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. CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS Futuresonic invites submissions from artists, thinkers and makers for the Futuresonic 2009 Art strand, Urban Climate Camp at ISEA2008, and a themed call of Leonardo. SUBMISSIONS NOW INVITED Art strand of Futuresonic 2009, Manchester UK http://futuresonic.com/getinvolved SUBMISSIONS NOW INVITED Urban Climate Camp at ISEA2008, Singapore http://project.futuresonic.com/isea2008 SUBMISSIONS NOW INVITED Leonardo journal themed call on Environment 2.0 http://project.futuresonic.com/leonardo Presented in partnership with ImaginationLancaster. For more information on all these projects visit http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/cracksinthepavement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FUTURESONIC 2009 ART STRAND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A commission valued at GBP 5000 is available to create a new artwork, plus Futuresonic can support a limited number of other projects. Each year Futuresonic's Art strand commissions new artworks and presents exhibitions on art, technology and social themes, with a focus on artworks that are participatory, sited in public space, and in an urban context. Futuresonic is a space to critically explore the latest upgrade affecting today's digital culture. The festival features art exhibitions, performances and interventions, including many world firsts - transforming the city into a space of experimentation, making it come alive. 2009 is the culmination of the Environment 2.0 project. Within the festival and throughout the year, Futuresonic will be exploring the Environment 2.0 theme, the interface between our digital footprint and our environmental footprint. Through Cracks In The Pavement is an exhibition featuring artworks that seek to inspire social change, and local innovations that enhance sustainability. Post-Car Futures is an exhibition exploring new mobilities from the wheel to wirelessness, and new ways of travelling and new ways to stay still. Futuresonic invites submissions of artworks, social innovations or technological interventions for inclusion in the Futuresonic 2009 festival and on the Environment 2.0 theme. Submissions deadline -- 5pm, 13 October 2008. *We invite you to submit expressions of interest to Gala Pujol at fs2009@futuresonic.com in advance of the deadline. Download an application form here: http://downloads.futuresonic.com/art2009.zip futuresonic.com/getinvolved http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/cracksinthepavement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ URBAN CLIMATE CAMP ISEA2008, SINGAPORE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An invited forum at ISEA2008, the International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Singapore, 30th July 2008. Presented by Drew Hemment, ImaginationLancaster and Futuresonic. A forum for discussion and quick fire presentations invites participants at ISEA2008 to explore new thinking on environmental sustainability and at innovative approaches to grass roots and creative intervention on the environment. The focus is on the interface between our digital footprint and our environmental footprint, non-Western perspectives, and on creative intervention to enable social change. If you are interested in presenting your perspective or project please contact Gala Pujol at env20@futuresonic.com View on ISEA2008 website http://www.isea2008singapore.org/conference/conf_forums.html http://project.futuresonic.com/isea2008 http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/cracksinthepavement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEONARDO JOURNAL THEMED CALL ON ENVIRONMENT 2.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Environment 2.0: Through Cracks in the Pavement Guest Editor: Drew Hemment Call For Papers Seeking new cross-disciplinary thinking on sustainability in urban environments, with a focus on creative intervention, social change and non-Western perspectives. Leonardo is soliciting texts that document the works of artists, researchers, and scholars involved in the exploration of sustainability in urban environments. View on Leonardo website http://www.olats.org/fcm/artclimat/appelcontribDrewHemment_eng.php http://project.futuresonic.com/leonardo http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/cracksinthepavement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FUTURESONIC URBAN FESTIVAL OF ART, MUSIC AND IDEAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transforming the city into a space of experimentation, making it come alive Futuresonic has 4 strands: Art, Music, Ideas and EVNTS. Currently in its 13th year, the festival occupies the orbits of both music and digital culture. Futuresonic is presented by FutureEverything CIC. It is a Regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) of Arts Council England North West and has been awarded Pillar Status by Manchester City Council. Futuresonic is presented in partnership with ImaginationLancaster, a major new research lab at Lancaster University. http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk http://www.futuresonic.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links http://www.futuresonic.com http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk http://www.isea2008singapore.org http://www.leonardo.info http://www.luminousgreen.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann