<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""> **xCoAx 2020: 8th International Conference on**</span><br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""> **Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X**<br class=""><br class=""> 8–10 July 2020, Graz, Austria<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="http://xcoax.org/" class="">http://xcoax.org/</a><br class=""><br class=""> Please feel free to distribute this call to your networks.<br class=""><br class=""> **Submission deadline: 31 January 2020**<br class=""><br class=""> xCoAx is an exploration of the intersection where computational tools<br class=""> and media meet art and culture, in the form of a multi-disciplinary<br class=""> enquiry on aesthetics, computation, communication and the elusive X<br class=""> factor that connects them all.<br class=""><br class=""> xCoAx has been an occasion for international audiences to meet and<br class=""> exchange ideas, in search for interdisciplinary synergies among computer<br class=""> scientists, artists, media practitioners, and theoreticians at the<br class=""> thresholds between digital arts and culture. Starting in 2013 in<br class=""> Bergamo, xCoAx has so far taken place also in Porto, Glasgow, Lisbon,<br class=""> Madrid, and Milan.<br class=""><br class=""> The focus of xCoAx is on the unpredictable overlaps between the freedom<br class=""> of creativity and the rules of algorithms, between human nature and<br class=""> machine technology, with the aim to evolve towards new directions in<br class=""> aesthetics.<br class=""><br class=""> In 2020 xCoAx will take place in Graz, Austria, directly adjoining the<br class=""> symposium **Algorithms that Matter (ALMAT)**. On the two days preceding<br class=""> xCoAx, ALMAT gathers artists and researchers to present and discuss the<br class=""> relations between algorithmic agency and artistic research, the practice<br class=""> of algorithmic experimentation and its impact on compositional process.<br class=""> ALMAT has issued a separate call for participation –<br class=""> <a href="https://almat.iem.at/symposium.html" class="">https://almat.iem.at/symposium.html</a> – and reduced combi-tickets are<br class=""> available for xCoAx + ALMAT.<br class=""><br class=""> **Topics**<br class=""><br class=""> You are invited to submit theoretical, practical or experimental<br class=""> research work that includes but is not limited to the following topics:<br class=""> Computation, Communication, Aesthetics, X, Algorithms / Systems /<br class=""> Models, Artificial Aesthetics, Artificial Intelligence, Audiovisuals /<br class=""> Multimodality, Creativity, Design, Interaction, Games, Generative Art /<br class=""> Design, History, Mechatronics / Physical Computing, Music / Sound Art,<br class=""> Performance, Philosophy of Art / of Computation, Technology / Ethics /<br class=""> Epistemology.<br class=""><br class=""> **Submission Categories**<br class=""><br class=""> Papers, artworks, performances, ongoing doctoral research (all details<br class=""> for submission at <a href="http://xcoax.org/" class="">http://xcoax.org/</a>). For this edition of xCoAx, a<br class=""> special call for performances for MUMUTH's Ligeti Hall is also being<br class=""> launched.<br class=""><br class=""> **Publications**<br class=""><br class=""> All accepted works will be published in a proceedings book with ISBN<br class=""> (see <a href="http://proceedings.xcoax.org/" class="">http://proceedings.xcoax.org</a> for previous editions) and the authors<br class=""> of the best papers will be invited to a special issue of the<br class=""> Scopus-indexed Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts<br class=""> (<a href="http://artes.ucp.pt/citarj/" class="">http://artes.ucp.pt/citarj/</a>).<br class=""><br class=""> **Keynote Speakers**<br class=""><br class=""> Yuk Hui<br class=""> Špela Petrič<br class=""><br class=""> **Doctoral Symposium Chairs**<br class=""><br class=""> Marko Ciciliani<br class=""><br class=""> **Organizing Committee**<br class=""><br class=""> André Rangel: CITAR / i2ADS<br class=""> David Pirrò: Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of<br class=""> Music and Performing Arts, Graz<br class=""> Hanns Holger Rutz: Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics,<br class=""> University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz<br class=""> Jason Reizner: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar<br class=""> Luís Nunes: i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto<br class=""> Luísa Ribas: CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon<br class=""> Mario Verdicchio: Università degli Studi di Bergamo<br class=""> Miguel Carvalhais: INESC TEC / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto<br class=""><br class=""> **Local Organizing Committee**<br class=""><br class=""> David Pirrò: Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of<br class=""> Music and Performing Arts, Graz<br class=""> Hanns Holger Rutz: Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics,<br class=""> University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz<br class=""> Daniele Pozzi: Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University<br class=""> of Music and Performing Arts, Graz<br class=""><br class=""> **Contacts**<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="mailto:info@xcoax.org" class="">info@xcoax.org</a><br class=""> <a href="http://xcoax.org/" class="">http://xcoax.org</a><br class=""> <a href="https://twitter.com/xcoaxorg" class="">https://twitter.com/xcoaxorg</a><br class=""> <a href="http://facebook.com/xcoax.org" class="">http://facebook.com/xcoax.org</a><br class=""> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/xcoaxorg/" class="">https://www.instagram.com/xcoaxorg/</a><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>