IOCT Salon: Toni Sant, Performance in Second Life, Leicester, 28 February 2008, 6.00pm – 7.15pm
Toni Sant: A Second Life for Online Performance History
Doors open at 5.30pm for drinks. This event is free and open to the public, however places are limited – visit the cultural eXchanges website to reserve a seat.
Download the flyer for this event (PDF)
Toni Sant is exploring the 3-D online virtual environment called Second Life as a venue for performance by looking at examples of theatre groups performing online within Second Life. In addition to activities presented as theatre he is also observing broader performance activities within this online space. Additionally, this project involves an attempt to use Second Life as a pedagogical tool for generating an archive of work related to a history of performance on the Internet by relating it to previous work on other online virtual environments, such as IRC, MUDs, MOOs, and 2-D graphic chat networks like The Palace. Presently, the work revolves around a planned Second Life production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in one of three simulations of The Globe in this popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
This event takes place as part of cultural eXchanges, an annual event hosted by the Faculty of Humanities at De Montfort University. The week long programme includes lectures, performances, debates, presentations and readings from a diverse body of artists, academics, practioners and those working in the cultural industries. Previous guests have included Janet Street-Porter, Alastair Campbell, Andrew Davies, Corin Redgrave, Matthew Sweeney, Jenny Colgan, Sue Mcgregor, Roy Hattersley, Tony Hawks, Germaine Greer, Jackie Kay and Colin Dexter.
About Toni:
Dr Toni Sant is Lecturer in Performance and Creative Technologies at the University of Hull’s School of Arts and New Media on the Scarborough Campus. Since 1998 he has served as executive editor for the Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide. His writing has appeared in TDR: The Drama Review, Leonardo, the Encyclopedia of Politics, the Dictionary of Literary Biography, and other scholarly publications, as well as in the popular press in New York and Malta.
He is currently writing a book called A History of the Future: Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde. His blog and weekly podcast are available at www.tonisant.com and he can be found on Second Life as Not Merlin.
Links:
Toni Sant – www.tonisant.com
Second Life – www.secondlife.com
cultural eXchanges – www.dmu.ac.uk/culturalexchanges/
The IOCT Salon (www.ioctsalon.com) is held at and staged by De Montfort University and The Institute of Creative Technologies, and is supported by Arts Council England and the Literature Development Network. It is managed by Chris Joseph, Digital Writer in Residence at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University. This residency is funded by Arts Council England: East Midlands. For further information about the IOCT Salon please email Chris: info [at] ioctsalon.com.
Born Magazine, Issue 1 2008
BORN MAGAZINE : ISSUE 1 2008 RELEASE
http://www.bornmagazine.org
IN THIS ISSUE :
>> Culinary Pantoum
Writer: David Floyd / Artist: Tim May
>> Five Kinds of Weather Roll Across Texas
Writer: Stefi Weisburd / Artist: Jason Doherty
>> What Afterlife
Writer: Keetje Kuipers / Artist: Andrew Kostiuk
>> Among the Gospel Trees, the Only Moving Thing
Writer: Amy Newman / Artist: FiveStone
>> Cover art: Christopher Nielsen
Courtisane – Belgian video & new media festival- deadline 15 February 2008
The Belgian film and New Media festival, Courtisane is open for submissions!
http://www.courtisane.be/call-for-entry.html
Regulations / submission requirements
selection
The selection will contain: Narrative and non-narrative short films and videos (fiction films, documentaries, experimental videos, cross over), video art (screening in loop, video installations, interactive video projects, other films and videos that need isolated screenings), new media projects.
criteria for the short film & video programme
Film / video may not exceed 60 minutes in length
A possible screening format is DV (or betacam / DVD)
criteria for installations
Length: no limitations.
ESRC Business Engagement Scheme, Creative Industries – deadline 31 March 2008
BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES – Creative Industries
Central Government initiatives have been developed to position the UK as an economy able to deliver unique value in global business markets. In line with these initiatives the ESRC has developed its Business Engagement Strategy. The Creative Industries are a success story within the UK economy, and have been identified by the ESRC as a key sector to help develop. How do we sustain our position as a creative nation? How do funders, universities and creative entrepreneurs map the way forward, or do we trust the existing infrastructure to inspire innovation?
This call focuses on business engagement and provides opportunities for social science researchers to engage with the creative and cultural industries, to encourage knowledge transfer and exchange to assist business sustainability. The ESRC encourages engagement with business through a tailored package of new and additional activity. Funding of up to £100k per successful application is available for a combination of activities, ideally with co-funding partners.
The call aims to:
• promote the transfer and exchange of knowledge between social science researchers and the creative industries and staff within them
• respond to the knowledge needs of business through a range of knowledge exchange mechanisms
• expand networks for business sectors into academia and vice-versa
• provide business sectors with research-informed evidence to develop and review operational and management practices
• enable all parties, including the ESRC, to develop their understanding of the interaction between research and the development of operational and management practices within business sectors
• contribute to the delivery of the Government’s Science and Innovation Investment Framework.
International Media Art Forum, Cairo 2008 – deadline 31 January 2008
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture is organizing the 1st International Media Art Festival for Youth, to be held in Cairo, April 2008.
The Forum consists of an exhibition for art work of artists under the age of 35, in the fields of:
- Video Art, Experimental animation, & Documentaries.
- Media Sculpture, & Media Performance.
- Experimental Photography, & Computer Graphic.
- Sound Art.
- Interactive Digital Art.
In addition to panel discussions concerning Media Art & Sponsored Side Events.
For more information: http://www.fineart.gov.eg/IMAFY.htm
Transart Institute – 10 Scholarships in International MFA Program – deadline 1 May 2008
TRANSART INSTITUTE announced today that ten scholarships of USD 2000 have become available for the international MFA program. In this low-residency program students create their own course of study working on art and research projects off-site with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors. The independent study is complemented by three intensive summer residencies where lectures, critiques, seminars, performances, exhibitions, and workshops take place on-site in Europe. The low-residency format permits continuing a professional life while participating in the program. Scholarships are given on the basis of artistic merit and financial need. All media and genres. Deadlines: Scholarships and advanced admissions: March 1, 2008, rolling admissions (space permitting): May 1, 2008.
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