<fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param><bigger><bigger><bigger>NEXT 1.0 -
NEW EXTENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY
Karlstad University, Sweden
April 5-7, 2000.
</bigger></bigger>Call for papers, performances & installations =20
</bigger></fontfamily><bigger><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>Drawing
on multiple technical and artistic traditions, many artists and writers
of the late twentieth century are exploring the aesthetic and
discursive possibilities of digital technologies. New collective forms
of cultural production and exchange are evolving from the communication
practices supported by the new media. At the same time, theorists and
critics are investigating the place of new media artefacts in social,
philosophical, and critical contexts.
NEXT 1.0 will bring together an international field of practitioners
and scholars engaged in the work of making these technologies
meaningful for contemporary culture. An academic conference and an
artistic exhibition, NEXT 1.0 will represent a unique forum for
celebrating and critiquing the techniques, forms, and aesthetics of new
media.
Scholars and artists working in new media arts, theory, and criticism
are encouraged to submit proposals to present their work at the
conference. Presentations may be in the form of scholarly papers or
presentations; or performance, installations, or sculpture
incorporating digital technologies, interactive or digital video,
virtual environments, or network-based elements. Conference sessions
may combine academic presentations with mediated performances; we
encourage proposals which push the boundaries of the traditional
conference paper in form and content.
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Conference Themes
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Creating Content for Interactive New Media
</fontfamily></italic></bold><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>One
of our themes is to develop alternative approaches to the design of
narrativity in interactive digital environments. How can the spatial
qualities of the VR units, for example, be employed to create narrative
experiences in new and innovative ways? The development of new
approaches to narrative design will require the use of a wide spectrum
of traditions, genres, styles and disciplines, ranging from theatre to
poetry to film.=20
<bold><italic>o Virtual Connected Communities
</italic></bold>Human identity is increasingly bound up with machines,
thus the need to consider transformations of technology in terms of the
changing human machine interface. Extending McLuhan's sense of the
medium as message, we are now part of the medium. In a real rather than
metaphorical sense, humans are nodes in a connected intelligence and
connected communities. Part of a network that produces, receives and
consumes culture in new ways. Exploring these virtual connected
communities is an important theme for NEXT.
<bold><italic>o Storytelling
</italic></bold>This theme is based on a number of rather
straightforward questions. What is the relationship between writing
technology and individuals who use this technology to either write or
read? More specifically, how is the experience of a narrative, again
for both readers and writers, affected by the particular features,
limits and paradigms of a particular "writing machine," such as the
type-writer or hypertext? And lastly, how is the notion of
reading/writing communities affected by major changes in writing
technology such as the current developments occurring around the
phenomenon of the Internet and the World Wide Web?
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Invited
Speakers/Artists
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<bold><italic>Monika Fleischmann</italic></bold> - Head of computer art
activities <italic>at GMD - German National Research Centre for
Information Technology</italic>. Monika will talk about MIXED REALITY
and her project <italic>Murmuring Fields</italic>.=20
o <bold><italic>Michael Joyce</italic></bold> - Author, originator of
the genre hypertext fiction, and co-inventor of
<italic>Storyspace</italic>, software intended for writing non-linear
fiction. Michael will present the premiere of his new hypertext novel.
o <bold><italic>Rafael Lozano</italic></bold> - Artistic Director at
<italic>Telefonica</italic>, Spain, Artistic Director of
<italic>5CyberConf</italic> - and Will Bauer - Inventor of the
<italic>Martin Lighting Director</italic> (virtual tracking system).
Will and Rafael will be presenting their telepresent Virtual Reality
installation <italic>The Trace</italic>.
o <bold><italic>Steve Jones</italic></bold> - Professor of
Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago. His books include
<italic>Doing Internet Research, CyberSociety 2.0, Virtual Culture,
CyberSociety</italic>, <italic>and Rock Formations</italic>. He is also
co-editor of the journal <italic>New Media and Society</italic>.
o <bold><italic>Arthur and Marilouise Kroker</italic></bold> - Writers
on new technology and culture, co-editors of the internationally
recognized E journal <italic>CTheory</italic>.
o <bold><italic>Perry Hoberman</italic></bold> - Installation and
virtual reality artist, former filmmaker and producer for Laurie
Andersson.
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Paper Submissions
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>Proposals should
not exceed 500 words in length. Please indicate which of the above
themes your paper falls under. If your presentation requires specific
media or technical support (computer or network access, 35 MM slides,
videotape, etc.), describe your needs in detail, including specific OS
or hardware requirements (Mac OS or Windows 95/98/NT), if appropriate.
Proposals should be submitted to electronically to:
andreas.kitzmann@kau.se. All proposals *must* be submitted in WWW-ready
format (ASCII text, or simple HTML code), either as attachments to
email correspondence or within the body of the email message.
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Performances/Installations/"=
Net"work
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>NEXT is generally
interested in artistic work that advances new concepts of technology,
and more particularly in electronic art in which content is directly
informed by an understanding of technological theory. Pieces which
address concerns related to the above-stated themes will have the best
chance of success. NEXT will screen installations, video tapes,
performances, games, and anything in-between.
Please submit a 2-page description of your project, a 1-page biography,
a complete list of technical requirements, plus examples of your work
on PAL VHS tapes, PC or Mac CD-ROM, or Audio CD to:
<italic>Steve Gibson</italic>, Artistic Coordinator, NEXT Conference,
Media and Communications, Karlstad University, 651 88 Karlstad,
Sweden.
Please be aware that NEXT has a limited budget for equipment rental.
Those projects in which the artist provides his or her own equipment
will have the greatest chance of being accepted to NEXT.
<bold><italic>Deadline for proposals:</italic></bold> December 1, 1999
Notification of acceptance of proposals will be sent out by January 1,
2000.
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Contacts
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>Executive Director:
Robert Burnett <<robert.burnett@kau.se>
Artistic Director: Steve Gibson <<steve.gibson@kau.se>
Paper Editor: Andreas Kitzmann <<andreas.kitzmann@kau.se>
Promotions: Jesper Falkheimer <<Jesper.Falkheimer@kau.se>
Web Master: Robert Hamilton <<robert.hamilton@kau.se>
Technician: H=E5kan Lindh <<hakan.lindh@kau.se>
Bookings/Transportation: Christer Clerwall
<<christer.clerwall@telia.com>
Secretary: Birgitta Andersson <<Birgitta.Andersson@kau.se>
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Conference address:
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>NEXT Conference,
Media and Communications, Karlstad University, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
Phone: 46-54-700-1654. Fax: 46-54-700-1445
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Charcoal</param>Web-site
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Book_Antiqua</param>http://www.media.kau.se/=
NEXT.html
Check regularly for updates.
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_________________________________________________________________
Dr. Andreas Kitzmann andreas.kitzmann@kau.se
Senior Foreign Lecturer University of Karlstad, Sweden
Media and Communications 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
Universitetsg. 1 Fax: 46-(0)54-838445
Voice: 46-(0)54-702105 e-mail: andreas.kitzmann@kau.se
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