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Reminder of the 1st Call for Abstracts http://mutamorphosis.org/ Deadline 31st of January 2007 MutaMorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences 8th - 10th of November 2007, Prague, Czech Republic The international conference will concentrate on the growing interest -- within the worlds of the arts, sciences and technologies -- in EXTREME AND HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS. These environments appear as symptomatic indicators of the mutations that are taking place; they are potential vectors that make possible an awareness of the different problems at the origin of the disturbances that threaten the ensemble of the Earth's eco-systems. We invite practitioners in the arts, sciences, engineering and humanities to submit abstracts that explore the limits and extremes within the following streams of interest: 1. LIFE How do the arts and sciences deal with new ideas about strategies of life in extreme conditions? 2. SPACE How do the arts and sciences face radical scales and extreme environments? 3. COGNITION How do the arts and sciences address evolving ideas about cognition in extreme environments? 500-word abstracts required by 31st of January 2007 via email to [log in to unmask] All submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by the members of International Advisory Committee including Lorella Abenavoli, Marc Battier, Nina Czegeldy, Hans Diebner, Michele Emmer, Machiko Kusahara, Lubica Lacinova, Michael Punt, Jaroslav Petr, Nicolas Reeves and others. Submissions accepted and presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings. The conference is organised by CIANT as part of the ENTER festival in the framework of the Leonardo 40th anniversary celebrations. The festival will feature also the first retrospective exhibition of Frank J. Malina. Conference Honorary Panel: Rudolf Arnheim, Ivan M. Havel, Frank Popper, Sonya Rapoport, Jasia Reichardt, Itsuo Sakane, Sonia Sheridan Join us in Prague 8th - 10th of November 2007.