[spectre] CFP: Deadline Extended: Feb 26, 2018 – Renewable Futures 2018: HYBRID LABS conference
Rasa Smite
rasa at rixc.lv
Mon Feb 19 15:39:48 CET 2018
hello!
We are happy to announce that the Third Renewable Futures conference
is approaching and that we have extended the deadline for submitting
the proposals (conference abstracts)!
The Renewable Futures 2018 conference with the title HYBRID LABS will
take place in Espoo (near Helsinki where Aalto University campus is
located), May 30-June 1, 2018, hosted by Aalto university
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Deadline is Extended now till February 26, 2018
Apply here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls2018
Welcome to Helsinki!
best regards,
Rasa
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Call for Proposals – DEADLINE EXTENDED!
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RF 2018: HYBRID LABS SYMPOSIUM
The Third Edition of RENEWABLE FUTURES, Art and Science Conference
series in North-Europe,
Celebrating Leonardo's 50th Anniversary / In the framework of Aalto Festival
May 30 – June 1, 2018
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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APPLY NOW: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls2018
Deadline Extended – February 26, 2018
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Hybrid Labs is the third edition of Renewable Futures conference that
aims to challenge the future of knowledge creation through art and
science collaboration. The HYBRID LABS will take place from May 30 to
June 1, 2018 at Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, in the context of
Aalto Festival. Celebrating 50 years of Leonardo journal and
community, the HYBRID LABS conference will look back into the history
of art and science collaboration, with an intent to reconsider and
envision the future of hybrid laboratories – where scientific research
and artistic practice meet and interact.
http://hybridlabs.aalto.fi
Our three-day media event medley includes:
* MAY 30, 2018 – EXHIBITION OPENING
Opening Programme features Oslofjord Ecologies Extended exhibition
opening, curated by Kristin Bergaust on behalf of Art in Society
research group at HiOA. The exhibition is based on results of artistic
research processes following common workshops, field trips and earlier
exhibitions and performances linked to the Creative Europe project
Renewable Futures and the Nordic collaboration Hybrid Labs.
* MAY 31, 2018 – RENEWABLE FUTURES CONFERENCE
Renewable Futures conference will begin with keynotes addressing
HYBRID LABS topic from different broader perspectives. Parallel tracks
of presentations will discuss the future of HYBRID LABS, art and
science collaboration, focusing on five main topics:
- hybrid practices (in art and science),
- hybrid storytelling,
- hybrid fabrication,
- hybrid reality,
- hybrid economies.
* JUNE 1, 2018 – COLLABORATORY DAY, CELEBRATING LEONARDO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Collaboratory day and Leonardo birthday celebration includes guided
tours of several of the Otaniemi campus laboratories and a workshop on
collaboratory methods during the morning followed by afternoon
keynote, sauna, and dinner. The topic of the keynote will be about
Arts and Science collaboration and planetary healing. Also throughout
the Lab tours, we want to stress the heritage aspects of the spaces,
the campus and innovative aspects of art and science collaboration.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Roger MALINA / Executive Editor, Leonardo Publications at M.I.T
Press / Professor, the University of Texas at Dallas.
- Nina CZEGLEDY / Artist, Curator and Educator on Art, Science and
Technology / Leonardo Community, Toronto, Canada
- and TBC
More info: http://hybridlabs.aalto.fi/hls-2018-cfp-hybrid-labs-symposium-2018/
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(Step 1)
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS (Abstracts)
We welcome submissions by academic researchers, designers, artists,
scientists, students, social entrepreneurs, visionaries and other
creative thinkers and practitioners to submit their proposals related
to the conference theme.
* Topics:
- hybrid practices – combining art and science, technology and
ecology, digital and biological in research and education
- hybrid storytelling – heritage and storytelling for linking virtual
with the material domain of everyday life
- hybrid fabrication – innovative maker trends in art and design practices
- hybrid reality – interventions into the uncritical excitement about
virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning
- hybrid economies – artistic practices in-between sharing and
selling, networking and fabricating
* Types of Presentations:
The proposals could be submitted for the following types of presentations:
- academic papers (full / short)
- artistic presentations (performative lectures / performances /
participatory sessions)
- poster sessions
* Submission Guidelines:
The conference proposals should include:
- Title and abstract (250 words max – text fields 'Title' and
'Abstract'), mandatory;
- five to six keywords (text field 'Keywords'), mandatory;
- short biography: 100 words (text field 'Comments'), mandatory;
- you can also upload a file containing any additional relevant
information, optional;
(if you already now, please indicate in your abstract if you want to
submit pictures or videos (max 100Mb) as part of your final submission)
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DEADLINES
* Deadline for Conference Proposals (Abstracts) EXTENDED – February 26, 2018
* APPLY NOW! https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls2018
* Notifications of acceptance March 9, 2018
* Deadline for selected participants to submit their academic papers
(for pre-review) or slide presentations (for artistic presentations
and performances) – May 14, 2018
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(Step 2)
CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS – FOR SELECTED ABSTRACTS:
After receiving the notifications, the selected participants will be
asked to submit their Full/Short Papers (working version – for
pre-review), Posters (layout) and Artistic Presentations (Slides) by
May 14, 2018.
1. Full/Short Paper Submission:
If your abstract for full/short paper will be selected, you will be
asked to submit full/short paper for pre-review before the conference
(working version). All papers must be original and not simultaneously
submitted to another journal or conference:
- Full papers are up to 6000 words long including references and the
presenter must prepare 20+10 minutes presentation.
- Short papers are up to 3000 words long including references and the
presenter must prepare 10+5 minutes presentation.
2. Artistic Presentations:
presentations should be prepared as powerpoint or keynote slides.
3. Posters:
Posters should be made in A1 format, and submitted as PDF.
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Shortly after the conference, the selected participants will be asked
to submit their final version of the paper for peer-review. The
submitted papers will undergo the double-blind peer-review process to
be published in Acoustic Space journal series (Vol. 18, 2019).
When submitting your final papers, you should keep in mind the following:
- Your name. Delete your name from the first page or where ever it is
mentioned in the paper.
- Acknowledgements. Please delete or mark “Acknowledgements removed”,
if you have acknowledgements or thanks to those who helped you with
the paper.
- Document properties. Please don’t send word or similar documents,
because it might include personal information in the document (for
example in Word, go to file à properties). Send your paper in
pdf-format.
- Self-citation. Please anonymize your references or citations to your
previous works.
- Images and Videos. Please hide all such information that can reveal
you in videos or images you are sending along with your paper.
* About Acoustic Space
The papers from the first Renewable Futures conference are published
in Acoustic Space vol. 16, which with the title "RENEWABLE FUTURES.
Art, Science and Society in the Post-Media Age" was published in 2017,
by RIXC and Liepaja University; editors - Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits,
in tribute to Armin Medosch.
The papers from the previous (the 2nd) Renewable Futures conference
are going to be published in Acoustic Space vol. 17, which will come
out in May 31, 2018, and will be presented during the Hybrid Labs
symposium.
More info about the Acoustic Space, peer-reviewed journal series:
http://acousticspacejournal.com
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REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE:
https://eage.aalto.fi/?f/en/HLS2018
Early Bird Fee is available until 15 April, 2018.
- Early Bird Price (for Speakers and Visitors): 68 EUR (full price 86 eur).
- Early Bird Student Price: 42 EUR (full student price 56 eur).
Included: Coffee and Snacks, Sauna and Dinner (Lunch is not included),
pre-review of submitted papers.
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COMMITTEES
Conference Chair
- Prof. Lily DIAZ-KOMMONEN
The Local Conference Organisational Board
- Prof. Lily DIAZ-KOMMONEN / Head of Research Department of Media,
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Espoo,
Finland
- Prof. Rasa SMITE / Liepaja University, RIXC, Riga, Latvia / FHNW,
Basel Switzerland / MIT ACT, Boston, US
- Prof. Kristin BERGAUST / Oslo and Akershus University, Norway
- Nina CZEGLEDY, Leonardo Community, Toronto, Canada
- Juhani TENHUNEN / Aalto Studios, Espoo, Finland
- Saara MÄNTYLÄ / Department of Media, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
The International Scientific Board of Renewable Futures Conference
- Prof. Lev MANOVICH / Cultural Analytics Lab / The Graduate Center,
City University of New York, US
- Ph.D. Jussi PARIKKA / Winchester School of Art / University of
Southampton / UK
- Assoc. Prof. Geoff COX / Reader in Fine Art / Plymouth University,
UK & Aarhus University, Denmark
- Assoc. Prof. Laura BELOFF / IT University, Copenhagen / Finnish
Bioart Society, Helsinki, Finland
- Prof. Ursula DAMM / Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
- Dr. Vytautas MICHELKEVICIUS / Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Academy of
Arts, Lithuania
- Ph.D. Margrét Elísabet ÓLAFSDÓTTIR / Art Education at the University
of Akureyri, Iceland
- Assoc. Prof. Ilva SKULTE / Riga Stradins University, Latvia
- Dr. art. Piibe PIIRMA / Tallinn University / Estonian Academy of
Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
- Ph. D. Raivo KELOMEES / Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
- Prof. Miško ŠUVAKOVIĆ / Faculty for Media and Communication,
University Singidunum, Belgrade, Serbia
- Dr. Ellen PEARLMAN / Parsons / New School University, New York, USA
- Ph.D. Chris HALES / Assist. Prof. and Study Director of New Media
Art Doctoral Programe, Liepaja University, Liepaja, Latvia
- Raphael KIM / Media and Arts Technology, Queen Mary University London, UK
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Venue: Aalto University, Otakaari 1 x, Espoo Finland
Contact: lily.diaz at aalto.fi | saara.mantyla at aalto.fi
Hybrid Lab's and Renewble Futures Partner Network:
- Aalto University, Espoo/Helsinki, FI
- RIXC Center for New Media Culture, Riga, LV
- Art Research Lab / Liepaja University, Liepaja, LV
- Art in Society Research Groups / Oslo and Akershus University
College of Applied Sciences - HiOA
- Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, NL
- Hangar, Barcelona, ES
- Ars Longa, Paris, FR
http://renewablefutures.net/
Support: NORDPLUS, Aalto University
http://hybridlabs.aalto.fi
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Dr Rasa Smite
Artist, Curator and Founder of RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture in Riga,
Professor in New Media Art / Art Research Lab / Liepaja University,
Researcher in The Institute of Aesthetic Practices / The University of
Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Lecturer at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology / School of
Architecture and Planning
Phone: +371-26546776
http://rixc.org
http://smitesmits.com
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Dr Rasa Smite
Artist, Curator and Founder of RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture in Riga,
Professor in New Media Art / Art Research Lab / Liepaja University,
Researcher in The Institute of Aesthetic Practices / The University of
Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Lecturer at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology / School of
Architecture and Planning
Phone: +371-26546776
http://rixc.org
http://smitesmits.com
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