April 24, 2006
Mesh #19 Global/ Regional Perspectives
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Mesh #19 Global/ Regional Perspectives will be an online issue providing a global overview of contemporary media arts practice and the creative application of new technological developments through articles that focus on local practice in specific regions. This issue will focus on the critical, aesthetic and technological aspects related to screen culture and media arts practice, balancing the conceptual issues facing media arts culture with the social/cultural, economic and political contexts in which the practices exist.
Articles are sought from curators, artists, academics, media commentators and theorists about practices in the following regions: * West & East Europe * Africa * Middle East * Asia Pacific * The Americas. MESH #19 will be launched on the Experimenta website in September 2006. See past issues of MESH here.
Criteria:
* maximum word length: 2000 words;
* the article should use plain language as it is for a general readership;
* the article must cite at least 3 recent media artworks;
* images with copyright clearance are to be sourced by the author.
Deadline: Friday 5 May 2006 for the submission of 100 word abstracts
Payment: An honorarium is available. Academics are eligible to have their paper refereed.
For examples of previous online and printed issues of MESH, please visit: www.experimenta.org
Posted by jo at April 24, 2006 02:35 PM
