[artinfo] CFP: Consciousness Reframed 9 - New Realities : Being Syncretic - Vienna, 3-5 July 2008

[Adele Eisenstein]

From: "claudia westermann" <media at ezaic.de>


CALL FOR PAPERS


 
Consciousness Reframed 9: Vienna, 3-­5 July 2008


Consciousness Reframed is an international research conference that was first
convened in 1997, and is now in its 9th incarnation. It is a forum for
transdisciplinary inquiry into art, science, technology and consciousness,
drawing upon the expertise and insights of artists, architects, performers,
musicians, writers, scientists, and scholars, usually from at least 20
countries. Recent past conferences were convened in Beijing and Perth Western
Australia. This year, the conference will be held on the main campus of the
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. The conference will include
researchers associated with the Planetary Collegium, which has its CAiiA- hub
at Plymouth and nodes at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arte, Milan, and the
Z&#195;&#188;rcher Hochschule der K&#195;&#188;nste, Z&#195;&#188;rich.



Call for Papers


New Realities : Being Syncretic 
We cordially invite submissions from artists, theorists and researchers
engaged in exploring the most urgent issues in the realm of hybrid inquiries
into the fields of art, science, technology and society through theory and
practice alike. We specifically encourage submissions that re-frame the
concept of innovation in its relationship to progress and change within the
context of perception and its transformation.
The Conference will be accompanied by a Book of Abstracts and the Conference
Proceedings including full papers and a DVD, due to be released autumn 2008 by
the renowned scientific publisher SpringerWienNewYork.



Submissions 


Submission of Abstracts: Abstracts (500 words maximum) are due January 7th,
2008. They should be submitted as an attached document in Text (txt), Rich
Text (rtf), or Acrobat Reader Format (pdf) by e-mail to: cr9 at uni-ak.ac.at 



Submission Requirements 


Include in your submission the title of the proposed paper, full name(s) of
author(s), institutional affiliation(s), and your mailing address, including
email/mobile/phone and URL as applicable. Five key words, and a short
biography of 100 words maximum are also required. Your Abstract must be
accompanied by a declaration of intention to attend the conference. We
encourage submissions to include relevant images. However, the total file size
of the abstract submission should not exceed 500 KB. 



Acceptance 


Abstracts will be acknowledged on receipt, and authors will be notified of
acceptance by February 11th, 2008. 



Submission of Full Papers 


Your paper (no more than 2500 words) will be required by June 26th, 2008.
Papers received after this date will not be published. Full details of
copy-ready requirements will be supplied at the time of acceptance. 



Presenters Fee 


In order to be included in the Abstracts publication, Conference Programme,
Conference Proceedings, publicity and announcements, including the Website,
the Registration Fee must have been paid by March 3rd, 2008. The Registration
Fee for presenters will be 250 &#8364; and  includes the Book of Abstracts anlong
with a copy of the Conference Proceedings. 
Details of how to pay the registration fee will be given on the registration
form available at the time of acceptance. 



Conference Committees


Conference President
Gerald Bast, Rector, University of Applied Arts Vienna


Chair, Scientific Committee
Roy Ascott, President Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth/UK 


Members of the Scientific Committee
Gerald Bast
Jim Gimzewski
Pierre L&#195;&#169;vy 
Ryohei Nakatsu
Michael Punt
Ruth Schnell
Barbara Maria Stafford
Alfred Vendl
Victoria Vesna
Peter Weibel
Claudia Westermann 


Chair, Planning Committee 
Wolfgang Fiel 


Members, Planning Committee
Margarete Jahrmann, Claudia Westermann 


Abstracts
Co-Editors: Wolfgang Fiel, Margarete Jahrmann 


Conference Proceedings
Publisher: SpringerWienNewYork
Co-Editors: Roy Ascott, Gerald Bast, Wolfgang Fiel



Website


For further information visit the conference website 
http://cr9.dieangewandte.at