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<b style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ISEA2013 – 19<sup>th</sup>
International Symposium
on Electronic Art</span></b>
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style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Call for Participation -
Conference Program</span></b></p>
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style="">IMPORTANT DATES</b></p>
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Due (300 word abstract) - Friday, 14th November 2012</p>
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Notification - Friday, 21st December 2012</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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submit your proposal via OpenConf:<span style=""> </span><a
href="http://www.isea2013.org/submit">www.isea2013.org/submit</a>
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19th International Symposium on Electronic Art will comprise
engaging presentations and thought-provoking speakers and
discussions.<span style=""> </span>Join us for informed
dialogues, dynamic
debates, enlightening keynotes and experimental incursions into
the extensive and
diverse practice of electronic media arts.</p>
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are keen to connect and intertwine the conference sessions with
the
wider artistic program, and we are looking for a variety of
formats and
engagement for presenters and participants to ensure a high
quality of thought,
deliberation and discussion.<span style=""> </span>Our vision
for the conference is to provide sessions with genuine engagement.
We ask that
our delegates think differently about how they envisage the format
of their
presentation. To aid this, we have outlined a number of formats
for you to
choose from:</p>
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style="">1.<span style=""> </span>Provocations</b></p>
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format is ideal for presenting provocative ideas, projects, or
works in progress that lend themselves to visual displays or
presentations
(5-10minutes). In these sessions, a number of presenters have the
opportunity
to present their work and to engage in informal discussion with
other delegates
throughout the session. Presentations will be grouped by the
committee
according to topic, and generous time will be provided after all
of the presentations
for group discussion.</p>
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style="">2.<span style=""> </span>Creator Sessions</b></p>
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format provides the opportunity to present in a unique location or
environment.<span style=""> </span>These are more informal
sessions that allow presenters to create their own format and to
provide
delegates the opportunity to be immersed in a presentation staged
away from a
typical conference setting. We are particularly looking for
engagement with
artworks and practices outside of the usual conference venues.<span
style=""> </span>The committee will work with you to create an
engaging session.</p>
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style="">3.<span style=""> </span>Roundtables</b></p>
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sessions are about the cross-pollination of ideas and
philosophies.<span style=""> </span>They are designed to
activate collaborations, offer opportunities to build networks and
to open up
new connections.<span style=""> </span>We will accept ideas
for full sessions of 60-90 minutes, and the committee will
conceive and design
sessions according to topic or perspective. We will work closely
with
presenters to create original and engaging sessions.</p>
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style="">4.<span style=""> </span>Workshops</b></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">These
sessions are best suited for teaching or demonstrating particular
procedures, skills, or techniques. Appropriate considerations for
this session
format may include: hands-on demonstrations, presentations of a
technology or
technique, or an extended dialogue with participants. These
sessions can take
place over an entire day, half day, or scheduled for 60-90
minutes. Workshops
will be structured to provide ample time for interaction,
participation, and
involvement.<span style=""> </span>Workshop conveners should
submit a formal description of the proposed workshop.</p>
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style="">5.<span style=""> </span>Panels</b></p>
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will accept proposals for full panels or the committee will group
registered participants, whose presentations are based on a shared
theme or
topic (for example, a Chair and four or five presenters) for
inclusion in these
sessions. Panel sessions are scheduled for 60-90 minutes. Panels
may present
complementary aspects of a specific body of work, or contrasting
perspectives
on a specified topic. The audiences for these sessions will be
encouraged to
read the abstracts and any associated readings before attending in
order to
ensure optimal audience engagement and participation. The
presenters (along
with an ISEA2013 committee member if required) will conceive and
design the
session to allow time for short individual provocations
(approximately 10
minutes each) and 40-60 minutes of audience discussion or Q&A.</p>
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style="">6.<span style=""> </span>Papers</b></p>
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type of session is best suited for scholarly work and reports on
current or completed research. Authors present summaries or
overviews of their
work, describing the essential features (related to purpose,
procedures,
outcomes or product). This presentation should be engaging and
dynamic and can
take on any form. Presentations will be grouped according to topic
or
perspective into these themed sessions, with time provided after
all of the presentations
for Q&A and group discussion. Presenters are welcome to
include any visual
support to assist delivery of their oral presentation.</p>
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style="">7.<span style=""> </span>Online Collaborations</b></p>
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are looking to extend the reach of the Symposium by way of online
collaborative environments, and are especially interested in
proposals that
connect distant artists, writers and collaborators to the physical
venue of
ISEA2013 Sydney. These collaborations may involve projects that
lead-up to and
lead-out of the event, and are aimed at establishing relationships
and
connections with other artists who are not able to physically
attend the
symposium. The technical systems and platforms used to conduct
these sessions
need to be widely available and robust enough to be able to
function within a
university, gallery or museum-style venue and can be live
(real-time) or
asynchronous.</p>
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style=""><u>SUBMISSION INFORMATION</u></b></p>
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are calling for an initial 300 word abstract.<span style=""> </span>On
submission of your abstract, you will be
asked which format(s) you would like to present in, the committee
will take
this into consideration when programming the sessions.<span
style=""> </span>You will be notified which session format
your proposal has been allocated into when notifications are sent.</p>
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abstracts will be available to registered delegates online before
the Symposium and an electronic copy will be presented to
delegates at the
Symposium.<span style=""> </span>Please note, only authors who
have registered to attend the Symposium will be published.<span
style=""> </span>On completion of the Symposium, those
presenters who would like to be included in the full proceedings
will be asked
to submit a 3,000 word document which will be peer reviewed and
published.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Please
submit your proposal via OpenConf:<span style=""> </span><a
href="http://www.isea2013.org/submit">www.isea2013.org/submit</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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ask that you consider the ISEA2013 theme and sub-themes outlined
below. You will be required to allocate your proposal to one of
these six
sub-themes on submission:</p>
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style=""><u>Theme – ‘Resistance is
Futile’</u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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cutting edge of digital art has moved from the margins to become
part of the fabric of everyday life.<span style=""> </span>At
once ubiquitous and unnoticed, resistance to electronic art has
proven futile —
it now lies embedded in the heart of our contemporary cultures.<span
style=""> </span>The symposium events will infuse the city’s
social, digital and physical infrastructure. ISEA2013 aims to
create a fluid
body of thought, culture, community, industry, science and
technology.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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play an important role in this “cutting edge.” By creatively
investigating the possibilities and pushing the limits of new
technologies,
artists help us imaginatively experience and critically reflect on
their
implications for life in the 21st century. Digital electronic art
is our source
of innovation, the new norm in everything from publishing to TV,
to radio,
games, film, fashion, music, architecture, design, applications
and gadgets.
Ubiquitous and pervasive, digital media permeates almost all
creative endeavors
in everyday life and the city. The urban spaces of Sydney will
provide the
scene for thinking through the consequences of digital life,
creative
industries, and contemporary electronic art practice.</p>
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style="">Sub-themes/Threads</b></p>
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style="">1. Resistance is Fertile</b></p>
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is Futile … Resistance is Fertile… Resistance is Necessary.
ISEA2013 explores the ways art and new technologies are used in
the service of
power, politics, protest and resistance.</p>
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style="">2. Converging and diverging
realities</b></p>
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virtual bleeds into the real and increasingly our environments are
mediated, augmented and transformed through technology. Mixed and
augmented
realities, obligatory social media, and locative technologies
increasingly
insert different realities into the physical world while
communication
simultaneously seduces us away from our immediate surroundings. As
the
“internet of things” becomes a reality, do we need to resist the
ubiquitous
society of participation, search, and the culture of always-on
surveillance/sousveillance?</p>
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style="">3. Life …<span style=""> </span>but not as we know it</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Technologies
are being used to extend human capabilities and to create
new life forms. ISEA2013 explores how life is increasingly
becoming a
technology that is created, extended, and curated by the influence
of artists
working with technology. A chance to explore and critique the
world of cyborgs,
robots, alien life forms and the emergence of unnatural biologies.</p>
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style="">4. Histories and Futures of
Electronic Art</b></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Where
once electronic media technologies were on the margins they now
permeate almost all of art, commerce and creativity. Digital
cultures, media
art histories, and media archeologies permeate contemporary art
and design, and
inform ways of seeing and understanding the world. ISEA2013 offers
a platform
to explore where electronic art has come from, where it is going
and what it
might become.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="">5. Ecologies and Technologies</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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interrelationship of nature, culture and technology lies at the
centre-stage of contemporary life. ISEA2013 explores technology as
both the
problem and solution, celebrating the role of the artist as
innovator and
provocateur. ISEA2013 engages questions of urban ecologies,
consumption, food,
climate, and sustainability.</p>
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style="">6. Creation, Collaboration and
Consumption</b></p>
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technologies and social media are transforming social and
cultural interaction on both global and local scales. Everyone is
connected,
everyone is a creator. But not everybody likes what they see or
wants to
participate in the prescribed forms of contemporary social media.
ISEA2013
encourages debate, provocations and engagement in the global nets
of
participation.</p>
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style=""><u>ENQUIRIES</u></b></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">For
information on the ISEA2013 Academic Committee and selection
process, or for general information about ISEA2013, please see our
website <a href="http://www.isea2013.org">www.isea2013.org</a> or
contact Kristen Bowen (<a href="mailto:isea@anat.org.au">isea@anat.org.au</a>).</p>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Kristen Bowen</div>
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Coordinator</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a
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face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial" size="1"><span>ISEA2013
is an international festival of electronic art and ideas
that will take place in Sydney, Australia. Presented by
the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) and
held alongside Vivid Sydney – a festival of light, music
and ideas – ISEA2013 will showcase the best media
artworks from around the world and provide a platform
for the lively exchange of future-focused ideas.</span></font></div>
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