[spectre] Open call: Politics of the Machine: Art and After conference in Copenhagen

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There is still sufficient time to submit an abstract to this exciting 
conference:

Politics of the Machine: Art and After conference
EVA Copenhagen – to be held at DIAS Kunsthal and Aalborg University 
Copenhagen
15-17 May 2018
http://www.eva-copenhagen.dk/

The submission is by abstract (500words) and due by the 22nd December!
Here you can find the conference sub-themes: 
http://www.eva-copenhagen.dk/pom-call-for-proposals/

EVA Copenhagen
To be held in Copenhagen, 2018, EVA Copenhagen is a conference focusing 
on digital arts, culture and beyond, which is part of the international 
‘Electronic Visualisation & the Arts’ (EVA) network.  The conference 
will bring together artists and academics working in a broad range of 
fields related to digital arts.
Organised in partnership between Aalborg University (Aalborg, 
Copenhagen) and Dias: Digital Interactive Art Space (Copenhagen), the 
conference will host an exhibition of artworks, while also presenting a 
programme of academic papers.  In doing so, we aim to bring together 
practitioners and academics working in digital arts, providing valuable 
opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, networking, and showcasing 
of innovative work at the frontiers of art and culture. The sub-themes 
range from Emotional Machines to Wet Machines and Robots in Art and many 
more.

The conference will produce a published, peer-reviewed proceedings of 
papers and artists’ statements/abstracts.

The International EVA Network:
EVA Denmark is part of an international network of conferences, growing 
out of the EVA London conference, which was founded in 1990, and remains 
active as a central hub for the EVA network.  EVA conferences are held 
on an ongoing basis, in parallel, and include EVA Australasia, EVA 
Berlin, EVA Florence, EVA London, EVA / Minerva Jerusalem and EVA St. 
Petersburg.  Previous conferences have also been held in Athens, 
Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, California, Cambridge [both UK & USA], 
Dallas, Delhi, Edinburgh, Gifu [Japan], Glasgow, Harvard, Kiev, Laval, 
Madrid, Montreal, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Thessaloniki and 
Warsaw.  The event boasts prestigious collaborations with the British 
Computer Society (BCS), The Lumen Prize and others.

General Chairs:
Morten Søndergaard (AAU)
Laura Beloff (ITU)

Chairs:
Jacob Wamberg (Aarhus AU)
Gunhild Borggren (Copenhagen KU)
Rasmus Vestergaard (DIAS)
Majken Overgaard (CATCH)
Eva-Chair / International Correspondent: Jon Weinel (AAU)

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Looking forward to see you in Copenhagen next May!