Chris Joseph

CREEM Creativity Workshops: What is Creativity? An exploration of definitions, language, and associated terms

Wednesday 17th October, 10.00-12.00pm
at the IOCT

Introduction
The term creativity means different things to different people. To some it is deeply personal, to others a product of environments. What is its relationship to innovation, to design?

This workshop is an attempt to explore these issues so that we can begin to develop a better understanding of our perceptions of creativity and its language. We will work towards a shared definition of creativity from different viewpoints and perspectives.

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The Paris-based International Poetry Bienniale has announced a media poetry competition to be judged by luminaries in digital poetics. The prize is an expense-paid trip to the Poetry Biennale in Paris.

For its tenth edition (May 2009), the International Poetry Biennial is pleased to announce an International Media Poetry Contest.

Works considered “media poetry” are those that place contemporary technologies at the service of poetry, be it within the framework of a performance or in that of a recorded and projectable work. Among the many forms accepted are included videopoetry, digital poetry, multimedia poetry, sound poetry, interactive poetry, and poetic installations in physical space or on the Internet. Works that illustrate a poem will not be considered (these are works that use sound or images to represent or complement a poem, for example). There are no restrictions regarding the form or content of the media poems submitted.

Work presented shall not exceed 15 minutes and can be presented in the form CD, DVD, or on the Internet.

Application: Candidates willing to submit their work to the International of Media Poetry Contest shall express their intention via email before December 31st, 2007. To do so they shall write an email to: direction@biennaledespoetes.fr

The works submitted shall arrive at the Poetry Biennial’s office (11 rue Ferdinand Roussel 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine France) before December 31st, 2008. If the work is online, the Internet address shall arrive via email before this date.

A jury made up of eleven international artists (see list below) will examine the works and will allot the Media Poetry Prize 2009. The prize will be given to the winner during a special ceremony to be realized during the Poetry Biennial.

The prize winner will choose between being invited to Paris for one week with all expenses paid during the Poetry Biennial or the equivalent amount in cash.

Participation in the contest automatically authorizes the Biennial to publicly exhibit submitted works. Unless otherwise specified, the copyright of the works remains with the artists.

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The Northern Illinois University Time Arts Open Call for digital works-based on the theme: “How I View Everything” (H.I.V.E) is accepting entries until October 25th. Work must be from 2004-2007.

Please visit the website for further updates and for submission details - http://art.niu.edu/hive/info.html

De Montfort University’s (DMU) Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT) today announced the winners of the first European machinima awards.

The first machinima festival to be held in Europe took place at DMU in Leicester and in Second Life this weekend (12-14 October) and included a packed awards ceremony which recognised some of the best talent in this quickly-growing genre.

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+ Art magazine 1951 (series 2), still from Man With A Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929), Icarus (Matisse, 1947), Les Points (Picabia, 1949)

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