[spectre] ISEA2004 early bird registration ends soon

[Tapio Makela]

Dear friends & colleagues,

ISEA2004 (12th International Symposium on Electronic Arts) will be held in
Helsinki, Åland Islands, Tallinn & a huge passenger ferry cruising between
them
August 14th - 22nd, 2004. About 1400 experts in the areas of media culture,
research, technology & the arts are expected to attend the event. The
collaboration between research, science and art will be explored in a range
of
conferences, exhibitions, concerts, live performances and club events.

DO NOT MISS THE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - The campaign will end on:
Friday evening, April 30th (+2 GMT).
SAVE 30% on tickets - RESERVE on-line here: http://www.isea2004.net/tickets.
The cruise prices are all-inclusive (meals, travel, programme all in one).

The ferry Silja Opera is a luxurious passenger fleet, a floating tropical
island with pools, palms, jacuzzi and retractable glass roof, turned into a
multi-venue experience. The programme includes clubbing, sound art,
installations, interactive games, sonic experiments, workshops and panels in
venues such as the Metropolitan Club, the Karaoke and Disco Lounge and the
Chill Out Deck, plus unexpected places from lifts to swimming pools. And
don’t
forget that August is the most beautiful month to visit the Nordic and
Baltic
region!

Some programme highlights of the ferry include DJ FreQ Nasty (UK) - Video
Nasty
experience; collaborations with KONEISTO artists; TUOMAS TOIVONEN (Finland)
-
underwater sound installation; MONOTON (Konrad Becker, Austria); FLOAT
(Tamas
Szakal, Hungary, and Tuomo Tammenpää, Finland); LIFEBOAT (Nigel Helyer,
Sarah
Jane Pell, Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts, Australia); and more. Even the food
menu
and the contents of the ferry’s TV channels are especially designed for
ISEA2004.

The first two sessions, "Interfacing Sound" and "Networked Experience" take
place in the boat. After the cruise, ISEA2004 symposium continues in Tallinn
("Wearable Experience") and culminates in Helsinki ("Wireles Experience")
with
conferences, exhibitions, performances and works in public spaces.

Further ferry highlights, including a key collaboration with Mutek Festival
will be announced over the coming days.  The conference outlines will also
be on the web in the near future. Keynote speakers for the conference will
include Erkki Huhtamo, UCLA, USA/Finland; Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Sarai,
India; Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown University, USA; Matthew Fuller, Piet
Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL/UK.

More info on the web (http://www.isea2004.net) or from Mika Minetti,
mika at isea2004.net, tel. +358 40 719 2280.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE: http://www.isea2004.net/tickets

Welcome aboard!
ISEA 2004 crew

p.s. Information on the programme structure is on our website. Our full
programme consists of over 300 shortlisted entries. Stay tuned for updates! 

Tapio Makela
Programme Chair, ISEA2004