Chris Joseph

for remix_runran, from sign at the end of the universe <- glitches

flash source: dangers.fla [255KB]

Thursday, May 29-Sunday, June 1, 2008
Vancouver, Washington

Sponsored by Washington State University Vancouver
and
The Electronic Literature Organization

Drs. Dene Grigar and John Barber, Co-Chairs

Producing a work of electronic literature entails not only practice in the literary arts but sometimes also the visual, sonic, and the performative arts; knowledge of computing devices and software programs; and experience in collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and hybridity. In short, electronic literature requires its artists to see beyond traditional approaches and sensibilities into what best can be described as visionary landscapes where, as Mark Amerika puts it, artists “celebrate an interdisciplinary practice from a literary and writerly perspective that allows for other kinds of practice-based art-research and knowledge sharing.”

To forward the thinking about new approaches and sensibilities in the media arts, The Electronic Literature Organization and Washington State University Vancouver’s Digital Technology and Culture program are inviting submissions to the Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference to be held from May 29 to June 1, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington.

“Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference” is interested in papers that explore forms of digital media that utilize images, sound, movement, and user interaction as well as—or in lieu of—words and that explore how we read, curate, and critique such works. Topics may include:
- New, non-screen, environments for presenting multimedia writing and /or electronic literature
- Research labs and new media projects
- Strategies for reading electronic literary works
- Curating digital art
- Innovative approaches to critiquing electronic literature
- Emerging technologies for the production of multimedia writing and /or electronic literature
- Building audience for new media literary works and writing
- Digital, literary performances
- Publishing for print or electronic media connecting literature and the arts through common archiving and metatag strategies
- Artistic methods of composition used in intermedia storytelling (improvisation, collaboration, sample and remix, postproduction art, codework, hactivism, etc).

In conjunction with the three-day conference, there will be a juried Media Arts Show. Along with prizes for the most notable work, selected artists will be awarded bursaries to attend the conference featured at the show. Submission guidelines will be posted beginning August 15, 2007 on the conference website.

The keynote speaker is internationally renown new media artist and writer, Mark Amerika, named a “Time Magazine 100 Innovator.” His artwork has been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the ICA in London, the Walker Art Center, and the Denver Art Museum and has been the topic of four retrospectives. Amerika is also the author of many books, including his recently published collection of artist writings entitled META/DATA: A Digital Poetics (The MIT Press), founder of the Alt-X Network, and publisher of the electronic book review. He currently holds the position of Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Deadline for Submissions for Presentations: 30 November 2007
Notification of Acceptance: 30 December 2007

Vancouver, Washington, located in the Pacific Northwest just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon, is about a six hour drive south of Vancouver, Canada and three hours south of Seattle, Washington. The conference day events will take place at Washington State University Vancouver, a Tier One research Institution built in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains with views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Saint Helens. The official conference hotel is the Hilton Vancouver located in downtown Vancouver, Washington, with easy access to restaurants, bars, and evening conference events. Special rates have been negotiated for conference attendees. A conference shuttle will take attendees to and from the campus daily. The recommended airport is Portland International Airport (PDX) at Portland, Oregon, which is about a seven minute drive to downtown Vancouver, Washington.

The cost of the conference is $US 150; graduate students and non-affiliated artists pay only $US 100. Conference registration covers access to all events, the reception, some meals, and shuttle transportation.

For more information, contact Dene Grigar at grigaratvancouver.wsu.edu.

Derby/ Leicester/ Nottingham

Do Billboards Dream Of Electric Screens?
Trampoline Lights up the Urban Screens as Three Cities Unite

As dusk falls over the East Midlands this weekend, the cities’ largest digital screens will play host to a moving canvas of films from regional and international artists.

Trampoline, the region’s innovative new media arts organisation, brings this first programme of artists’ shorts to the public screens of the East Midland’s three cities, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester, as part of Trampoline’s 10th anniversary celebration, to taking place on November 29th at Broadway Cinema.

These three programmes, ‘The Citizen,’ ‘These Four Walls’ and ‘The Thousand Yard Stare’ operate to either draw the viewer into micro narratives or delicately play with their audience’s experience of advertising.

Trampoline has chosen short films, submitted from all over the world, that explore our relationship with the moving image in the public realm. Subtle interventions become interactions with the influx of dynamic digital signage and advertising to our high streets and public spaces. Do Billboards Dream of Electric Screens? endeavours to uncover the possibilities of this new digital infrastructure and how we perceive our developing surroundings. This is an opportunity to watch how cultural content can strengthen local identity and enrich city life.

Whether it’s a brief escape to hinterland or simply man’s best friend chomping on air, Do Billboard’s Dream of Electric Screens? will interact and enlighten as it lights up the three urban screens.

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Hello.

We would like to introduce a brand new arts festival occurring in Leicester. It’s happening this October. We’ve called it Artober.

Artober runs from 12th - 26th October 2007 and will showcase multidisciplinary contemporary art around the city.

We’ll launch with a special event which will include art, music, performance, and more… Exhibitions and events follow for the next fortnight - including an exhibition at the LCB Depot and Pocklingtons Gallery, digital art at the Phoenix, as well as Open Studios at from many of the city’s studio groups.

Contemporary Artists: Get Involved!

Are you a contemporary artist looking for an opportunity to exhibit?

If the answer is yes then get involved!

To exhibit your work through Artober at the LCB Depot or Pocklingtons Gallery Exhibition; simply complete the form ( www.artober.org ) and send us the requested documentation of your work (see below for details).

Artober is also inviting you to stage your own event or performance, whether in a gallery, warehouse, phone box, or in your front room… it’s up to you. Submit your event information by Wednesday 26th September and we’ll include your information in our publicity.

Whether showing, taking part or visiting, Artober will be an important opportunity to meet fellow artists and creative types from Leicester and surrounding cities so we look forward to seeing you at the Launch event and hope you will spread the word far and wide.

Artober aims to combine the best of Hidden Treasures 2005 and sLideshow 2006, maintaining the momentum of artistic activity in the city for future events.

We look forward to your contributions, and meeting you all soon,

The Artober Team

www.artober.org

info@artober.org

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11th international video festival videomedeja
December 14 - 16
The Museum of Vojvodina
Novi Sad, Serbia

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: NOVEMBER 1st 2007

submission categories
- video
- installation
- live performances
- url / software

all the works within festival categories produced in last 2 years could be nominated for the competitive selection which is curated by selection committee. all applicants have to submit the entry form - more info at http://videomedeja.org

awards
international jury selects the best works for the following awards:
Sphinx - for the best video
Bogdanka Poznanovic Award - for the best installation, live performance or url / software project

about videomedeja
the first festival was held in 1996. so far, 10 festivals have been realized, more than 3000 works made by artists all over the world were submitted for the programme renowned artists, prominent critics, theoreticians, producers, distributors and journalists from all over the world took part in the festival programme videomedeja presents and promotes brand new videos, video and sound installations, computer animations, interactive art, VJ performances… permanently obeying copyrights and being strictly determined for professional approach, videomedeja is significant festival on the international scene. videomedeja festival is stricly dedicated to art, completely independent from sociopolitical establishment and all kinds of negative influences.

Season of Inspiration

http://www.newmediawriting.com

Tutors: Helen Whitehead and Sharon Rundle

9-week online writing course. Starts 8th October 2007 for 9 weeks. Join us in making the most of seasonal colours and scents, metaphors of the season, place and time to provide inspiration for writing that’ll see you through the rest of the year. We offer support, exercises and creative bolstering. You’ll experiment with and collaborate in haiku walks, visual writing, meaningful journalling and capturing the sights and sounds of the season. Dip in and rediscover your creativity.

Previous students will find all-new materials, and new students are very welcome. info@newmediawriting.com

Call for Proposals: Artist Multiples/Limited Editions/Projects that result in multiple parts

The Present Group, a quarterly art subscription service, seeks proposals from artists for projects that are reproducible in intent.
Deadline: November 1st, 2007

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Department: Children and Young People’s Services
Business Unit: Libraries & Information Services
Closing Date: 26 September 2007
Job Type: Part-time
Advert: Literature Development Officer

Based at Leicester, New Walk Centre

Salary: 20,896 - 26,187
Scale - Scale 6 / SO
Temporary for 1 Year
Part Time, 18.5 hours a week

To support literature development projects with young people and delivery of the cities live literature programme.

You must have:

- Proven experience in project development in a literary or arts context.
- Experience of working with young people.
- Wide knowledge and understanding of literature in its many forms including live literature, writer development and cross-arts work.
- Ability to manage time and workloads effectively.
- Ability to manage budgets.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact : Damien Walter on 0116 2527347

Closing Date: 26/09/2007
Test Date (if applicable) : w/c 15/10/2007
Interview Date: w/c 15/10/2007
Post Number :E4915

Application Details:
https://secure.leicester.gov.uk/jobdetails.asp?jobid=8723

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Department: Children and Young People’s Services
Business Unit: Libraries & Information Services
Closing Date: 26 September 2007
Job Type: Part-time
Advert: Creative Reading Groups Worker

Based at Leicester, New Walk Centre

Salary: 16,137 - 17,985/£7.68 to £8.56
Scale: 4
Temporary, September 2007
Part time, 16 hours per week, flexible hours in term time.

To support school based reading groups for young people as part of the Creative Reading Groups Network and Leicester Book of the Year Award.

You must have:

- Experience of working with children, young people and their parents and carers.
- Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of reading and its potential for learning support
- Able to teach creative reading skills.
- Able to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the project.
- Knowledge of information technology.
- Willingness to work irregular hours including evenings and weekends

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Damien Walter on 0116 2527347.

Closing Date: 26/09/2007
Interview Date: w/c 08/10/2007
Post Number: E4928

Application Details:
https://secure.leicester.gov.uk/jobdetails.asp?jobid=8724

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http://www.csuchico.edu/art/net

chico.art.net is an annual international juried online exhibition that is currently looking for exciting and provocative interactive artwork made for the internet arena. Projects must be made between 2005-2007.

Please no commercial, design, portfolio or traditional media sites.

Deadline: October 8, 2007

E-mail submissions to chicoartnet {AT} gmail.com

Please include project URL, brief description (50 words or less), artist statement and browser/technical requirements in the body of the e-mail. We prefer work that will play without special downloads or plugins, if possible. No attachments please.

Selected projects will be expected to stay live at the submitted URL through May 2008.

Exhibition opens December 13, 2007.

chico.art.net v.3 featured works by Alexander Mouton, Michael Takeo Magruder, Alessandro Ludovico & Paolo Cirio, Lindsey Anderson & Alisha Thayer, Richard Vickers, and Joseph DeLappe

Produced by The Electronic Arts Program, California State University Chico Department of Art & Art History