SPARK festival - experimental electronic music & art festival February 20 - 25, 2007: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Morton Subotnick will be doing several different performances and conducting lecture Richard Devine will appear/perform Special Events for 2007: Bob Dylan Events In collaboration with the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in conjunction with its exhibition "Bob Dylan's American Journey 1956-1966," we are inviting submissions in two special catagories: Bob Dylan Remix Submissions: Submit your remix of a Bob Dylan work. Selected submissions will be programmed throughout the festival. Bob Dylan Themed Installations: We are looking for installations that relates to the theme of "Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966." Selected installations will be installed at the Weisman Art Museum and elsewhere throughout Spark Festival event locations. To submit in either of these catagories, enter the online submission system and follow the instructions. Software A new submission catagory for software has been added. We are looking for applications that create, enrich, enhance, or contribute to the digital arts or the teaching of the digital arts. Selected applications will be given a demonstration area and poster presentation. Additionally, programmers may be invited to give a paper demonstration on their work. To submit enter the online submission system and identify your submission as a Software Poster Presentation. Headphone Festival As a part of Spark 2007, we have invited Viv Corringham and Scott Stulen to curate another installment of their "Headphone Festival." Its a BYO-Headhpone event, always exciting and sure to amaze. More information on the event can be found in a recent MPR story. Concerts Over 15 concerts, 5 paper sessions, and 4 featured lectures are scheduled, including artists and presenters from all over the world. Spark NightLife Last year we added "Spark NightLife" held at the Nomad World Pub, and we are happy to announce this tradition will continue. Every night of the festival from 10pm to 1am (and later) we will take over the Nomad for a series of specially selected "club music works," curated by JP Hungelmann. Special Presentations In addition to the panel session, artists from all over the world will present their work and research. Events will include special presentations by Morton Subotnick and Richard Devine about their work, and more still in the planning stages. http://www.spark.cla.umn.edu/index.html this should be several days of very interesting things MEK
