DASH Archives - January 2005

"... Now that databases have become instantiated in nearly every aspect 
of contemporary culture, I think it�s important for artists to 
recuperate what this mass of numbers might mean in lived experience or, 
on the opposite end of the spectrum, to get a certain sense of the 
sublime..." - Steve Dietz

This week on Rhizome you can find an interview by Kevin McGarry with 
the curators of the exhibition Database Imaginary: Sarah Cook, Steve 
Dietz and Anthony Kiendl.

> http://rhizome.org/thread.rhiz?thread=15882&text=30434#30434

The exhibition, which presents 23 works made by 33 artists between 1971 
and
2004, is in its last weeks at the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff 
Centre, Canada (it closes January 23, 2005) but will be touring Canada, 
the US and UK/Europe through mid 2006. The next venue is the Dunlop Art 
Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, opening in mid March 2005.

The exhibition website, which is regularly updated with images and 
texts, is at
http://databaseimaginary.banff.org

Artists in the exhibition:
Cory Arcangel, Julian Bleecker, Natalie Bookchin, Kayle Brandon & Heath
Bunting, Alan Currall, Beatriz da Costa, Hans Haacke, Harwood/Mongrel, 
Agnes
Hegedus, Axel Heide, Pablo Helguera, Lisa Jevbratt/C5, George Legrady, 
Lev
Manovich, Jennifer + Kevin McCoy, Muntadas, onesandzeros, Scott 
Paterson,
Philip Pocock, Edward Poitras, David Rokeby, Warren Sack, Jamie Schulte,
Thomson&Craighead, Brooke Singer, Gregor Stehle, University of Openess,
Angie Waller, Cheryl L'Hirondelle Waynohtew, Marina Zurkow

A catalogue for the exhibition will be available in late spring 2005.

The exhibition was co-organized by the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina 
Public Library, and made possible with funding from The Canada Council 
for the Arts, the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and 
Technology, Canadian Heritage (Museums Assistance Program), and the 
Alberta Foundation
for the Arts.

We'd love to hear what you think of the show!

Sincerely,

Sarah Cook


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Dr. Sarah Cook, New Media Curator / Research
School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture, University of Sunderland
CRUMB web resource for new media art curators
http://www.crumbweb.org
BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
http://www.balticmill.com

IS - Internet e Storia (Internet and History). 3rd Forum 15 January - 15
March 2005

The topics for the 3rd telematic forum are Internet, History and all
subjects related to the application of multimedia technology to History and,
in general to Human Studies.
Each speaker presents an abstract through the specifically prepared
mailing-list. Essays will be placed on the official site, which could be
consulted by signed members. Acts will be published in �Storiadelmondo� ISSN
1721-0216, public access electronic journal dealing with world-wide History
and Human Studies. Papers will be published also in CD-ROM edition.
The Forum is free; everyone can apply and participate to the debate, which
will be moderated by scholars and professionals in this field. Italian will
be the official language, but interventions in English, French, Spanish and
German will be accepted.
The Dossier section is based on the preceding Forum Acts, on other materials
online and on the books about Internet and History edited by A. Gambella and
R. Fidanzia.

Website: http://www.internetestoria.it (English, Italiano, Espa�ol)

Submission Information:
Speakers participate on invitation or by self-candidature through the
official site pages.
Submissions in electronic form (DOC; RTF; TXT) are strongly preferred.
Scholars at all stages of their careers are equally welcome (required short
bio-bibliography). The candidature must arrive within the February 11th 2005
for papers and/or review of: books, websites, softwares.
For application instructions and further information about the IS - Internet
e Storia, contact:

Secretary's office
Medioevo Italiano Project
Web: www.medioevoitaliano.it
E-mail: posta@medioevoitaliano.it
Fax: +39.06.23319240
(Rome - Italy)

Medioevo Italiano Project
present
IS � Internet e Storia. 3rd Forum 15 January - 15 March 2005

Patronage of
Master in Storia e Storiografia multimediale, Facolt� di Lettere e
Filosofia, Universit� di Roma Tre, Roma
International Webmasters Association - Italia
Societa' Internet - Italian Chapter of Internet Society
Associazione di Storia Multimediale

In collaboration with
Medioevo Italiano
Storiadelmondo

Technological support of
Drengo Srl

IS � Internet e Storia is an idea of Angelo Gambella

-
Sincerely,
Angelo Gambella
Medioevo Italiano Project
editor@medioevoitaliano.org

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Call for papers

Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (EMS) - International Conference Series

EMS05 - Electroacoustic Music Studies.
A century of innovation involving sound and technology
Resources, Discourse, Analytical Tools

Scientific Committee

Marc BATTIER (MINT, Sorbonne)
Joel CHADABE (EMF)
Philippe DEPALLE (McGill University)
Leigh LANDY (MTI  – De Montfort University)
Stephen McADAMS (CIRMMT/ McGill University)
Rosemary MOUNTAIN (Hexagram/Concordia)
Philippe DEPALLE (CIRMMT/ McGill University)
Jean PICHE (CCIRMT/UdeM)
Daniel TERUGGI (INA/GRM)
Marcelo M. WANDERLEY (CIRMMT/ McGill University)

The EMS conference is organized every two years through the initiative of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network, an international team which aims to encourage reflection on the better understanding of electroacoustic music and its genesis, appearance and development over the span of a century.  The organizers are all engaged in the key areas of debate and actively seeking the development of solutions.
The first conference, in October 2003, was a result of the initiatives of De Montfort University (UK),  the University of Paris-Sorbonne (France), and INA/GRM (France).   It took place at the Georges-Pompidou Centre in Paris, within the auspices of IRCAM’s Résonances 2003.  Selected papers were published in issue 9/1 of Organised Sound.  

Concordia University (Canada)
De Montfort University (G-B)
Electronic Music Foundation (USA)
INA/GRM (France)
McGill University and CIRMMT (Canada)
Université de Montréal (Canada)
Université de Paris-Sorbonne (France)

INA/GRM (Daniel Teruggi)
MINT (Marc Battier, Musicologie, informatique et nouvelles technologies, OMF), Université de Paris-Sorbonne
MTI (Leigh Landy, ElectroAcoustic Resource Site, MTI Research Group, De Montfort University)

Electroacoustic Music Studies – Sound in Multimedia Contexts

From the advent of the first electric instruments, the phonograph, radio, telephone, and subsequent electronic and digital inventions, the approaches to technologies relevant to the art of sound have been limited only by the imagination of the musician.  In recent years, there seems to have been a proliferation of studies relating to music incorporating these technologies.  However, the investigation of such a varied musical repertoire raises a number of issues that the EMS conferences wish to examine. The themes of the conference therefore emphasize questions of resources, discourse, and analytical tools relevant to electroacoustic musics.  

- What types of materials are being or should be documented?
- How does one create, expand, preserve and offer access to collections?  
- What opportunities exist for exchange and collaboration?
- How can we help make the electroacoustic music repertoire more accessible?
 

- What types of discourse are relevant to electroacoustic works?
- Which forms of representation and which approaches to analysis are useful?
 - Which analytical methods are currently being developed?
- How can one adapt existent analytical methods of music to elecˇtroacoustic works, many of which involve no prescriptive notation?
- How can we further develop the field of study of electroacoustic musics?

- How are analytical tools being produced and disseminated in the community?
- What means are available for communicating the sonic form through symbolic and graphic representations?
- Does the study of electroacoustic musics require specifically-designed tools or can it take advantage of methods conceived for other musics?

- What systems of classification are in use or should be developed?
- How can we become more consistent in our use of terminology in a field as dynamic as electroacoustic music?
- Are there aesthetic questions that are specific to electroacoustic music?

Proposals for spoken presentations should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract (minimum 2 pages) accompanied by a detailed C.V. and list of publications.  The abstract should be ready for publication if the proposal is accepted. The duration of each paper will be 30 minutes (not including the question period).  The papers may be given in English or French.  It is anticipated that simultaneous translation will be provided.  Multimedia support will be provided in the form of video projector (for laptops), overhead projector, CD player, and sound system.
A programme containing the paper abstracts will be distributed.

Proposals for poster sessions are also invited; selected posters will be presented in the conference area at McGill University.  The deadline for poster proposal submissions is the same as that for paper submissions.

19 October, 2005 – Opening of EMS-05 at the University of Montreal
20-22 October, 2005 – Conference sessions (McGill University) and concerts (Concordia University)

Deadline for receipt of proposals (abstracts and CVs of contributors): Tuesday March 1, 2005
Submissions are to be made electronically.  Send abstract (in French or English, 2 pages maximum) + 1 detailed CV + a list of publications to the following e-mail address:  ems05-papers@music.mcgill.ca <mailto:ems05-papers@music.mcgill.ca> .  Please ensure that your name,  institutional / organizational affiliation (if any), contact address, telephone, and preferred e-mail address are included on the abstract.  
If your proposal is accepted, you will need to submit a brief 15-line biographical note to insert into the conference programme.

A selection of the papers will be published in Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press) in 2006.