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color="#000000"><b>DAC09communiqué1-17sep08<br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Greetings to all</b>.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">This is the first of
several communiqués regarding the<b> Digital Art and Culture
(DAC)2009</b> conference. The 2009 conference will occur in
mid-December, 2009, on the campus of the University of California,
Irvine, in sunny Orange County, just south of Los Angeles.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Primarily, this
communiqué is<b> an invitation for you to be involved</b> - as a
delegate, as a speaker, as a performer, as a reviewer, as a theme
leader as an event organizer, or in any other capacity. The first
three categories are self-explanatory, the paragraphs below explain
the others. Right now, the most pressing issue is the<b> Call for
Themes and Theme Leaders.</b> Further down: some details of the
calendar and the event - provisional, as they must be at this
point.</font></div>
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DAC is an international conference series established in 1998. I'm
very pleased to have the opportunity to direct this iteration of DAC.
I hope that it is a high point in the tradition of engaged and
topical, intellectually rigorous, interdisciplinary, mid-scale,
horizontally structured events which makes DAC, in my opinion,
special.<br>
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I have been involved in the world of digital art and culture for 25
years, and active in the development of interdisciplinary approaches
to practice, discourse and pedagogy. Along with my art practice and
writing, I edited an early 'new media reader' (Critical Issues in
Electronic Media, SUNY Press 1995), organized an early exhibition of
interactive installation (Machine Culture, SIGGRAPH'93). More recently
I designed and established the Arts Computation Engineering graduate
program at UCI. Further details of my work can be found at
www.ace.uci.edu/penny.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">I will send such
notices regularly to the DAC09-announce list. Every attempt will be
made to keep them brief and succinct - though this one does go on
bit. Please forward this email as you see fit. This posting is the
first large-scale test of the newly created list, and of the newly
created email address dac09dir@uci.edu. The address list is compiled
from previous DAC lists and related email lists. Apologies in advance
for any for multiple and inappropriate postings. (See below to
subscribe, unsubscribe, or notify of duplicate addresses etc.) Please
notify us at dac09inf@uci.edu if you do not get this posting
:)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">I look forward to
seeing you at what promises to be a dynamic and generative
event.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Simon
Penny.</font></div>
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<b>Themes and Theme Leaders<br>
</b>In the interests of an optimally diverse, relevant and topical
conference, DAC09 will have multiple themes. I invite all to propose
Themes for DAC09. The conference will be organized around selected
themes. I hope thiss trategy will generate an event which is
responsive to contemporary concerns while remaining focused. I
personally hope to see themes proposed in the following areas:
Software Studies/Media Archeology, Digital Art and Culture Pedagogy,
Neuroscience/Cognition/Interaction Design, Mobile Media Practices, and
other areas. Please do not hesitate to propose in these, related and
quite different themes. I am keen to support new areas of inquiry
relevant to DAC, especially themes which go beyond the usual
Euro-American academic/disciplinary preoccupations. Some massaging of
themes may be necessary. It may be necessary to subdivide themes which
receive many accepted papers. Conversely undersubscribed themes may
have to be merged or not included.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b>Call for
Themes/Theme Leaders:<br>
</b>To propose a theme title and 100 word outline is required. Note
that acceptance of a proposed theme commits proposer to functioning as
theme leader. Responsibilities will not be arduous but will include
oversight of review process for that theme, cooperating with
organisers in designing conference timetables, and identifying and
organising panel chairs.<br>
<b>Deadline for theme proposals, 15 October 2008. Send
to</b></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#800080"><u><b>
DAC09Dir@uci.edu</b></u></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000"><b> with DAC09Theme as subject line.<br>
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Call for reviewers<br>
</b>A subsequent communiqué will include a call for proposal and
paper reviewers, when the themes are confirmed.</font></div>
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<b>Call for Event Producers<br>
</b>Proposals for Exhibition Curation and Music/Performance Event
Productions are requested. This might include touring existing
exhibitions/productions or specially organized events. An
organizer/producer for Variety Night Producer is also sought.<br>
<b>Send to</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#0000FF"><u><b> DAC09Dir@uci.edu</b></u></font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b> with DAC09Events as subject
line.<br>
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Call for VaRiEtY Night Talent.<br>
</b>Do you juggle remotes, play telematic tennis, compose epic poetry
about database structures? Do you have a robot that does card tricks
or DJs, or an AI system that composes and performs poetry? Please
propose your act for variety night.</font><font face="Wingdings"
color="#000000"> :</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">
Already confirmed: the multi-talented Perry Hoberman will sing some of
his cycle of media-arts ballads, including the soon-to-be smash hit
'Motion Capture'.<br>
<b>Send to</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#0000FF"><u><b> DAC09Dir@uci.edu</b></u></font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b> with DAC09Variety as
subject line.<br>
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Call for miscellaneous suggestions and support.<br>
</b>Ideas regarding events, geographically and temporally local
tie-ins, sponsorship, constructive suggestions and offers of
assistance gladly received.<b> Send to</b></font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"><u><b>
DAC09Dir@uci.edu</b></u></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000"><b> with DAC09misc as subject line<br>
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Conference Structure<br>
</b>DAC09 will be a three-day event preceded by evening registration
and reception.<br>
Days will be structured with three sessions -<br>
Coffee: 8.30-9<br>
Morning Plenary Session: 9 -12<br>
Lunch: 12-1.15<br>
Panels1: 1.15-2.45 ( 2 or 3 parallel sessions)<br>
Break : 2.45 - 3.30<br>
Panels2: 3.30 - 5 ( 2 or 3 parallel sessions, closing
plenary on last day)<br>
Each day will include an optional evening event, ~ 7.30-10.30<br>
(Morning coffee, Lunch and afternoon break will be catered and
included in registration.<br>
Closing Banquet will be included in full registration).<br>
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The morning plenaries will involve at least one presentation
representing each Theme, and may include other relevant presentations.
Afternoon sessions will be panels or 'roundtables' organized around
Themes, with each theme being represented in a session, two
consecutive sessions on one day, or sessions across more than one day
- depending on paper acceptances etc. I want to ensure that DAC2009 is
maximally generative, so I want to support discussion, both formal and
informal. Opportunities will be available to timetable roundtable
discussions, I will do my best to ensure that question/discussion
times will not be abandoned and breaks will be long enough to allow
informal discussion.<br>
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<b>Evening Events<br>
</b>Evening 0 - registration and reception (exhibition opening?)<br>
Evening1 - Variety show. Continuing in the spirit of the show and tell
night in Perth07, his will be an informal soireé of presentations by
registrants, headlined by Perry Hoberman singing his cycle of Digital
Culture Ballads, including his (soon to be) smash hit 'Motion
Capture'. Proposals for acts and presentations in any format (from
juggling remotes to telematic tennis) are welcome.<br>
Evening2 -Music/Performance event<br>
Evening3 - Banquet/Harbor Cruise<br>
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<b>Deadlines and Key Dates (Provisional)<br>
</b>(AFAIK, the US is the only country to observe a month-day-year
date convention. In order to reduce calendric confusion, all dates for
DAC09 will be in the format '1oct08'.)<br>
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Theme proposals - 15oct08<br>
Website up and call for paper proposals - 1jan09<br>
Call for paper proposals (abstracts) - 1Jan09<br>
Deadline for paper proposals (abstracts) - 1apr09<br>
Invitation to submit papers (based on submitted abstracts) -
1jun09<br>
Advanced Registration opens - 1jun09<br>
Paper deadline - 1aug09<br>
Notice of Paper Acceptance - 1sep09<br>
Formatted paper delivery deadline - 1oct09<br>
Conference - Dec 13-16 (or thereabouts)<br>
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<b>Communication, Information Management, Contacts.<br>
</b>This year we are building a web based automated information system
which will include<br>
automated online submission and review process and online registration
by credit card. Website address will be publicized soon. It is planned
that proceedings will be online. Registrants will receive proceedings
and other documents on a DAC09 datastick at registration. Dedicate
email addresses have been created for DAC09:<br>
DAC09adm- Dustin Utt - for inquiries regarding delegate
correspondence, registration, accommodation, catering and
campus/facilities liaison.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">DAC09inf - Ward
Smith - for inquiries regarding website, submission and review
process, proceedings, information management, etc</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">DAC09dir - Simon
Penny - organisational and committee business only</font></div>
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<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Simon Penny, Professor of Arts
and Engineering - University of California, Irvine.</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia"
color="#000000">http://www.ace.uci.edu/penny</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Director, DAC09 (Digital
Arts and Culture Conference, December, 2009)</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">University of California
Council on Research 'Humanist at Large'</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Founding Director - Arts
Computation Engineering (ACE) interdisciplinary graduate
program.</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia"
color="#000000">http://www.ace.uci.edu</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Office/Post: Building 522 Room
3000, UCI Irvine, CA 92697-2790</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Director -ACTION lab for
robotics and embodied interaction</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Professor - Studio Art, Claire
Trevor School of the Arts.<br>
Professor - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Henry Samueli
School of Engineering.</font></div>
<div><font face="Skia" color="#000000">Professor - Informatics, Bren
School of Information and Computer Science.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Papyrus" color="#000000"><i>In order to do
interdisciplinary work, it is not enough to take a<br>
'subject' (a theme) and to arrange two or three sciences around
it.<br>
Interdisciplinary study consists of creating a new object, which
belongs</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Papyrus" color="#000000"><i>to no one.</i> Roland
Barthes</font><br>
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<div><font face="Papyrus" color="#000000"><i>The main point to realise
is that all knowledge presents itself within a conceptual<br>
framework adapted to account for previous experience and that any such
frame</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Papyrus" color="#000000"><i> may prove too
narrow to comprehend new experiences.</i> Neils Bohr.</font><br>
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