The Week Ahead: Unlawful Citizens Edition

Pinar & Viola, Scandal Acqua - 2013 Surface Collection.

Today, multiple news outlets report that opposition to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan grows amidst harsh government responses to peaceful protests. Meanwhile, the man who shared previously classified information about the corruption of Middle Eastern despots, thereby helping spark the Arab Spring, goes on trial today in the United States.

Here are several of the week's listings, culled from Rhizome Announce

Maryland

June 5: CONFABULATION: Symposium on 3D in the Classroom addresses the importance of digital 3D literacy in education. 

Vilnius

June 6 & 7: We Are Museums. This 2-day conference focuses on the integration of the museum into people's daily lives and the use of digital tools to help museums become more connected and accessible. 

Zagreb

June 7: Alexandra Reill: Quoting Walter Benjamin @upgrade!zagreb is a series of real-time performances and a print compilation demonstrating the relevance of theorist Walter Benjamin's work to contemporary media technologies.

London

June 8: Opening of Glitch Moment/ums, an exhibition featuring seven artists who subvert our ordinary relationship with technology by hacking the hardware of familiar devices to disrupt their software and digital artifacts. Featuring Alma Alloro, Melissa Barron, Nick Briz, Benjamin Gaulon, José Irion Neto, Antonio Roberts and Ant Scott.

Deadlines

Artists:

June 6: Open Call: Park in Progress / City Sonic International Sound Art Festival. A one-week residency application open for European artists looking to realize  inter- or multidisciplinary work with a sound dimension. 

June 10: Call for Participation: Touch.My.Print ISSUE02. A project exploring the concept of photography as data rather than image; Participants download a photograph to use as data input for the creation of new works. 

June 10. Call for Submissions: Public Assembly: An Alternative Summer Show. In response to the extinction of Cooper Union's tuition-free education, students, graduates, and alumni of any institution are invited to submit work relating to the theme 'Free as Air and Water'.

June 10: Call for Submissions: Video Works - The AC Institute. Any subject or theme is welcome; videos will be featured for two or three week exhibition periods as solo exhibitions.

Jobs:

June 7: Deadline to apply for the position of ADJUNCT PROFESSOR - CONCEPTS IN GAMING, HUNTER COLLEGE, CUNY