MOBILEFEST 2008 CALL FOR POSTERS, PAPERS, PROJECTS & PRODUCTS How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, ecology, peace, education, health and third-sector?
KEYWORDS 3g, activism, art, augmented reality, bluetooth, citizen videos, culture, cyberculture, democracy, diy, ecology, education, electronic art, electronic music, gprs, gps, health, innovation, interactive and networked performance with mobile and wireless devices, interactive architecture, lbs, live cinema, locative, mesh networks, mms, mobile activism, mobile and wireless games, mobile applications, mobile education, mobile music, mobile narrative, mobile streaming, open networks, peace, rfid, sensors, sms, third-sector, trends, video production and distribution, wearable technologies, wi-fi, wi-max, zigbee, etc. III MOBILEFEST 2008 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOBILE ARTS AND CREATIVITY Mobilefest - International Festival of Mobile Arts and Creativity is an event that aims to question and discuss the advent of the new mobile technologies in their relationships with the various segments of society, being the first International Festival of the kind. The main objective is to provide a multifaceted and heterogenic environment of discussions, actions and creations that seek intelligent and innovative solutions, through the virtualities of the new mobile technologies, to solve or even discuss the issues that trouble contemporary societies. The effort of the event in regards to the new communication technologies is based on the perception of its potential growth - there are more than 3 billion active mobiles nowadays. The increase of its use is not only for communication between people, but also for activities of education, social inclusion, varied artistic productions, entertainment, security, content production and distribution, socialization networks, activism actions, health, commerce, advertising, etc. HISTORY: The I Mobilefest was launched in November 2006, with an international seminar that took place in São Paulo, at Sesc Paulista, with live and free transmission via the Internet. In its first edition, it broached the social, cultural and aesthetic implications that the mobile ands mobile technologies have been promoting in global scale. The festival discussed the main outlining of the relationships between mobile technologies (like mobile, handhelds, etc.) and the many segments of the society listed above. Besides the discussion, the event is made of technical and cultural activities and also includes an expositive exhibition and the launch of a recognition award of the best mobile works in the following catgories: SMS Writing - Micro Stories and Poetry, Photojournalism, Video, Moblogs and Videologs , the I Mobilefest Awards. The seminar gathered 14 foreign artists and researchers and 20 Brazilian artists and specialists. The II edition of Mobilefest (2007) gathered together artists, researchers and panelists from many countries and had considerable increase in the size of its programmation. It was 5 days of seminars, 2 days of bootcamp and 30 days of exhibition. The big innovation in 2007 was the realization of simultaneous events in England (University of Westmister), in The Netherlands, (The Waag Society) and in the United States (New York University - ITP). In the audiovisual section, Mobilefest consolidated the wish to creat a network of international festivals about mobile content production. Aside from Telemig Arte Mov (Brazil) and Mobifest (Canada), already present in the previous year, other festivals were shown, such as Movilfilm Fest (Spain), Pocket Shorts (England and Scotland), Pocket Films (France), Microfilmes (Portugal) and The 4th Screen (United States). The extensive Mobilefest schedule also includeded: videoconferences, meetings, seminars, Mobileactive at Mobilefest and the International Exhibition. In this year also, Mobilefest Festival became and oficial part of the calendar for the city of São Paulo. OBJECTIVES: * Popularise mobile technology as to contribute to social inclusion through the generalisation of knowledge, its use and possibilities of interaction promoted by these new communication media. * Offer the audience the an award specialised in recognising works that use mobile technology. * Promote cultural interchange among national and international researchers and producers of this area. * Incentive the creative thought and production about the new technologies aiming to expand the possible hardware and software functions in the mobile technology sector. * Stimulate the production of content in the mobile technology segment in Brazil in terms of production in the industrial segment as well as from the point of view of the independent creator, thus intending to seek for balanced ways of relationships between these two players which will not mean mutual negation. * Enable the participation of all interested in producing and distributing content through the mobile communication networks. (I)MOBILITY: MOBILITY IN IMMOBILE CITIES In 2007 Mobilefest introduced the reflection 'Telecommunications and information technologies when linking people and ideas remotely help diminishing the impact of destructive chain, mainly diminishing the harmful effects of carbon emission'. 'How can mobile phones and mobile technologies contribute to the environment?' Choosing the ENVIRONMENT as a theme seeks for civil society mobilisation facing the numerous environmental disasters that have already happened and for considering this as a rich space for experimentation through using mobile technologies. In 2008, besides the question 'How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, ecology, peace, health and third-sector?', Mobilefest's edition intends to emphasise a contemporary issue "The precious and valuable time that people in big cities wasted daily in their traffic jams. Be it in a collective way-underground, train, bus, vans, school transport - or privately- car, motorbike and taxi, inhabitants spend around 1 hour and 20 minutes commuting on a daily basis and, slowness increases 15% yearly. Time wasted commuting plus the harm caused by air pollution sum up annual loss of R$ 4,1 billion to Brazilian public safes. How to transform 'lost time' into 'productive time' using access to mobile internet and different ways of wireless connection? How to improve the use of mobile technology when we are immobile? What kind of content can be used for education, culture, art, through these technologies? What's the value of mobility in immobile cities? How to use mobile technologies to improve chaotic traffic of big cities? Despite mobiles with GPS, traffic surveillance cameras and RFID labels in public transport tickets, most people still get stuck to a routine of slow commuting. How to stimulate the use of public transport providing new forms of mobile internet in such means? Personal mobility and collective mobility. Mobilefest 2008 suggests that companies, people and the government reflect on how to use mobile technologies to access new information sources of education, and entertainment, transforming 'lost time' in traffic into 'time for digital inclusion', contributing to forming a society that promotes more opportunities and diminish environmental impact. MOBILEFEST 2008 CALL FOR POSTERS, PAPERS, PROJECTS & PRODUCTS How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, ecology, peace, education, health and third-sector? DEADLINE The deadline for posters, projects and papers is September 30th 2008. Earlier email correspondence with the festival is more than welcome! SUBMISSION Submissions should be sent by September 30th 2008 via email to 2008(at)mobilefest.org including information bellow: Complete name: Organization / Company: Short bio: Age: Summary / Abstract: Includes a demonstration? YES/NO A new tool or version is released during this event? YES/NO Format: Conference / Workshop / Demonstration Internet connectivity needed? YES / NO Country: City: Telephone number: Mobile number: University (optional): University level (optional): Proposed category (democracy, culture, art, ecology, peace, education, health, third-sector or “all together**) ** MOBILEFEST is a transdisciplinary event, the more interconnection, the better. ATENTION: - Abstracts must be 300 words minimum - Papers must be 1000 words minimum - The submitted paper must be written in English, Portuguese, Spanish or Italian - Papers submitted are limited to 45 minutes presentation - The paper must be attached to the email in .TXT, .RTF, .DOC or PDF files. - Projects must have documentation: blueprint, photos, video and technical rider. - Submit as many works as you want, one mail submission for each. - Workshop / Demonstration - Format: 30 min to 2 hours demonstration / workshop PARTICIPANTS IN THE PAST Adriene Jenik, Alan Kay, Alberto Magno, Alberto Tognazzi, Alexandre Matias, Ami Dar, Amyris Fernandez, André Lemos, Andreas Blazoudakis, Ângela Bardin, Armin Medosch, Becky Faith, Brenda Burrell, Camille Baker, Carmen Maia, Carol Mafra, César Jartorelli, Christian Wiener, Clóvis Borges, Cory Ramey, Cyrus Frisch, Daniel Araújo, Daniel Florêncio, Daniel Oelsner Lopes, David Barnard, David Cavallo, Douglas Nadalini da Silva, Duncan Kennedy, Eduardo Bicudo, Eliezer Muniz, Eva Weber, Evgeny Morozov, Fabio Fon, Felipe Albuquerque Pereira, Fernando Teco Sodré, Gabe Sawhney, Geandre Tomazoni, Geert Lovink, Gilson Schwartz, Giselle Beiguelman, Graham Brown-Martin, Graziela Tanaka, Gustavo Mansur, Heather A. Horst, Hernani Dimantas, Howard Rheingold, Hyejin Choi, Irene Karaguilla Ficheman, Jackson Filho, Jane Placca, Jason Lewis, Javier Rodrigo, Jean-Noël Montagné, Jinwoo Chung, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Juan Carlos Zuñiga Torres, Juca Varella, Karinna Bidermann, Kate Bauer, Kate Hartman, Kati London, Katrin Verclas, Liana Brazil, Lisa Roberts, Lucas Bambozzi, Lucas Longo, Lucie Bélanger, Marcelo Nunes de Carvalho, Marcelo Tas, Maroussia Lévesque, Martin Owen, Maurício Hirata, Mauro Rubens, Max Leite, Max Schleser, Mieke Gerritzen, Mimi Ito, Norene Leddy, Oleksandr Demchenko, Otakar Svacina, Paulo Henrique Ferreira, Pedro Paranaguá, Rachel Jacobs, Rachel Payne, Renato Cruz, Renato Rollemberg, Rob van Kranenburg, Robson Lisboa, Rogério da Costa, Ronald Lenz, Ronaldo Simão da Costa, Rosana Herman, Roseli de Deus Lopes, Russ Rive, Shawn Van Every, Sheila Kinkade, Soraya Braz, Suely Rolnik, Tamaryn Nelson, Toni Eliasz, Victor Rebouças, Volker Grassmut, Wagner Martins, Zico Góes FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, EUA, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Luxemburg, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Uruguay, Zimbabwe. MOBILEFEST FESTIVALS NETWORK MOBILEFEST has started in 2007 a network of mobile content festivals, if you are connected with a festival not listed bellow and wish to take part of this network, please contact us at 2008(at)mobilefest.org. Our partners include: - Mobifest | Canada - Pocket Shorts | UK - Pocket Films | France - Arte Mov | Brazil - Microfilmes de Lisboa | Portugal - The 4th Screen | USA NODES MOBILEFEST MOBILEFEST has started in 2007 a network of Mobilefest Nodes in Universities, Media Centers and Researches Institutes around the world , if you want your institution to be connected with Mobilefest , please contact us at 2008(at)mobilefest.org Our partners include: - Waag society | The Netherlands, Amsterdam - Westminster University | UK, London - New York University - ITP | USA, New York ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
