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5TH INTERNATIONAL MOBILE MUSIC WORKSHOP 2008
13-15 May 2008, Vienna, Austria
Call for Submissions: Deadline 10 February 2008
http://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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