<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; ">CALL FOR PARTICIPATION </span><i style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; ">/// </i></div><div><i style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span></div><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1; ">SYMPOSIUM #8 - AUDIO MOBILITY / <i>AUDIO MOBILITÉ</i></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; ">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; ">LOCUS SONUS SYMPOSIUM #8 Audio Mobility<br class="kix-line-break">Aix en Provence, France - <br class="kix-line-break">APRIL 16th, 17th, 18th 2014</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; "><br class="kix-line-break">CALL FOR </span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; ">PAPERS & POSTERS /</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="line-height: 1; ">ARTISTIC WORKS</span></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; "><div><span style="line-height: 1; ">RECRUITMENT OF 3 ARTISTS - RESEARCHERS FOR A RESIDENCY/</span></div><br></span><span style="font-size: 21px; font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></h1><div><br></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "><br></span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Submission - Dead Line : </span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">December 15th 2013</span></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">1- Scientific Program - </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; ">Papers and Posters </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></h4><br><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">2 - Artistic Program - </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; ">Performances, Installations and other Mobile Art forms.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></h4><br><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">3 -</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Locus Sonus Recruits 3 artists-researchers in residency</span></div><br><br><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(79, 129, 189); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(79, 129, 189); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font size="3">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</font></span></h2><br><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="line-height: 17px; ">INTRODUCTION </span></font></h2><div><br></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">LOCUS SONUS</span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Locus Sonus audio in art, is a research group whose main aim is to explore the, ever evolving, relationship between sound, place and usage. In an Art/Science tradition our research involves experimentation with emerging audio technologies particularly those relating to sound transmission, mobilization or spatialisation. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Maintained by the art schools of Aix en Provence and Bourges in France, Locus Sonus is concerned with practice driven research and transdisciplinary approachs to the arts of sound. </span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">LOCUS SONUS SYMPOSIUMS</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "> /// </span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">From the outset in 2005 Locus Sonus Symposiums have maintained an exceptionally high standard in both artistic and scientific content. Deliberately restrained in regards to the number of participants they have succeeded, for each edition, in uniting international experts and generating lively discussion around a specific question or topic. The Locus Sonus Symposiums are organized in partnership with the Aix-Marseille University (AMU)’s sociology lab LAMES and regularly include collaborations with research groups such as IMéRA, CRESSON, CRiSAP UAL, SARC Queen’s University Belfast, SAIC Chicago, Laval’s University Quebec to mention just a few. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">The symposium is funded by the French ministries for culture and research. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; "><br></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri; vertical-align: baseline; ">PREVIOUS SYMPOSIUMS /// </span></font></h2><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">A complete documentation of previous Locus Sonus Symposiums is available here: </span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><br></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><a href="http://locusonus.org/w/index.php?page=Symposiums" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; ">http://locusonus.org/w/index.php?page=Symposiums</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #7 mar2012: Auditoriums Internet</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #6 mar2010 Sonification (quoi ? où ? comment ? pourquoi ?)</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #5 mar2009 Audio Connect ?</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #4 dec2007 Audio Extranautes</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #3 nov2006 Audio Sites</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); vertical-align: baseline; "></span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #2 avr2006 Audio Geo</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Symposium #1 nov2005 Audio Espaces Réseaux</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span></p><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">THEME 2014 AUDIO MOBILITY ///</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span></font></h2><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Audio Mobility.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">The fact that computers have become truly portable (smart phones) while being powerful enough to perform complex calculations in real-time is a very recent phenomenon. If a system capable of generating and capturing audio can share a user’s mobility, is the status of that audio changed? Can there be new forms of audio art that result from mobility?</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">We propose to consider mobile audio-technology from two points of view. These can be assimilated to maps and sounding. In the case of maps, we project space and trajectory through schematic representation while in the case of sounding, we activate the environment around us and in so doing collect information about </span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">it through feedback. </span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">A traditional way of considering these two approaches to audio mobility might be that of experiencing audio phenomena we encounter as we cross a landscape (insect sounds, running water, or a noisy bar and the sound of traffic) versus hearing the ever changing sound of our own footsteps as they encounter different surfaces (gravel, leaves or a polished floor) and activate different resonant spaces or reflective surfaces (an empty hall, a carpeted room, a forest or a cliff face).</span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">In terms of audio technology these two poles are epitomized by Locative Media on the one hand and sensor based computing on the other. </span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">In reality, the line we can draw between these two models is not so clear-cut: radar, a sounding-technology, is used to make projections or charts and we can </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; ">ping</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "> the network from our laptops to see if we are present (as a node on the network) and hybridization of these approaches might offer considerable creative possibilities. However, we consider these two poles as significant in this research into an art of audio mobility.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "><br class="kix-line-break">Mobile audio-device listening (ipods, smartphones) can be considered negatively since they tend to isolate the user from his or her naturally occurring sound environment. They can also be considered positively, as a way of recuperating for the user, an otherwise unpleasant sound space (when travelling in a saturated urban environment for example). Our hypothesis is that by incorporating information emanating from the environment itself, either through sensing or through localisation, the negative aspects of mobile listening might be reduced and the positive aspects augmented. </span></div><br><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">ONLINE APPLICATION</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "> /// </span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Online application : <a href="http://locusonus.org/">http://locusonus.org/</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">All completed submissions must be sent no later than midnight (GMT+1) on sunday December 15th, 2013.</span></div><br><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><br></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">CONTACTS ///</span></div><div><br></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><div style="line-height: 1; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; ">Email </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; vertical-align: baseline; "> : </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; 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