ISEA 2009

  • Deadline:
    Nov. 17, 2008, midnight

ISEA 2009, NORTHERN IRELAND

2nd CALL FOR Artworks and Art Projects, Papers, Workshops, Open Spaces and more - ACROSS EIGHT SUB-THEMES

Abstracts for papers and descriptors of artworks/projects, panels and workshops etc are sought for ISEA 2009 that will illuminate both the near and long term Future of Digital Media Culture. Papers which present research outcomes, track trends or developments, describe case studies or works in progress, are speculative projection, challenge existing paradigms or record a history, are all welcome. Submissions are encouraged from any professional, craft or scholarly field that relates to communications art/design, cultural expression, practice and aesthetics, and the technical means by which they are enabled.

The sub-themes:
Citizenship and contested spaces
Interactive storytelling and memory building in post-conflict society
Interactive textiles
Tracking emotions
Posthumanism: New technologies and creative strategies
Positionings: local and global transactions
Transformative creativity - participatory practices
Entertainment and Mobility

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS, ARTWORKS AND INITIATIVES, PROJECTS AND WORKSHOPS ETC - 17 NOVEMBER 2008

Go to www.isea2009.org for further detailed information on symposium sub-themes, broader ISEA2009 activities and information on how to submit your paper/project proposal.

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS, ROUNDTABLES/PANELS/FORUMS/TUTORIALS AND OPEN SPACES

Proposals are sought for ISEA 2009 that will illuminate both the near and long term future of Digital Media Culture. Submissions are encouraged from any professional, craft or scholarly field that relates to communications art/design, cultural expression, practice and aesthetics, and the technical means by which they are enabled.

CALL FOR ARTWORKS AND INITIATIVES

ISEA 2009 invites artists, creators and researchers to submit their works. Submissions are encouraged from any art, craft or professional field. Artists, early career scholars and PhD students are particularly encouraged to submit.
REVIEW PROCESS

All paper and project proposal will be double blind peer reviewed by an international panel and published in the proceedings. Other, more substantial publishing opportunities may arise in due course.

fields of inquiry and practice:

ISEA 2009 accepts submissions from following fields of inquiry and practice:

electronic art, cultural activism, socially and politically engaged practices, mobile environments, locative media, GIS, interactive and nonlinear storytelling, electronic fiction, hypertext, interactive television and cinema, multimedia, new media, streaming media, cinema and video, video art, video installation, interactive and networked performance, digital aesthetics, theory, history, computer games, games culture, games system design, games theory, bio-art, nano-art, sound, electronic music, interactive architecture, MOOs, MUDs, RPG, augmented reality, virtual reality, virtual worlds,

DATES FOR SUBMISSION

Dates for the submission of 500 word abstracts/proposals: 17th of November 2008


If you have any further questions or problems, please don’t hesitate to contact admin@isea2009.org

READ this instruction paragraph carefully

ONLY SUBMIT A 500 WORD ABSTRACT FOR PAPERS AND/OR A DISCRIPTOR OF ARTWORKS, ART PROJECTS ETC FOR THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER DEADLINE. PROVISION FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS ON THE WEB PLATFORM IS FOR A LATER DATE. YOU WILL BE GIVEN PLENTY OF NOTICE FOR THIS BY THE CHAIR OF YOUR CHOOSEN PANEL. ARTWORKS AND ART PROJECTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED UNDER THE SAME PLATFORM. YOU CAN ATTACH ONE PDF DOCUMENT WITH IMAGES INSTEAD OF A PAPER IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT YOUR ARTWORK OR ARTPROJECT WITH VISUALS. THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE MAY REQUEST FURTHER INFORMATION FROM YOU AT A LATER DATE. THE PLATFORM WILL BE OPEN FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.