E-Poetry 2007, Paris – deadline 19 February 2007

http://paragraphe.univ-paris8.fr/epoetry/accueil Every two years, the E-Poetry series of Digital Poetry Festivals constitutes the most important digital literary gathering in the field. Authors and researchers worldwide meet and present their ideas and works. E-Poetry plays an essential role in the development of this new literary field, and provides a forum for the circulation of the ideas and the debates that animate … Read More

SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival – deadline 14 March 2007

http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/presenters/caf/ “That, to me, is the most important thing. I want to see things that no one’s ever seen before.”- Tom DeFanti, SIGGRAPH Pioneer In the three decades since SIGGRAPH participants first gathered to show each other their 16mm films, the Computer Animation Festival has grown into the premier event for the world’s most innovative and accomplished films made using … Read More

SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery: Global Eyes – deadline 19 January 2007

http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/presenters/art/ Art Gallery: Global Eyes The enormous speed by which digital media reach previously isolated cultures around the world catalyzes a rapid integration of visual and media languages across the digital and physical spectrum. There is a need to understand not only ethnic cultures and the vocabularies of their traditional media, but also how these cultures and languages transform and … Read More

Which superhero am I?

You are Green Lantern Green Lantern 75% Spider-Man 70% Catwoman 60% Robin 57% Supergirl 55% Iron Man 55% The Flash 50% Hulk 45% Superman 45% Wonder Woman 40% Batman 40% Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Goodbye talent, hello celebrity: the fall and fall of popular culture

Kate Kretz‘s painting of Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary (‘Blessed Art Thou’) has been getting some well deserved publicity this weekend. Inevitably a number of ‘high art’ commentators have complained that the piece is part of the ‘dumbing down’ of culture, without taking the time to understand her motivation: “Our culture is deifying celebrities, but in the bible, it … Read More

Last.fm and my favourite music of 2006

I’ve been on Last.fm for just over 10 months now, and have listened to 20,000 tracks in that time. 2000 tracks a month, 67 tracks or approx 4.5 hours of music per day – this is the kind of pointless musogeeky number-crunching that last.fm positively encourages. Well, it’s a good New Year thing to do! It turns out that my … Read More

Blanks @ The 404

The 404 is a group of post-dadaists that has been going for a few years now, and currently comprises 391.org, Binnorie/Dadamonster, Justynn Tyme/Dada YOW! and Escha (see The 404 for links). Blanks is a sequence of ultra-minimalist pieces I’m putting up on the new 404 site at the rate of one a day for a year. View them directly at … Read More

International Computer Music Conference – deadline 30 April 2007

ICMC 2007 International Computer Music Conference Aug. 27-Sept.1, 2007. Copenhagen, Denmark http://www.icmc2007.net/ ———————————————————— Submission deadlines: April 30th, 2007 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION We are pleased to announce the general call for submission to the International Computer Music Conference 2007, which will take place at Holmen Island in Copenhagen starting Monday, August 27 and ending Saturday, September 1st, 2007. We invite original … Read More

Online MA in Creative Writing & New Media – APPLY NOW FOR AUTUMN 2007 ENTRY

Applications are being considered for Autumn 2007 entry to the Online MA in Creative Writing & New Media at De Montfort University. http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/humanities/pg/ma/cwnm.jsp (applicants) http://www.creativewritingandnewmedia.com (current students) The Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media is designed for writers interested in experimenting with new formats and exploring the potential of new technologies in their writing. Whether you write fiction, … Read More

Festival Break 2.4 – deadline 1st Feb 2007

Call for applications: Festival Break 2.4 The purpose of the multimedia festival Break is to explore new artistic expressions and contemporary topics and to emphasize emerging poetics whose artistic discourse has not yet been deep-rooted within firmly established standards, criteria and cultural values. The ninth edition of the festival, Break 2.4, will take place in Ljubljana from the 5th to … Read More

Futurelab @ BETT 2007

BETT 2007 10-13 January 2007, Olympia, London Key Futurelab events * Wed 10 Jan, 16:15. Seminar W17 – Mobile learning: breaking down the barriers (Lyndsay Grant and Tash Lee) * Thurs 11 Jan, 11:00. Keynote T3 – Education in the digital age: transformation and social justice (Keri Facer) * Fri 12 Jan, 14:00. Seminar F14 – Games for learning: cutting … Read More