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<div><font face="Arial">** Worldwide Call for Submissions **<br>
Please feel free to spread the word widely<br>
<br>
The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (http://lea.mit.edu) is currently<br>
seeking submissions for its upcoming Special Issues - Please see<br>
individual calls for details.<br>
<br>
1) Network Leaps, Bounds and Misses: Critiquing Regional<br>
Strategies for Digital Arts and Electronic Music<br>
in Asia and the Pacific - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 APRIL<br>
<br>
2) From the Extraordinary to the Uncanny:<br>
the persistence of a parallel universe<br>
<br>
3) RE:SEARCHING OUR ORIGINS: Critical and Archival<br>
Histories of the Electronic Arts<br>
<br>
_____________________________<br>
<br>
Network Leaps, Bounds and Misses: Critiquing Regional<br>
Strategies for Digital Arts and Electronic Music<br>
in Asia and the Pacific<br>
Guest Editor: Fatima Lasay <fats@up.edu.ph><br>
<br>
Under the UNESCO Digi-Arts Knowledge Portal for technology-<br>
based arts and music, an international colloquium took place on<br>
4-5 December, 2003 at the Sarai Center for Study of Developing<br>
Societies in Delhi, India. The meeting, entitled "Old<br>
pathways/New travelers: new media, electronic music and digital<br>
art practices in the Asia Pacific region", sought to launch a<br>
media arts and electronic music initiative sponsored by UNESCO<br>
Digi-Arts and Sarai, to promote and develop research,<br>
networking, mutual cooperation, training and knowledge in these<br>
fields within the region. The meeting also aimed to point out<br>
the role and place of media and technology in a social, cultural<br>
and economic landscape inscribed by ancient histories of contact<br>
and paths that internally connect the landmass of Asia and the<br>
island cultures of the Pacific regions, its impact on young<br>
people and its potential as a unique tool to promote cultural<br>
diversity.<br>
<br>
As critical and engaging discussions of such a network of<br>
associations are underway, what do our past and current national<br>
and regional practices reveal about the limits of localization,<br>
proximity and regional reification? What lies beneath or within<br>
concepts of media and technology as instruments for promoting<br>
cultural diversity? Is media and technology a result or cause of<br>
culture? What is the position of media, art and technology in<br>
the ontological divide between regionalization and<br>
globalization? In which aspects do we need to transcend the<br>
regional level in the regional network building efforts? What is<br>
the significance of local ontologies within the process of<br>
building a regional network?<br>
<br>
Can asymmetrical local and regional development and promotion<br>
of digital arts in the region be addressed by mere institutional<br>
and conventional proximity? If geographic proximity is<br>
insuficient, then which conceptual spaces might provide a more<br>
solid basis for cooperative development? What critical and<br>
realistic approaches have been and can be made, in both<br>
imagination and actualization, to move in opposite directions<br>
and still meet together, across the globe, in building that<br>
strong and balanced support structure for digital arts in the<br>
region?<br>
<br>
For the June issue of LEA, we invite contributions from<br>
artists, musicians, practitioners, curators and critics that<br>
address regional networking competence problems and realities in<br>
the field of digital arts and electronic music in the Asia<br>
Pacific cultures.<br>
<br>
LEA encourages international artists / academics / researchers<br>
/ students to submit their proposals for consideration. We<br>
particularly encourage authors outside North America and Europe<br>
to send proposals for articles/gallery/artists statements.<br>
<br>
Proposals should include:<br>
- 300 word abstract / synopsis<br>
- A brief author biography<br>
- Any related URLs<br>
- Contact details<br>
<br>
Deadline for proposals: Extended to 15 April 2004<br>
<br>
Please send proposals or queries to:<br>
Fatima Lasay<br>
fats@up.edu.ph<br>
<br>
or<br>
Nisar Keshvani<br>
LEA Editor-in-Chief<br>
lea@mitpress.mit.edu<br>
<br>
_____________________________<br>
<br>
<br>
>From the Extraordinary to the Uncanny:<br>
the persistence of a parallel universe<br>
Guest Editor: Michael Punt<br>
< extraordinaryconnections@uk2.net ><br>
<br>
We are seeking submissions of papers and other works from<br>
artists historians, and theorists interested in this topic. In<br>
particular we are calling for short papers (±2500 words)
or</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">artists statements and image essays on:<br>
<br>
* para-science and para-art<br>
* spirit photography<br>
* magic, conjuring and performance<br>
* consciousness, precognition and the uncanny subject<br>
* coincidence, narrative and psychoanalysis<br>
* history and the inexplicable event<br>
* sub-cellular phenomena and a macro reality<br>
* toward a theory of unstable realities<br>
* accident, memory and amnesia<br>
<br>
LEA encourages international artists / academics / researchers<br>
/ students to submit their proposals for consideration. We<br>
particularly encourage young authors outside North America and<br>
Europe to send proposals for articles/gallery/artists statements.<br>
<br>
Expressions of interest and outline should include:<br>
- 300 word abstract / synopsis<br>
- A brief author biography<br>
- Any related URLs<br>
- Contact details<br>
<br>
Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 April 2004<br>
Deadline for accepted proposals: 10 September 2004.<br>
<br>
Please send proposals or queries to:<br>
Michael Punt<br>
extraordinaryconnections@uk2.net<br>
<br>
or<br>
Nisar Keshvani<br>
LEA Editor-in-Chief<br>
lea@mitpress.mit.edu<br>
<br>
_____________________________<br>
<br>
RE:SEARCHING OUR ORIGINS: Critical and Archival<br>
Histories of the Electronic Arts<br>
Guest Editors: Paul Brown <Paul@paul-brown.com> and<br>
Catherine Mason <cs.mason@hart.bbk.ac.uk><br>
<br>
The mid- to late 20th Century has become a popular topic for<br>
humanities research in recent years. Many projects are<br>
attempting to re-discover and re-contextualise the somewhat<br>
neglected field of history of art and technology. International<br>
histories of electronic and digital arts are now beginning to be<br>
written and voice given to the pioneers of these artforms.<br>
Additionally, with contemporary 'new media' artforms such as<br>
video and net art enjoying high prominence at present, much<br>
discussion is taking place about the foundations of current<br>
practice and about reception of electronic arts in cultural<br>
institutions, including curatorial practice as well as archiving<br>
and conservation issues.<br>
<br>
This special issue of LEA seeks to report on international<br>
projects and initiatives working to recover, document or<br>
construct critical and historical contexts for the electronic<br>
arts.<br>
<br>
Topics of interest might include (but are not limited to):<br>
<br>
* Origins of electronic and digital arts<br>
* Key transition points, for example - from analogue to digital<br>
* Art and technology collaborations<br>
* Educational/access initiatives<br>
* Critical analyses<br>
* Cultural analyses<br>
* Acquisition and conservation issues<br>
* EtcÖ<br>
<br>
For the LEA February 2005 issue, we invite contributions from<br>
artists, practitioners, curators, theorists and historians that<br>
engage with histories of the electronic/digital arts and<br>
art/science/technology collaborations. These can include:<br>
<br>
- full papers<br>
- works in progress<br>
- artists' statements<br>
- museum and gallery initiatives<br>
- etcÖ<br>
<br>
Under three levels of submission:<br>
- Fully refereed papers<br>
- Shorter work that may be sent to peer review and<br>
- Personal reminiscences and experiences that may be<br>
editorially selected and not peer reviewed.<br>
<br>
The guest editors are members of CACHe: Computer Arts,<br>
Contexts, Histories, etcÖ a major research and archiving project<br>
based in the School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media at<br>
Birkbeck, University of London and funded by the UK Government's<br>
Arts and Humanities Research Board. CACHe is documenting and<br>
contextualising the early days of computer arts in the UK from<br>
its origins in the 1960s to 1980, when the first "User
Friendly"<br>
systems began to appear. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hafvm/cache/<br>
<br>
LEA encourages international artists / academics / researchers<br>
/ students to submit their proposals for consideration. We<br>
particularly encourage authors outside North America and Europe<br>
to send proposals for articles/gallery/artists statements.<br>
<br>
Proposals should include:<br>
- 200 - 300 word abstract / synopsis<br>
- A brief author biography<br>
- Any related URLs<br>
- Contact details<br>
<br>
Timeline<br>
1 May 2004 - submission of abstracts<br>
31 May 2004 - short-listed candidates informed<br>
31 Sept 2004 - Contributors to submit full papers for peer review<br>
<br>
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2004<br>
<br>
Please send proposals or queries to:<br>
Paul Brown <Paul@paul-brown.com> or</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Catherine Mason
<cs.mason@hart.bbk.ac.uk><br>
<br>
and<br>
Nisar Keshvani<br>
LEA Editor-in-Chief<br>
lea@mitpress.mit.edu<br>
<br>
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