call for contributions: video vortex 12, malta, conference & exhibition: september 2019
by adnan hadzi
Call for Lectures/Theory Presentations
VideoVortex XII, Malta
Conference: September 27-28, 2019
Please submit to: submissions(a)vv12.org
Deadline for lectures/theory contributions: March 15, 2019.
Please also look at our website where you can read the general call:
http://vv12.org
VideoVortex, an artistic network concerned with the aesthetics and
politics of online video, will gather again in Malta for a two-day
conference in late September 2019. In this call we are in particularly
focussed on bringing new research, theory and critiques of online video
– in addition to questions around its integration with social media – to
Malta. If you are a graduate student or researcher/critic that is
engaged with the theoretical challenges of contemporary (moving) image
cultures, please get in contact with us. If you have any specific
questions, you can also address them directly to Geert Lovink
(geert(a)xs4all.nl).
We are looking for contributions about:
1) Online video cultures on social media/mobile platforms (Facebook,
Instagram, Snapchat, smart phone aesthetics, YouTube and YouTube
integration, comments, its recommendation economy, thumbnails, etc.)
2) Realtime video streaming & its platforms (Twitter's Periscope,
Facebook Live, Twitch, etc. - their aesthetics, the performance of
streaming, their modes of spectatorship, etc.)
3) Surveillance Cinema
4) Activism, migration, and online video
5) Automated and algorithmic filmmaking (AI), bots - their affects,
their implications
6) Drone aesthetics (military, Wiki Loves Monuments)
7) Digital preservation of online video (archives / curating)
8) The phenomenology of YouTube as cultural archive
9) Use of online video in the established film industry (interface
cinema, data-driven filmmaking, etc.)
10) Algorithmic radicalisation
11) Synthetic intimacies (ASMR, 'I will play _____ with you' services, etc.)
14) Deepfakes
15) VR, embodiment, pornography
Program committee:
Andreas Treske (Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent
University, Ankara)
Toni Sant, Justin Galea, Daniel Azzopardi (Spazju Kreattiv, Malta)
Matthew Galea & Adnan Hadzi (Department of Digital Arts, University of
Malta)
Barbara Dubbeldam & Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam)
Background of VideoVortex
VideoVortex is a network of video makers, geeks, activists, artists and
researchers that are concerned with the politics and aesthetics of
online video. The initiative was established in 2007 by the Institute of
Network Cultures in Amsterdam (NL). Video technology has radically
altered the way in which we produce, consume and circulate images,
influencing the aesthetics and possibilities of moving image cultures,
as well as yielding a rich body of scholarship across various disciplines.
Given its ease of access and use, video has historically been aligned
with media activism and collaborative work. Now, however, with video's
prevalence across social media and the web, its dominance of the
internet of things, the role of the camera in both the maintinence and
breaking down of networks, in addition to the increasing capacity of
digital video to simulate that which has not occured – we require novel
theories and research. That is to say that rapidly changing
technological formats underscore the urgent need to engage with
practices of archiving and curation, modes of collaboration and
political mobilisation, as well as fresh comprehensions of the
subject-spectator, actors and networks constituted by contemporary video
and digital cultures.
Previous events:
videovortex #1: Brussels, Belgium, October 2007
videovortex #2: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 2008
videovortex #3: Ankara, Turkey, October 2008
videovortex #4: Split, Croatia, October 2009
videovortex #5: Brussels, Belgium, November 2009
videovortex #6: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 2011
videovortex #7: Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 2011
videovortex #8: Zagreb, Croatia, May 2012
videovortex #9: Lüneburg, Germany, February 2013
videovortex #10: Istanbul, Turkey, September 2014
videovortex #11: Kochi, India, February 2017
9 months, 2 weeks
Call for Workshops: Urgent Publishing conference this May in Amsterdam/Arnhem
by Miriam Rasch
Hello,
From: http://networkcultures.org/makingpublic/2019/02/14/call-for-workshops-urg...
This is an open call for workshops by artists, activists, technologists, designers, researchers, teachers, students, collectives or groups to the conference ‘Urgent Publishing: New strategies in post-truth times’ to be held on 15-17 May in Amsterdam & Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Wednesday 15th of May: Pre-conference night in Amsterdam
Thursday 16th of May: First conference day in Arnhem: sessions and panels
Friday 17th of May: Second conference day in Arnhem: workshops
During the first day of the conference (May 16th) panel sessions will be organized for three specific themes:
• The Carrier Bag Theory of Non-Fiction: Modularity / Undercommons / Multi-voice Publishing
• Means and Memes: Activist strategies against the mainstream publishing practices. A look at federated publishing, memetics, synchronization, and more.
• The Afterlife of the Publication: the continued existence of the publication in different formats, on different platforms. Does it survive & thrive or will it suffer a slow, unimportant death?
For the second day of the conference (May 17th) we are looking for workshops that can tie into these themes that are hands-on and collaborative. Zine-making, coding, visualization techniques are a few examples of what we are looking for in a workshop, but we consider anything interesting and hands-on.
Background:
The 21st century has witnessed the liberation of publishing practices. Digital technologies have brought the printing press to the masses. Who gets to publish and when, the medium used and the channels through which information is consumed have all changed drastically. An ever accelerating development of emergent technologies has lead to a wide array of emergent publishing practices, be it in the form of longreads, vlogs, zines, collaborative platforms or print-on-demand – all the while leaving the status of and love for paper books intact. A plethora of tools, applications, infrastructures, models, and hacks thus makes many futures of publishing possible. How to realize sustainable, high-quality alternatives within this domain of post-digital publishing?
Liberation comes with its downsides: while the availability of publishing technologies have helped bring different voices onto the stage, connect new communities and identify hegemonic intersections of power, they have also played a role in bringing about what is known as the ‘post-truth era’. Critical interventions have been somewhat self-referential and concentrated on the needs and demands of people and communities engaged in the history of art or avantgarde publishing. In the meantime the scale and scope of once emergent publishing practices have exploded, leaving a disenchanted public to scavenge the rubble of breaking fake news stories, information pollution and broken links. Speed and availability of publications may have increased, but the quality of the information presented and of its containers lags behind.
What is needed is a break with the old, closed pre-digital era of gatekeepers or high entry costs. Publishers, writers, researchers, designers and developers need new strategies for urgent publishing. A critical set of discourses, practices and productions to intervene in the public debate with high-quality information that can be issued in a timely manner and that will reach the desired audiences. The development of such a toolbox of strategies has been the focus of diverse critical cultures that have interacted and experimented with publishing in the last two decades. Concentrated efforts directed towards furthering these practices within the context of the current information age will open up robust futures for a publishing domain that remains forever emergent – and urgent.
Do you want to organise a workshop?
Please send in your proposal to kelly [at] networkcultures [dot] org with the following info:
• Workshop title, subject and a short description (200 words) of what you want to do
• The desired length of the workshop (both full day and half day are possible)
• Materials needed or other requirements
The deadline for proposals is Friday March 1st, 2019.
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Miriam Rasch
Institute of Network Cultures
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA
room 04A07
Rhijnspoorplein 1
NL-1091 GC Amsterdam
t: +31 20 5951865
miriam(a)networkcultures.org
www.networkcultures.org
@INCAmsterdam
9 months, 3 weeks
call for contributions: video vortex 12, malta, conference & exhibition: september 2019
by adnan hadzi
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call for contributions
videovortex xii, malta
conference: september 27-28, 2019
exhibition: 6 september until 10 november (in gallery, space c)
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deadline: 31st january 2019
please submit to: submissions(a)vv12.org
website: http://vv12.org
videovortex, an artistic network that deals with the aesthetics and
politics of online video, will gather again, this time in malta, for a
two days conference/event. there will be a separate exhibtion (from
early september to early november 2019), curated in partnership between
spazju kreattiv and video vortex, to be held in the gallery spaces of
spazju kreattiv (https://www.kreattivita.org), particularly to enable
malta-based participants to engage significantly with the conference
delegates’ work before and after the conference.
we are interested in the sharing of propositions, research,
speculations, video and film work that responds to current debates in
film, video, media, networks, and game theory, while being particularly
attentive to the implications that technologies of live video, virtual
reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence have for the
future of video & media cultures.
if you want to get involved, contribute to the conference, exhibition or
screening program, please send us a proposal on submissions(a)vv12.org.
topics:
1) video cultures on social media/mobile platforms (facebook live,
instagram, snapchat, smart phone aesthetics)
- streaming realtime video & streaming platforms
- surveillance cinema
2) online video, activism and migration
- automated and algorithmic filmmaking (ai), bots, online video archives
- drone aesthetics (e.g. wiki loves monuments)
3) digital preservation of online video (archives / curating)
- use of online video in the established film industry
films, videos & curated screening programmes:
filmmakers and video artists are invited to submit work that addresses
the themes and concepts outlined here. curators are invited to propose
short screening programmes of up to 3 hours that showcase video/film in
response to the themes outlined.
workshop proposals:
we invite video practitioners, artists, researchers, scientists, content
producers and theorists to submit proposals for workshops that explore
critical making as a mode of critique and inquiry. we are particularly
interested in hearing from those working with virtual or augmented
reality. if you are proposing a workshop, please indicate costs for
materials, as these will have to be built in separately as registration
fees. all workshop organisers will have to make their own arrangements
for materials required.
talks & lecture-performances:
we welcome proposals for presentations addressing the topics outlined in
the call, as well as proposals for
lecture-performances that play with the standard academic form of
presentation.
program committee:
andreas treske (department of communication and design, bilkent
university, ankara)
toni sant, justin galea, daniel azzopardi (spazju kreattiv, malta)
matthew galea & adnan hadzi (department of digital arts, university of
malta)
barbara dubbeldam & geert lovink (institute of network cultures, amsterdam)
background of videovortex
videovortex is a network of video makers, geeks, activists, artists and
research that work on the politics and aesthetics of online vode. the
initiative was established in 2007 by the institute of network cultures
in amsterdam. video technology has radically altered the way in which we
produce, consume and circulate images, influencing the aesthetics and
possibilities of moving image cultures, as well as yielding a rich body
of scholarship across various disciplines. given its ease of access and
use, video has historically been aligned with media activism and
collaborative work. video is driving social media and the web. it is
dominating the internet of things. cameras causing breakdowns in
networks. online video became lifelike.
rapidly changing technological formats implicate the urgent need to
engage with practices of archiving and curation, modes of collaboration
& political mobilisation, as well as fresh comprehensions of the
subject-spectator, actors & networks constituted by contemporary video
and digital cultures.
previous events:
videovortex #1: brussels, belgium, october 2007
videovortex #2: amsterdam, the netherlands, january 2008
videovortex #3: ankara, turkey, october 2008
videovortex #4: split, croatia, october 2009
videovortex #5: brussels, belgium, november 2009
videovortex #6: amsterdam, the netherlands, march 2011
videovortex #7: yogyakarta, indonesia, july 2011
videovortex #8: zagreb, croatia, may 2012
videovortex #9: lüneburg, germany, february 2013
videovortex #10: istanbul, turkey, september 2014
videovortex #11: kochi, india, february 2017
9 months, 3 weeks