CfP: (re)Actor3 Papers, Performances, and Installations
Deadine: 23 June 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS, INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCES
(re)Actor3: The Third International Conference on Digital Live Art
"This is LIVErpool"
September 2 & 3rd, 2008
Holiday Inn & Contemporary Urban Centre
Liverpool, UK
http://www.digitalliveart.com
Jointly organised by:
- BigDog Interactive
- Queen Mary, University of London
- Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool
- Interaction: The Human-Computer Interaction Group
ABOUT
Digital Live Art is the intersection of Human-computer Interaction (HCI), Live Art and Computing. (re)Actor3: The Third International Conference on Digital Live Art seeks to bring together practitioners and academics from the varying worlds of Live Art, Computing and HCI for a lively debate and event which will explore this emerging field. This year, (re)Actor3 is co-locating with one of Europe’s largest and longest running HCI conferences - HCI 2008 which is being held in Liverpool UK - host of Europe’s 2008 Capital City of Culture events. We are seeking proposals for Interactive Experiences - interactive installations, posters, demonstrations, live performances, and academic papers. We are seeking contributions addressing all aspects of Digital Live Art from guerrilla interventions to curation, with a focus this year on Live Physical Computing and UpCycling - turning yesterday’s unwanted items into Digital Live Art.
VENUE - DAYTIME EVENT
As in previous years, this year we include both a daytime and evening event. The formal daytime event will take place in parallel with HCI 2008 at the Holiday Inn, Liverpool on Wednesday 3rd September 2008. The day will consist of keynote presentations, formal papers and interactive installations.
EVENING AFTER PARTY
The daytime event will be followed by a public after party with commissioned installations, DJs, VJs and live performances. The party takes place at Liverpool’s Contemporary Urban Centre (CUC) boasting 170,000 sq feet within a Grade II listed converted warehouse. CUC aims to reflect the themes of contemporary life in the urban environment, particularly from the point of view of marginalised and excluded communities.
FUNDING
We have a limited number commissions available for live performances and installations. In addition, this year we are providing a special Artist in Residence commission at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London. You can make a request for funding or for a commission using the proposal template, which you can download at the link below. We also have a limited number of travel bursaries available for those who may not be otherwise able to make it to the conference. Please see the website for more details.
PROPOSALS
All proposals will be peer reviewed by the conference committee. Proposals must not exceed the 2-page limit and must be prepared using the proposal template provided on our website. We are accepting proposals for:
* academic paper presentations (day)
* live performances (including DJ/VJ sets) (day and evening)
* interactive installations (day and evening)
Topics of interest included but definitely not limited to:
* UpCycling and Digital Live Art
* Live Physical and Tangible Computing
* Choreography and Digital Live Art
* Curation of Digital Live Art
* Technology-mediated liveness
* Archiving Digital Live Art
* Guerrilla interventions with digital technologies
* Computing as a vehicle for social and peformative interactivity
* Human-computer interaction and intervention
* Women, performance and computing
* Audience behaviour and rules of engagement in interactive works
* Performative contracts - rule making and rule breaking
* Experimental visual and sonic interfaces for live performance
Accepted proposals will be published in the conference proceedings, included on our website, and made available through the distinguished ACM Digital Library and the British Computer Society’s eWiC digital library.
IMPORTANT DATES
Proposal submission deadline: 23rd June, 2008
Notification of acceptance: 7th July, 2008
Camera-ready copy: 14th July, 2008
Tutorial date: 2nd September, 2008
Conference & Evening event date: 3rd September, 2008
(re)ACTOR CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Tom Lloyd, Dreamtime Film
Nick Bryan-Kinns, Queen Mary, University of London
(re)ACTOR CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Jennifer G. Sheridan, BigDog Interactive
HCI 2008 CONFERENCE CHAIR
David England, Liverpool John Moores University
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Maribeth Back, FX PAL, California
Christopher Baugh, University of Leeds
Steve Benford, University of Nottingham
Russell Beale, Birmingham University
Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University
Daniel Brine, Live Art Development Agency
Susan Broadhurst, Brunel University
Linda Candy, University of Technology, Sydney
David Collins, Doncaster College
Beatriz da Costa, University of California
Steve Dixon, Brunel University
Jon Dovey, Bristol University
Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths University of London
Gabriella Giannachi, University of Exeter
Eva Hornecker, The Open University
Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency
Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham
Charles Kriel, London Metropolitan University
Sally Jane Norman, Newcastle University
Angela Piccini, Bristol University
Mark Plumbley, Queen Mary University of London
Sara Price, London Knowledge Lab, Inst. of Education
Marta Ruperez, FACT
Mark Sandler, Queen Mary University of London
Atau Tanaka, Newcastle University
Mick Wallis, University of Leeds
Martyn Ware, Illustrious Company
