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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Ricardo Dal Farra
<ricardo.dalfarra@concordia.ca></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>To: "czegledy@interlog.com"
<czegledy@interlog.com></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: [call: e-art & climate
change] BALANCE-UNBALANCE conference 2017</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="http://balance-unbalance2017.org/"
>http://balance-unbalance2017.org</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3"><b>BALANCE-UNBALANCE
2017</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3"><b>[Arts + Sciences x
Technology = Environment / Responsibility]</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3"><b>- A Sense of Place
-</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3"><b>August 21 to
23, 2017 </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3"><b>i-DAT, Plymouth
University, UK. </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>BALANCE-UNBALANCE (BunB - <a
href="http://balance-unbalance2017.org/"
>http://balance-unbalance2017.org</a>) is an International Conference
designed to use <b>ART</b> as a catalyst to explore
intersections
between <b>NATURE</b>, <b>SCIENCE</b>, <b>TECHNOLOGY</b
> and <b>SOCIETY</b> as we move into an era of both
unprecedented ecological threats and transdisciplinary
possibilities.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite>The BALANCE-UNBALANCE conference will bring artists
together with scientists, economists, philosophers, politicians,
management and policy experts, sociologists and engineers from across
the world with the intent of engendering a deeper awareness and
creating lasting intellectual working partnerships in solving our
global environmental crisis.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>"We are living in a world reaching a
critical point where the equilibrium between a healthy environment,
the energy our society needs to maintain or improve this lifestyle and
the interconnected economies could pass more quickly than expected
from the current complex balance to a complete new reality where
unbalance would be the rule and human beings would need to be as
creative as never before to survive. Environmental problems, economic
uncertainty and political complexity have been around for a long time.
What was different before was the speed and depth of transformations
compared with today's sudden changes. The frequent occurrence and
severity that certain weather and climate-related events are having
around us is increasing, and the ability of human beings on modifying
adjacent surroundings as well as distant places have turn into a power
capable of altering the planet [Š] The arts could play a major part
in helping the global society to understand the magnitude of the
crisis we are facing, and in promoting the awareness around
environmental matters. it could also be a very good vehicle to
disseminate proposals able produce changes in our behavior and
decisions, influencing our chances for the future. Artists could
promote inter and transdisciplinary actions focusing on our
responsibility regarding the turning point we are living in defining
the future of -human- life on Earth."<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>For further information on the
BALANCE-UNBALANCE agenda read: <a
href=
"http://balance-unbalance2017.org/files/2016/08/Dal_Farra_BunB_Breaking_Paradigms_2015.pdf"><i><b><span
></span>Breaking Paradigms: Electronic Arts & Humanitarian
Actions</b></i></a><i><b> </b></i>by Ricardo Dal Farra.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>SUBMISSIONS:</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>BALANCE-UNBALANCE
2017</b> invites <b>papers</b>, <b>transdisciplinary
workshops</b>, <b>artistic activities and
artefacts</b> (including <b>VR</b> and <b>Fulldome</b
> content), <b>posters</b> and <b>panels</b
> that respond to the provocation provided by the 'Sense of
Place' theme. These initiatives should propose new opportunities for
digital/electronic/media arts to catalyse transdisciplinary activity
and behaviour change to help solve our global environmental
crisis.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>BunB 2017 wishes to build on the work of
previous BunB Conferences by cultivating virtual and networked models
which allow increased diversity, access and dissemination whilst
significantly reducing the carbon footprint of a major international
conference.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>BALANCE-UNBALANCE 2017, <i>A Sense
of Place</i> is the 6th edition in the conference series: <a
href="http://balance-unbalance2017.org/"
>http://balance-unbalance2017.org</a> <br>
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<ul>
<li>BunB 2016 - Manizales, Colombia: <a
href="http://www.balance-unbalance2016.org/"
>www.balance-unbalance2016.org</a>
<li>BunB 2015 - Arizona, United States: <a
href="http://www.balance-unbalance2015.org/"
>www.balance-unbalance2015.org</a>
<li>BunB 2013 - Noosa, Australia: <a
href="http://www.balance-unbalance2013.org/"
>www.balance-unbalance2013.org</a>
<li>BunB 2011 - Montreal, Canada: <a
href="http://www.balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/"
>www.balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca</a>
<li>BunB 2010 - Buenos Aires, Argentina: <a
href="http://www.ceiarteuntref.edu.ar/eq-deseq-en"
>www.ceiarteuntref.edu.ar/eq-deseq-en</a></ul>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>About the theme for BunB
2017: <i><b>"A Sense of Place"</b></i>.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Our increasingly mediated relationship
with the environment brings new insights to the invisible forces that
affect complex ecologies. From meteorological data flows to temporal
climate change models, our relationship with our environment is
becoming more abstract, simulated and remote - tempering our desire
to act. Could it be that we know more and experience less? BunB17 maps
the coordinates of our <i>Sense of Place</i> - the
horizontal landscape to the vertical transcalar spaces of the
macro/micro.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The 6th edition of the BunB conference
will be held from August 21 to 23 of 2017 in Plymouth, UK.
Produced by i-DAT in collaboration with the Sustainable Earth
Institute and Art and Sound at Plymouth University, BunB17 is being
produced in collaboration with the North Devon's UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve, Beaford Arts and Fulldome UK.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Deadline for submissions</b>:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000"><b>January 16,
2017</b></font><font color="#666666"><b> (midnight, UK
time).</b></font><br>
<b>Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2017.</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Call for participation:<b> </b><a
href="http://balance-unbalance2017.org/call-for-participation"
>http://balance-unbalance2017.org/call-for-participation</a>/<br>
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