Hi All: Remember that proposals for symposium participation are due on
Wednesday 20/10!
The 7th national Aotearoa Digital Arts symposium 'Energetics and
Informatics' will be held in Whanganui over the weekend of December
10-12, 2010. The symposium will include exhibitions at the Sarjeant
Gallery and the Federal Gallery, a screening programme of outdoor
projections, workshops, and public events around the river and city.
We invite all ADA members, members of the broader arts community, and
all other interested parties to attend and participate. More details
on the programme, transport and accommodation for the symposium will
be announced in mid October.
The major themes of this year's symposium are energy and information
in media art. The symposium will include curated conversations,
workshops, artist presentations, remote participation by British
artist Graeme Harwood, creator of Coal Fired Computers, presentations
on "sound, smell, radio and the sun" by Australian artists David
Haines and Joyce Hinterding and a special keynote by sound and
electromagnetic art theorist Douglas Kahn.
This is a call for proposals for short presentations and workshops,
and for participation in thematic conversations. The deadline for
proposals is October 20th 2010.
(We will be making a call for works for the outdoor screening
programme, curatorial involvement, and other forms of participation
soon.)
**Presentations (5 minutes)
The brief presentations will be an opportunity to share any bite-sized
idea: a particular work, an aspect of your practice, a project idea, a
concept, a research proposal, or anything in five minutes or less.
Presentations can be illustrated with slides, video, audio or other
media.
Proposal format: please send a 200 word outline of your proposed
presentation and a 50 word biography to [email protected]
by 20 October. Please include ‘Presentation Proposal’ in the subject
line of your email. There is the potential that these presentations
will happen in rotating small groups (speed dating style!), please
indicate if you would be interested in this format.
**Friday Workshops (3 hours)
We are calling for people interested in preparing and running
workshops based on existing themes (below), or new themes of your
choice.
The length of the workshops may vary, but tasks will need to be able
to be realised in under three hours. Workshop leaders will be provided
with a small workshop fee. There is also the option for a small charge
for participants to cover material costs within the workshop.
Proposal format: please send a 400 word outline of your workshop, a 50
word biography, a list of technical and material requirements, and the
ideal number of participants to
[email protected] by 20 October. Please include
‘Workshop Proposal’ in the subject line of your email.
**Conversations
The main sessions of the symposium will be based on curated thematic
conversations rather than papers or panel discussions. Conversations
involve two or more people engaging in real-time on a shared theme. We
are calling for expressions of interest in participating in one or
more conversations based on these themes:
* Media and Energy
- exploring the material of media, information and energy in digital
arts.
* Energy Networks
- new forms of energy production, distribution and storage,
infrastructural critique and what art practice can do.
* Social Energy
- participatory practice, DIY media, floss approaches, social networks
as a medium for art.
* Sustainable Media
- re-localised media, slow media, sustainable response to globalised
arts practices.
Proposal format: please send a 200 word outline of your interest in
the topic and a 50 word biography to [email protected]
by 20 October. Please include ‘Conversation proposal’ in the subject
line of your email. Collaborative responses to the conversation format
are also encouraged.
**Energy Mapping
In keeping with the theme of this Symposium we are calling for
projects that map the energy consumption of the symposium itself.
These might involve real-time data collection, measurement and
efficiency surveys. Proposal format: please send a 100 word outline of
your interest in the topic and a 50 word biography to [email protected]
by 20 October. Please include ‘Mapping proposal’ in the subject line
of your email. Collaborative responses are also encouraged.
** If you have any other great ideas for a contribution please get in
touch. ([email protected])
**About ADA
Aotearoa Digital Arts Trust is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only digital
artists’ network. ADA’s purpose is to enable communication between
artists, curators, teachers, critics, theorists, writers and the
interested public. ADA aims to develop public understanding of digital
art through online discussion, publications, exhibitions and symposia.
ADA symposia provide an important opportunity for the distributed
network to spend time together in real space, and to share and develop
projects, ideas, skills, and plans. This is the first ADA Symposium to
be held in Whanganui, where we will connect with the energy created by
Julian Priest's work with the Green Bench project space, the Slow Flow
residency, and numerous projects exploring the possibilities of 'slow'
media practices. Previous Symposia have been held in Hamilton,
Auckland, Dunedin, New Plymouth, Christchurch, and Wellington.
Symposia always include 'the ADA free-lunch', time for informal
meetings, parallel exhibitions, screenings and performances, friendly
critical debate, and a chance to connect with the unique
characteristics of the location. This symposium will also include the
2010 ADA AGM.
The current members of the ADA Trust Board are: Zita Joyce (chair),
Stella Brennan (secretary), Su Ballard (treasurer), Douglas Bagnall,
Julian Priest, and Honor Harger.
The 2010 ADA Symposium has been generously funded by Creative New
Zealand, and is supported by the Whanganui City Council.
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