hello!
We are happy to announce that we have extended the deadline for
CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the 3rd Renewable Futures conference, which
with the title HYBRID LABS will take place in Espoo (near Helsinki
where Aalto University campus is located), May 30-June 1, 2018,
hosted by Aalto university
The Deadline (extended) - February
26, 2018
Apply here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls2018
Welcome to Helsinki!
best regards,
Rasa
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Call for Proposals – DEADLINE EXTENDED!
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RF 2018: HYBRID LABS SYMPOSIUM
The Third Edition of RENEWABLE FUTURES, Art and Science
Conference series in North-Europe,
Celebrating Leonardo's 50th Anniversary / In the framework
of Aalto Festival
May 30 – June 1, 2018
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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APPLY NOW: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls2018
Deadline Extended – February 26, 2018
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Hybrid Labs is the third edition of Renewable Futures
conference that aims to challenge the future of knowledge
creation through art and science collaboration. The HYBRID
LABS will take place from May 30 to June 1, 2018 at Aalto
University in Espoo, Finland, in the context of Aalto
Festival. Celebrating 50 years of Leonardo journal and
community, the HYBRID LABS conference will look back into
the history of art and science collaboration, with an intent
to reconsider and envision the future of hybrid laboratories
– where scientific research and artistic practice meet and
interact.
http://hybridlabs.aalto.fi
Our three-day media event medley includes:
* MAY 30, 2018 – EXHIBITION OPENING
Opening Programme features Oslofjord Ecologies Extended
exhibition opening, curated by Kristin Bergaust on behalf of
Art in Society research group at HiOA. The exhibition is
based on results of artistic research processes following
common workshops, field trips and earlier exhibitions and
performances linked to the Creative Europe project Renewable
Futures and the Nordic collaboration Hybrid Labs.
* MAY 31, 2018 – RENEWABLE FUTURES CONFERENCE
Renewable Futures conference will begin with keynotes
addressing HYBRID LABS topic from different broader
perspectives. Parallel tracks of presentations will discuss
the future of HYBRID LABS, art and science collaboration,
focusing on five main topics:
- hybrid practices (in art and science),
- hybrid storytelling,
- hybrid fabrication,
- hybrid reality,
- hybrid economies.
* JUNE 1, 2018 – COLLABORATORY DAY, CELEBRATING LEONARDO'S
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Collaboratory day and Leonardo birthday celebration includes
guided tours of several of the Otaniemi campus laboratories
and a workshop on collaboratory methods during the morning
followed by afternoon keynote, sauna, and dinner. The topic
of the keynote will be about Arts and Science collaboration
and planetary healing. Also throughout the Lab tours, we
want to stress the heritage aspects of the spaces, the
campus and innovative aspects of art and science
collaboration.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Roger MALINA / Executive Editor, Leonardo Publications at
M.I.T Press / Professor, the University of Texas at Dallas.
- Nina CZEGLEDY / Artist, Curator and Educator on Art,
Science and Technology / Leonardo Community, Toronto, Canada
- and TBC
More info: http://hybridlabs.aalto.fi/hls-2018-cfp-hybrid-labs-symposium-2018/
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(Step 1)
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS (Abstracts)
We welcome submissions by academic researchers, designers,
artists, scientists, students, social entrepreneurs,
visionaries and other creative thinkers and practitioners to
submit their proposals related to the conference theme.
* Topics:
- hybrid practices – combining art and science,
technology and ecology, digital and biological in research
and education
- hybrid storytelling – heritage and storytelling for
linking virtual with the material domain of everyday life
- hybrid fabrication – innovative maker trends in art and
design practices
- hybrid reality – interventions into the uncritical
excitement about virtual reality, artificial intelligence
and machine learning
- hybrid economies – artistic practices in-between sharing
and selling, networking and fabricating
* Types of Presentations:
The proposals could be submitted for the following types of
presentations:
- academic papers (full / short)
- artistic presentations (performative lectures /
performances / participatory sessions)
- poster sessions
* Submission Guidelines:
The conference proposals should include:
- Title and abstract (250 words max – text fields 'Title'
and 'Abstract'), mandatory;
- five to six keywords (text field 'Keywords'), mandatory;
- short biography: 100 words (text field 'Comments'),
mandatory;
- you can also upload a file containing any additional
relevant information, optional;
(if you already now, please indicate in your abstract if you
want to submit pictures or videos (max 100Mb) as part of
your final submission)
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DEADLINES
* Deadline for Conference Proposals (Abstracts) EXTENDED –
February 26, 2018
* APPLY NOW! https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls2018
* Notifications of acceptance March 9, 2018
* Deadline for selected participants to submit their
academic papers (for pre-review) or slide presentations (for
artistic presentations and performances) – May 14, 2018
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(Step 2)
CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS – FOR SELECTED ABSTRACTS:
After receiving the notifications, the selected participants
will be asked to submit their Full/Short Papers (working
version – for pre-review), Posters (layout) and Artistic
Presentations (Slides) by May 14, 2018.
1. Full/Short Paper Submission:
If your abstract for full/short paper will be selected, you
will be asked to submit full/short paper for pre-review
before the conference (working version). All papers must be
original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal
or conference:
- Full papers are up to 6000 words long including references
and the presenter must prepare 20+10 minutes presentation.
- Short papers are up to 3000 words long including
references and the presenter must prepare 10+5 minutes
presentation.
2. Artistic Presentations:
presentations should be prepared as powerpoint or keynote
slides.
3. Posters:
Posters should be made in A1 format, and submitted as PDF.
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Shortly after the conference, the selected participants will
be asked to submit their final version of the paper for
peer-review. The submitted papers will undergo the
double-blind peer-review process to be published in Acoustic
Space journal series (Vol. 18, 2019).
When submitting your final papers, you should keep in mind
the following:
- Your name. Delete your name from the first page or where
ever it is mentioned in the paper.
- Acknowledgements. Please delete or mark “Acknowledgements
removed”, if you have acknowledgements or thanks to those
who helped you with the paper.
- Document properties. Please don’t send word or similar
documents, because it might include personal information in
the document (for example in Word, go to file à properties).
Send your paper in pdf-format.
- Self-citation. Please anonymize your references or
citations to your previous works.
- Images and Videos. Please hide all such information that
can reveal you in videos or images you are sending along
with your paper.
* About Acoustic Space
The papers from the first Renewable Futures conference are
published in Acoustic Space vol. 16, which with the title
"RENEWABLE FUTURES. Art, Science and Society in the
Post-Media Age" was published in 2017, by RIXC and Liepaja
University; editors - Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits, in
tribute to Armin Medosch.
The papers from the previous (the 2nd) Renewable Futures
conference are going to be published in Acoustic Space vol.
17, which will come out in May 31, 2018, and will be
presented during the Hybrid Labs symposium.
More info about the Acoustic Space, peer-reviewed journal
series:
http://acousticspacejournal.com
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REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE:
https://eage.aalto.fi/?f/en/HLS2018
Early Bird Fee is available until 15 April, 2018.
- Early Bird Price (for Speakers and Visitors): 68 EUR (full
price 86 eur).
- Early Bird Student Price: 42 EUR (full student price 56
eur).
Included: Coffee and Snacks, Sauna and Dinner (Lunch is not
included), pre-review of submitted papers.
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COMMITTEES
Conference Chair
- Prof. Lily DIAZ-KOMMONEN
The Local Conference Organisational Board
- Prof. Lily DIAZ-KOMMONEN / Head of Research Department of
Media, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and
Architecture, Espoo, Finland
- Prof. Rasa SMITE / Liepaja University, RIXC, Riga, Latvia
/ FHNW, Basel Switzerland / MIT ACT, Boston, US
- Prof. Kristin BERGAUST / Oslo and Akershus University,
Norway
- Nina CZEGLEDY, Leonardo Community, Toronto, Canada
- Juhani TENHUNEN / Aalto Studios, Espoo, Finland
- Saara MÄNTYLÄ / Department of Media, Aalto University,
Espoo, Finland.
The International Scientific Board of Renewable Futures
Conference
- Prof. Lev MANOVICH / Cultural Analytics Lab / The Graduate
Center, City University of New York, US
- Ph.D. Jussi PARIKKA / Winchester School of Art /
University of Southampton / UK
- Ph.D. Geoff COX / School of Communication and Culture,
Aarhus University, Denmark
- Assoc. Prof. Laura BELOFF / IT University, Copenhagen /
Finnish Bioart Society, Helsinki, Finland
- Prof. Ursula DAMM / Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
- Dr. Vytautas MICHELKEVICIUS / Nida Art Colony, Vilnius
Academy of Arts, Lithuania
- Ph.D. Margrét Elísabet ÓLAFSDÓTTIR / Art Education at the
University of Akureyri, Iceland
- Assoc. Prof. Ilva SKULTE / Riga Stradins University,
Latvia
- Dr. art. Piibe PIIRMA / Tallinn University / Estonian
Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
- Ph. D. Raivo KELOMEES / Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn,
Estonia
- Prof. Miško ŠUVAKOVIĆ / Faculty for Media and
Communication, University Singidunum, Belgrade, Serbia
- Dr. Ellen PEARLMAN / Parsons / New School University, New
York, USA
- Ph.D. Chris HALES / Assist. Prof. and Study Director of
New Media Art Doctoral Programe, Liepaja University,
Liepaja, Latvia
- Raphael KIM / Media and Arts Technology, Queen Mary
University London, UK
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Venue: Aalto University, Otakaari 1 x, Espoo Finland
Contact: lily.diaz@aalto.fi
| saara.mantyla@aalto.fi
Hybrid Lab's and Renewble Futures Partner Network:
- Aalto University, Espoo/Helsinki, FI
- RIXC Center for New Media Culture, Riga, LV
- Art Research Lab / Liepaja University, Liepaja, LV
- Art in Society Research Groups / Oslo and Akershus
University College of Applied Sciences - HiOA
- Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, NL
- Hangar, Barcelona, ES
- Ars Longa, Paris, FR
http://renewablefutures.net/
Support: NORDPLUS, Aalto University
http://hybridlabs.aalto.fi
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Dr Rasa Smite
Artist, Curator and Founder of RIXC, The Center for New
Media Culture in Riga,
Professor in New Media Art / Art Research Lab / Liepaja
University,
Researcher in The Institute of Aesthetic Practices / The
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Lecturer at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology /
School of Architecture and Planning
Phone: +371-26546776
http://rixc.org
http://smitesmits.com
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Dr Rasa Smite
Artist, Curator and Founder of RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture in Riga,
Professor in New Media Art / Art Research Lab / Liepaja University,
Researcher in The Institute of Aesthetic Practices / The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Lecturer at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology / School of Architecture and Planning
Phone: +371-26546776
http://rixc.org
http://smitesmits.com