Please find below information about the RESPOND INTERCHANGE. Please forward
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RESPOND INTERCHANGE
Wednesday 2nd – Friday 4th April 2003, Cambridge, England

RESPOND presents a unique opportunity to explore and learn about
advancements in the exciting interlock between virtual and physical space.
The RESPOND INTERCHANGE brings together an excellent group of artists and
thinkers from the international and national scene, all experimenting on
the dissolving border between virtual and physical worlds, pushing to merge
and blur our bodily experiences of digital technologies.

This is the final of 4 InterChange events in the Future Physical programme.
The previous three have had immediate input into strategies and thinking
worldwide on arts and technology. Visit www.futurephysical.org for research
outputs.

Placing the living emotional body at the centre of the discussion RESPOND
provides a weave of inputs for you across the three days.

AT THE HEART OF RESPOND IS THE INTERCHANGE FOR SPECIALISTS AND THOSE WITH
AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE INTEGRATED THEMES OF:

BODY:  Presence, Intimacy and Touch
DATA:   3D Navigable Knowledge and Visualisation
SPACE: Responsive Architecture, Virtual Design Tools and Materials

You can attend the RESPOND INTERCHANGE in a number of ways:

If you can only spare a day join us for the OPENING KEYNOTE PROGRAMME

Date: Wednesday 2nd April
Venue: BABBAGE LECTURE THEATRE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Rate: See Wednesday day rate
Times: 14.30 - 18.30

To open the RESPOND INTERCHANGE we present an afternoon of inspiring TALKS
by   visionnaires from various fields who will place their inspirations
within the overall context of responsive environments. Taking the themes
for RESPOND – Body, Data and Space,the speakers will input from their
specialist knowledge whilst integrating thoughts on all three themes.

PAUL SERMON – Interactive Media Artist, Reader in Creative Technology,
University of Salford, UK
MARCUS NOVAK – Trans-architect, Lecturer in Design/Media Arts, UCLA Los
Angeles, USA
CHRISTA SOMMERER – Media Artist/Researcher, Associate Professor at IAMAS,
Gifu, Japan

Followed by responses from a specialist panel with questions and answers.
Overview and moderation by Ghislaine Boddington (shinkansen/Future
Physical/ResCen, Middlesex University). Other panelists and speakers
include Simon Biggs (UK), Derek Richards (UK), Jane Prophet (UK), Thecla
Schiphorst (CAN) and Sheron Wray (UK).

For deeper development and involvement sign up to three days (2nd – 4th
April) of INTERCHANGE including theme related working groups, process
demos, papers and panel discussions.

Date: Wednesday 2nd (As above), Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th April
Venues: BABBAGE LECTURE THEATRE / ART SCHOOL - ROOM A / SMALL EXAM HALL,
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Rates: See below

Engage in professional level group research, process sharing and networking
revolving around the three themes. Participants CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ONE
theme, OR WORK ACROSS ALL THREE. The working groups will use shinkansen
group process methodologies to engage participants in a professional
exchange of ideas which enhance deeper understanding of themes and their
context, professional development and network connections. Led by:

BODY:  - Ghislaine Boddington (Future Physical/shinkansen/ResCen, Middlesex
University)
DATA:   - Pete Ride (DA2 /University of Westminster)
SPACE:  - Francois Penz (CUMIS)
With inputs from the speakers, commissioned artists and panelists of the
Interchange.

Artists giving work-in-progress showings, lecture demonstrations during the
RESPOND INTERCHANGE:
Simon Byford (UK): Love Story
Fo.Am (BELGIUM): txOom
Martin Kusch / Marie Claude Poulin (GER/CAN):  kondition pluriel
Mark Palmer (UK): Maelstrom
Jane Prophet (UK): Cell
Tom Sapsford (UK): Hypnos
Stanza (UK): genomixer
Phillip Warnell (UK): Shock
Catherine Watling (UK): Temporal Manifestation
Rachel Wingfield (UK): Digital Dawn
PLUS
RESPOND presents a programme of public events in venues throughout
Cambridge from artists including:
Masayuki Akamatsu (JAP), Jo Hyde (UK), Igloo (UK), Isabel Rocomora (UK),
Sophia Lycouris (UK), Yacov Sharir (US) + Stan Wijnans (UK), Thecla
Schiphorst and Susan Kozel (CAN), Christa Sommerer (US) and Sheron Wray
(UK).

For more info see www.futurephysical.org/pages/content/resp_env/nex.html

RESPOND INTERCHANGE:
3 DAYS- 2nd-4th April 2003
FULL - £120 (GBP) employed, organisations, institutions
CONC - £80 (GBP) students, independent artists, unemployed
DAY RATE:
Wednesday 2nd April 2003 (half day) - FULL - £25 (GBP), CONC - £18 (GBP)
Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April 2003 - FULL - £50 (GBP), CONC - £35 (GBP)

This includes admission to all events including performances,
installations, receptions, keynote speeches, speakers, panels, lecture
demo’s and working groups. Participants are responsible for all other costs
associated with their stay including accommodation, travel to Cambridge,
and meals.

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For a full input stay on Saturday 5th April- choose between one of the
specialist associated events of detailed discussion and debate:

The CREATIVE USER RESEARCH DAY
1-DAY SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY APRIL 05 2003 10.00 -17.30
Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street, CAMBRIDGE

Case study presentations and debate around the role of the user/audience as
a creative participant in responsive environments and interactive spaces.
Identifying the processes of user engagement in the work and exploring how
creative participation is enabled. Practical examples of research
methodologies and evaluation of results.

Future Physical ( shinkansen/East England Arts) in association with Fo.Am
(Belgium), Culture  2000 Framework of the European Commission and
Playgarden (Arts Council of England)

Rate: FULL - £50 (GBP) CONC - £35 (GBP)

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RESEARCH/PRACTICE // PRACTICE/RESEARCH-
1-DAY SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY APRIL 05 2003 09.00 -19.00
Cambridge University Department of Architecture
1 Scroope Terrace, Trumpington Street, CAMBRIDGE

Practice-based-research and practice-as-research occupy a borderland
between Academy, Commercial R & D and the Cultural Industries. How can
tensions be resolved? Can work of true research value and real artistic
merit emerge from this environment? How can projects best be defined,
funded and evaluated? The 1-day Symposium on 5 April brings together
leading researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to debate these
crucial issues and put forward their recommendations. Followed by responses
from a specialist panel and questions and answers. Overview and moderation
by Ghislaine Boddington (Future Physical/shinkansen).

CUMIS (Cambridge University Moving Image Studio)
in association with CRASSH,  Rescen Middlesex University and Future Physical

Rate: FULL - £50 (GBP) CONC - £35 (GBP)

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*SPECIAL OFFER*
If you choose to attend the RESPOND INTERCHANGE 3 Days PLUS either the
Creative User Research Day or the PRACTICE/RESEARCH//RESEARCH/PRACTICE day
the rate will be only £150 (GBP) FULL or £100 (GBP) CONC a saving of £15-
30!

RESPOND Interchange Places are limited to 100 so please register early. The
latest RESPOND information can always be found on the web site
www.futurephysical.org

Deadline for registration is Monday 24th March 2003. Registrations after
this date will have to be made in person on the day of the event and you
will be charged the daily rate stated above. Please make cheques payable
to: Future Physical Ltd.

SIGN UP AT WWW.FUTUREPHYSICAL.ORG

The RESPOND Network Exchange is a co-production between Future Physical
(shinkansen/East England Arts), The Junction in association with CUMIS.