Call for Papers, Presentations and Performances
(re)Actor: The First International Conference on Digital Live Art September
11, 2006 The Octagon @ Queen Mary, University of London London, England, UK
In cooperation with HCI 2006: ENGAGE
The 20th British HCI Group conference in co-operation with ACM 11 September
- 15 September 2006 Deadline for 2-page proposals May 26, 2006
Digital Live Art is the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI),
live art and computing. This conference seeks to bring together
practitioners and academics from the varying worlds of live art, computing
and human-computer interaction for a lively debate and event which will
explore this emerging field. Our specific context focuses on club cultures
as a living context for digital live arts practices. Our expected outcomes
are to create a community of digital live artists and to present strategies
for designing, developing and evaluating Digital Live Art. Such an event
provides an opportunity to open up conversations between digital art and
live performance and will allow us to explore how it is used to increase our
understanding of human-computer interaction in general.
The notion of Digital Live Art is that of a hybrid art form which focuses on
presence and presupposes the digital as a way of making live engagements.
Our particular interest is in exploring the relationship that develops
between performers, participants and observers within playful contexts and
how Digital Live Art may move people to performative interaction and
communal engagement.
THE CONFERENCE
The conference will include both day time presentations and evening ambient
after party. The daytime event will include a keynote panel with Charles
Kriel, Philip Auslander, and Jon Dovey. Charles Kriel
http://www.kriel.tv/djvjinfo.htm is broadly regarded as one of the world's
leading VJs. He VJs regularly for the likes of Pete Tong, Fatboy Slim, DJ
Tiesto, Darren Emerson and Sasha and was recently appointed a Senior
Lecturer at London Metropolitan University. His pioneering work includes the
world's first nationally telecast VJ mix to the UK. Philip Auslander's
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~auslander/ primary discipline is Performance
Studies. He has written on aesthetic and cultural performances as diverse as
theatre, performance art, music, stand-up comedy, and courtroom procedures.
His specific interests include performance theory, the relationship of
performance to media and technology, and intellectual property. He is the
author of four books and editor or co-editor of two collections. He is
currently completing a book project entitled Performing Glam Rock: Gender
and Theatricality in Popular Music. In addition to his work on performance,
Auslander contributes art criticism regularly to Art Forum, Art Papers, and
PAJ. Jon Dovey http://www.republicof.net/ spent the first 15 years of his
working life in video production, working through the early years of Channel
Four as a researcher, editor and eventually as Producer. He worked
principally in documentary and experimental video, co founding original
scratch artists Gorilla Tapes in 1984. His video projects gained
international distribution and recognition and have now taken their place in
the documented histories of UK Video Art. He also maintains a creative
practice as research; as Executive Producer on a number of documentary Film
& TV projects, in interactive media production and gallery installations.
His current production research centres on rePublicof an experiment in
digital cabaret working at the intersection of dance music and art practice.
His forthcoming publication is titled Game Cultures. The schedule includes
peer-reviewed paper presentations, interactive installations and
performances, a cross-disciplinary discussion forum and an ambient
after-party. The conference and evening event will take place in the Octagon
at Queen Mary, University London - the recently refurbished library which
was originally built in 1888 and was modeled on the Reading Room of the
British Library (now the British Museum) and was formerly contained within
the famous East End People's Palace. http://www.octagon-venue.com/
WHO SHOULD BE ATTENDING?
We are seeking to bring together both working practitioners and academics
from the active world of live art and computing, particularly (but not
limited to): <sum> Performers: Live artists, digital artists, DJs, VJs,
sonic artists, dancers, actors, magicians <sum> Participants: Computer
scientists, technicians, club goers, designers, new media practitioners,
decorators <sum> Observers: Cultural theorists, ethnographers, street
scientists, her/historians <sum> Orchestrators: Curators, directors,
writers, producers, events organisers, club & festival owners/managers and
promoters.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are seeking to create a dynamic, interactive experience for our
delegates. We are soliciting two-page proposals for both the formal daytime
conference and the interactive evening event. To this end your contribution
can be made in the following ways: <sum> 15 minute paper presentation <sum>
interactive demonstration/presentation of practice <sum>
performance/installation <sum> DJ/VJ performance You should indicate on your
proposal whether your contribution is best suited to the more formal daytime
proceedings or to the after-party which will be taking place that evening.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Proposals are solicited in all areas of Digital Live Art, including but not
limited to: <sum> Creative clubbing and the playful arena <sum> Space, body,
machine <sum> Inputs and outputs - co-creation and the dialogic exchange
within digital live arts practice <sum> Computing for the experiential and
cerebral <sum> Performance and the design of interactive interfaces <sum>
Experimental music technology <sum> Creative displays and projections <sum>
Tools for performers, participants and observers <sum> Networking,
open-source clubbing and the free party <sum> Models and formal methods of
interaction <sum> Her-story and his-story of computing and clubbing.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Your proposal should be submitted to Alice Bayliss ([log in to unmask])
and Jennifer G. Sheridan ([log in to unmask]) and should include:
<sum> Your name, contact details, organization/institution <sum> 200-word
biography <sum> Two-page proposal with title (10 point font) <sum> Technical
requirements <sum> Daytime and/or evening program suitability.
DEADLINES
Two-page Proposal for Review Due: 26 May 2006
Notification of Acceptance: 16 June 2006
Early Registration: 23 June 2006
Proceedings of this conference will be published and available at the
conference. Authors may be invited to contribute an extended version of
their paper for a future publication.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conference Website: http://www.DigitalLiveArt.co.uk/
Venue: http://www.octagon-venue.com/
BCS-HCI 2006 - ENGAGE: http://www.hci2006.org/
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Jennifer G. Sheridan
Computing Department
Lancaster University, UK
Alice Bayliss
School of Performance and Cultural Industries
University of Leeds, UK
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Philip Auslander, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia
Institute of Technology, USA Mark Ball, Fierce Earth Festival, UK
Christopher Baugh, School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts, University of
Kent, UK Johannes Birringer, AlienNation Co. USA, Brunel University, UK,
Schmelz, GER
Nick Bryan-Kinns, IMC Group, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Alan Dix, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK
Jon Dovey, Drama - Theatre, Film, Television, University of Bristol, UK
Dan Fox, Welfare State International, UK
Hannah Fox, Welfare State International, UK
Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Gabriella Giannachi, Centre for Intermedia, University of Exeter, UK
Deborah Kermode, Ikon Gallery UK
Charles Kriel, London Met University, UK
Tom Lloyd, Welfare State International, UK
Joe Paradiso, MIT Media Lab, USA
Planet Angel, UK
Sadie Plant, Writer, UK
Sita Popat, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of
Leeds, UK
Mick Wallis, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of
Leeds, UK
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