[artinfo] PDA Art as cultural intervention - Call for works

[Patrick Lichty]

Call for Virtual Entries and Critical Texts
"(re)distributions: Information Appliance & PDA Art as cultural intervention=
"
Exhibition/Online Symposium
Sponsored by voyd.com
July 1, 2001  October 15, 2001
Patrick Lichty, Curator

Statement:
As technological forms of art such as web-based works gain acceptance at maj=
or
cultural institutions, questions arise to the potential narrowing of
technological works to the browser, and to the representational issues of
technological art in general.  Personal Digital Assistants and informational
appliances like pagers, cell phones and connected organizers are creating a
culture of distribution and nomadism, intimacy with our machines combined wi=
th
the resultant =EBprecious-ness=ED of the information appliance, and a closer
integration of technology of the body.  The IA/PDA poses to create new cultu=
ral
modes of representation as these technologies create their own communities a=
nd
networks while not wholly relying on the Internet proper.  What are the issu=
es
of expression and artistic representation (visual, aural, narrative, etc) th=
at
the emergence of wireless technologies creates?  How does this technology
affect our relationship with one another and with these new developments?
(re)distributions will seek to address the shifts in cultural practice throu=
gh
showcasing works that utilize PDA OS, WAP or other wireless technologies to
make visible critical issues (on micro- and macrocosmic levels) relating to =
the
coming of the embedded self and the wireless Web. =20

Call for entries:
Projects for consideration will focus on works created for PDAs, like the
Pilot, Visor, and Pocket PC platforms, as well as pagers, cell phones, etc. =
and
works for information appliances utilizing various protocols, such as WAP or
Bluetooth.  Works will be judged a number of criteria, including their criti=
cal
engagement with the subject and/or audience and technical accessibility.
Palmtop applications will be hosted at voyd.com, and the artist or their
technical staff will administrate WAP/wireless installations, which will be
accompanied by suitable links and curatorial pages.

In addition, documentation for completed events or works-in-progress will be
accepted as expository works.  If response is sufficient, a separate categor=
y
will be created for this body of work.

The curatorial staff has access to Palm III only at the present time, so tho=
se
submitting other works are responsible for documenting the work in a way tha=
t
is accessible (preferably HTML).
No more than 24 works will be included in the exhibition.

Call for Essays & Texts:
In conjunction with the exhibition, critical essays are invited for submissi=
on
for inclusion in the discussion of the online exhibition.  The archives will=
 be
posted on the site, and proceedings of the works will be electronically
published as well.
=46ormat: MS Word or compatible format, 2500 words max. or multimedia=
 hypertext.=20
Abstracts (250 words), text only.

Deadlines:

Works: June 1, 2001=20

Papers/Essays:  July 15, 2001  Essays will be placed online August 1

Notification of acceptance:   June 5. 2001

Contact/submission information:
Patrick Lichty=20
Curator, (re)distributions
C/O 355 Seyburn Dr.=20
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-766-3811
USA
Voyd@voyd.com

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