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CALL FOR PAPERS, INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCES

(re)Actor2: The Second International Conference on Digital Live Art

 

"Bad Girls, Gadgets & Guerrilla Performance"

 

Broadcasting House & Leeds Met Gallery

Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

September 10th, 2007

 

http://www.digitalliveart.com

 

sponsored by the Arts Council of England, University of Leeds, Leeds 
Metropolitan University, BigDog Interactive and Nokia

 

jointly organised by 

the School of Performance and Cultural Industries – University of Leeds,

Leeds Metropolitan University and

BigDog Interactive

 

ABOUT   

Digital Live Art is the intersection of Human-computer Interaction (HCI), 
Live Art and Computing. (re)Actor2: The Second International Conference on 
Digital Live Art seeks to bring together practitioners and academics from 
the varying worlds of Live Art, Computing and HCI for a lively debate and 
event which will explore this emerging field. We are particularly 
interested in unanticipated performance spaces and playful arenas, such as 
festivals and nightclubs.

 

This year's theme, BAD GIRLS, GADGETS & GUERRILLA PERFORMANCE focuses on 
women who are practicing at the intersection of Computing and Live Art. In 
focusing on women, Computing and the Arts, this year we look to celebrate 
the diverse skills, knowledge and experience that women bring to the field. 
It is our hope that bringing these people together will foster an 
environment for mutual learning, mentoring and support. Proposals and 
participation are welcomed from all genders.

 

KEYNOTE

Our keynote presentation this year will be from the Guerrilla Girls 
(www.guerrillagirls.com) of New York. In 1985, a group of women artists 
founded the Guerrilla Girls. They assumed the names of dead women artists 
and wore gorilla masks in public, concealing their identities and focusing 
on the issues rather than their personalities. Between 1985 and 2000, close 
to 100 women, working collectively and anonymously, produced posters, 
billboards, public actions, books and other projects to make feminism funny 
and fashionable. At the turn of the millennium, three separate and 
independent incorporated groups formed to bring fake fur and feminism to 
new frontiers. Guerrilla Girls, Inc., www.guerrillagirls.com, was 
established by two founding Guerrilla Girls and other members to continue 
the use of provocative text, visuals and humor in the service of feminism 
and social change. They have written several books and create projects 
about the art world, film, politics and pop culture. They travel the world, 
talking about the issues and their experiences as feminist masked avengers, 
reinventing the “f” word into the 21st century.  They could be anyone; they 
are everywhere.

 

VENUE – DAYTIME EVENT

As before, this year we include both a daytime and evening event. The 
formal daytime event will take place in the old BBC Broadcasting House, a 
newly refurbished building at Leeds Metropolitan University on Monday, 
September 10th, 2007. The day will consist of keynote presentations, formal 
papers and interactive installations. Leeds Met Gallery will curate a 
special exhibition which will see some of the accepted proposals exhibited 
in the gallery during the conference. 

 

EVENING AFTER PARTY

The daytime event will be followed by an exhilarating after party with 
commissioned installations, DJs, VJs and live performances in the vibrant 
city of Leeds. Commissioned performances will be followed by the incredible 
Lost Vagueness http://www.lostvagueness.com/ of Glastonbury fame. Over the 
years, Lost Vagueness has picked up a reputation for being the most 
anarchic and culturally twisted location at the festival, a place where 
performers and guests languish together in the warped decadence of the 
surroundings. This will be the first time Lost Vagueness has performed in 
the city of Leeds.

 

FUNDING
We have a limited number commissions available for live performances and 
installations. You can make a request for funding when you submit your 
proposal. We also have a limited number of travel bursaries available for 
those who may not be otherwise able to make it to the conference. 

 

PROPOSALS

All proposals will be peer reviewed by the conference committee. Proposals 
must not exceed the 2-page limit and must be prepared using the conference 
publications format provided on our website. However, you may provide 
additional info (links to digital material including online video, photos 
and websites) using the third page of the proposal template.  We are 
accepting proposals for:

 

    * academic paper presentations (day)

    * live performances (including DJ/VJ sets) (day and evening)

    * interactive installations (day and evening)

 

Topics of interest included but definitely not limited to:

·        Technology as a vehicle for social and peformative interactivity

·        Human-computer interaction and intervention

·        Women, performance and technology

·        Audience behaviour and rules of engagement in interactive works

·        Non-complicit performance

·        Stumble performance and digital live encounters

·        Guerrilla interventions

·        Performative contracts – rule making and rule breaking

·        Digital/live performance and the club space

·        Experimental visual and sonic interfaces for live performance

·        Performance and social infection

 

Accepted proposals will be published in the conference proceedings and 
included on our website. Following last year’s conference, participants 
were invited to submit their papers to a special edition of the 
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media on Digital Live 
Art (2007 - Intellect Press). A similar publication will be produced from 
this year's conference.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposal submission deadline: 28th June, 2007

Notification of acceptance: 28th July, 2007

Conference date: September 10th, 2007

 

(re)Actor DIRECTORS

Jennifer Sheridan, BigDog Interactive 

Alice Bayliss, University of Leeds

 

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Rebekka Kill, Leeds Metropolitan University

Alice Bayliss, University of Leeds

Jennifer Sheridan, BigDog Interactive

 

EVENT ADMINISTRATION

Patsy Robertshaw, Leeds Met University

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Maribeth Back, FX PAL, California

Christopher Baugh, University of Leeds

Steve Benford, University of Nottingham

Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University

Teresa Brayshaw, Leeds Metropolitan University

Daniel Brine, Live Art Development Agency, UK

Susan Broadhurst, Brunel University

Nick Bryan-Kinns, Queen Mary, University of London

Linda Candy, University of Technology, Sydney

David Collins, Doncaster College

Beatriz da Costa, University of California

Steve Dixon, Brunel University

Jon Dovey, Bristol University

Linda Drew, Chelsea College of Art and Design

Matt Fenton, Nuffield Theatre Lancaster

Geraldine Fitzpatrick, University of Sussex

Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths University of London

Gabriella Giannachi, University of Exeter

Ceri Hand, Metal, Liverpool

Rania Ho, Korean Advanced Institute of Culture & Technology

Moira Innes, Leeds Met Gallery

Clare Jackson, Axis

Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency, UK

Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham

Charles Kriel, London Metropolitan University

Annie Lloyd, Leeds Metropolitan University

Suzy Mason, Speedqueen, UK

Jill Morgan, Leeds Metropolitan University

Angela Piccini, Bristol University

Sita Popat, University of Leeds

Michelle Teran, Artist, Canada

Mick Wallis, University of Leeds 

 

 

Rebekka Kill

Creative Enterprise Project Developer 

Teaching Fellow and Enterprise Pioneer

Leeds Metropolitan University

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