[Leonardo/ISAST Network] ** Extended Deadline ** LEA Gallery Special cfp: Global Crossings (GX)

[nisar keshvani]

** Worldwide Call for Submissions **

Please feel free to spread the word widely:

LEA Gallery Special: Global Crossings (GX) Online Exhibition
http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/LEA2004/authors.htm#gx
Guest Curators: Dennis Summers and Choy Kok Kee (gxgallery at astn.net) 

The Leonardo Electronic Almanac Gallery (http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/LEA2004/gallery.htm) is inviting submissions in conjunction with the Leonardo Global Crossings Initiative. The Gallery is looking to make visible the work of international artists, professionals and scholars who live and work in a wide variety of situations where access to established venues for exhibition, display and publication is limited. Difficulty of access may be attributed to cultural, geographic, ethnic, institutional or disciplinary diversity, or issues related to the North/South divide, age, gender, etc. Through this Gallery we seek to showcase little-known work in the art-science-technology field and to counter the 
natural tendency of networks to be inward looking, thus reinforcing established points of view. 

We are looking for work that considers the global earth in some fashion or another. It can be work that addresses global social, political economic, spiritual, etc. issues. It can be work that physically or metaphorically lies in multiple locations on the planet, it can be work that may have personal relationships to multiple locations on the planet. Or anything else that loosely falls along the concept of being "global" in nature.

LEA encourages international artists / academics / researchers / students to submit their proposal and explore global crossings in an open context in their creative submissions and work. We particularly encourage young authors outside North America and Europe to send proposals.

Submission Procedure
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Zip all necessary files into a folder named after the contributing artist. Send as an attachment to gxgallery at astn.net or if necessary, provide ftp instructions.

Interested artists should separately send:

- A brief description of proposed text (100 – 300 words)
- A brief author biography 
- Any related URLs 
- Contact details 

In the subject heading of the email message, please use “Name of Artist/Project Title: LEA Global Crossings – Date Submitted”. Please cut and paste all text into body of email (without attachments).

Deadline for submissions: 15 November 2004 *** EXTENDED DEADLINE ***

Please send proposals or queries to:
Dennis Summers/Choy Kok Kee
gxgallery at astn.net

or
Nisar Keshvani
LEA Editor-in-Chief
lea at mitpress.mit.edu

http://lea.mit.edu