Jennifer de Felice on Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:37:30 -0600 |
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Symptoms and Home Remedies Hi-Tech 97 Exhibition Dates: October 3rd - October 23rd, 1997 Symptoms and Home Remedies: Exhibition Symptoms and Home Remedies uses the metaphor of illness as a point of departure for the presentation and discussion of new media art and art making and its relationship to current events and trends in European or Western culture. The focus embraced, however, not restricted to are the 'symptomatic' aspects of concepts such as cultural unification and democratization through the aid of information technology. Hi-Tech 97 will feature video works, multimedia installations, network-based projects, and performances. Please note, however, that work in all mediums will be considered. To submit a project please fill in the following and send either via e-mail or post to the address below: Name: Address: E-mail address: Telephone number: Project description (please include technical support information): Symptoms and Home Remedies: Symposium A series of talks, presentations, and performances will address problems such as: + What issues do work employing information technologies often/rarely address? What are the dis/advantages of information technologies? + What areas of cultural diversity are abandoned or rarely examined in hopes of creating more 'global' work? + How is ethnicity represented/ignored in work from areas which are racially diverse? + What role does Western Europe play in the development of new media art in Central and Eastern Europe? What ideals or goals does it present for the artist? How does the artist deal with these themes in their work? To submit an abstract of a paper, presentation or performance to be considered for the in Symptoms and Home Remedies Symposium please fill out the following: Title of the paper: Author(s): Institutional affiliation (if any): Chosen theme: Abstract, 500 words maximum: Brief biography, 100 words maximum: Audio-visual equipment requirements: Contact information (e-mail preferred): Submissions can be made via e-mail or via post at the address below. The selection will be made by the Hi-Tech 97 committee made up of academics, theorists, artists and technicians in the field. Previously published and/or papers which have been presented at other forums, if relevant, may be presented. All abstracts and papers will be published in the proceedings. DEADLINES Deadline for reception of abstracts: May 15th, 1997 Notification of selection for presentation: June 1st, 1997 Hi-Tech 97 is the fourth annual Hi-Tech exhibition. Hi-Tech is cooperatively organized by the Video-Multimedia-Performance Studio and Silicon Graphics Corporation. FaVU VUT Brno Video-Multimedia-Performance Atelier Kvetna 34 602 00 Brno The Czech Republic (420-5) 43 21 14 48 tel/fax jennifer@ffa.vutbr.cz