FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
deadline extended to 16.01.04*
futuresonic04
29.04.04 - 02.05.04
urbis and city wide
manchester. uk
an international festival of electronic music and media arts featuring artistic showcases, club events, workshops, discussions, installations and interventions
futuresonic04 theme | mobile connections
artistic projects exploring how perceptions of space and time are
reconfigured by wireless and mobile media, from the radio to mobile
telephony and wireless networks. themes to include wireless interfaces, locative media, location based sound, and mobile phone culture
futuresonic04 theme | turntable re:mix
to mark the 25th anniversary of the technics 1200mk2 record deck, one
of the most iconic cultural artefacts of the 20th century, a series of events will showcase the many diverse forms of turntable music and look over the horizon at emerging formats and post-turntable music
futuresonic04 | conference
a conference hosted by urbis will explore the theme of mobile connections
futuresonic04 | participate
we welcome submissions of artistic projects for the mobile connections
artistic programme and conference. the deadline for submissions has
been extended to 16.01.04.
| electronic submissions to 04@futuresonic.com
| postal submissions to futuresonic. po box 20. manchester. m60 1we. uk
*the deadline extension covers submissions of individual performances,
projects and conference presentations only. submissions of events and
conference sessions will no longer be accepted. we regret that we cannot promise to respond to every request individually.
futuresonic04 | satellites
a series of mobile connections events will be staged prior to futuresonic04, commencing with the mobiliotopia session at transmediale04 presented in collaboration with the locative media lab.
www.mobileconnections.org
|| MOBILE CONNECTIONS AT FUTURESONIC04 ||
the mobile connections artistic programme and associated conference
is a collaboration between futuresonic, urbis, university of salford and liverpool school of art and design, john moores university.
out of the galleries and off the screen
the futuresonic04 international festival of electronic music and media arts shall explore the theme of mobile connections, bringing together media artists, musicians, game developers and technical innovators working in wireless and locative media, to present a range of artistic projects, workshops and debates.
just as recording enabled sound to be heard apart from the place and
time of its creation and radio made possible remote listening, so a new generation of communication media is now reconfiguring perceptions of space and time, and transforming the nature of the art object and the musical event.
the emergence of locative media art, predictions of the imminent bursting of the 802.11 bubble, and the introduction of location based services for mobile phones have brought into focus a set of interests concerned with wireless and locative media, and have created a space that increasing numbers of artists are starting to explore.
mobile connections will explore how wireless technologies enable place
and location to be experienced in different ways, and look at the diverse ways in which artists have pushed the limits, and solicited unexpected or unforeseen results, from communication media past and present, from the radio and turntable, to mobile telephony, streaming and wireless lan.
| areas of interest |
wireless interfaces | wireless technologies offer non-restrictive interfaces that enable movement and interaction free from cables and physical connections. how do these change the relationship between technology and the body, and what artistic interventions are available at the interface between the body and the nearest node?
location based sound | location location location. how can sound artists explore the convergence of wireless and locative media, what new perspectives does it suggest on site specific sound, and how can urban space be navigated through sound?
locative media | an emerging artform is coalescing around programmers,
artists and theorists who are exploring how locative media can be
appropriated for user-led mapping and collaborative cartography. leading practitioners will be brought together to explore the expansive domain of
