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Table of Contents: Computer Games and Digital Cultures Conference, Tampere (Finland), June 6-8, 200 "geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl> nettime-1@bbs.thing.net Joel Slayton <joel@well.com> NEW MEDIA in CANADA Nina Czegledy <czegledy@interlog.com> Privacy Lecture Series - Smartcards and Biometrics, Dec. 3, 2001 Ana Viseu <ana.viseu@utoronto.ca> edith-russ-haus Kulturamt der Stadt Oldenburg <info@kulturamt.oldenburg.de> net.performance - FUSCO/DOMINGUEZ "geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl> ANNOUNCE: Second Iteration programme Second Iteration <iterate@csse.monash.edu.au> CfP: 18th annual Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin, Germany congress-crew@ccc.de (18C3 Crew) Pixxelpoint Invitation Blaz Erzetic <blaz@erzetich.com> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:58:56 +1100 From: "geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl> Subject: Computer Games and Digital Cultures Conference, Tampere (Finland), June 6-8, 2002 Via: frans@iki.fi Subject: CFP: Computer Games and Digital Cultures Conference Computer Games and Digital Cultures Conference Call for Papers June 6-8, 2002 Tampere, Finland - --- :: --- Computer Games and Digital Cultures (CGDC) conference is organised by the Hypermedia Laboratory, University of Tampere. It is arranged in co-operation with the University of Turku and the IT University of Copenhagen, the UIAH Medialab, Helsinki, and partners in the digital content industry. The conference continues the series of international game studies conferences opened by Computer Games and Digital Textualities (Copenhagen, March 1-2, 2001). Deadline for proposals January 30, 2002 - --- :: --- Overview Computer games have rapidly become a significant and expanding field of entertainment industry and modern culture. The research and development of games has reached an important phase. Various conceptual and theoretical models to understand games and their working are being created, while the games themselves are growing into new dimensions with their online and multiplayer capabilities. The transition into the world of mobile gaming is creating even more challenges and further possibilities. The Computer Games and Digital Cultures conference offers a comprehensive view into the current state of digital games, and their research, as well as forums for interdisciplinary discussion. Conference includes presentations from leading experts, both from the academic research institutions and game industry, including the opening words by Espen Aarseth (University of Bergen), keynote presentations by Greg Costikyan (Unplugged Games, USA), Steven Poole (author of the "Trigger Happy", UK) and designer of games like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Thief and Deus Ex, Warren Spector (Ionstorm, USA). Agenda Computer games have grown into an increasingly important cultural form, that has a profound impact on the way interactivity, digital aesthetics and online environments are currently understood. The conference will explore the aesthetic as well as narrative and structural issues of computer games, while also functioning as a bridge and intermediary between the academic research and professional gaming community. The approach of conference is interdisciplinary and comprehensive; the analysis of games and the gaming communities will advance the study of interactive media, create fruitful exchange of perspectives with the professional game developers, and further the development of digital culture. Workshops The CGDC has two parts, the first day consisting of workshops that explore the pragmatic and creative issues of games as a form of culture and industry. The participants can register for this day separately, or for the whole three-day conference. The participants may submit proposals for workshops, focusing on creative design processes, dynamics of gameplay in particular game types, or, e.g., issues related to technical implementation or economics of contemporary game projects. Workshops with an academic focus are also invited. The first day will also include keynote workshops, to be announced later. In addition, participants are encouraged to offer suggestions for topics for the panel discussions. Research Papers The second and third days are dedicated to the research papers dealing with games. Both specific analyses of games as a form of art and entertainment are welcome, as well as more general approaches dealing with the cultural practices related with games and social activities in online environments. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: - design and analysis of games, - communication and community in relation to games, - online and mobile gaming. Since the aim of the CGDC is to foster dialogue between the game developer and researcher communities, organisers wish that even the more theoretical papers would include concrete examples or references to games or game-related practices. The paper and workshop proposals should be submitted in the form of abstracts by the end of January 2002. The deadline for full papers is April 8, 2002, and papers will be included in the printed conference publication. There is a half an hour time reserved for presenting each paper in the programme. The Conference Publication The publication including the conference proceedings will be delivered to the participants at the conference. Submission Format The proposal for a research paper should consist of an abstract of at least 1000 words. A short biography of the author should be included. The proposal for a workshop has no fixed format. Rather, innovative topics and creative working practices are encouraged. The workshop proposals should include a description of the topic, goals and methods applied in the workshop. The time available for a workshop process is either three hours (a half-day workshop), or seven hours (a full day workshop). A proposal should state which alternative it is describing. All proposals should be submitted through the online form at the CGDC web site. Further Inquiries: For further information and updates on the conference programme, please consult the conference website: http://www.uta.fi/cgdc (the official website opens in December 2001). The organising committee can be reached through professor Frans Mäyrä (frans.mayra@uta.fi; the conference programme) or conference producer Carolina Pajula (carolina.Pajula@uta.fi; the conference arrangements). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 03:57:30 -0800 From: Joel Slayton <joel@well.com> Subject: nettime-1@bbs.thing.net LEONARDO BOOK SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT The Leonardo Book Series published by MIT Press is pleased to announce the release of Information Arts: The Intersection of Art, Science, Technology and Theory by Steve Wilson. Information Arts is the first comprehensive international survey of artists working at the frontiers of scientific inquiry and emerging technologies. The scope of Information Arts is encyclopedic. It is both a critical text and practical resource guide. The expansive taxonomy of art and research is accentuated by writings on theoretical perspectives, analysis and art commentaries that address a diverse range of ideological positions. Information Arts also provides resources on organizations, publications, conferences, museums, educational programs and research centers. More information about the book is available at: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson/book/infoartsbook.html To order: http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/leobooks.html - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO RECENTLY RELEASED The Evolution of Man: Technology Takes Over by Ollivier Dyens Metal and Flesh is about two closely related phenomena: the technologically induced transformation of our perceptions of the world and the emergence of a cultural biology. Culture, according to Dyens, is taking control of the biosphere. Focusing on the twentieth century--which will be remembered as the century in which the living body was blurred, molded, and transformed by technology and culture--Dyens ruminates on the undeniable and irreversible human/machine entanglement that is changing the very nature of our lives. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES: The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich The Robot in the Garden Edited by Ken Goldberg Art and Innovation: The Xerox PARC Artist-in-Residence Program Edited by Craig Harris The Digital Dialetic: New Essays on New Media, Edited by Peter Lunenfeld Technoromanticisim by Richard Coyne To review or order books: http://mitpress2.mit.edu/ejournals/Leonardo/isast/leobooks.html - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LEONARDO BOOK SERIES MISSION The mission of the Leonardo Book Series, published by the MIT Press, is to publish texts by artists, scientists, researchers and scholars that present innovative discourse on the convergence of art, science and technology. Envisioned as a catalyst for enterprise, research and creative and scholarly experimentation, the book series enables diverse intellectual communities to explore common grounds of expertise. The Leonardo Book Series provides for the contextualization of contemporary practice, ideas and frameworks represented by those working at the intersection of art and science. Book proposals addressing theory, research and practice, education, historical scholarship, discipline summaries, collections, and experimental texts will be considered. Submission Guidelines: <http://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/ms-submission.html>. Joel Slayton, Chair Leonardo Book Series Committee c/o LEONARDO 425 Market Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A. E-mail: leonardobooks@mitpress.mit.edu joel@well.com Douglas Sery Computer Science and New Media Editor The MIT Press Five Cambridge Center Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:25:14 +0100 From: Nina Czegledy <czegledy@interlog.com> Subject: NEW MEDIA in CANADA Apologies for cross-posting. Please forward to interested parties. NEW MEDIA IN CANADA: THREE UNIQUE EVENTS FEATURING ART WORK, DISCUSSIONS, IMAGES AND SOUNDS BY LEADING NEW MEDIA ARTISTS, CURATORS, PRODUCERS AND DJS. FREE TO THE PUBLIC www.newmedia.sunderland.ac.uk/crumb www.criticalmedia.ca Streaming info will be available on the websites. ********** WHEN: Saturday December 01 2001, 20:00 - 23:00 WHAT: Information technology and art event featuring new media art work, djs, live net sounds; nio live video mixing; generative rhythms and soundscapes, artists' videos, net-art, elounge, open mouse, cash bar WHERE: Old City Registry Building, Nicholas St. (corner Daly), Ottawa WHO: Presenters: Nichola Feldman-Kiss curator www.itac.ca/ItandArt; Dr. Marilyn Burgess, the Canada Council for the Arts; Sandra Acs, NSERC; Nancy Paterson, new media artist (the library, stockmarket skirt). Performers: Michelle Kasprzak badpacket.org; Jim Andrews, new media artist; ®egistered ©opyright; artengine.ca; selected net-art and artists videos HOSTED BY: The Ottawa Art Gallery ********** WHEN: Sunday December 02 2001 10:00 - 17:00 WHAT: Symposium - Curating New Media Organized by the Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss (CRUMB) and Critical Media and hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery WHERE: Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa WHO: Jean Gagnon; Kathleen Pirrie-Adams; Catherine Richards; Liane Davison; Nichola Feldman-Kiss; Sarah Cook; Nina Czegledy; Skawennati Tricia Fragnito; Michelle Kasprzak TOPICS: Three sessions, centered on the key areas of Production, Distribution, and Consumption. The presentations will focus primarily on inclusive, overall issues of producing, presenting and experiencing new media in Canada, illustrated by novel approaches, practical examples and will indicate directions to take in the future. RSVPs essential: Ottawa Art Gallery 613-233-8699, ext. 221 ********* WHEN: Sunday December 02 17 00 - 23 00 WHAT: elounge / open mouse / cash bar WHERE: Old City Registry Building, Nicholas St. (corner Daly), Ottawa WHO: 4 turntable set - djs Jeff Waye and Louis Braden, ninjatune ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:01:49 -0500 From: Ana Viseu <ana.viseu@utoronto.ca> Subject: Privacy Lecture Series - Smartcards and Biometrics, Dec. 3, 2001 PRIVACY LECTURE SERIES <http://privacy.openflows.org> PANEL DISCUSSION SMART CARDS and BIOMETRICS: AN APPROPRIATE ANSWER TO TERRORISM? Monday, December 3, 2001 6:00-7:30PM 140 St. George, Room 205 (NEW ROOM) Faculty of Information Studies (building adjacent to Robarts Library) University of Toronto The lectures are free of charge and you do NOT have to register. This panel was developed in collaboration with PC3 Village <http://www.pc3village.org> and Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) <http://www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/> and will be webcasted. Abstract: Both in Canada and internationally, governments are proposing massive spending on deployment of technologies like digital identity smart cards, facial recognition detectors, eye scanners and closed circuit televisions. The rationale has been that these technologies will inhibit terrorism. Social critics suggest that there is little to no evidence to support such a claim and that quite the contrary, these technologies may only compromise citizens' privacy rights while doing little to address terrorism. A panel of leading experts in these technologies will explain in plain language how the technologies work, what they were designed to do, what their limits are and what policies need to be in developed in any deployment. Panel moderator: Monica C. Schraefel <http://www.dgp.utoronto.ca/~mc/>, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Panel participants: Andrew Clement, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto Kelly Gotlieb, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, University of Toronto Peter Hope-Tindall, Privacy Architect, dataPrivacy Partners George Tomko, Chairman, Photonics Research Ontario, Ontario Center of Excellence Panelist Bios: Dr. Andrew Clement is a Professor in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto, and holds a status position in the Department of Computer Science. He has recently become the Director of the Collaborative Program in Knowledge Media Design. His research and teaching interests are in the social implications of information technology and the participatory design of information systems. Currently, his research focuses on information policy development and in particular on the development of smart card identification schemes and community oriented internet access initiatives. He coordinates the Information Policy Research Program (see http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/ ). Dr. Clement is the Canadian representative to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) technical committee on Computers and their Relation to Society (TC9), as well as a long standing member of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). Under the auspices of CPSR has has recently co-authored National Identification Schemes (NIDS) and the Fight against Terrorism: Frequently Asked Questions (see: http://www.cpsr.org/). - ---------------------------- Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb has been called the "Father of Computing" in Canada. He received his MA in 1944 and his PhD in 1947 from the University of Toronto. In 1948, he was part of the first team in Canada assembled to design and construct digital computers and to provide computing services. In that year, he co-founded the original Computation Centre at the University of Toronto. He established the first university credit course on computing in Canada in 1950, and offered the first Canadian graduate courses in computing in 1951. In 1964, he founded the first graduate department of Computer Science in Canada, at the University of Toronto. Professor Gotlieb is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the British Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery. He received honorary DMath and DEng degrees from the University of Waterloo and the Technical University of Nova Scotia respectively. In 1994, he was awarded the Isaac L. Auerbach Medal by the International Federation of Information Processing Societies, and in 1996 the Order of Canada award. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. - ------------------------------ Peter Hope-Tindall is the Chief Privacy Architect (dataPrivacy Partners Ltd.) Mr. Hope-Tindall is Technical Director and Chief privacy Architect of dataPrivacy Partners Ltd., one of Canada's leading privacy consulting firms. Formerly, he was special advisor to the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario for biometrics and cryptography where he conducted privacy audits and assessments and monitored the development of large government systems having a significant privacy component. Mr. Hope- Tindall also represented the province of Ontario at Industry Canada's 1998 encryption policy roundtable from which the template for Canada's National Encryption Policy arose. Mr. Hope-Tindall is presently providing Privacy Architect services to the Ontario Smart Card Project. - ------------------------------ George Tomko is Chairman of Photonics Research Ontario, an Ontario Center of Excellence comprising researchers from Ontario universities and research institutes with the mandate to develop optical and photon based technologies. Dr. Tomko founded Mytec Technologies, Inc. in 1987 where he invented the privacy enhancing technology of Biometric Encryption. He served as President and CEO until September, 1996 and Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer until December, 1997. Prior to founding Mytec, Dr.Tomko was a co-founder of Counterforce, Inc.; Vice-President and General Manager of Chubb Security Systems; and a researcher-lecturer at the University of Toronto. He also served in the Canadian Armed Forces (Royal Canadian Navy) for ten years, attaining the rank of Captain. Dr. Tomko has a B.A.Sc. in engineering physics, a M.A.Sc. in electrical engineering, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Toronto. To register for the Privacy Lecture Series announcement email list please go to <http://privacy.openflows.org> The Privacy Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) <http://www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/> and the Information Policy Research Program (IPRP) <http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/> The Privacy Lecture Series is organized by: Ana Viseu, a researcher currently working at the University of Toronto on her Ph.D. dissertation which focuses on the development and implementation of wearable computers. Her research interests include questions of privacy, social dimensions of technology, and the mutual adaptation processes between individuals and technology. Ana holds a Master's Degree in Interactive Communication from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. <http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~aviseu> For more info contact: Ana Viseu <ana.viseu@utoronto.ca> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:11:48 +0100 From: Kulturamt der Stadt Oldenburg <info@kulturamt.oldenburg.de> Subject: edith-russ-haus (SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH) Cyberfem Spirit - Spirit of Data Ursula Biemann, Heather Cassils + Cathy Davies, The Gender Changer Academy, Jen Liu, Diane Ludin + Francesca da Rimini + Agnese Trocchi, Jenny Marketou, Die Patinnen Teil II, Cornelia Sollfrank, Pernille Spence, Linda Wallace Eröffnung: 30. November, 2001, 19 Uhr Dauer der Ausstellung: 1. Dezember, 2001 - 13. Januar 2002 Für Ausstellungsinformationen: http://www.edith-russ-haus.de Eröffnungsperformance 20 Uhr: Microsoft Me / Click and Drag von Heather Cassils und Cathy Davies Hinter jedem erfolgreichen Mann steht eine starke Frau und im Oldenburger Medienkunsthaus sind sogar manchmal die Männer die Frauen. Die amerikanischen Künstlerinnen Heather Cassils und Cathy Davies veranstalten die cyberfeministische Performance „Microsoft Me – Click and Drag„ im Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst als „Bill Gates Drag„ und eröffnen damit am 30. November, ab 19 Uhr die Ausstellung „Cyberfem Spirit - Spirit of Data“, die vom 1. Dezember bis 13. Januar zu sehen ist. Verkleidet als Klone von Bill Gates karikieren die Künstlerinnen Interviews, Statistiken und Präsentationen, aber auch Legenden von und über den Microsoft Supermagnaten. Dabei reagieren sie auf Texte und Bilder aus einem Zufalls-Sprachgenerator. Bilder aus dem Internet und New Age Landschaften aus der Corbis Bilderdatenbank von Bill Gates werden gemischt mit Motivationswörtern, die sowohl aus dem feministischen als auch dem Business Kontext kommen. Die Performerinnen stellen die manchmal beängstigend utopische Sprache und Bilderwelt von Microsoft gegen die Realität des ganz normalen Arbeitsplatzes. Striptease, biografische Anekdote, improvisierter Tanz und die Anarchie der Tortenschlacht sind ihr Kommentar auf Männlichkeit, Technologie und Macht. Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst Katharinenstr 23 26121 Oldenburg t. +49 (0) 441 235 3208 f. +49 (0) 441 235 2161 info@edith-russ-haus.de www.edith-russ-haus.de Cyberfem Spirit - Spirit of Data Opening: November 30, 2001, 7 pm Exhibition Dates: Dezember 1, 2001 - Januar 13, 2002 Ursula Biemann, Heather Cassils + Cathy Davies, The Gender Changer Academy, Jen Liu, Diane Ludin + Francesca da Rimini + Agnese Trocchi, Jenny Marketou, Die Patinnen Teil II, Cornelia Sollfrank, Pernille Spence, Linda Wallace For exhibition information: http://www.edith-russ-haus.de Opening Performance 8 pm: Microsoft Me / Click and Drag by Heather Cassils and Cathy Davies The saying goes, “Behind every successful man stands a woman.“ but at the Edith Russ Site for Media Art in Oldenburg, Germany sometimes the men ARE the women. The American artists Heather Cassils and Cathy Davies will show themselves as Bill Gates in drag for their cyberfeminist performance “Microsoft Me – Click and Drag” during the opening of the exhibition “Cyberfem Spirit - Spirit of Data” on November 30, 2001 at 7 pm. Dressed as clones of the Microsoft super power, the artists present texts from a programmed speech generator which selects sections at random from a series of interviews, statistics, fictions and presentations written by and about Bill Gates. This is mixed together with images taken from the web which include self portraits of employers, new age landscapes from Gate's own Corbis image bank, images of office retail wholesalers of empty cubicles and overlayed with words that summon up different meanings in the contexts of feminism and corporate discourse. Microsoft Me/Click and Drag juxtaposes the at times frighteningly utopian language of Microsoft with the reality of the workplace. The artists use strip tease, biographical anecdotes, improvisational dance and pie throwing anarchy in a commentary on the relationship between masculinity, technology and power. Edith Ruß Site for Media Art Katharinenstr 23 D-26121 Oldenburg t. +49 (0) 441 235 3208 f. +49 (0) 441 235 2161 info@edith-russ-haus.de www.edith-russ-haus.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:59:44 +1100 From: "geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl> Subject: net.performance - FUSCO/DOMINGUEZ From: <Animas999@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 2:18 PM Subject: net.performance - FUSCO/DOMINGUEZ Dolores from 10h to 22h Net.performance by Coco Fusco and Ricardo Dominguez Presented by Kiasma, Helsinki's Museum of Contemporary Art November 22, 2001 When we got to the door they started going through our things. They found the questionnaires in my purse and didn't let me in to work.They took me straight to the office, they shut me in the office to interrogate me, to scare me, and to threaten me. They asked me what political party I belonged to, if I was a revolutionary, as if I were a guerrilla, as they said. They were threatening me, and frightening me - and I did get scared because they said they were going to call the police, that they were going to arrest me. Delfina Rodriguez, maquiladora worker in Tijuana, Mexico Dolores from 10h to 22h is based on the testimony of Delfina Rodriguez, whom Coco Fusco interviewed in 1998. This net.performance is simulated evidence that will be streamed via surveillance cameras to your screen. If you wish to log on to the performance you can go the following URL: www.kiasma.fi/ars/dolores If you wish you view the net.performance at a public venue, the following institutions will be presenting the piece as a marathon movie-viewing experience: Mexico City: X-Teresa Arte Alternativo Lic. Verdad 8 Centro Histórico Tel: (55 42 76 33) London: Institute for International Visual Art 6-8 Standard Place Rivington St. Shoreditch Tel: (0207) 729 9616 Ljubljana: Galerija Kapelica Kersnikova 4 http://www.kapelica.org/ Montreal: Museum of Contemporary Art 185 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest Tel: 514 847 6226 Los Angeles: Art in Motion Festival University of Southern California School of Fine Arts Tel: 213 821 1620 http://www.usc.edu/aim Sydney: Artspace The Gunnery 43-51 Cowper Wharf Road Wooloomoloo Tel: 93 58 18 99 Check with each institution for local viewing times. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:02:08 +1100 From: Second Iteration <iterate@csse.monash.edu.au> Subject: ANNOUNCE: Second Iteration programme Apologies for multiple/cross postings. The Centre for Electronic Media Art (CEMA) invites you to attend... Second Iteration : emergence 2nd international conference on generative systems in the electronic arts http://www.2iteration.net info@2iteration.net - - Conference dates (programme below) 5-7th December, 2001, Melbourne, Australia Papers, Artist & Technical Sketches, Generative Audio & Video, Generative Art Software Second Iteration : emergence is the event for anyone with an interest in the relationship between generative processes, creativity and artistic practice. The key theme is emergence: the property of simple, interacting processes to acquire characteristics and form beyond those directly attributable to the sum of the individual components. Second Iteration will investigate the discontinuities between poeisis and physis, and how these processes influence the development of creative ideas. Following on from the highly successful First Iteration (1999), this year's conference will again be held in Melbourne, Australia. ..... Preliminary PROGRAMME follows ..... WEDNESDAY 5th Dec 2001 8.50- 9.30 Conference Registrations 9.30- 9.45 Welcome address 9.45-10.45 N. Katherine Hayles (USA) The Ideology of Emergent Narrative: Exploring the Military-Entertainment Complex 10.45-11.10 ---- Break ---- Refreshments & Ambient Sound 1 11.10-11.40 Troy Innocent (Aus) Artefact 11.45-12.15 Rob Saunders (Aus) Artificial Creativity 12.20-12.50 Rodney Berry (Japan) Have I emerged yet? 12.50- 2.00 ---- Lunch break ---- 2.00- 2.30 Kirsten Ellis et al (Aus) Digital Art, Disposable Art 2.35- 3.05 Jon McCormack & Alan Dorin (Aus) Art, Emergence and the Computational Sublime 3.10- 3.40 Jon Bird & Andy Webster (UK) The Blurring of Art and ALife 3.40- 4.05 ---- Break ---- Refreshments & Ambient Sound 1 4.05-05.15 Panel 1 - Extravagant Synthesis Emergence, autonomy and processes in electronic art. "Matter rather than forms should be the object of our attention, its configurations and changes of configuration, and its simple action, and the laws of action or motion; for forms are figments of the human mind, unless you call those laws of action forms" ?Francis Bacon Peter Morse (chair); Jon McCormack; Rob Saunders; Jon Bird ---- Opening drinks. Generative music performance, Andrew Garton - Toy Satellite (Aus) THURSDAY 6th Dec 2001 9.30- 9.45 Tea & coffee / Day - registrations 9.45-10.45 Erwin Driessens & Maria Verstappen (Netherlands) Driessens/Verstappen discuss generative art practice 10.45-11.10 ---- Break ---- Refreshments & Ambient Sound 2 11.10-11.40 Grant Dunlop et al (Aus) Paramorphs: An Alternative Generative System 11.45-12.15 Daniel Chien-Meng May et al (Denmark) Tangible Objects: Modeling In Style 12.20-12.50 Darrel Anderson (USA) The Genetic Aesthetic 12.50- 2.00 ---- Lunch break ---- 2.00- 2.30 Andrew Brown (Aus) Growing Melodies: Automated melodic extension 2.35- 3.05 Ananda & Iman Poernomo (Aus) Mosaic : Functional Programming for Set Theoretic Composition 3.10- 3.40 Tatsuo Unemi & Manabu Senda (Japan) A New Musical Tool for Composition and Play Based on Simulated Breeding 3.40- 4.05 ---- Break ---- Refreshments & Ambient Sound 2 4.05- 4.35 Garth Paine (Aus) Interactive sound works in public exhibition spaces, an artist's perspective 4.35- 5.05 Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau (Japan) Expanding Artificial Life to Art & Entertainment for Mobile Phones 5.10- 5.40 Sonia Leber (Aus) The Persuaders ---- Conference Dinner. FRIDAY 7th Dec 2001 9.30- 9.45 Tea & coffee / Day - registrations 9.45-10.45 Speakers TBA (Aus) On robotics and biology 10.45-11.10 ---- Break ---- Refreshments & Ambient Sound 3 11.10-11.40 Douglas Irving Repetto (USA) This is not a simulation 11.45-12.15 David Birchfield (USA) Evolving Intelligent Musical Materials 12.20-12.50 Tim Barrass (Aus) Visualising the emergence of shared behavioural pathways in a crowd 12.50- 2.00 ---- Lunch break ---- 2.00- 2.30 Guy Ben Ary & Oron Catts - SymbioticA (Aus) Fish 'n Chips 2.30- 3.40 Panel 2 - Wrong Turnings On the pitfalls and possibilities of interdisciplinary interpretation of scientific theory "Language sets everyone the same traps; it is an immense network of wrong turnings" ? Wittgenstein Darren Tofts (chair); N. Katherine Hayles; Kevin Korb; Maria Verstappen 3.40- 4.05 Break - Refreshments & Ambient Sound 3 4.05- 4.45 Open session Software demonstrations, video & audio presentations. 4.45- 5.00 Next Iteration Interupted procedures and discontinued loops ---- Closing drinks. Satellite event Live generative music gig, venue and performers TBA - ---- The principal sponsor of Second Iteration: emergence is the Centre for Electronic Media Art, Monash University. CEMA is an interdisciplinary research and production centre, established to explore critical and technical possibilities for electronic media art. Second Iteration is produced with the assistance of Cinemedia's Digital Media Fund - the Digital Media Fund is funded by Multimedia Victoria as part of the Victorian government's Connecting Victoria policy, which aims to bring the benefits of technology to all Victorians. - -- Second Iteration : emergence 2nd international conference on generative processes in the electronic arts 5-7th December, 2001. Melbourne, Australia. http://www.2iteration.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:37:00 +0100 (CET) From: congress-crew@ccc.de (18C3 Crew) Subject: CfP: 18th annual Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin, Germany [Our apologies if you receive multiple postings of this CfP] ************************************************************************* Call for papers: 18C3: 18. Chaos Communication Congress 27.-29. December 2001 Papers are being solicited for the eighteenth annual Congress of the Chaos Computer Club e.V., Germany, to be held in Berlin, Germany, from December 27th through 29th. The congress is intended to promote the technical, social and political interchange of ideas among hackers, security professionals, artists, nerds and other lifeforms, watching how technology affects society. Unlike earlier incarnations, this years congress will not only address the German speaking population. It is our goal to have at least the main track of the conference held in English and translated to German or held in German and translated to English. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - - wrecked use of mainstream technology - - obfuscating code, technology and user minds - - IPv6 technology and security, practical experience, 6bone statistics etc. - - Ttchnical developments and protocols in the Internet (e.g. Differentiated Services, constraint-based-routing, MPLS, traffic engineering, policing, COPS, TCPng, streaming protocols, Peer2Peer-Networks, ENUM etc.) - - telephone networks (wired & wireless, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS) - - access technology (cable modems, satellite, WLL etc.) - - surveillance technology, LI, state of the art and how to trick it - - security policy and privacy Issues - - security infrastructure, architecture and standards (PKCS,CMA, CDSA etc.) - - watching them watching us and how to sharpen the picture - - eavesdropping on (streaming) protocols (e.g. internet telephony) - - operating system/platform security (any OS you can think of) - - internet, communications & networking security, including wireless technologies (WaveLAN, HiperLAN, etc.) - - AAA - - intrusion detection and monitoring - - cryptograpic algorithms, technology, toolkits, applications, etc. (e.g. AES, elliptic curves, PGP, GnuPG etc.) - - smartcards & embedded anything - - biometrics - - copyright, copyleft, copywrong, "interlec-duh-al capital", digital rights management and the street performer protocol, DMCA vs Freedom of Speech - - privacy, private data and public data and the difference, if any - - misuse of (multi)media technology, "secure" devices ... - - art & beauty in the global village - - reverse engineering technology how-to's - - circumvention devices & security countermeasures - - political and legislative trends, open and hidden, concerning the net and communication technology - - crypto-politics in national security - - German issues as TKÜV and equivalents in other countries - - European issues as Cybercrime-Convention and equivalents - - hacker ethics and history - - Developments in Mobile Networking (e.g. Wireless LAN, Ad-Hoc Networking, Tracking of Persons, etc.) - - activism, hacktivism and other forms of political work - - Organisational structures of NGOs - - Underground Banking - - conspiracy theories - - discordianism Lectures are expected to be highly relevant in practice or better be darn funny. Sales droids have been known to disappear without traces on past events. Interactive Workshops welcome. Hands-On anything even more welcome. Intelligent beings wishing to present a paper should submit title and an one- or two-paragraph abstract (in German or English), references and URLs, a short biography, and contact information to congress-crew@ccc.de RSN, no later than December 1st. Notice of acceptance will be sent out as soon as possible. Final presentations should be in English or German and be up to 45 or up to 100 minutes long, including a question-and-answer period. As this is a non-profit organisation and non-profit event, the CCC will not be able to compensate travel or hotel costs let alone a speaker honorar, well, maybe travel costs. We are, however, able to arrange accomodation for low or no cost. The preliminary agenda will be published on the web http://www.ccc.de/congress/ in the near future. Registration information will be posted, too. So, do you dare to speak in front of people who might have downloaded your script from your computer in advance and spotted all the logical errors? Do you read me, HAL? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 22:41:30 -0600 From: Blaz Erzetic <blaz@erzetich.com> Subject: Pixxelpoint Invitation Pixxelpoint 2001 - International Computer Art Festival - -- Newsletter - Nov. 26, 2001 -- Dear Pixxelpoint subscribers You are kindly invited to attend the opening of festival in the City Gallery Nova Gorica on Friday, October 30, 2001, at 8pm. The exhibition will be open until Friday, December 7, everyday from 9am to 9pm. 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