Waves CFP

Begin forwarded message:

> CALL FOR PAPERS:
>
> WAVES - electromagnetic waves as material and medium of art
> (Acoustic Space. Issue #6)
>
>
> We are seeking manuscripts for the upcoming Acoustic Space journal, to
> be
> published for the 8th international Art+Communication festival that
> will
> celebrate its 10th anniversary in Riga Latvia, from August 24-27, 2006.
> For the first time the festival will be conceived as a large scale
> exhibition event that focuses on the phenomenon of "electromagnetic
> waves".
>
> The print journal, Acoustic Space is a forum for net.radio, sound art
> and
> creative explorations in the networked electro-acoustic environments.
> Now
> in its 6th edition, Acoustic Space WAVES Issue will deal with
> properties of
> waves in imaginative ways, exploring, making visible or making us feel
> waves on a host of different bands of the spectrum.
>
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> The main thesis behind the WAVES idea is that when artists take waves
> seriously as the medium of their artwork, they start questioning the
> boundaries of what can be done with this medium. Electronic
> information is
> a tightly controlled sphere. Yet artists with their electronic DIY kits
> have found numerous ways of thinking outside the box, making their own
> waves, creating alternative networks and facilities or creatively
> abusing
> existing technology.
>
> The publication seeks to offer a space of exchange for artists,
> scientists,
> media theorists, radio activists and new media practitioners who are
> exploring ideas and notions in relation to electromagnetic waves,
> spectrum
> space, and also waves as a universal principle.
>
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>
> * Themes and subthemes:
>
>> scientific/artistic: - radio astronomy - radio cryptography - spectrum
> mapping - radio oceanography - climate change research - visualisation
> and
> sonification - …
>
>> alternative communication systems: - ad-hoc networking - wireless -
>> …
>
>> wave philosophy: - wave-particle duality - wave sculpture -
> signal-to-noise ratio - determinism vs indeterminism - quantum
> spacetime
> bubbles - …
>
>> social movements: - social cycles - Kondratiev - …
>
>> psycho-esoteric-utopian: - ESP, Raudive, Jirgenson - psycho climate
> research - Tesla - Schauberger - …
>
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>
> We encourage you to submit abstracts first. Proposals and inquiries
> regarding submissions should be made to Rasa Smite <[email protected]>
>
> Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2006 (for abstracts)
>
> (+ for finished texts: April 15, 2006)
>
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>
> * Conceptual background:
>
> By Armin Medosch
>
> Pantha Rei - everything flows
>
> Radio waves occur naturally. Society puts the biggest emphasis on the
> ability of waves to carry signals. Radio, television and mobile
> telephony
> are some of the most widely used applications. The worlds fixation on
> content and its socio-political implications makes us forget the waves
> themselves. The proposed exhibition takes a look at the physical
> properties
> of waves. Waves are considered to be 'immaterial' from the point of
> view of
> visual art. However, light is just a specific band in the spectrum of
> electromagnetic waves. Some of the properties of waves change
> according to
> their frequency and wavelength. It is worthwhile looking at those
> properties and exploring their implications for art. Wave-like
> phenomena
> play an important role in various aspects of reality, from the physical
> consistency of the world (audio-, air-, water-waves) to
> Kondratiev-cycles
> and the carbon-cycle (the storage and release of CO2 by oceans and
> forests).
>
> A materialistic analysis of waves reveals that there is a direct
> relation
> between the wavelength and the length of an antenna - the device
> necessary
> to receive and send waves. [lambda] = the wavelength of an
> electromagnetic
> wave is the result of the speed of light divided by the frequency. For
> instance, the frequency on which wireless lan operates, is 2.4
> Gigahertz.
> 300 000 / 2400 000 = 0.125 km or 12.5 cm. The length of the antenna
> needs
> to be [lambda]/2 = 6.25 cm or multiples of it. Through this formula
> expresses itself a link between immaterial wave and physical object.
> The
> antenna as an object combines sculptural and functional aspects.
>
> We cannot speak about waves without mentioning wave/particle duality.
> Light
> and electromagnetic radiation are actually not only waves but also
> exhibit
> properties of particles. Wave-particle duality also applies to matter.
> Thus, the 'building bricks' of matter need to be understood also as
> waves.
> The relationships between wavelength, mass, energy and speed offer
> exciting
> possibilities for an artistic exploration of the ontological status of
> affairs. Since 100 years we cannot take the physical status of the
> world
> for granted and must live with an understanding of spacetime which is
> counter-intuitive and hard to visualize. For art, this is an
> interesting
> opening, a chance to ask the big questions about fundamentals such as
> time,
> space, energy and substances.
>
> It is a basic property of waves to create connections. Through the
> antenna
> we get access to Hertzian space. Artists using electromagnetic waves as
> their medium are creating wave-sculptures, real-time connections in
> time
> and space, which allow us to enter another space. Those connections
> can go
> both ways from formlessness to form and structure and back – the
> materialisation of the inconcrete and its opposite.
>
> Around planet earth a tight information sphere has been formed. Whereas
> some artists explore this thicket of global communication networks with
> various probing techniques, it becomes increasingly clear that it does
> not
> make much sense to add just another communication channel to this
> already
> babilonic mess. Increasingly artists focus on experimenting with their
> own
> signals and systems instead of relying on the commodified information
> infrastructures of the global media sphere. By creating mobile ad-hoc
> networks or by pointing antennas towards outer space or the depth of
> oceans
> artists literally open up the horizons towards the possibilities of a
> new
> way of seeing and interacting with the world.
>
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> * Editorial team:
>
> Concept: Armin Medosch <[email protected]>
> Editors: Rasa Smite <[email protected]>, Armin Medosch, Raitis Smits
>
> * Contact: [email protected]
>
> Address:
> The RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture
> 11. Novembra Krastmala 35 - 201, Riga, LV 1050, Latvia.
> Tel. +371-7228478, +371-6546776 (mob.),
> Fax: +371-7228477
> URL: http://rixc.lv
>
> http://rixc.lv/waves
>
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