Call for Exhibition Proposals - DIS 2004 Boston

Call for Exhibition Proposals - DIS 2004 Boston

Exhibition Overview

DIS 2004 is keen to further encourage interchange between artists and
designers engaged with exploring the boundaries of interactive
technologies, through the addition for the first time of an exhibition
programme of design and art projects. Accepted submissions will also be
eligible for the DIS 2004 Design Awards. If you wish your work to be
considered for the design awards please see the Design Awards section of
the DIS 2004 website - www.sigchi.org/dis2004

We particularly encourage:

-exhibits relating to industrial/commercial design projects
-interactive performance and installation based work
-site-specific interactive work
-work that 'leaks out' into the surrounding
environment/community/context, or that encourages the surrounding
environment/community/context to 'leak into' the conference
-web and screen based work
-interactive installations/performances
-work that explores new forms of interaction, or exploits emerging
interaction technologies
-work that blurs boundaries between e.g. interaction design and product
design, interaction design and architecture, interaction design and
fashion, etc.

Submission Process

Entry is a two stage process:

Pre-proposal round to establish general suitability and technical
requirements. Everyone who submits a pre-proposal will be provided with
review feedback which will offer guidance for the preparation of the
final proposal Proposal round for final selection of exhibits.

Pre-proposals

The pre-proposal stage allows proposers to gain valuable feedback from
the exhibits review committee about their idea before committing to a
full proposal. Pre-proposals consist of:

- names and contact details of the proposers
- a brief (400 word max) outline of the work
- a technical summary of the requirements for exhibit
- a summary of the interaction experience for the audience and an
indication of how much space will be required for the exhibit
- a clear statement as to what technical support will be required from
the exhibits committee and what technical needs will be met by the
proposer
- websites may be used to support an application


Final proposals

Final proposal packages should include the following information and
supporting materials. In general they will include the following:

- names and contact details of the proposers
- a technical summary of the requirements for exhibit
- a summary of the interaction experience for the audience and an
indication of how much space will be required for the exhibit
- a clear statement as to what technical support will be required from
the exhibits committee and what technical needs will be met by the
proposer
- c. 750 word max proposal outlining the aims and objectives of the
project, and the form of the exhibit (screen shots, mock-ups etc may be
included as appendices)
- brief CVs of the proposers including details of previous exhibits (if
any)
- samples of the work: designs must be submitted via four (4) copies of
physical media (CDROM, DVD, PC Format Diskette or NTSC or PAL VHS
Videotape)
- we accept existing web sites as support material, but if they are not
operational at the time of review, the proposal will be rejected.

Exhibition co-chairs: Catriona Macaulay (Centre for Interactive Media
Design, University of Dundee, UK) and Hyun-Yeul Lee (MIT Media Lab, US)


Important Dates

Pre-proposal submission deadline: January 20th 2004

Notification of pre-proposal feedback: February 10th 2004.

Final proposal submission deadline: March 10th 2004

Notification of results: May 1st 2004

Exhibition/conference dates: 1st ^?4th August 2004

Submissions (pre-proposals via email please, final proposals via mail)
should be sent to:

Dr Catriona Macaulay
School of Design, Centre for Interactive Media Design
University of Dundee
Faculty of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT
UK
Email: [email protected]