2nd Call for X

xCoAx 2016: 4th International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X (July 2016, Bergamo)

Dates: 7-8 July 2016

Location: Bergamo, Italy

Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2016

xCoAx is an exploration of the intersection where computational tools and media meet art and culture, in the form of a multi-disciplinary enquiry on aesthetics, computation, communication and the elusive x factor that connects them all.

Since 2013, xCoAx has been an occasion for international audiences to meet and exchange ideas, in search for interdisciplinary synergies among computer scientists, artists, media practitioners and theoreticians at the frontiers of digital arts and culture.

The focus is on the unpredictable overlaps between the chaos and freedom of creativity and the rules and determinism of algorithms, between human nature and machine technology, with the aim to evolve towards new directions in aesthetics.

In 2016 xCoAx will go back to where it started: the S.Agostino campus of the University of Bergamo, a familiar place made fresh by exquisitely renovated premises where we look forward to hosting you and your work.

The xCoAx Organising Committee is very proud to announce that the keynote speaker will be Computer Art pioneer Frieder Nake, with a talk titled âThe Disappearing Masterpieceâ.

Topics:

You are invited to submit theoretical, practical or experimental research work that includes but is not limited to the following topics:

* Computation

* Communication

* Aesthetics

* X

* Algorithms / Systems / Models

* Artificial Aesthetics

* Audiovisuals / Multimodality

* Creativity

* Design

* Interaction

* Games

* Generative Art / Design

* History

* Mechatronics / Physical Computing

* Music / Sound Art

* Performance

* Philosophy of Art / of Computation

* Technology / Ethics / Epistemology

Important dates

Submission deadline: 31 January 2016

Notifications: 21 March 2016

Registration deadline for first authors: 18 April 2016

Delivery of final versions for publication: 18 April 2016

Exhibition opening: 6 July 2016

Conference: 7-8 July 2016

Additional information and submission details

* All works must be submitted via EasyChair â https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xcoax2015

* Submissions must be original and will be rigorously reviewed by an international and multidisciplinary scientific committee, in a process that will assess originality, relevance, aesthetic and technical achievements;

* Reviewing will be double-blind for papers, single-blind for artworks and performances, please omit all information about the authors in double-blind submissions;

* Papers may be up to 10 pages long, following the format in the Word template â http://xcoax.org/xcoax2015template.docx ;

* Artworks and performances should be accompanied by a two-page abstract formatted using the same template and by one or more URLs for access to relevant media assets;

* Submissions should be presented as .pdf files with all the media files embedded or linked to online resources. Final versions for publication should be delivered in .docx with all the images and other media files attached as independent files;

* All images and media assets must be cleared for publication by the authors;

* At least one of the authors of each contribution must register to the conference before the first author registration deadline in order for the work to be published in the proceedings;

* xCoAxâs working language is English;

* xCoAxâs conference proceedings (with ISBN) will be published online,

* A selection of works will be published in a forthcoming special issue of CITARâs Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts;

* Please contact the program chairs at info@xcoax.org with any questions regarding submissions.

Conference format

Wednesday, July 6: Opening of the exhibition, reception cocktail.

Thursday, July 7: Conference and keynote. Presentations will be organized in panels chaired by a moderator that will lead a final discussion with authors and audience. A guest keynote will close the sessions for the day.

Thursday, July 7, evening: Performances.

Friday, July 8: Conference.

Friday, July 8, evening: Conference dinner.

Friday, July 8, night: Algorave.

Registration

Full registration: â 150 â before April 18th (one author per paper; includes entry to conference and performances, does not include conference dinner)

Reduced registration: â 50 â (non-presenting co-authors, authors without academic affiliation, general public; includes entry to conference and performances, does not include conference dinner)

Conference dinner: â 25 â (not included in the registration, also open to non-registered accompanying persons).

Scientific committee

Alessandro Ludovico, Neural / Academy of Art Carrara

Alex McLean, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Research in Music, University of Leeds

Alice Eldridge, University of Sussex

Alison Clifford, University of the West of Scotland

Ãlvaro Barbosa, University of Saint Joseph, Macao

AndrÃ Rangel, CITAR / Portuguese Catholic University

Andreas Muxel, KÃln International School of Design, University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Andreas Zingerle, University of Art and Design, Linz

Arne Eigenfeldt, Simon Fraser University

Bongkeum Jeong, m-iti â Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute

Carlos Guedes, New York University Abu Dhabi

Chandler McWilliams, UCLA

Christian Faubel, Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Christoph Illing, sinuous.de

Cretien Van Campen, Netherlands Institute for Social Research

Cristina SÃ, CITAR / School of the Arts, Portuguese Catholic University in Porto

Damian Stewart, Artist, Vienna

Daniel Schorno, STEIM

Diemo Schwarz, IRCAM

Francesca Pasquali, University of Bergamo

Francesco Monico, Ars Academy Research / Planetary Collegium

Francisco Cardoso, Lima Independent Artist, Aveiro

Heitor Alvelos, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto

JoÃo Cordeiro, CITAR, University of Saint Joseph, Macao

Jason Reizner, Faculty of Computer Science and Languages, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

Jon McCormack, Monash University

Julio D'EscrivÃn, University of Huddersfield

LIA, Artist, Vienna / FH Joanneum, Graz

Linda Kronman, Danube University Krems

LuÃs Gustavo Martins, CITAR / Portuguese Catholic University

LuÃsa Ribas, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon

Manuela Naveau, Ars Electronica

Mario Verdicchio, University of Bergamo

Martin Kaltenbrunner, KunstuniversitÃt Linz

Matthew Aylett, Royal Society Research Fellow, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

Miguel Carvalhais, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto

Mitchell Whitelaw, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra

Monty Adkins, University of Huddersfield

Nathan Wolek, Stetson University

Nicolas Makelberge, Symbio

Nina Wenhart, Linz

Pablo Garcia, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Paulo Ferreira Lopes, Portuguese Catholic University, School of Arts

Pedro Cardoso, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto

Pedro Tudela, i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto

Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra

Philip Galanter, Texas A&M University

Roxanne LeitÃo, The Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University

Rui Torres, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto

Simone Ashby, m-iti â Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute

Teresa Dillon, Independent Curator, Artist, Research & Educator

Tim Boykett, Time's Up

Titus von der Malsburg, University of Potsdam

Thor Magnusson, University of Sussex / ixi audio

Valentina Nisi, University of Madeira

Yolanda Vazquez-Alvarez, University of Glasgow

Organizing committee

AndrÃ Rangel, CITAR / Portuguese Catholic University

Alison Clifford, University of the West of Scotland

Graeme Truslove University of the West of Scotland

Jason Reizner, Faculty of Computer Science and Languages, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

Mario Verdicchio, University of Bergamo (Conference Chair)

Miguel Carvalhais, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto

Pedro Tudela, i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto

Contacts

info@xcoax.org

twitter: @xcoaxorg

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