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> From: iseainfo@lume.fi
> Date: June 3, 2004 10:57:41 AM EDT
> To: rachel@rhizome.org
> Subject: ISEA2004: Experience the hub of all things electronic
>
> ISEA2004: YOUR CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE CUTTING-EDGE OF RESEARCH,
> TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC ARTS
>
> 'The ISEA conference remains a premier venue that brings together the
> visual, performing arts and sounds arts professionals, but also the
> theorists, scientists and engineers that are involved in the emerging
> disciplines.'
> Roger Malina, executive editor, Leonardo / The MIT Press
>
>
> ISEA2004 CRUISE: AUGUST 15-17
> ISEA2004 TALLINN: AUGUST 17-19
> ISEA2004 HELSINKI: AUGUST 19-22
>
>
> ISEA2004 Symposium (http://www.isea2004.net) creates the most exciting
> hub
> of new media technology, research and art this August in Helsinki,
> Tallinn
> and on the amazing cruiser ferry connecting these Northern capitals.
> Finns
> and Estonians have joined forces to throw what may well be the coolest
> conference ever.
>
> The interdiscpilinary symposium presents the latest technological and
> artistic innovations by the most advanced media labs from all over the
> world building unique interface for future products and businesses.
> ISEA2004 is the key happening for those working with digital media,
> content
> production, wireless applications and mobile technologies. It brings
> together almost two thousand top professionals: developers of new
> technologies, scientists, artists, journalists and curators. At the
> same
> time the spectacular cruise on the Baltic Sea serves as a forum for
> pleasant networking and leisure; it is also a perfect opportunity to
> figure
> out what the Finns are up to in the future;-)
>
> Joining ISEA2004 is easy and the registration costs are low. Your FULL
> EXPERIENCE event package includes not only two nights' accomodation on
> the
> ferry, but also breakfasts, luxurious buffet dinners with wine and
> beer,
> the funky club programme on 3 stages over 2 nights with 25 djs and live
> gigs and of course the major conferences in Tallinn and Helsinki. IT IS
> REALLY HARD TO BEAT THAT! Book your tickets for the fast-selling event
> at
> http://www.isea2004.net/tickets - we recommend booking soon as the most
> popular cabins are filling up. See more information on who's coming and
> what the programme will be like below and at
> http://www.isea2004.net/programme.html.
>
> For group bookings, contact Mika Minetti, mika@isea2004.net, +358 40
> 719
> 2280.
>
>
> _____________________________________________________
>
> ISEA2004
> http://www.isea2004.net
>
> The multi-venue ISEA2004 cruise on the Baltic Sea, conferences in
> Tallinn
> and Helsinki (where you will have six simultaneous streams to choose
> from),
> exhibitions and electronic music clubs unite the leading media labs of
> the
> world, researchers, developers of new technologies, designers and
> artists
> during the one-week symposium. More than 300 leading innovators,
> artists
> and scholars have been selected to present their work from altogether
> 1200
> proposals received by the ISEA2004 International Programme Committee (
> http://www.isea2004.net/programme/index.html#IPC).
>
> NETWORKING AND CLUBBING DURING THE ALL-INCLUSIVE CRUISE
>
> COllaboration between researchers, artists, scientists and businesses
> is an
> essenstial part of this year's ISEA2004 symposium. In fact, ISEA has
> never
> been organised on this scale before. The Silja Opera cruiser ferry
> alone
> will host 20 installations, around 10 performances, interactive games
> and
> numerous dj and live acts. The entire ship turns into an arena for
> networking meetings, poster sessions, panels, workshops and seminars
> while
> sailing through the beautiful archipelago from Helsinki to Stockholm
> and on
> to Tallinn via the Aland islands.
>
> Networking sessions offer business units, artists and journalists the
> chance to pitch their products and share ideas. Because of the great
> scale
> of the event, you will not only become absorbed into the inspiring
> networking sessions, but will find it hard to resist joining the
> numerous
> clubs on the luxury boat while eating five star buffee dinners with
> wines
> and beers, all included in the most affordable price!
>
> The ferry programme streches from lifts to swimming pools, pushing the
> limits of technological and artistic creation. KELLY DOBSON (MIT Media
> Lab,
> USA) brings along her MACHINE THERAPY project to the ferry's gym. The
> locative sound installation FLOAT by TUOMO TAMMENPAA (Finland) and
> TAMAS
> SZAKAL (Hungary) will turn the ship into a play-head and the route
> into the
> track by translating GPS coordinates, distance to islands, depth,
> direction
> and speed to a slowly developing soundscape.
>
> In the game project FLOATING TERRITORIES by LEON CMIELEWSKI and
> JOSEPHINE
> STARRS (Australia), renowned throughout the world for their animations,
> ISEA2004 participants receive swipe cards that arbitrarily assign a
> tribal
> allegiance, after which migration and participants' family history are
> being explored. ICOLS STRATEGY DEFENSE AND ARMS FAIR maps out relations
> between the new media technology that artists use and modern warfare,
> such
> as GPS, augmented reality systems and VR-technologies. Icols presents a
> modified 'arms fair' in Mariehamn, capital of the demilitarized zone of
> Aland.
>
> After the cruise, ISEA2004 continues in Tallinn and Helsinki with
> conferences and a wide range of other events. The conferences offer
> networking possibilities for almost 2000 top professionals. Top
> speakers
> present future trends and latest innovations in their own fields.
> Design,
> technology and research have never been brought together like this
> before.
> The topics range from wearable technologies to wireless and mobile
> applications. In Tallinn, KATHERINE MORIWAKI from NTRG (Networks and
> Telecommunications Research Group, Ireland) presents her project and
> design
> concepts related to fashion and technologies, emerging communication
> infrastructures, networks and the body.
>
> Tallinn and Helsinki keynotes include ARTURO ESCOBAR (University of
> North
> Carolina, USA), SARAH KEMBER (Goldsmith College, UK), JOANNA BERZOWSKA
> (Concordia University, UK), MICHEL MAFFESOLI (Sorbonne, France),
> SHUDDHABRATA SENGUPTA (Sarai New Media Initiative, India), ERKKI
> HUHTAMO
> (UCLA, USA), WENDY HUI KYONG CHUN (Brown University, USA) and MATTHEW
> FULLER (Piet Zwart Institute, the Netherlands).
>
>
> Tickets and more information at http://Www.isea2004.net/tickets and
> http://www.isea2004.net/programme.html.
>
> For group bookings contact Mika Minetti, mika@isea2004.net, +358 40 719
> 2280
>