[artinfo] Hacker Space Fest - Call For Papers (CFP) - June 2008

[Philippe Langlois]

Hello,

What would the Internet look like without hackers? What would 
computing look like without free and open source software? What would 
the culture look like with DRM and closed media channels everywhere? 
Where do art and technology merge? Would Gilbert Simondon be happy if 
he were alive today? Many questions will be debated during the first 
Hacker Space Fest from the 16th to the 22nd June 2008 near Paris, in 
the industrial outskirts of Vitry-sur-Seine.

The first Hacker Space Fest (HSF) will be held at the /tmp/lab near 
Paris, France in June 2008. The goal of this festival is to bring 
together people from many cultural and technological backgrounds and 
from different Hacker Spaces and Autonomous zones in France and 
Europe (and from beyond, if they can attend) to share and show what's 
going on.

The broad term "hacking" is understood in this context as "creative 
use of technology" and not "illegal computer break in" (we don't buy 
the political & media terror-inducing FUD).

This festival is autonomous, non-profit and collaborative. We 
encourage you to contribute in any way to this adventure by joining 
our team for this event, submitting a conference, proposing a 
workshop or organizing a live concert, a performance, an art 
exhibition or a sister event at your home location.

The language for the festival speakers is English or French 
(depending on submissions, we'll have either one combined track or 
one conference track per language). You can reach us for any question 
on irc://irc.freenode.net/frlab
 
1/ Submissions

Each submission is expected in one of the following formats: 
conference, workshop/demo, or performance (live/sound/video/...)

1.A/ Conference

Presentation format:
* 45 minute talk + 10 minutes of questions
* Video-projected slides
* Internet connectivity possible

Topics we're interested in:
* Hacker spaces & hack labs around the world
* Arts & Technology
* Media-related performances
* Cyberpunk counter-culture and underground philosophy
* Sound / Music / Video & technology
* Street art & urban invasions
* Viral artforms
* Cultural mutant activities
* Hackers and innovations
* Education & technology
* Development through technologies & novel social organizations (in 
developed and developing countries)
* International relationships in covert / underground communities
* Privacy tools
* Mesh WiFi and Mesh-everything
* Reverse Engineering (hardware and software)
* P2P networks & applications
* Freedom-respecting VoIP (confidentiality / covertness)
* Security testing
* Circuit bending
* Making technology easier to modify / understand / mutate / create with
* DIY Alternative energies
* Fun technologies
* Covert / Stealth communications networks & tools
* Current issues and trends in Copyrights, Software patents combats 
and mass network surveillance
* CCTV and ways to protect your privacy
* Interactive / sensor technologies or cultural practices
* Free/Open hardware
* Autonomous zones
* Rural technology applications
* Lightweight Operating Systems
* Food, nature and health in a modern / contemporary world

1.B/ Workshop/Demonstration

Format:
* 30mn to 2 hours workshop/demonstration (demos tend to be shorter)

Topics:
* All topics specified in the conference submission (see above)
* DIY electronics
* Operating Systems installations & usages (Linux & other FOSS 
distributions, innovative OSes, ...)
* Network discovery tools
* Wifi / Bluetooth / Zigbee / CPL equipments & DIY techniques
* Content management solutions for communities


1.C/ Performance

Performances with Music / Artwork / Sound / Video

Format:
* Public-inclusive performance, performative demonstration or exhibition
* Indoors or outdoors
* Any kind of medium
* Musical performances with be held in a "placard" format: music for 
headphone festival, with 1 hour slots (cf. http://leplacard.org/)


2/ Evaluation

All the proposals will be evaluated by the Program Committee using 
the following criteria:

  1. Innovative topic
  2. Open technology
  3. Demonstration / Live oriented
  4. DIY reproducibility
  5. Fun potential

3/ Submission guidelines

3.A/ All the proposal must include the following information:

* Title of the submission:
* Presenter Name:
* Organization / Company:
* Short bio:
* Summary / Abstract:
* Topics/Keywords:
* Includes a demonstration? YES/NO
* A new tool or version is released during this event? YES/NO
* Format: Conference / Workshop / Demonstration
* Internet connectivity needed? YES / NO
* Language: French / English


3.B/ Acceptable formats
* Open Document
* PDF
* Plain Text
* RTF

3.C/Address

Send your submission to:
hsf2008-cfp at lists.tmplab.org

3.D/ Dates
Submission begins: 19 March 2008
Submission deadline: 15 May 2008
Accepted submission notification: 20 May 2008
Program publication: 20 May 2008


Thanks and see you soon,
HSF Coordination Team.
http://www.tmplab.org/wiki/index.php/Hacker_Space_Fest