18. January 2009 by admin.

CALL FOR WORKS
*
Electroacoustic Audio-visual Music*

Submission Deadline: 20th February 2009 (postmark)

This is a call for fixed media electroacoustic audio-visual music works
exploring the interaction between sound and image. Works should be cohesive
audio-visual entities and not just video/film with a soundtrack or music
with a video/film track. The audio within these works should be
electroacoustic in nature.

Works are requested for a PhD research project investigating audience
reception of differing styles of audio-visual composition and the role of
composer intention in facilitating audience reception of electroacoustic
audio-visual music works. This research builds upon the foundations laid by
Leigh Landy and Rob Weale through the Intention/Reception Project (Weale
2006) (Landy 2006).

Works will be presented to a series of audience groups who will then
complete questionnaires and discuss their reception of each of the presented
works. Results from these tests will then be analysed in order to discover
any trends that exist between the different audience groups.

It is hoped that this analysis will form a useful resource for composers of
electroacoustic audio-visual music works providing key information on how
audiences perceive and receive their works. The research will also provide
fruitful information concerning the accessibility of these types of works.

*KEY REQUIREMENTS*

- In this phase of the project, submissions must be fixed media works (as
opposed to ‘live’ performance based works).
- Works must have stereo audio and be for single screen.
- The duration of submitted works should be no longer than 8 minutes due
to testing practicalities or, alternatively, a well-defined self-contained
section of the work lasting no longer than 8 minutes can be identified
within the entire work.
- Composers must be willing to complete a ‘Composer Intention
Questionnaire’ outlining dramaturgic information relating to each submitted
work.
- The composer should own all rights to the submitted works and provide
the researcher with the right to include selected works as part of future
scholarly publications of the research.
- Multiple works may be submitted.

NB: Works of high reputation may be rejected for testing due to issues of
familiarity.

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

*All submissions must consist of the following:
1. DVD containing the work to be considered (PAL or NTSC format) and or QTM
file.
Works should have stereo audio and be for single screen.
2. Programme notes (please include duration, year of creation and a list of
previous
performances) .
3. Composer biography.
4. Contact information: email, postal address and telephone.
All requested information must be provided in order for the work to be
considered.

*DEADLINE*

Only submissions received by (or postmarked) Friday 20th February 2009 will
be considered.

Composers of selected compositions will be notified by 31st of March at the
latest.

A ‘Composer Intention questionnaire’ will be dispatched to the appropriate
contact address for completion by the composers of selected works. Failure
to complete a copy of the questionnaire for a selected work will prevent the
work from being used in the study.

Please send hard-copy materials to:

Andrew Hill
C/o Simon Smith
Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre
0.19 Clephan Building
De Montfort University
Leicester
LE1 9BH, UNITED KINGDOM

Many thanks for your interest.

*References*

Weale, R. (2006) Discovering How Accessible Electroacoustic Music Can Be:
the Intention/Reception Project. Organised Sound 11/2: 189-200.

Landy, L. (2006) “The Intention/Reception Project” in Mary Simoni, ed.
Analytical Methods of Electroacoustic Music. Routledge (New York) pp. 29-53
+ appendix on DVD.

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18. January 2009 by admin.

13th Media Art Biennale
20th Anniversary Special Edition

Competition

The WRO 09 Expanded City competition is open for submissions only for another month, until 15 Feb 2009. The entry form and competition regulations are available online at <http://wro09. wrocenter. pl/entry>http://wro09. wrocenter. pl/entry

Expanded City

Expanded cinema – Gene Youngblood’s term from 1970 – was coined as a name for new forms of artistic experimentation with the language of film. But the term’s underlying concept of synesthetic cinema combining esthetic sensitivity with technological innovation is also relevant to transformations in art arising from the infusion of new tools and the exploration of new views of perception.

According to Youngblood, the new cinema medium – expanding beyond the limitations of the genre and foreshadowing the technological and esthetic diversification of contemporary art – became the most appropriate language for the post-industrial, post-literate, post-mass environment with its multi-dimensional simulsensory network of information sources.

The Expanded city extends the concept of expanded media: The city becomes a metaphor for shared space for exchange and communication, expanding and diversifying through new technologies.

What does new media art contribute to this shared communication space? Is it mere commentary or does it offer new solutions? How does it define that space by exploring its dimensions? How is the city shaped by the appearance of new programmed and programmable agoras? How does contemporary art influence the concept, the substance and the image of a city?

Schedule:

Deadline for submissions02:15:09

WRO 09 competition and main events: 5:10:09

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18. January 2009 by admin.

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18. January 2009 by admin.

Prix Ars Electronica 2009
Online Submission Deadline: March 6, 2009
Contact: info@prixars.aec.at
Total Prize Money: € 122.500,-
Categories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX; Digital Musics; Interactive Art; Hybrid Art; Digital Communities; [the next idea] Grant; Media.Art.Research Award; u19 - freestyle computing

More details about all categories and online submission are available only online at: <http://prixars.aec.at>

INTERACTIVE ART
The ‘Interactive Art’ category is dedicated to interactive works in all forms and formats, from installations to performances. At the top of the agenda is artistic quality in the development and design of the interaction as well as a harmonious dialog between the content level and the interaction level—that is, the inherent principles of interaction and the interfaces that implement them. Of particular interest is the sociopolitical relevance of the interaction as manifested by its innate potential to expand the scope of human action. Jurors are looking forward to encountering innovative technological concepts blended with superbly effective design (usability).

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