[spectre] reminder: call for Art+Com2011: Techno-Ecologies conference

[Rasa Smite]

Hello, on spectre list!

this is reminder – you are very welcome to submit your proposals for  
Art+Communication 2011 festival conference, which with the title  
Techno-Ecologies will take place in Riga, November 4-5, 2011,  
co-organized by RIXC, The center for new media culture and MPLab, Art  
Research Lab of Liepaja University.

we have shortly extended the deadline – it is now October 5, 2011

please see more info on call and festival below and hope to see you in  
Riga soon!

best regards,
Rasa


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CALL for Exhibition and Conference proposals
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Art+Communication 2011 festival:
TECHNO-ECOLOGIES
Inhabiting the deep technological spheres of everyday life

Techno-Ecologies is the theme of this year's Art+Communication  
festival, the 13th edition of which will take place in Riga from  
November 3 – 6, 2011, featuring conference (November 4–5) and  
exhibition (November 4–December 11) as well as broad programme of  
performances, screenings, public lectures and workshops in Riga and  
Liepaja, Latvia.


* Conceptual framework

Everyday life has become so intimately interwoven with complex  
technological ecologies that we can no longer consider technology as  
the alienating other. A careful consideration of the relationships  
between the natural and the artificial is required. The idea that we  
'inhabit' technological ecologies emphasises our connectedness to our  
environment (material, natural, technological) and our dependence on  
the resources available there (material, energetic, biological,  
cultural). Mastering these conditions is vital to our survival on this  
planet.

Techno-Ecologies builds upon the concerns of Felix Guattari (the  
French philosopher and co-conspirator of Gilles Deleuze) about the  
lack of an integrated perspective on the dramatic techno-scientific  
transformations the Earth has undergone in recent times. Guattari  
urges to take three crucially important 'ecological registers' into  
account: the environment, social relations, and human subjectivity.

Techno-Ecologies will develop a discussion between artists, theorists,  
designers, environmental scientists, technologists, responsible  
entrepreneurs and activists to develop this perspective. Diversity,  
social and ecological sustainability, and a much deeper understanding  
of technology as an extension of our desires are the building blocks  
that we want to bring together to build a perspective that can help us  
chart less hazardous routes into the future than the ones currently  
travelled.


-----> The Techno-Ecologies concept for Art+Communication 2011  
festival and exhibition is developed by Eric Kluitenberg.
See full concept text at the festival website: http://rixc.lv/11

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* Conference CALL:

In relation to the theme proposed above, for the Techno-Ecologies  
conference we welcome proposals by by both – academic researchers and  
artists, as well as scientists, technology researchers, sociologists,  
philosophers, architects, designers, futurists, and other lateral  
thinkers, who are engaged with the issues of social and ecological  
sustainability, and are interested in a deeper understanding of  
technology.

Please send your short abstract (ca. 200 words) and bio (ca. 60 words)  
to e-mail: <rixc (at) rixc.lv> and / or <rasa (at) rixc.lv> (Rasa Smite)

The DEADLINE for conference abstracts: October 5, 2011

The conference is 2-day international academic event that takes place  
in Riga, November 4 - 5, 2011 (at RIXC Media Space), co-organized by  
RIXC and MPLab (Art Research Lab) of Liepaja University.
The conference papers and thematically related articles after the  
conference will be published in the next issue (No. 11) of Acoustic  
Space, peer-reviewed journal for transdisciplinary research on art,  
science, technology and society.

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* Preliminary programme:

November 3, 2011 – Opening of the Art+Communication festival and the  
exhibition.
November 4 – 5, 2011 – 2-day conference.
November 4 – December 11, 2011 – Techno-Ecologies exhibition open for public.
November 7 – 13, 2011 – follow-up events: iWeek workshops and public  
lectures in Liepaja.

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* Organisers:

The festival and the exhibition is organized by RIXC, The Center for  
New Media Culture
http://rixc.lv

The exhibition is co-curated by Raitis Smits, Rasa Smite and Eric Kluitenberg.

The international academic conference is organized by RIXC in  
collaboration with MPLab (Art Research Lab) of Liepaja University
http://mplab.lv

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