Call for PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
(re)ACTOR: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIVE ART
September 11, 2006
The Octagon @ Queen Mary, University of London
London, England, UK
Deadline for 2-page submissions 26 May 2006
http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.digitalliveart.co.uk
In cooperation with HCI 2006: ENGAGE
The 20th British HCI Group conference in co-operation with ACM
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DIGITAL LIVE ART is the intersection of human-computer interaction
(HCI), live art and computing. This conference seeks to bring together
practitioners and academics from the varying worlds of live art,
computing and human-computer interaction for a lively debate and event
which will explore this emerging field. Our specific context focuses on
club cultures as a living context for digital live arts practices. Our
expected outcomes are to create a community of digital live artists and
to present strategies for designing, developing and evaluating Digital
Live Art. Such an event provides an opportunity to open up conversations
between digital art and live performance and will allow us to explore
how it is used to increase our understanding of human-computer
interaction in general.
The notion of Digital Live Art is that of a hybrid art form which
focuses on presence and presupposes the digital as a way of making live
engagements. Our particular interest is in exploring the relationship
that develops between performers, participants and observers within
playful contexts and how Digital Live Art may move people to
performative interaction and communal engagement.
THE CONFERENCE
The conference will include both daytime presentations and an evening
ambient after party. The daytime event will include a keynote panel with
Charles Kriel, Philip Auslander, and Jon Dovey. Kriel
http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.kriel.tv/djvjinfo is
broadly regarded as one of the world's
leading VJs. He VJs regularly for the likes of Pete Tong, Fatboy Slim,
DJ Tiesto, Darren Emerson and Sasha and was recently appointed a Senior
Lecturer at London Metropolitan University. His pioneering work includes
the world's first nationally telecast VJ mix to the UK. Auslander
http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/
~auslander/ has written on aesthetic and
cultural performances as diverse as theatre, performance art, music,
stand-up comedy, and courtroom procedures and is the author of four
books and editor or co-editor of two collections, his most current
Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music. Dovey
http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.republicof.net/ spent
the first 15 years of his working life
in video production, working through the early years of Channel Four as
a researcher, editor and eventually as Producer. He worked principally
in documentary and experimental video, co founding original scratch
artists Gorilla Tapes in 1984. His video projects gained international
distribution and recognition and have now taken their place in the
documented histories of UK Video Art. His forthcoming book is titled
Game Cultures.
The schedule includes peer-reviewed paper presentations, interactive
installations and performances, a cross-disciplinary discussion forum
and an ambient after-party. The conference and evening event will take
place in the Octagon at Queen Mary, University London – the recently
refurbished library which was originally built in 1888 and was modeled
on the Reading Room of the British Library (now the British Museum) and
was formerly contained within the famous East End People's Palace.
http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.octagon-venue.com/
WHO SHOULD BE ATTENDING?
We are seeking to bring together both working practitioners and
academics from the active world of live art and computing, particularly
(but not limited to):
+ Performers: Live artists, digital artists, DJs, VJs, sonic artists,
dancers, actors, magicians
+ Participants: Computer scientists, technicians, club goers, designers,
new media practitioners, decorators
+ Observers: Cultural theorists, ethnographers, street scientists,
her/historians
+ Orchestrators: Curators, directors, writers, producers, events
organisers, club & festival owners/managers and promoters.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are seeking to create a dynamic, interactive experience for our
delegates. We are soliciting two-page proposals for both the formal
daytime conference and the interactive evening event. To this end your
contribution can be made in the following ways:
+ 15 minute paper presentation
+ interactive demonstration/presentation of practice
+ performance/installation
+ DJ/VJ performance
You should indicate on your proposal whether your contribution is best
suited to the more formal daytime proceedings or to the after-party
which will be taking place that evening.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Proposals are solicited in all areas of Digital Live Art, including but
not limited to:
+ Creative clubbing and the playful arena
+ Space, body, machine
+ Inputs and outputs – co-creation and the dialogic exchange within
digital live arts practice
+ Computing for the experiential and cerebral
+ Performance and the design of interactive interfaces
+ Experimental music technology
+ Creative displays and projections
+ Tools for performers, participants and observers
+ Networking, open-source clubbing and the free party
+ Models and formal methods of interaction
+ Her-story and his-story of computing and clubbing.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Your proposal should be submitted to Alice Bayliss
(a.bayliss@leeds.ac.uk) and Jennifer G. Sheridan
(sheridaj@comp.lancs.ac.uk) and should include:
+ Your name, contact details, organization/institution
+ 200-word biography
+ Two-page proposal with title (10 point font)
+ Technical requirements
+ Daytime and/or evening program suitability.
DEADLINES
Two-page Proposal for Review Due: 26 May 2006
Notification of Acceptance: 16 June 2006
Early Registration: 23 June 2006
Proceedings of this conference will be published and available at the
conference. Authors may be invited to contribute an extended version of
their paper for a future publication.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conference Website: http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://
www.DigitalLiveArt.co.uk/
Venue: http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.octagon-
venue.com/
BCS-HCI 2006 – ENGAGE: http://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://
www.hci2006.org/
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Jennifer G. Sheridan
Computing Department
Lancaster University, UK
Alice Bayliss
School of Performance and Cultural Industries
University of Leeds, UK
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Philip Auslander, School of Lit., Communication, and Culture, Georgia
Tech, USA
Mark Ball, Fierce Earth Festival, UK
Christopher Baugh, School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts, University of
Kent, UK
Johannes Birringer, AlienNation Co. USA, Brunel University, UK, Schmelz,
GER
Nick Bryan-Kinns, IMC Group, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Alan Dix, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK
Jon Dovey, Drama – Theatre, Film, Television, University of Bristol, UK
Dan Fox, Welfare State International, UK
Hannah Fox, Welfare State International, UK
Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Gabriella Giannachi, Centre for Intermedia, University of Exeter, UK
Deborah Kermode, Ikon Gallery UK
Charles Kriel, London Met University, UK
Tom Lloyd, Welfare State International, UK
Joe Paradiso, MIT Media Lab, USA
Planet Angel, UK
Sadie Plant, Writer, UK
Sita Popat, School of Performance and Cultural Ind., University of
Leeds, UK
Mick Wallis, School of Performance and Cultural Ind., University of
Leeds, UK
