Soft Borders - 4th Upgrade! International Network Conference and Festival

Soft Borders is the 4th Upgrade! International Network Conference and Festival, that will take place in São Paulo city, Brazil, from 18th to 21st/october/2010. The previous editions of the conference happened in New York (USA), Ocklahoma City (USA) and Skopje (Macedonia).

The conference will gather artists, curators and researchers from 30 countries to present and discuss the field of new media art, in the international and local contexts, especially in Brazil, the country that is hosting the present edition of the event. The call for participation is internationally open and the accepted formats are: papers, posters and workshops. Click on “Call for Participation” in the navigation menu to submit your work.

The new media festival that is also part of the Soft Borders evente will present artworks selected by two curators - a Brazilian and an Upgrade! International Network curator.

The Soft Borders theme, that drives either the conference and the art festival, aim to discuss the borders dissolutions between the many fields of the knowledge and life, the contamination of the one another, particularly regarding the relationship between art-science-technology.
Brazilian Board & Credits

Conference Chair
Martha Gabriel

Scientific Committee
Milton Sogabe, Silvia Laurentiz, Gilbertto Prado, Luisa Paraguai and Cynthia Malaguti

Organisation Committee
Mônica Bueno, Márcia Auriani, Leila Rebello

Artistic Committee
Giselle Beiguelman, Marcus Bastos, Rachel Zuannon, Hermes Renato, Rosa Cohen

Soft Borders Logo
Carla Salles

Site
Design: Jaqueline Damian. Leader: Mércia Assis

Development: NMD New Media Developers

International Board

Network Organizers
Jo-Anne Green (Boston, US)
Cezanne Charles (Detroit, US)
Cveta Spasova (Skopje, Macedonia)
Elena Veljanovska (Skopje, Macedonia)
Kate Armstrong (Vancouver, Canada)
Marika Dermineur (Paris, France)
Maria Luisa (Paris, France)

Network Fundraisers
Ana Valdés (Stockholm, Sweden)
Cezanne Charles (Detroit, US)
Cveta Spasova (Skopje, Macedonia)
Ela Kagel (Berlin, Germany)
Horst Konietzny (Munich, Germany)
Maja Kalogera (Zagreb, Croatia)
Marika Dermineur (Paris, France)
René Paré (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

South-South/pier2pier/BlindSpot(s)
Anik Fournier
Ana Valdés (Stockholm, Sweden)
Annemie Maes (Brussels, Belgium)
Bjorn, Jo-Anne Green (Boston, US)
Julie
Kyd Campbell (Europe)
Maria Luisa (Paris, France)
Marika Dermineur (Paris, France)
Martha Gabriel (São Paulo, Brazil)
Nathalie Fougeras (Stockholm, Sweden)
Tegan Bristow (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Exhibition
Elena Veljanovska (Skopje, Macedonia)
Jo-Anne Green (Boston, US)
Maja Kalogera (Zagreb, Croatia)
Martha Gabriel (São Paulo, Brazil)

Communication/Promotion
Maja Kalogera (Zagreb, Croatia)
Horst Konietzny (Munich, Germany)
René Paré (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

Upgrade! International Sessions
Yael Kanarek (New York, US)
Nathaniel Stern (New York, US)

Upgrade! International founder
Yael Kanarek (New York, US)

Program
http://softborders.art.br/programa.html