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Von: INTERNET:rre-maintainers@weber.ucsd.edu, INTERNET:rre-maintainers@weber.ucsd.edu An: (unbekannt), INTERNET:rre@weber.ucsd.edu Datum: 15.05.1998 19:51 [I'm sorry about the heavy traffic on RRE this week.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). Send any replies to the original author, listed in the From: field below. You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" command. For information on RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, send an empty message to rre-help@weber.ucsd.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [I don't have the original header.] Call for Papers Creativity and Consumption New Media Arts in Advanced Technology Culture International conference 29-31 March 1999 to be held at the University of Luton, UK Submission deadline: 30 September 1998 Creativity and Consumption will explore theoretical issues around the 'content' and 'use' of digital technology in order to promote a critical understanding of new media products and the context in which they circulate. Call for Papers In particular we are looking for research papers that relate to the following themes: o computers and creativity o the human-machine interface o dead media and science fiction o 'interactivity' and cultural practices o the aesthetics and politics of new media practices o implications of the 'new media age' for cultural institutions o distribution, exhibition and the audience o preservation and access o copyright, ownership and economic models Papers addressing others aspects of artistic and cultural practices and products would also be welcome. Please submit a 500 word abstract, together with author name, address, tel and fax numbers and email address, by 30 September 1998 A selection of the papers presented will be published in Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, published quarterly by John Libbey Media at the University of Luton Press. Call for Panel Discussions We are also calling for proposals for specific panel discussions that aim to promote debate and offer a forum for discussion around the conference themes. The proposer should supply a list of panel participants, together with an outline of each participant's contribution= and the aim of the discussion (the full proposal to be approx 500 words in total). Please submit the 500 word proposal, together with author name, address, tel and fax numbers and email address, by 30 September 1998. Exhibition There will be a concurrent exhibition of new media artworks located in key venues around Luton town centre. Subject to funding this will feature two new works: Simon Biggs' The Great Wall of China, as a multi-screen, multi-user gallery installation and Black Box, a compilation installation produced by the Film & Video Umbrella. Both works will be exhibited at Luton's new lottery-funded arts centre, artesium. Sponsored by JVC, Eastern Arts Board, Centre for the Book at the Library of Congress. --- Alexis Weedon (Dr) Department of Media Arts, University of Luton, 75 Castle Street, Luton, Beds, LU1 3AJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1582 489031 Fax +44 (0)1582 489014 http://www.luton.ac.uk/alexis.weedon --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@desk.nl and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@desk.nl