[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Call for proposals: SOCIAL FABRICS - LEF Exhibition, CAA, Dallas 2008

[Leonardo/ISAST]

*The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) *invites proposals for an 
event-style exhibition of wearable technology art, to be held at the 
College Art Association 2008 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, sponsored 
by the Leonardo Education Forum. 
 
/Social Fabrics /will explore artists' creative deployments of mobile, 
socially interconnective media as wearable attire or personal 
accoutrements. / /This event-style exhibition, curated by Patrick Lichty 
and Susan Ryan, will demonstrate convergences between fashion as 
expression/statement, and the phenomenology of "network culture."  Works 
presented will include technological attire and accessories, as well as 
works that engage the implications of our contemporary media and fashion 
driven lifestyles.
 
Submitted works should be functional (not concept projects) and able to 
be withstand some level of demonstration by the time of the show.  
Designers or their representatives are expected to appear in person to 
present their work.  The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog 
listing the work and presenting a designer's statement.

_Please submit_:

-Title of work
-Names and email addresses of all designers
-Brief description of work including:
(1) How it interacts with others and/or creates or comments on the 
digitally enhanced social sphere;
(2) What technologies are utilized; and
(3) How it can be displayed at a modified runway style presentation; and
(4)  Whether or not the artist or an agent (named) can commit to 
participating in the event in Dallas, Texas, on February 22.
-Photos/sketches/video of project and its presentation (if available)
-Indicate whether or not you would be willing to have visuals from your 
project appear on the exhibition website

Please email your submission as a single PDF (photos embedded) to:

info at socialfabrics.org

Video can be sent separately or it can be viewed by us on a website, 
send URL.

*Submission Deadline:* October 15 midnight CST: The submissions will be 
committee reviewed and you will receive a notification on or before 
November 25, 2007.
 
The exhibition/event will take place on February 22, 2008 at the CAA 
2008 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.
 
*The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF)** *promotes the advancement of 
artistic research and academic scholarship at the intersections of art, 
science, and technology.  Serving practitioners, scholars, and students 
who are members of the Leonardo community, LEF provides a forum for 
collaboration and exchange with other scholarly communities, including 
the College Art Association of America (CAA), of which it is an 
affiliate society.
 
More about *Leonardo Education Forum*: 
http://www.leonardo.info/isast/lef.html
 
More about Social Fabrics: http://www.socialfabrics.org
 
Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are 
tax-deductible in the U.S. To learn more about Leonardo/ISAST's 
projects, programs and activities, visit http://leonardo.info


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