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5TH INTERNATIONAL MOBILE MUSIC WORKSHOP 2008
13-15 May 2008, Vienna, Austria
Call for Submissions: Deadline 10 February 2008
www.mobilemusicworkshop.org
The Mobile Music Workshop 2008 is the 5th in a series of annual
international gatherings that explore the creative, critical and
commercial potential of mobile music. They are inspired by the ever-
changing social, geographic, ecological, emotional context of using
mobile technology for creative ends. We are looking for new ideas and
ground-breaking projects on sound in mobile contexts. What new forms
of interaction with music and audio lie ahead as locative media,
ubiquitous networks, and music access merge into new forms of
experiences that shape the everyday? Can they change the way we think
about our mobile devices and about walking through the city?
The emerging field of Mobile Music sits at the intersection of
ubiquitous computing, portable audio technology and New Interfaces
for Musical Expression (NIME). It goes beyond today’s personal music
players to include creative practices of mobile music making, sharing
and mixing. The mobile setting challenges existing notions of
interfaces and interaction, stretching music to new creative limits.
The workshop has been at the forefront of this innovative area since
2004. Past editions of the event have taken place in Amsterdam,
Brighton, Vancouver and Göteborg in collaboration with the Viktoria
Institute, STEIM, Waag Society, Futuresonic, NIME and others.
The 2008 edition of the workshop will be held in Vienna, one of the
hotspots in the European for laptop, glitch, and electronic music.
Hosted by the University of Applied Arts, it will feature three
evenings of performances and installations, an exhibition in the
heart of the city, invited speakers, paper presentations, posters and
demo sessions as well as hands-on tutorials. Besides the workshop
proceedings, we will publish a catalogue that will gather key
contributions from the last 5 years. We invite artists, designers,
academic researchers, hackers, industry professionals and
practitioners from all areas, including music, technology
development, new media, sound-art, music distribution, cultural/media
studies and locative media and more to present and discuss projects,
prototypes, applications, devices, performances, installations,
theoretical and historical considerations.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submission deadline: 10 February 2008
Notification of acceptance: 14 March 2008
Submission deadline for final papers: 14 April 2008
Registration deadline: 14 April 2008
PARTICIPATE
Please upload your submission in any of the three following
categories at http://ocs.waag.org/. Submissions will be peer-
reviewed by a committee of international specialists in the field.
Papers
We invite submissions of workshop papers presenting new projects,
approaches or reflections exploring the topic of mobile music.
Potential submissions could include but are not limited to mobile
music systems or enabling technologies, interface design, legal
issues, user studies, ethnographic fieldwork, social implications,
art pieces and other areas relevant to mobile music. Accepted paper
authors will be given a time slot during the workshop for
presentation and discussion of their work. They are encouraged to
bring a demo of their work if possible.
Format: 4 pages in ACM SIG publications format (for templates, see
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). More artistic
submissions are free to pay less attention to the academic or
technical detail of the format, and to include more media instead.
Posters and Demos
We also invite the contribution of posters and demos that document
work-in-progress projects or ideas in similar areas of mobile music
technology as the papers. There will be a poster and demo
presentation session where attendees will be able to discuss work
with the authors. The most robust of the demos will be offered the
opportunity to exhibit to the general public during the open sessions
(although this is not mandatory). Posters will be on display for the
duration of the conference.
Format: 2 pages in ACM SIG publications format (for templates, see
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). More artistic
submissions are free to pay less attention to the academic or
technical detail of the format, and to include more media instead.
Installations and Performances
We invite mobile art installations and performances in the genres of
mobile music and locative audio. There will be an exhibition space in
central Vienna, and the possibility to show work in the city. There
will also be a series of evening performances/concerts/parties.
Format: Please follow loosely the ACM SIG publications format (for
templates, see http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html)
without too much academic or technical detail and include more media
instead. Please indicate if your project would be suitable for indoor
or outdoor, installation or performance.
REGISTRATION & FEE
The workshop will have both closed sessions for registered
participants and sessions open to the general public. The number of
participants for the closed sessions of the workshop is limited to 50
places. Accepted submitters are given priority, other participants
are accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Registered
participants will have automatic access to all sessions of the
workshops.
Registrations fees for the closed sessions of the workshop have yet
to be confirmed. However this will be in the region of 75 € at full
rate and 45€ for concessions.
Deadline for Registration: 14th April 2007.
ORGANISERS & INFORMATION
The 2008 edition is hosted and co-organised by the University of
Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (Nicolaj Kirisits). The Steering
Committee is formed by Lalya Gaye (Dånk! Collective and IT-University
of Göteborg, Sweden), Atau Tanaka (Culture Lab Newcastle, UK), Frauke
Behrendt (University of Sussex, UK), Kristina Andersen (STEIM, The
Netherlands).
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More information: http://www.mobilemusicworkshop.org
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