CALL FOR PAPERS and PROJECT PROPOSALS - Urban Screens Conference

> Dear colleagues,
> You may have heard that the Urban Screens Conference in Amsterdam in
> 2005 will be followed this year by the Urban Screens Conference in
> Manchester, UK. This email informs you about the two open calls for
> papers and project proposals. These calls will be followed by a third
> call particularly for interactive and participatory projects at the
> end of this week. We are looking forward to your proposals. And please
> feel free to distribute and publish these calls.
>
> With kind regards,
> Susanne Jaschko
> curator Urban Screens Conference Manchester 07
>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS and PROJECT PROPOSALS
>
> Urban Screens Conference
> Manchester 07
>
> IT’S ABOUT CONTENT
>
> 11 + 12 October 2007
>
> www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk
>
>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE March 2, 2007 (date of arrival)
>
> The upcoming Urban Screens Conference focuses on the development of
> non-commercial content for big urban displays such as LED, LCD, plasma
> screens and media facades.
>
> What characterises these huge displays as media platforms in urban
> space? Which particular spatial, perceptional and social situation do
> they create? How does creative content flow from this?
>
> We will discuss
> - urban screens as channels for alternative public broadcasting in
> times of Web 2.0, YouTube, increasing broadband rates and Creative
> Commons.
> - which interactive and participatory applications could enrich urban
> life beyond simple entertainment.
> - which linear artistic productions such as animations, video, film or
> text suit a presentation in public space.
> - how displays can be integrated into the urban environment in
> meaningful ways.
> - which economies drive and limit both the implementation of urban
> screens in public space and the commissioning of creative content.
> - the evaluation of creative content with regard to its perception.
>
> For the Urban Screens Conference we are looking for proposals for
> papers that deal with the above mentioned topics or other related
> fields of research.
>
> HOW TO SUBMIT
> Please email proposals for papers in the form of a 500 word max
> abstract and your/the presenter’s CV by March 2, 2007 to
> [email protected]
>
>
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>
> CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS - DEADLINE March 2, 2007 (date of arrival)
>
> The conference is accompanied by an inspiring programme of public
> events and exhibitions, including screening programmes as well as
> performance-based and participatory art projects which make use of the
> BBC Big Screens Network. We are looking for existing and potentially
> adaptable projects which employ one ore more permanent or temporary
> screen.
>
> We are particularly interested in projects
> - exploring web-based content and streaming media
> - connecting screen audiences in various places
> - interactive and participatory works using bodily interfaces and
> ubiquitous communication devices
> - text pieces, video and animation which suit airing on urban screens
> - performance-based works including audiovisual performance/VJing
>
> For detailed information on the BBC screens’ system please download
> the tech sheet by following this link
> http://www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk/Call\%20for\%20Proposals\_files/
> Screens\%20Tech\%20Spec.pdf
>
> HOW TO SUBMIT
> Please send project proposals in the form of a project description,
> illustrative material and the author’s CV by March 2, 2007 to:
>
> CORNERHOUSE
> Urban Screens Conference
> 70 Oxford Street
> Manchester M1 5NH
> United Kingdom
>
> –
>
>
> dr susanne jaschko
> curator
>
> urban screens conference manchester 07
> www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk
>
> urban interface
> www.urban-interface.net
>
> t +49 (0)30 72 29 01 68
> m +49 (0)177 50 265 53
> www.sujaschko.de
>
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