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December 08, 2005

Call for Proposals

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ParticipART Conference and Exhibition

Participatory Design Conference 06, Trento, Italy, July 31- August 5, 2006: The conference includes an "arts track" cosponsored by the local art museum where performers can present either completed works or works in progress that specifically incorporate participatory processes, whether that is in the creation of the work or during the event(s) itself (or some combination thereof!). You may also want to look at the guidelines for presenting workshops.

Please note that this is not a "cyberart" conference per se. Participatory processes, and critical reflection on those processes, are what is important. PDC is a lively conference and an unusual opportunity for artists to meet informally with socially aware computer and industrial design professionals who work at the "leading edge" of technological development.

PDC focuses on the design and development of computing and information technologies in diverse social contexts, with the active collaboration of people who use or are affected by these systems. Over the years, our design discussions have been enlivened and enriched by the efforts of musicians, architects, computer graphic designers and artists working across a wide range of disciplines. Artists presenting their work at PDC '06 will enjoy a rare opportunity to reach a technically expert and socially engaged community of practitioners. Contact: art[at]pdc2006.org

ParticipART will be an exhibition on participative and electronic art at the MART (Museum of Modern Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy) from the 2nd to the 4th of August 2006. ParticipART invites artists, musicians, game designers and performers to submit proposals of art works to be part of a public exhibition, performances, and discussions.

Topics: ParticipART is the Art Track of the Participatory Design Conference (PDC). The PD community is interested in taking inspiration from and collaborating with artists and designers engaged in creative practices that support new roles for visitors/viewers as active spect-actors and co-authors.

Invited Artists and Works: Artists/designers working in the field of visual, installation, and performative arts are invited to submit projects that allows participants’ interactions to become part of a piece of art or performance. Projects should address/explore the theme of ‘boundaries’.

Reviewing Process and Publication: Projects will be reviewed and curated by an interdisciplinary group of experts, including Giorgio Verzotti, chief curator of MART (Museo d’arte contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto: www.mart.trento.it). For accepted works, a two page description will be included in the proceedings of the PDC 2006 ACM published in the International Conference series. In addition to the hardcopy form, papers will also be published via the web in ACM's Digital Library.

Exhibition and Discussion: Selected projects will be displayed at MART as part of a special event with the opportunity for discussion and feedback from conference participants.

Submission Guidelines: Please submit a 2 page description of the art work (submission web site to be announced), with links to previous work (or a CD), in which the project is described, its relation to partecipation, and specific requirements for display.

Submit your proposal by the 16th of January 2006 to the email address:
art[at]pdc2006.org

Posted by jo at December 8, 2005 10:22 AM

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