[spectre] Reminder: CFP 10.05, OF2018: Global Control Conference, Riga: **Hybrid War; Surveillance and Immersion; Privacy and Data Politics**

[Rasa Smite]

Hello,

This is a reminder that the deadline for GLOBAL CONTROL conference  
proposals is approaching – May 10, 2018 

Global Control on **Hybrid War; Surveillance and Immersion; Privacy  
and Data Politics** is the third edition of Open Fields, Riga based  
international conference series (organised by RIXC, MPLab of Liepaja  
University and Renewable Network), taking place from September 13-16,  
2018, in Riga, The National Library of Latvia.

Please submit your submissions here -> http://openfields2018.rixc.lv

(there was a mistake in this link previously, we are very sorry for  
that, it is now fixed, please apply now!)

Please find below more info, particularly, we expect applications from  
young researchers, artists, scientists, engineers, PHD students, and  
anybody who is interested in transdisciplinary discourses, bringing  
together art, science, technologies and humanities

best regards,

Rasa


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Call for Conference Proposals
DEADLINE: May 10, 2018
Apply Now! http://openfields2018.rixc.lv
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GLOBAL CONTROL 
Open Fields 2018, the third international conference for art, science,  
technologies and humanities,
RIXC Art Science Festival 2018 
September 13–16, 2018, Riga

    “Knowledge is a power. And power is possessed
     especially by whoever controls the flow of information.”
    (Global Control and Censorship* exhibition concept).

Marking the centennial anniversary of independent Latvia and Baltic  
countries, this year's festival takes up the call by becoming a space  
for artistic interventions and hot-button conversations addressing the  
complexity and future of digital society, especially with regards to  
ubiquitous surveillance and data privacy.

* Keynote Speakers:
Bruce STERLING / futurist, author on science fiction, journalist, and  
critic / US
Bernhard SEREXHE / art historian, author on electronic and digital  
art, curator / DE
Jasmina TESANOVIC / feminist, political activist, author, and  
filmmaker / US-RS,
and others – tbc.

The anniversary festival conference titled GLOBAL CONTROL,  
investigates issues from three main perspectives. The first, “hybrid  
war”, is particularly relevant in the context of the Baltic states  
independence celebration year, when continuous “post-truth” propaganda  
in media and tensions around military training in this region are on  
the rise. We also discuss the issue of “fake news”, its consequences  
on global politics, and its impacts on  individual nations.
The second perspective deals with “surveillance and immersion”; as we  
all are under surveillance, we need to become aware of both the  
enormous scale of “watching”, as well as the potential “depth” of  
watching due to the development of immersive technologies.
The third, concerns “the next big privacy” issue, discussed from a  
“data politics” perspective – What is the future of our social media?  
How can we feel safe about our data we publish on the internet today?,  
and How to maintain trust with the next generation?

These are just a few of critical topics that will be discussed and  
explored in Global Control festival through a series of public  
keynotes, artistic interventions, thematic panel presentations, open  
public discussions, performances, and participatory workshops. The  
festival's special event is the Global Control and Censorship*  
exhibition, which aims to expand the public debate about ever-present  
surveillance and censorship methods.

On the closing day of the festival, participants will be invited to  
join on a the bus tour to legendary Irbene Radiotelescope RT-32, where  
the workshop on Acoustic Surveillance, and artistic interventions will  
take place. RT-32 is a former top-secret Soviet military antenna  
formerly used for spying, and repurposed into a scientific device for  
use by the Latvian and international radio astronomers communities.

This year, we expect more than 100 participants, from 60 universities  
and cultural institutions, as well as numerous independent artists and  
researchers from more than 30 countries.

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CONFERENCE
Open Fields 2018: Global Control
September 13 – 15, 2018, The National Library of Latvia, Conference Center

Call for Conference Abstracts
We welcome artists, scientists, theorists, designers, critical  
engineers, makers as as well as doctoral students and researchers from  
different fields to submit proposals for the conference.

Themes:
* hybrid war, fake news and post-truth
* the next big privacy, data politics and social visibility
* surveillance, immersion and VR/AR environments
* brainwaves science and neural networks
* AI, network visualisation and data tracing
* virtual and natural, global data and local ecosystems
* acoustics and espionage, from radio to social media

DEADLINE (extended) – May 10, 2018

APPLY NOW: http://openfields2018.rixc.lv
Proposal should consist of title, 5-6 keywords, abstract (200 words),  
and short biography (120 words)

The Open Fields Conference is organized by RIXC in collaboration with  
Liepaja University's Art Research Lab and Renewable Futures network.  
This year, the OF conference is taking place in the framework of the  
Centenary of the Republic of Latvia Celebration Programme.

Conference Proceedings
The selected full papers will be published in the next volume of the  
Acoustic Space, double blind peer-reviewed journal & book series. The  
call for papers will be announced shortly after the conference.
http://acousticspacejournal.com

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EXHIBITION
*Global Control and Censorship
September 14 – October 21, 2018, The National Library of Latvia,  
Exhibition Hall

The exhibition is based on the collaboration with a network of  
scientists, journalists, activists, and artists in some twenty  
countries around the world, and in cooperation with expert  
organizations such as the German PEN Center, the Chaos Computer Club,  
Reporters Without Borders, and such platforms as netzpolitik.org,  
digitalcourage.de, WikiLeaks, and others. The exhibition’s aim is to  
expand public debate about the ever-present surveillance and  
censorship methods, which is an urgent priority not only due to  
constant new reports in the media, but especially because of the  
extensive obstruction of the investigation of these practices.

Exhibition Curators: Bernhard Serexhe and Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás
Produced Produced by Goethe Institute Riga and RIXC, in cooperation  
with the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

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OF2018: GLOBAL CONTROL Conference Steering Committee ad Co-Chairs:
Prof. Rasa SMITE / RIXC / MIT ACT, USA / FHNW, Switzerland / Liepaja  
University, Latvia
Prof. Kristin BERGAUST / OsloMet-Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Dr. Ellen PEARLMAN / Parsons / New School / Art-A-Hack / ThoughtWorks  
/ New York, USA

OPEN FIELDS Conference International Scientific Board:
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
Ph.D. Geoff COX / School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus  
University, Denmark
Prof. Kristin BERGAUST / Oslo and Akershus University, Norway
Assoc. Prof. Laura BELOFF / IT University, Copenhagen / Finnish Bioart  
Society, Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Lily DIAZ-KOMMONEN / Head of Research Department of Media, Aalto  
University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland
Assoc. Prof. Yvonne Volkart, the Institute of Aesthetic Practice,  
Academy of Art and Design Basel, FHNW, Switzerland
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
Dr. Ilva SKULTE / Riga Stradins University, Latvia
Dr. Piibe PIIRMA / Tallinn University / Estonian Academy of Arts,  
Tallinn, Estonia
Ph D. Raivo KELOMEES / Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Regine DEBATTY / we-make-money-not-art.com / UK/BE
Aleksandra KOSTIC / Kibla / Risk Change project / Maribor, Slovenia


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RIXC Festival curators: Rasa Smite and Raits Smits

The festival is organized by RIXC Center for New Media Culture.
RIXC Festival producers and contacts:
Agnese Baranova (exhibition, agnese at rixc.org)
Daina Silina (conference, daina at rixc.org),
Anna Babre (PR and information, anna.babre at rixc.org).

Contact: rixc at rixc.org, +371 67228478 (RIXC office), +371 26546776  
(Rasa Smite)

Support: The State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga City  
Council, Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, the Ministry  
of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, LV100, EU Programme Creative  
Europe's Risk Change project, Goethe-Institut, ZKM Center for Art and  
Media Karlsruhe, National Library of Latvia, Art Research Lab (MPLab)  
of Liepajas University, RISEBA University.

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http://rixc.org/en/festival

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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: +1-857-417-2492 (USA), +371-26546776 (LV)
http://rixc.org
http://smitesmits.com