ACM Multimedia 2008
Arts Program Call for Exhibition Entries and Papers
October 27 - November 1, 2008
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=41

Call for Exhibition Entries and Papers
ACM Multimedia 2008 is the premier annual multimedia conference, covering all aspects of multimedia computing. The ACM MM Interactive Art Program connects arts and multimedia communities, creating a stage for exploring, discussing, and pushing the limits for the advancement of multimedia technology through the arts, and the arts through multimedia technology.

This year's fifth version of the Interactive Art Program will consist of an art exhibition at Vancouver's Science World and a conference track. We invite artists working with digital media and researchers in technical areas to submit their original contributions:

* Multimedia art exhibition: We seek artworks exploring the theme of "BorderZones" using multimedia to shift, traverse, intersect, and combine genres and modalities to provoke the emergence of new frameworks. We particularly seek interactive multimedia works that by combining multiple media, technologies, and novel technical ideas, realise strong artistic concepts that give a new perspective on the topic of the exhibition.
Deadline for submission to the Art Exhibition: April 11, 2008

* Conference track: we solicit papers describing interactive multimedia artworks, tools, applications, and technical approaches for creative uses of multimedia content and technology, and management of art-related media collections. Emphasis will be given to new works that describe the creative processes within art, in forms such as interactive experiences and creativity support tools. We also invite papers on works that are interactive, particularly works that exploit non-conventional human-computer interfaces or sensors in new and emerging areas. We strongly encourage papers with a strong technical content written by artists. Papers may be long (10 pages) or short (2 to 4 pages). Long papers are presented in front of an audience and short papers are presented in poster format.
Deadline for full papers to the Arts Program Conference Track April 11, 2008
Deadline for short papers to the Arts Program Conference Track June 6, 2008


Accepted papers and art works will be published in the ACM Multimedia Conference proceedings.

Important Dates

* April 11, 2008 Long papers and art exhibitions submission deadline.
* June 6, 2008 Short papers submission deadline.
* June 27, 2007 Authors notification.
* July 20, 2007 Camera-ready papers due.


If you have questions about the Science World, the Call for Proposals, or related please Arts Program information, please contact the Co-ordinator vmoulder@sfu.ca

Program Chairs Andruid Kerne, andruid@cs.tamu.edu
Interface Ecology Lab, Texas A&M University, USA
Frank Nack, nack@science.uva.nl
HCS, University of Amsterdam, NL
Ron Wakkary, rwakkary@sfu.ca
School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU, CA