********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS REFRESH! FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORIES OF MEDIA ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Banff New Media Institute, Canada, September 28 - October 3, 2005 http://www.mediaarthistory.org Deadline: Dec. 1st 2004 ********************************************************************** Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, this Conference (Evening of Sept. 28th, Sept. 29th, 30th, October 1st) on the Histories of Media Art will discuss for the first time the history of media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art. Leonardo/ISAST, Banff New Media Institute the Database for Virtual Art and UNESCO DigiArts are collaborating to produce the first international art history conference covering art and new media, art and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to contemporary art. For more information on the conference, please visit: http://www.MediaArtHistory.org I. MediaArtHistories: Times and Landscapes I and II II. Methodologies III. Art as Research / Artists as Inventors IV. Image Science and 'Representation': From a Cognitive Point of View V. Collaborative Practice/ Networking (history) VI. Pop/Mass/Society VII a. Collecting, preserving and archiving the media arts VII b. Database/New Scientific Tools VIII. Cross-Culture - Global Art IX. What can the History of New Media Learn from History of Science/Science Studies? X. Rejuvenate: Film, sound and music in media arts history XI. High Art/Low Culture - the future of media art sciences? Please send a 200 word proposal and a very brief curriculum vitae by December 1st, 2004 via e-mail to [log in to unmask] Full papers (5000 to 7000 word long) must be received via e-mail by July 1st., 2005. Details about their format will be sent separately to the participants. All Papers will be considered for publication. Registration information soon: www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.MediaArtHistory.org BANFF Sara DIAMOND, Director of Research and Artistic Director of BNMI (Local Chair) Susan KENNARD, Executive Producer of BNMI (Organisation) www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/ LEONARDO Annick BUREAUD, Director Leonardo Pioneers and Pathbreakers Art History Project, Leonardo/OLATS www.olats.org PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair: Roger F MALINA, Chair Leonardo/ISAST www.leonardo.info CONFERENCE DIRECTOR & ORGANISATION Oliver GRAU, Director Immersive Art & Database of Virtual Art Humboldt University Berlin http://virtualart.hu-berlin.de -- ||| ||| ||| dr. habil. oliver grau ||| ||| ||| kunstgeschichtliches seminar der ||| ||| ||| HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN ||| ||| ||| philosophische fakultaet III ||| ||| ||| dorotheenstrasse 28, d-10117 berlin ||| ||| ||| [log in to unmask] ||| ||| ||| fon. (030) 2093-4295 (dir.) (030) 2093-4288 (secr.) ||| ||| ||| fax: (030) 2093 4209 www2.hu-berlin.de/grau http://virtualart.hu-berlin.de www.diejungeakademie.de/