<nettime-ann> Fwd: [spectre] Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art)

[Mason Dixon <xchicago@gmail.com>]

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> From: "Turbulence" <turbulence@turbulence.org>
> Date: October 6, 2008 3:05:27 PM CDT
> To: "'Jo-Anne Green'" <jo@turbulence.org>
> Subject: [spectre] Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art)
> Reply-To: turbulence@turbulence.org
>
> PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT:
>
> Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art)
>
> A Juried International Competition
>
> Call for Proposals
>
> Deadline: December 15, 2008
>
> http://turbulence.org/networked
>
> Five writers will be commissioned to develop chapters for a  
> networked book
> about networked art. The chapters will be open for revision,  
> commentary, and
> translation by online collaborators. Each commissioned writer will  
> receive
> $3,000 (US).
>
> Networked Committee:
>
> Steve Dietz (Northern Lights, MN) :: Martha CC Gabriel (net artist,  
> Brazil)
> :: Geert Lovink (Institute for Network Cultures, The Netherlands) ::  
> Nick
> Montfort (Massachusetts Institute for Technology, MA) :: Anne Bray (LA
> Freewaves, LA) :: Sean Dockray (Telic Arts Exchange, LA) :: Jo-Anne  
> Green
> (NRPA, MA) :: Eduardo Navas (newmediaFIX) :: Helen Thorington (NRPA,  
> NY)
>
> Networked Partners:
>
> New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (NRPA) :: newmediaFIX :: LA  
> Freewaves ::
> Telic Arts Exchange
>
> "A networked book is an open book designed to be written, edited and  
> read in
> a networked environment." - Institute for the Future of the Book
>
> Networked Goals:
>
> (1) To commission five chapters and publish them online using Wiki/ 
> blog
> technology to enable the public to revise, update, debate and  
> translate them
>
> (2) To present public forums to publicize the online book and solicit
> participation in its development.
>
> Networked Objectives:
>
> :: To develop and publish an online, trans-disciplinary book that will
> address recent artistic developments made possible by computers,  
> networks,
> and mobile connectivity
>
> :::: To present the book in an open, participatory and social form
>
> :::::: To document:
>
> :::::::::: the collapse of the traditional distinction between  
> artist, art
> work and audience
>
> :::::::::: the shaping of creative practice that is open, contingent  
> and
> participatory
>
> :::::::::: the building of virtual communities which, in the words  
> of Howard
> Rheingold, "becomes inevitable wherever computer mediated  
> communications
> technology becomes available to people anywhere." (The Virtual  
> Community,
> 1993)
>
> We invite contributions that critically and creatively rethink how  
> networked
> art is categorized, analyzed, legitimized -- and by whom -- as norms  
> of
> authority, trust, authenticity and legitimacy evolve.
>
> "Networked" proposes that a history or critique of interactive and/or
> participatory art must itself be interactive and/or participatory;  
> that the
> technologies used to create a work suggest new forms a "book" might  
> take.
>
> We hope to spark a conversation between researchers and practitioners,
> curators, artists, and academics in the fields of art (music, sound,  
> dance,
> e-lit, visual art .), architecture, convergence, mapping, urbanism,  
> games,
> sociology, visualization, cultural studies, and environmental studies.
>
> In keeping with the transdisciplinary nature of the book, authors may
> consider, but are by no means limited to, themes such as:
>
> :: cyberspace and identity
> :: ubiquitous computing - surveillance, politics, and privacy
> :: avatars, wearables, bioart and embodiment
> :: collective storytelling, audio narratives and sound art
> :: virtual worlds, mixed realities
> :: locative media - place, mobility, augmented reality
> :: massively multiplayer online games - networked play
> :: responsive architecture and relational environments
> :: social networks
> :: nomadism, psychogeography, and the city
> :: tactical media - performance, agency and activism
> :: open source and crowdsourcing
> :: Originality, copies, remix, mashup
>
> All papers will be reviewed by our international committee.
>
> Commissioned chapters, as well as contributions by collaborators,  
> will be
> subject to the Creative Commons License Attribution-Noncommercial- 
> Share
> Alike 3.0/Unported: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
>
> Once the chapters are published online, registered users will be  
> able to
> revise, add to, and translate the existing texts. There is no end  
> date for
> the project. When "Networked" has attracted substantive  
> participation, we
> will consider publishing a print version of the project, which may  
> itself be
> updated over time.
>
> GUIDELINES:
>
> Submissions must be based on original, unpublished research. They  
> should
> include:
>
> 1. Name, address, URL, email and one page CV of author.
>
> 2. A 1000 word proposal that should be accompanied by an abstract of  
> no more
> than 250 words and a list of keywords to indicate the subject area  
> of the
> chapter. [Each of the commissioned chapters will contain text, images,
> videos, and/or audio.]
>
> 3. Three networked writing samples. Samples may include a blog  
> entry, a
> Wikipedia article the applicant worked on extensively, or samples  
> from any
> other participatory project (send URLs).
>
> Acceptable Submission Formats: Either a web page (send url in an  
> email) or a
> single text document (send as an email attachment)
>
> Final chapters must be no less than 5,000 words.
>
> Submissions and Questions should be sent to: jo at turbulence dot org
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> Deadline for Proposals: December 15, 2008
> Notification: January 31, 2009
> Deadline for Complete Chapters: April 30, 2009
> Online Publication Date: July 1, 2009
>
> Join our Facebook group:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82123410550
>
> Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
>
> Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
> New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
> New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
> Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
> Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
> Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
> Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
> New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
>
>
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