ISEA2006



ISEA2006 emphasizes conversation and discourse
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There will be NO reading of papers! There will be ample opportunity
for interaction with keynotes and paper authors during the extended
sessions. Presentations of projects by artists will run continuously.
A re:mote symposium will take place concurrently featuring
presentations of those who physically cannot attend. All of the
Symposium events are integrated into the ZeroOne San Jose Festival
via streaming. Most importantly, the Symposium proceedings and
environment are structured to encourage audience participation. Over
70 papers, artists presentations and posters are will be showcased.
Scheduled Keynotes include Saskia Sassen and Raqs Media Collective.

Register before June 30 and receive a 33\% discount.
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=110251

Those that take advantage of Early Bird Registration will receive a
print copy of Intelligent Agent, the official ISEA2006 Papers
Publication and a free copy of the special edition issue of the
Leonardo Journal, published in conjunction with the Pacific Rim New
Media Summit.

Come early for pre-symposium Summits
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Focused topics through peer to peer knowledge sharing:
Interactive City—Berkeley Intel Labs
Pacific Rim New Media Summit—SJSU CADRE Laboratory.


ISEA2006 Symposium Highlights

PAPERS
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Allison Sant, Redefining the Basemap

Current collaborative mapping projects using locative media
technologies have often overlooked the conventions of the basemap as
a site for reinvention. Although these projects imagine alternative
organizations of urban space through the way it is digitally mapped,
they remain bounded by datasets that reinforce a Cartesian and static
notion of urban space. This paper questions the methodology of the
basemap, as it is utilized in these projects, and proposes
alternative tactics for mapping the city.

Other Papers by: Trebor Scholz, Kevin Hamilton, Sharon Daniel, Joline
Blais, Mara Traumane, Mirjam Struppek, Tapio Makela, Franck Ancel=
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Timothy Murray, Machiko Kusahara, Ned Rossiter, Steve Anderson, Jon
Ippolito, Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr, Josephine Bosma, Gheorghe Dan,
Alisa Andrasek, Valentina Nisi, Dr. Mads Haahr and Dr. Ian Oakley

ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
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Bioteknica: Laboratory Re:Mix - Jennifer Willet and Shawn Bailey

BIOTEKNICA is a fictitious corporation, generating designer organisms
on demand. Irrational and grotesque, our specimens are modeled on the
Teratoma, a cancerous multi-tissue growth. Initially virtual, our
organisms are now under laboratory development using living tissue.
BIOTEKNICA both embraces and critiques biotechnology, considering the
contradictions and complexities that these technologies offer the
future of humanity.

Other Artist presentations: Ben Rubin, Norene Leddy, Andrew Milmoe,
Thom Kubli, Markus Schneider, Christian Riekoff, Paula Levine, Atteqa
Malik, Tamiko Thiel, Mara Tralla, Angelo Vermeulen, Luc De Meester,
Elio Caccavale, Matt Gorbet Design Inc., GORBET + BANERJEE, Christian
Hubler, Felix Stalder, Jill Scott, Bill Dolson, Randall Packer, Julie
Andreyev, Andrea Polli, David Drake, Frederic Madre, Ursula Damm,
Matthias Weber, Peter Serocka, Nigel Helyer a.k.a. Dr. Sonique, Peter
Agostino, Silavn Zurbruegg a.k.a. etoy.SILVAN, Robert Neiderfer, Olga
Kessila, Steve Wilson, Jody Zellen, Burak Arikan, Vincent Leclerc ,
Vincent Kraeutler a.k.a Etoy.VINCENT, Gisselle Beiguelman, Tiffany
Holmes, Jennifer Willet, Pia Tikka, Mauri Kaipainen George Legrady,
Rama Hoetzlein, Mathias Fuchs, Shona Kitchen, Ben Hooker

POSTERS
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A Metro of Meaning: Understanding the semantic meaning of a city. -=

Matthew Hockenberry and Rob Gens

Can computers understand what a space means to us? We think so, and
demonstrate a system that seems to feel the same way. By making use
of common-sense knowledge what an average person takes a way from a
place we can build visualizations that aren't dependent on what we
put in a database - just what we can describe with language.

Other Posters by: Steve Anderson, Tara McPherson , Stanislav
Roudavski, Giorgos Artopoulos, Diego Diaz, Wei Liu, Clara Boj, Chris
Byrne, Atau Tanaka, Petra Gemeinboeck, Kuljit Chuhan, Dennis Kaspori,
Kenneth Fields, Ajaykumar, Julie Freeman, David Muth, Maria Mencia,
Peter Hasdell, Vladimir Todorovic, Goran Andrejin, Keng Soon Teh,
Adrian Cheok, Roger Tan, Shang Ping Lee, Casey Reas, Ben Fry, Francis
Li, Inga Zimprich, Elliot Anderson, Stefan Riekeles, Andy Bilchbaum,
Nathalie Magnan, Gissle Geiguelman, Burak Arikan

PANELS

SoundCulture Panel — Shawn Decker, Ed Osborn, Nigel Helyer a.k.a.=

Dr. Sonique

SoundCulture is an international collective doing sound-related work
that explores artistic and cultural contexts for this work outside of
the traditional modes of presentation of music. SoundCulture artists
will discuss this aspect of their current practices in particular,
and how working from a background in sound informs these other
activities.

Other Panels: WETWARE Hackers Discussed - Paul Vanouse, Natalie =

Jeremijenko, Beatriz da Costa, Oron Catts

Discounted Events Tickets for Symposium Registrants
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=110251

Ryoji Ikeda - C41 and Datamatics
Builders Association/dBox - Super Vision
Performative Cinema with Michael Lew; Morten Schjodt
Peter Greenaway - VJ Tulse Luper
Survival Research Labs
Lynn Hershman Leeson - Strange Culture 'Work-in-Progress' special
showing
Troika Ranch - 16 [R]evolutions
Commonwealth Club Lecture - David Kelley; Bill Viola

Please pass this information along to colleagues, students, and local
networks.

Thanks.

Steve + Joel




Joel Slayton
Chair, ISEA2006 Symposium +
ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge



August 7-13, 2006 | 8 WEEKS TO GO
Early bird discount tickets through June 30 only:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=110251