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Subject: RHIZOME DIGEST: 03.17.06
From: digest@rhizome.org (RHIZOME)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:30:22 -0800
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RHIZOME DIGEST: March 17, 2006

++ Always online at http://rhizome.org/digest ++

Content:

+note+
1. Patrick May: Director of Technology's report, March 2006
2. Lauren Cornell: Rhizome Commissions deadline approaching: April 1

+opportunity+
3. sachiko hayashi: Call: Stereophonic Soundscape
4. Lauren Cornell: EYEBEAM seeks Development & Public Relations Associate
5. Julian Bleecker: Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology, Summer
2006 Fellowship Call for Proposals
6. Lauren Cornell: Eyebeam seeks Programming and Events Coordinator
7. digital AT junction.co.uk: ENTER: Call for commissions

+work+
8. Chris Barr: Bureau of Workplace Interruptions

+announcement+
9. celiap AT uci.edu: MASSIVE: Summit on the Future of Networked Multiplayer
Games
10. laurenawright AT gmail.com: Sites and Para-Sites: Networking Art, Monday
March 20, ICA
11. Jon Thomson: FRAMED - Slade Research Studios, London

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Rhizome is now offering Organizational Subscriptions, group memberships
that can be purchased at the institutional level. These subscriptions
allow participants at institutions to access Rhizome's services without
having to purchase individual memberships. For a discounted rate, students
or faculty at universities or visitors to art centers can have access to
Rhizome?s archives of art and text as well as guides and educational tools
to make navigation of this content easy. Rhizome is also offering
subsidized Organizational Subscriptions to qualifying institutions in poor
or excluded communities. Please visit http://rhizome.org/info/org.php for
more information or contact Lauren Cornell at LaurenCornell AT Rhizome.org

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1.

From: Patrick May <patrick AT rhizome.org>
Date: Mar 17, 2006
Subject: Director of Technology's report, March 2006

Hello everybody!

This is Patrick May, the new Director of Technology at Rhizome. During the
month of February, Francis trained me on everything Re: Rhizome. He's
done a great job with the site, and his truly professional handling of the
transition process has allowed me to hit the ground running.

Over the last month and a half, I updated these areas of Rhizome:

== ArtBase Submission and Approval
The ArtBase submission and approval process is almost entirely managed
through email. The notification system that updated both Marisa and the
artists was disrupted by the redesign process.

Email can be an unreliable medium, and I'd like to make sure the
submission process isn't disrupted by any future problems with email
notifications. I developed internal web-based tools to help us keep track
of ArtBase submissions. I am developing a web-based tool so everyone can
track and manage their own ArtBase entries.

When this is released, I hope that the ArtBase submission process will
become more transparent and easier to navigate.

== User profiles
There was some confusion as to whether one had to be a member, or a user,
to update one's bio, resume, and thumbnails. Since this information is
accessible for users (via Artbase or RAW posts), we removed all
restrictions on editing this information.

== Payment Process
We re-arranged the payment process to only require a billing address if
one is paying by credit card on the Rhizome site. Additionally, there
were "Internal Server Errors" from the credit card processing form that
have been corrected. If you experience any problems with registration,
please don't hesitate to email us:

registration AT rhizome.org

== Organizational Subscriptions
I worked on our internal tools for tracking and delivering organizational
subscriptions. This should lead to more reliable service to these
organizations.


Well, that's it for now. I hope to report on some exciting projects soon,
I'll keep in touch :-)

Cheers,

Patrick

--
Patrick May
Director of Technology
Rhizome.org
phone: (212) 219-1288 x202
AIM: cyclochew

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2.

From: Lauren Cornell <laurencornell AT rhizome.org>
Date: Mar 17, 2006 10:32 AM
Subject: Rhizome Commissions deadline approaching: April 1


Hello:

Just a reminder that the deadline to submit proposals for Rhizome's annual
cycle of commissions is coming up soon: April 1.

Please submit your proposals, and help us get the word out!

http://www.rhizome.org/commissions/

Thanks,
Lauren

Rhizome Commissions 2006-07
Call for Proposals

+ Deadline for proposals: April 1, 2006 +

Rhizome is pleased to announce that with support from the Greenwall
Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs, between eight and eleven new Internet art projects will
be commissioned in 2006.

The fee for each commission will range from $900 $3,000.

Artists are invited to submit proposals for new works of Internet-based
art. There is no required theme. The works can manifest offline, as long
as the Internet is a primary vehicle in the creation of the work, and the
final work is accessible online, whether through a web browser, software,
or some other use of internet technologies.

When evaluating proposals, the jury will consider artistic merit,
technical feasibility, and online accessibility. Although we will provide
some technical assistance with final integration into the Rhizome web
site, artists are expected to develop projects independently and without
significant technical assistance from Rhizome.

+ How to Submit a Proposal +

The jury will only consider proposals from members of Rhizome.org. To sign
up for Rhizome membership, please visit:
http://rhizome.org/preferences/register.rhiz

There are two parts to proposal submission:
1. You must create a proposal in the form of a web site that
includes the following key elements:

+ Project description (500 words maximum) that discusses your project's
core concept, how you will realize your project, and your project's
feasibility. If you plan to work with assistants, consultants, or
collaborators, their roles and (if possible) names should be included.

+ You are encouraged, but not required, to include a production timeline
and a project budget, which should include your own fee. If you have
other funding sources for your project, please indicate this in your
budget.

+ Your resume or Curriculum Vitae. For collaborative groups, provide
either a collective CV or the CV's of all participants.

+ Up to 5 work samples. Note: More is not necessarily better. You should
include only work samples relevant to your proposal. If your proposal has
nothing to do with photography, don't include images from your
photography portfolio. Please provide contextualizing information (title,
date, medium, perhaps a brief description) to help the jury understand
what they are looking at. The work sample can take any form, as long as
it is accessible via the web.

When designing your web-based proposal, please note that the jury will
have limited time for evaluations, so try to make your site clear and
concise.

When your web-based proposal is complete, you are ready for Part Two of
the proposal process:

2. Submit your proposal for a Rhizome Commission via an online form at
http://rhizome.org/commissions/submit/.

We do not accept proposals via email, snail mail, or other means.
Proposals will be accepted until 12:00AM EST (that's New York time) on
Saturday, April 1, 2006. The form requires the following information:

+ Name of artist or collaborative group
+ Email address
+ Place of residence (city, state/province, country)
+ Title of the project (this can be tentative)
+ Brief description of project (50 words maximum)
+ URL of web-based proposal


+ Jury +

Proposals will be reviewed by a jury consisting of Lauren Cornell,
Executive Director of Rhizome; blogger Regine Debatty of
we-make-money-not-art, net artist Olia Lialina, Professor at Merz
Akademie, Stuttgart; artist and writer Eduardo Navas, also founder and
contributing editor of Net Art Review and New Media Fix; and Marisa S.
Olson, artist and Editor and Curator-at-Large at Rhizome.

Rhizome members will also participate in the evaluation and awarding
process through secure web-based forms. In this phase of evaluation,
Rhizome members will be directed to the submitted web-based proposals.
While this more open jurying process does mean that proposals could
possibly be discussed publicly, there have been no reported conflicts or
abuses of information reported.

+ Winners +

Winners will be contacted on or after May 23rd, 2006. Each winner will be
asked to sign an agreement with Rhizome.org governing the terms of the
commission. Commissioned projects will be listed on the main Rhizome
Commission page and included in the Rhizome ArtBase.

+ Questions +

If you have any questions about the Rhizome Commissions, send an email to
commissions AT rhizome.org.


--
Lauren Cornell
Executive Director, Rhizome.org
New Museum of Contemporary Art
210 Eleventh Ave, NYC, NY 10001

tel. 212.219.1222 X 208
fax. 212.431.5328
ema. laurencornell AT rhizome.org

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3.

From: sachiko hayashi <look AT e-garde.com>
Date: Mar 13, 2006
Subject: Call: Stereophonic Soundscape

STEREOPHONIC SOUNDSCAPE

Call for Works

The Digital Art Weeks of ETH Zurich and the Stereolith Speaker System
Company, Switzerland, would like to invite audio artists to submit
soundscape works. Each work must be in stereo and not more than 10 minutes
in length. The works will be chosen on their ability to "evoke" the
presence of things or beings in space and to the extent in which the work
"immerses" the listener into a completely imaginary sonic environment.

Stereolith is an innovative reproduction system for the re-creation of
recordings made to playback in stereo. Unlike traditional loudspeaker
configurations, the Stereolith is a single construction in which both the
"left" and the "right" channels have been incorporated. In this way, the
system can be installed at any point within the listening space and allows
the listener to experience
a true stereo effect of each work from any point within the space as if it
was a live event.

Please submit all works in .aiff format on a CD. Please include the title
of the work, a short description of it no more than 100 words)and a short
biography of the author of the work (no more than 50 words). Selected
works will be presented on the Stereolith Systems over a period of 4 days
from the 12th to the 15th of July 2006 in the VisDome of ETH Zurich in
conjunction with the exhibition Zeitschnitt which will include projected
works from various artists throughout Europe. Information about each audio
artist, soundscape work and the time it can be heard will be announced in
the events program.

Deadline: Friday, 14th April 2006.
Notification of acceptance of proposals will be sent out on or before
Friday, 5th May 2006.

For more information regarding the call please write to:
arthur.clay AT inf.ethz.ch

For more on the Digital Art Weeks 06, please see:
www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch

For technical information on the Stereolith and for purchasing purposes,
please see the following URL link:
http://www.stereolith.ch

Please send all submissions to:

Art Clay
Computer Systems Institute
ETH Zentrum, RZ H 18
Clausiusstrasse 59
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland

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4.

From: Lauren Cornell <laurencornell AT rhizome.org>
Date: Mar 14, 2006
Subject: EYEBEAM seeks Development & Public Relations Associate

See below for details -- Lauren

Eyebeam, a not-for-profit art & technology center located in New York's
Chelsea art district, is currently seeking a Development-
Public Relations Associate. This full-time position offers opportunity for
professional and individual growth within an arts organization dedicated
to promoting creation and experimentation with new technologies. Work
with energetic staff to a) strengthen
development program while broadening support; b) publicize innovative
public programming, exhibitions, projects, and events and c) help to build
community.

Eyebeam is a not-for-profit arts and technology center which fosters the
creative use of new technologies through research and production
initiatives, education programs and the presentation of new work. Founded
in 1997, Eyebeam is dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to
new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and
demonstrating new media as a significant genre. For more information and
current programming please visit: http://www.eyebeam.org

For more information and application instructions please visit
http://www.eyebeam.org/about/about.php?page=jobs

Application closing date: March 27, 2006

Development-Public Relations Associate

Responsibilities:

Development
- Write and prepare grant applications and proposals;
- Research, identify and help to cultivate relationships with donors and
prospects;
- Maintain development calendar;
- Assist with event management;
- Maintain electronic and paper donor files.

Public Relations
- Continually research, update and maintain press contact list and database;
- Assist with distribution of press releases and promotional material to
media, exhibitions/events listings and mailing lists;
- Work with Development and Communications staff to refine language,
institutional positioning, and message points;
- Assist with fielding press inquiries as needed.

General
- Participate in annual planning and contribute to operational plans for
the organization;
- Work with organizational committees, as designated;
- Other administrative duties as required.


Proficiency Skills/Interests/Qualifications:

- Independent and creative thinker.
- Organized, self-starter, able to initiate and follow through with projects.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience with and understanding of local, national and international
funding sources and media.
- Familiarity relaying and manipulating information with new technologies.
- Interest in critical issues related to culture, philanthropy, art and
technology
- Bachelor¹s Degree with a minimum of 3 year¹s experience

Salary: $32,000 - $34,000 with Health Benefits

Please send resume with cover letter and two writing samples to:
winnie AT eyebeam.org or fax 212-937-6582, Attn: Winnie Fung
No phone calls, please.

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Rhizome ArtBase Exhibitions

http://rhizome.org/art/exhibition/

Visit "Net Art's Cyborg[feminist]s, Punks, and Manifestos", an exhibition
on the politics of internet appearances, guest-curated by Marina Grzinic
from the Rhizome ArtBase.

http://www.rhizome.org/art/exhibition/cyborg/

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5.

From: Julian Bleecker <julian AT techkwondo.com>
Date: Mar 15, 2006
Subject: Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology, Summer 2006 Fellowship
Call for Proposals

The University of Southern California's Institute for Multimedia Literacy
is pleased to announce a third annual Fellowship program for summer 2006
to foster innovative research for its digital publishing venture, Vectors:
Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular.

First launched in 2005, Vectors is an international electronic journal
dedicated to expanding the potentials of academic publication via emergent
and transitional media. Moving well beyond the text-with-pictures format
of much electronic scholarly publishing, Vectors brings together visionary
scholars with cutting-edge designers and technologists to propose a
thorough rethinking of the dynamic relationship of form to content in
academic research, focusing on the ways technology shapes, transforms and
reconfigures social and cultural relations.

Vectors adheres to the highest standards of quality in a strenuously
reviewed format. The journal is edited by Tara McPherson and Steve
Anderson, with Creative Directors Erik Loyer and Raegan Kelly and Lead
Programmer Craig Dietrich, and is guided by the collective knowledge of a
prestigious international board.

About the Fellowships
Vectors Fellowships will be awarded to up to eight individuals or teams of
collaborators in the early to mid- stages of development of a scholarly
multimedia project related to the themes of Difference or Memory.
Completed projects will be included in Volume 3 of the journal in 2007.
Vectors features next-generation multimedia scholarship, publishing work
that can only be realized in an online format.

Volume Three, Issue One: Difference
>From Charles Babbage's 19th century 'Difference Engine' to Derrida's 1980s
neographism 'Differance,' the notion of difference has served as a
provocative metaphor for thinking about language, culture, politics,
technology and identity. This issue of Vectors encourages diverse
examinations of the notion of difference as it plays out in a variety of
cultural spheres, discourses and practices. We are interested in a
broadly-conceived notion of difference, one that engages technology and
culture or that might be productively examined through the format of an
interactive multimedia journal. In particular, we seek proposals that
foreground the cultural or political manifestations of racial, gender,
national, religious, ethnic, geographic, technological or economic
differences.

Possible areas of investigation include but are not limited to:
-historical and future conceptions of difference
-rethinking otherness, multi-culturalism, convergence
-technologies of difference
-legacies + limits of 1990s theories and manifestations of difference
-sounding out difference(s)
-afro-futurism, speculative differences, future species
-sameness and/or difference, the logics of both/and
-rethinking identity; difference/multiplicity/fragmentation
-post-Katrina, post-9/11, post-racism
-post-feminist gender differences
-war and ethnic/religious differences
-economic disparity and cultural differences

Volume Three, Issue Two: Memory
Jean Luc Godard's dictum that 'only the hand that erases can write'
underscores the ironic and contradictory status of memory in postmodern
culture. In an age when both history and memory are routinely
characterized as being at an end, it is more important than ever to
closely examine the epistemological precepts and rhetorical strategies by
which we engage, remember and speak about the past. This issue of Vectors
explores a range of possible frameworks for thinking about memory as a
phenomenon that is fundamentally entangled with the discourses of
competing disciplines, political imperatives and cultural contexts. We are
particularly interested in proposals that engage the eccentric, disruptive
and dynamic potentials of memory as it relates to history, media,
technology, and/or the sciences.

Possible areas of investigation include but are not limited to:
-the impact of proliferating technological and prosthetic forms of memory
-scientific and medical visualization
-visual memory, media and popular culture memories
-memorialization, reminiscence, recall
-the role of nostalgia, desire, psychology and narrative
-amnesia, displacement, erasure, regeneration
-the dynamic interplay of remembering and forgetting; 'creative
forgetting,' 'active forgetting'
-memory as practice, process and ritual
-reconstruction, reenactment, rescripting and remixing of memories
-counter-memory, chaos and resistance
-discontinuous, fragmentary or disruptive visions of the past
-individual vs. social, cultural and popular memory

About the Awards
All fellowship recipients will participate in a one-week residency June
19-23, 2006 at USC's Institute for Multimedia Literacy, where they will
have access to state of the art production facilities. Fellows work in
collaboration with world-class designers and Vectors' technical support
and programming team throughout the project's development, typically
during a span of 3-5 months.

The residency will include colloquia and working sessions where
participants will have the chance to develop project foundations and
collectively engage relevant issues in scholarly multimedia. Applicants
need not be proficient with new media authoring, but must demonstrate
familiarity with the potentials of digital media forms. Evidence of the
capacity for successful collaboration and for scholarly innovation is
required. Fellowship awards will include an honorarium of $1500 for each
participant or team of collaborators, in addition to travel and
accommodation expenses.

About the Proposals
We are seeking project proposals that creatively address issues related to
the themes of Difference and Memory. While the format of the journal is
meant to explore innovative modes of multimedia scholarship, we are not
necessarily looking for projects that are about new media. Rather, we are
interested in the various ways that 'old' and 'new' technologies suggest a
transformation of scholarship, art and communication practices and their
relevance to everyday life in an unevenly mediated world.

Applicants are encouraged to think beyond the computer screen to consider
possibilities created by the proliferation of wireless technology,
handheld devices, alternative exhibition venues, etc. Projects may
translate existing scholarly work or be entirely conceived for new media.
We are particularly interested in projects that re-imagine the role of the
user and seek to reach broader publics. Work that creatively explores
innovations in interactivity, cross-disciplinary collaboration, or
scholarly applications for newly developing scientific or engineering
technologies are also encouraged.

Proposals should include the following
* Title of project and a one-sentence description
* A 3-5 page description of the project concept, goals and outcome. This
description should address questions of audience; innovative uses of
interactivity, address and form. Please also detail the project's argument
and its contribution to multimedia scholarship and, more generally, to
contemporary scholarship in your field.
* Brief biography of each applicant, including relevant qualifications and
experience for this fellowship
* Full CV for each applicant
* Anticipated required resources (design, technical, hardware, software,
exhibition, etc.)
* Projected timeline for project development
* Sample media if available (CD, DVD, VHS (any standard), or NTSC
Mini-DV); for electronic submissions, URLs are preferred but still images
may be sent as e-mail attachments if necessary)

Projects that articulate a clear understanding of the value of multimedia
to their execution will be the most successful. Take seriously the
questions 'Why does this project need to be realized in multimedia? What
is to be gained by the use of a rich media format for the argument or
experience I aim to present?'

Electronic applications are preferred. Please submit to:
vectors [at] annenberg [dot] edu

Mailing address
Vectors Summer Fellowships
Annenberg Center for Communication
746 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-7727

Priority will be given to applications received by April 15, 2006.
Fellowship recipients will be notified in May 2006.

Additional Information

For additional information about Vectors and the Vectors Summer Fellowship
Program, please visit http://www.vectorsjournal.org

Questions may be directed to Tara McPherson tmcphers [at] usc [dot] edu or
Steve Anderson sfanders [at] usc [dot] edu

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Rhizome.org 2005-2006 Net Art Commissions

The Rhizome Commissioning Program makes financial support available to
artists for the creation of innovative new media art work via
panel-awarded commissions.

For the 2005-2006 Rhizome Commissions, eleven artists/groups were selected
to create original works of net art.

http://rhizome.org/commissions/

The Rhizome Commissions Program is made possible by support from the
Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial, the
Greenwall Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support has
been provided by members of the Rhizome community.

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6.

From: Lauren Cornell <laurencornell AT rhizome.org>
Date: Mar 16, 2006
Subject: Eyebeam seeks Programming and Events Coordinator

A second job opening at Eyebeam. -- Lauren

Eyebeam, a not-for-profit art & technology center located in New York's
Chelsea art district, is currently seeking a full-time Programming and
Events Coordinator to assist with the development, coordination and
promotion of innovative exhibitions, performances, seminars and other
related public programming and special events. We seek a creative
individual, familiar with current contemporary art practices, in
particular new media, technology, and art and science related practices,
who can assist with the development of a critically rigorous schedule of
temporary exhibitions, inclusive public programs and imaginative special
events. Reporting to the Executive Director and the Director of Strategy
and Development the responsibilities include the development,
implementation, outreach and evaluation of all public programs and events.

Eyebeam is a not-for-profit arts and technology center which fosters the
creative use of new technologies through research and production
initiatives, education programs and the presentation of new work. Founded
in 1997, Eyebeam is dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to
new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and
demonstrating new media as a significant genre. For more information and
current programming please visit: http://www.eyebeam.org

For more information and application instructions please visit
http://www.eyebeam.org/about/about.php?page=jobs

Application closing date: March 27, 2006

Programming and Events Coordinator

Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement, in consultation with other staff, a presentation
schedule for temporary exhibitions, performances, seminars, workshops and
related public programs and special events, including the development of
innovative opening events;
- Assist with the development, planning and execution of fund raising events;
- Assist with the planning and development of exhibitions and oversee
their fabrication and installation;
- Seek out collaborative programming opportunities with other
organizations and institutions whenever possible;
- Plan and develop special projects such as publications that support the
public?s appreciation and knowledge of new media and technology;
- Ensure a high level of quality and professionalism in the presentation
of all temporary exhibitions, events and interpretive
materials;
- Supervise contracted labor and/or volunteers.

Assist Executive Director and Director of Strategy and Development as
needed with:

- Exhibition files and information management, curatorial research and
interpretive writing, program related correspondence, assisting with
development of interpretive materials;
- Preparing annual programming and exhibition budgets;
- Ensuring that exhibition and programming-related reporting requirements
are met in a timely and professional manner;
- Preparing grant applications for ongoing exhibition and programming
needs as well as special projects;
- Participate in annual planning and contribute to operational plans for
the organization;
- Work with organizational and programming committees, as designated;
- Other administrative duties as required.

Qualifications:

- Academic qualification in a field related to the position (e.g. Arts
Management, New Media, Art and Technology, Art History) or
equivalent combination of education and work experience;
- Proven practical experience (minimum 2 years) in the development and
installation of temporary and/or permanent exhibitions and in the
development of public programming, preferably related to art, technology
and/or history;
- Writing and publication experience an asset including demonstrated
ability in writing grant applications;
- Experience working with community groups and volunteers;
- Experience working independently and as an effective team member;
- Highly motivated, creative, flexible and innovative thinker;
- Willing to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends;
- Experience in project management;
- Excellent multi-tasking skills, highly organized;
- Strong computer skills.

Salary: $32,000 - $34,000 with Health Benefits

Please send resume with cover letter and a sample of your written work
with the subject heading "Programming and Events Coordinator" to:
winnie AT eyebeam.org or fax 212-937-6582, Attn: Winnie Fung. No phone calls,
please.

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7.

From: digital AT junction.co.uk <digital AT junction.co.uk>
Date: Mar 17, 2006
Subject: ENTER: Call for commissions

ENTER - EXPLORATIONS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY ART

is pleased to announce

that it will commission three media arts projects in 2006/07 for its
festival Unknown Territories: Adventures in Space in Cambridge (UK)
between 25-29 April 2007.

We are looking for new work that engages with audiences regionally,
nationally and/or globally. Although Cambridge is at the heart of the
festival, the commissions should have a wider geographical and time-based
spread.

Deadline for submissions is 1 June 2006.

You can find additional information and submission forms on:
www.enternet.org.uk

If you want to receive regular enter news, please e-mail to:
enter AT junction.co.uk

Annette Wolfsberger
---
Festival Director
enter - Explorations in New Technology Art
www.enternet.org.uk

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8.

From: Chris Barr <chris AT chrisbarr.net>
Date: Mar 16, 2006
Subject: Bureau of Workplace Interruptions

Hi Rhizomers,

This message is to announce a new participatory project, The Bureau of
Workplace Interruptions.

http://www.interruptions.org

The Bureau of Workplace Interruptions is an "intimate bureaucracy" created
to challenge our relationship to efficiency and productivity. BWI uses
interruptive technology such as email, snail mail, and the telephone, as
well as in-person visits to create invisible theatre that steals time from
the realm of work and capital.

Thanks,
Chris

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9.

From: celiap AT uci.edu <celiap AT uci.edu>
Date: Mar 15, 2006
Subject: MASSIVE: Summit on the Future of Networked Multiplayer Games

MASSIVE will engage 25 speakers and Approximately 80 registrants from
industry and academia in a dialog about the future design, technical and
cultural challenges presented by massively multiplayer games, current and
future research agendas from both industry and academia, and case studies
and future models for industry academia collaboration.

For info and registration, visit http://www.isr.uci.edu/events/massive/

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From: laurenawright AT gmail.com <laurenawright AT gmail.com>
Date: Mar 15, 2006
Subject: Sites and Para-Sites: Networking Art, Monday March 20, ICA

Sites and Para-sites: Networking Art

The ICA, Brandon Room
The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
Monday, March 20
7:30 pm
£3/£2 ICA members
Tickets: ICA box office 020 7930 3647

The London Consortium, the ICA and NODE.London present a conversation on
how networks make artworks.

Why might (or might not) media artists and organisations choose to utilise
networks to generate and distribute artworks? What does the prevalence of
networks in media arts reflect about the increasingly networked character
of contemporary culture and society? What are some of the advantages and
disadvantages of the network model in comparison to other organisational
structures? A panel of professionals with differing relationships to media
arts and its networks will examine these questions and invite discussion
from the audience.

Panel includes Ruth Catlow, artist, co-founder and co-director of
Furtherfield.org and HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Practice] and a
Voluntary Organiser for Node.London ; Kelli Dipple, integrated media and
performance artist and Webcasting Curator at Tate; Shu Lea Cheang, digital
artist working in the field of net-based installation, social interface
and film production; Tom Corby, artist, writer, curator, academic at the
University of Westminster, and editor "Network Art: Practices and
Positions," recently published by Routledge; Helen Sloan, director of
SCAN, the new media art agency in the South of England; and moderator,
Professor Steven Connor, Academic Director of the London Consortium.

www.londonconsortium.com
www.nodel.org

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From: Jon Thomson <j.thomson AT ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Mar 17, 2006
Subject: FRAMED - Slade Research Studios, London

You are invited to FRAMED

A Slade Centre for Electronic Media event as part of the Node.London
season of media art events

23 - 24 - 25 March 2006

Join us between 6-9 pm on Friday 24 March for an evening of live
performances and webcasts

Slade Research Centre
Woburn Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0AB

Open: Thurs 23, 12-8pm, Fri 24, 12-9pm, Sat 25th, 12-6pm

With some audio works also broadcast on Resonance 104.4 fm, London?s Art
Radio Station.

Check website for updated schedule and details on all works, events and
Directions and to book a session to see the work in the UCL Immersive VR
Laboratory

http://www.scemfa.org/framed

To coincide with the NODE.London season for media arts and to mark the
10th anniversary of the Slade Centre for Electronic Media

From works exploring transmission, networking and time to palm pilot
drawings, live chat room, sound performances as well as experimental
works developed in collaboration with UCL's Immersive VR Laboratory
exploring physiological input devices, this event is intended to provide
a snapshot of the broad range of interests, exploration and
investigations in this area.

Lanfranco Aceti
Tom Badley
Alex Baker
Ben Barwise
Ramona Behravan
Dale Berning
Rebecca Birch
Martin John Callanan
Ana Cavic
Georgia Chatzivasileiadi
Susan Collins
Phil Coy
Amy Cunningham
Dream Products Co
Simon Elliston
Anita Wernstrom & Jennie Fagerstrom
Simon Faithfull
Penny Florence
Brett Foreman
Judith Goddard
Florencia Guillen
Tim Head
Louisa Clarke and Jaye Ho
Nick Hornby
Will Hurt
Alex Impey
Janice Kerbel
Richard Lockett
Brighid Lowe
Sunee Markosov
Viveka Marksjo
Vaishali Pathak & Katie Miller
Suzi Webster & Katie Paterson
Salomon Rogberg
Jack Southern
Naoko Takahashi
Thomson&Craighead
Timo Vaittinen
Jon Velardi
William West
Patrick White
Eli Zafran

Supported by Arts Council England

With additional support and assistance from University College London?s
Multimedia Resources and Information Systems Remote Support Team, Dr Doron
Friedman and UCL's Immersive VR Laboratory and Adi AV

The Slade Centre for Electronic Media is part of the Slade School of Fine
Art, University College London

http://www.scemfa.org/framed

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