DESIGN CINEMA 2008
'Design-en-scène'

3rd International Design and Cinema Conference
19-22 November, 2008
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
http://www.designcinema2008.org

CALL FOR WORKS
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2008

THEME
Third International Design and Cinema Conference (Design Cinema 2008) will be
held on November 19-22, 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting, themed as
design-en-scène, is organized with the intention that scholars and
practitioners will come together for interrogating the role and kinds of
designed environments and their production that expand our experiences. We
seek to bring to the front through this conference one of the ongoing
discussions, in terms of potentials originating from design-cinema
relations: representation and realization of the designed setting with
reference to theory, tools, and practices. The topics fall under three
categories:

Real
	Designing of objects and environments
	Experience of designed objects and environments
Hyper-real
	Manipulation of the real
	Blurring of the real
Virtual
	Creation of a parallel universe
	Implementation
	Hybrid existences

CALL FOR WORKS
Since both design and cinema disciplines have physical outcomes, Design
Cinema 2008 would like to bring practices, researches and creative outputs
together under the 'works exhibition' and create a rich and provoking
platform during the conference. We are open to all artists, designers,
scientists, professionals, amateurs and students around the world working in
various categories to share their works with us.

WORKS CATEGORIES
Design Cinema 2008 offers to participants various categories for submitting
their works. This enables the jury to make comparisons when evaluating the
wide range of proposals submitted to the conference. Categories are as
follows (but not limited to):

Share your Creativity
	Artworks, creative and artistic projects, applications, performances,
practices, etc.

Share your Production
	Documentation of any kind that belong to categories of artistic
productions, sets, props, costumes, behind the scenes, etc..

Share your Know-how
	Unique, ingenious, inspiring, informative solutions, methods,
motivations, etc.

Share your Research and/or Concept
	Work that is ongoing or finalized; impressive concepts,
implementations, tools, and applications, workflows, etc.

Share your Cross-border Journey
	Works that exceed more than one field or domain of research.

Please note that each work should relate to the theme and may fall under more
than one category.

PRESENTATION FORMATS
Design Cinema 2008 welcomes submissions of work that can be presented at the
conference in the formats below.

Film & Video; Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, Animation as
Short/Medium/Feature Film Digital Media Presentations; Interactive media,
Video games, WWW, CGI, etc. 2-D; Frameable Image , Artwork.
Poster; 	Frameable imges of results and findings following a scheduled
poster session.
Installation; Stand-alone setup / object for an audience that can include
various media. Performance; Live attractions featuring music and/or dance
within an ambience. Demo; Non-commerical presentations in various media that
exhibit latest research ouputs, protoypes, interfaces. Panel; Discussion
followed by a Q&A on an established topic.

IMPORTANT DATES

30 June 2008 Deadline for works
30 July 2008 Notification of accepted works
30 September 2008 Submission of final works
30 October 2008 Deadline for Registration (check our website for more
information)
19-22 November 2008 Conference

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS & GUIDELINES
Design Cinema 2008 Works will be held as a juried exhibition and open to all
artists, designers, scientists, professionals, amateurs, students, designers
around the world working in various categories to share their works that are
related to the conference theme. Works must be original in concept and
design. Only works selected by the Jurors will be exhibited.

Submissions should include;
*	Completed entry form (available on the conference website:
http://www.designcinema2008.org )
*	Additional descriptive materials are compulsory. Images should be in
jpeg format. All the digital video/presentation formats are accepted (avi,
mpeg, mov, powerpoint, etc.) but VHS cassettes are not acceptable. DVDs or
CDs should be compatible with both MAC and PC. All the images and movies
should have an acceptable resolution level otherwise they won't be taken into
consideration.  Please include all the detailed and technical information and
descriptive visual material of the works (duration, materials, equipment,
dimensions, installation method and etc...) If it is a work that is exhibited
before, please include all the information and visual documentation of past
exhibitions. If you are applying with a performance proposal, a detailed
description of the performance that is supported by images and videos is
compulsory.
*	Application fee: 25 Euros. (See conference website for transaction
details.)

Note that these materials will not be returned to you unless a self-addressed
stamped envelope or packaging is provided. Please remember that limited
installation space is available.

The production and installation costs of the selected works belong to the
owners of the works. Design Cinema 2008 Works team may provide additional
support depending on the available resources and facilities.

Please visit the conference website for more information.
http://www.designcinema2008.org

Send your proposals electronically to [log in to unmask] or physically
to


Ayhan ENSICI
I.T.U. Mimarlik Fakultesi
Taskisla Kampusu
Taskisla Cad. Taksim / Istanbul
34437 TURKEY