<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"abinadimeza" <<A href="mailto:abinadimeza@gmail.com">abinadimeza@gmail.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">20 August 2005 11:10:59 PM GMT+08:00</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:pimatalk@yahoogroups.com">pimatalk@yahoogroups.com</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>[pimatalk] call for works: Spark Festival, Minneapolis</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:pimatalk@yahoogroups.com">pimatalk@yahoogroups.com</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <TT> University of Minnesota School of Music, Noel Zahler, Director<BR> Announces<BR> 2006 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art<BR> Douglas Geers, Director<BR> West Bank Arts Quarter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus<BR> February 22-26<BR> <BR> CALL FOR COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, and PRESENTERS<BR> Submission Deadline: September 30, 2005 (postmark)<BR> <BR> The University of Minnesota School of Music is proud to present the 2006 Spark Festival of <BR> Electronic Music and Art, February 22-26. The festival will be held on the Minneapolis <BR> campus of the University of Minnesota (USA) and at the Walker Center for Art, Minneapolis. <BR> Now in its fourth year, the Spark Festival showcases the newest groundbreaking works of <BR> digital music and art. Last year's festival included innovative works by over one hundred <BR> international composers and artists, including featured guest artists Philippe Manoury and <BR> DJ Spooky. Leading scholars and technology specialists also presented papers relating to <BR> new technology and creativity. Audiences for the concerts, installations, and lectures last <BR> year totaled approximately 2,000 people.<BR> <BR> Spark invites submissions of works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic <BR> concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works, installations, kinetic <BR> sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-traditional genres.<BR> <BR> Spark also invites submission of scholarly papers on technical and aesthetic subjects <BR> related to the creation of new media art and music. All accepted papers will be published <BR> as part of the Spark proceedings. Please see <A href="http://spark.cla.umn.edu/archive.html">http://spark.cla.umn.edu/archive.html</A> for a <BR> PDF copy of the Spark 2005 proceedings and program.<BR> <BR> MUSIC SUBMISSIONS<BR> Music submissions will be accepted in four categories:<BR> 1. Concert works: Electroacoustic works with and without performers. Performance <BR> venues will accommodate 2-8 channel works and works with video. Although there is no <BR> strict limit of duration, pieces of fifteen minutes or less are encouraged. Note that Spark <BR> 2006 will feature guest performers Maja Cerar (violin) and Brian Sacawa (saxophone). <BR> Works written for solo violin and solo saxophone with digital music and/or images are <BR> especially welcome. Other instruments will be available, and details on available <BR> performing forces will be posted on the Spark website with the submission forms.<BR> <BR> 2. "Club" works: Experimental electronic performances in a "club-style" venue. Performers <BR> of various styles will be considered, including those influenced by IDM, hip-hop, glitch, <BR> jazz, and etc. Selected performers will be given sets of 15-30 minutes. Performance <BR> venue will accommodate stereo sound and video.<BR> <BR> 3. Installations: [See "Art Works" below]<BR> <BR> 4. Music with video [See "Art Works" below]<BR> <BR> ART WORKS<BR> Submissions will be accepted in three categories:<BR> 1. Installations and gallery works: A number of installation and gallery exhibitions will be <BR> mounted in various spaces on the UMN campus, including the Weisman Art Museum. <BR> Please include technical and space requirements with submission. Installations may be <BR> physical objects, video and/or sound projections, or combinations thereof. Artists may be <BR> required to provide some or all of necessary technology to mount installations.<BR> <BR> 2. Radio: Spark Radio is a new addition for the 2006 festival, initiated and curated by <BR> Abinadi Meza, a Minneapolis-based artist. Submissions for Spark Radio may include sound <BR> art, samplism, field recordings, turntablism, pirate radio, sonic deconstructions, and other <BR> transmissions. Please submit on CD or CD-ROM.<BR> <BR> 3. Video: Experimental video works will be screened at multiple Spark events. Videos <BR> featuring digital music compositions (two-channel or Dolby 5.1) are welcome, but this is <BR> not required. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of twelve minutes or less <BR> are encouraged. Please submit on DVD or VHS (NTSC).<BR> <BR> 4. Theater/Dance: A number of theatrical and dance works incorporating new <BR> technologies will be programmed at Spark 2006, with a special interest in shorter works <BR> that can be integrated into programs with music and video works. In addition, although <BR> not confirmed as of this writing, we hope to produce at least one performance in a dance <BR> theater with video projection and an Internet 2 connection. Please include performance <BR> venue and technical requirements with submissions.<BR> <BR> PAPERS<BR> Technical papers, lecture/demonstration, and workshop submissions that deal with topics <BR> relating to creating arts and music with new technology are encouraged, including <BR> intermedia composition, performance, human-computer interaction, software/hardware <BR> development, aesthetics, and history.<BR> Paper and lecture/demonstration submissions will be accepted in two categories:<BR> Standard length: Twenty-minute presentation, allowing for five minutes of Q/A.<BR> Short length: A feature unique to the Spark festival is Symposium Fast Forward, a <BR> presentation of five to ten-minute presentations followed by five to ten minutes of Q/A. <BR> The idea of Symposium Fast Forward is to create a venue where ideas and projects may be <BR> presented succinctly with time following for discussion and brainstorming. Both students <BR> and professionals are encouraged to submit presentations of this type.<BR> <BR> Standard submissions should consist of a two-page abstract with bibliography. Short <BR> length submissions should submit a 1-2 paragraph abstract with bibliography. Camera-<BR> ready papers will be due on November 1, 2005.<BR> <BR> Individuals may submit a maximum of one paper and one lecture/demonstration, and <BR> these will be submitted online. More information about the submission process will be <BR> available soon on the Spark 2006 website when the online submission procedure has been <BR> activated. All accepted papers will be published as part of the Spark proceedings.<BR> <BR> SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS<BR> Applicants are invited to submit one work per category in up to three categories for <BR> consideration. All applicants must complete an online submission form on the Spark <BR> Festival website and include their submission number(s) with any physical media sent via <BR> postal mail. The submissions website will be at <A href="http://spark.cla.umn.edu/">http://spark.cla.umn.edu/</A><BR> submissions.html and will be activated in late July. More details about the submission <BR> process will be available on the Spark 2006 website when the online submission procedure <BR> has been activated.<BR> <BR> Regarding music and other performance works: Performing resources will be drawn from <BR> the University of Minnesota, although applicants are welcome to provide their own <BR> performers if desired. More information about available performers will be posted on http:<BR> //spark.cla.umn.edu when the online submission procedure has been activated.<BR> <BR> Composers and artists whose works are selected for inclusion are strongly encouraged to <BR> attend the festival. Scholars whose papers or demonstrations are accepted will be <BR> required to attend Spark to deliver their presentation.<BR> <BR> TECHNICAL DETAILS<BR> Selected works will be announced by November 1, and travel and accommodations <BR> information will be posted on <A href="http://spark.cla.umn.edu">http://spark.cla.umn.edu</A> by the same date.<BR> <BR> Submission deadline is September 30 (postmark). More information and the online <BR> submissions procedure will be posted soon on the Spark 2006 website at <A href="http://">http://</A><BR> spark.cla.umn.edu. 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