendees and the general public. The conference audience will be gathering around the A1 posters during the poster session to engage with the author.

Urban Screens 08 posters are ideal for presenting speculative, late-breaking results of ongoing research projects; for drawing important conclusions from practical experiments; for giving an introduction to innovative works or new practical design applications, and reporting on cutting edge technologies and content management systems currently in development.

EXPERIMENTAL SKYPE SESSIONS

Besides the poster exhibition, eight submissions will be additionally shown in an experimental presentation on the four outdoor I-sites around Federation Square. These I-sites offer authors from abroad the possibility to present remotely via scheduled Skype sessions whilst the audience gathers in small groups around the terminals. A time schedule for these digital presentations of 15 minutes will be placed on the chosen posters of the exhibition.

This I-hub presentation should be delivered using Adobe Flash or Powerpoint. For remote presentations, the portrait format screen will be split in two half sections, the top one for the presentation, the other for the life image of the presenter. You will be able to remotely control the presentation.


MAIN CRITERIA

Posters are aimed at presenting the latest development in this interdisciplinary field of Urban Screens. We are open to a wide range of issues around this idea about the integration of digital moving images in outdoor public spaces and using this new integrated digital layer of the city for contributing to a lively urban society.

For more information about Urban Screens and range of topics see: http://www.urbanscreens.org
For more information about Urban Screens Melbourne 08 see: http://www.urbanscreens08.net


EVENT COMMITTEE
Posters will be reviewed by the Event Committee, announced on the website.


PRACTICAL

Applications are due (extended deadline): May 31st 2008
Poster design and presentation due: September 15th 2008

For submissions please use the application form provided under http://www.urbanscreens08.net/call

- One author per accepted poster can attend the conference, for free of charge, excluding travel and lodging expenses
- Authors of accepted submissions must provide a one or two page summary for publication of the best selected posters in the conference proceedings
- Selected submissions will also be published on-line on the International Urban Screens Association website: www.urbanscreens.net
- The size of the exhibition poster is portrait A1
- A broad guideline for the poster design and the I-hub presentations will be announced after the selection process
- The final poster design must be submitted by September 15th for printout
- Authors presenting remotely, via Skype will be contacted for a test after September 15th


APPLICATION AND DETAILED CALL

Please have a look at the complete calls and the official online submission forms for application, available at:
http://www.urbanscreens08.net/callforprojects


CONTACT

exhibition@urbanscreens.net
(please use the subject “USM08 - question concerning the CALL”)


MAYOR EVENT SPONSORS

The event is brought to you by the International Urban Screens Association.
www.urbanscreens.net

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. www.australiacouncil.gov.au

Fed Square Pty Ltd - www.federationsquare.com
Barco ‘visibly yours’ - www.barco.com
Melbourne University - www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au
Film Victoria - http://film.vic.gov.au
Circus - www.circusexp.com
Pinnacle ‘Production Services’ - www.pinnacleps.com

Media Partner:
ARS HyperMedia - www.simultaneita.net
australian-architects - www.australian-architects.com



Best regards,
Mirjam Struppek
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URBAN SCREENS MELBOURNE 08
http://www.urbanscreens08.net
Artistic Director

International Urban Screens Association
www.urbanscreens.net
Rheinsberger Str. 68
D-10115 Berlin