<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="inbox-inbox-entry-title" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;margin:0px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.09091"><span style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit"><span style="font-size:33px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase">MUME 2017 CONCERT -CALL FOR WORKS</span></span><br></h1><div class="inbox-inbox-entry-content" style="border:0px;margin:0px auto 0px 10px;outline:0px;padding:0px 30px;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:80%"><h2 style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:24px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:400;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Call for Works: The Musical Metacreation Concert at the Eighth International Conference on Computational Creativity, Atlanta, Georgia,<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT825_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT852_com_zimbra_date" style="cursor: pointer;">June 2017</span></span></span></h2><h3 style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:22px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:36px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.09091"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:400;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Key Dates</span></h3><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT826_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT853_com_zimbra_date" style="cursor: pointer;">April 20th</span></span>: </span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">submission deadline.<br></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT827_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT854_com_zimbra_date" style="cursor: pointer;">May 10th</span></span>: </span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">notification.<br></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT828_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT855_com_zimbra_date" style="cursor: pointer;">June 18th</span></span>: </span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">concert rehearsals.<br></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT829_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT856_com_zimbra_date" style="cursor: pointer;">June 19th</span></span>: </span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">MuMe concert.<br></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT830_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT857_com_zimbra_date" style="cursor: pointer;">June 19th</span></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">–</span><span style="font-weight:bold">23rd: </span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">International Conference on Computational Creativity.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(MuMe academic workshop is on<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT831_com_zimbra_date" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-in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s for other creative objectives, such as harmonising, intelligent looping, or finding suitable matches for a target phrase.</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Systems that generate lyrics.</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Music that uses evolution, emergence or ecosystemic concepts.</span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">We are also interested in submissions of </span><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT833_com_zimbra_url" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT860_com_zimbra_url" style="cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://metacreation.net/musebots/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(75,84,95);text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">musebots</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> and other types of interactive installation works relevant to MuMe.</span></p><h3 style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:22px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:36px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.09091"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:400;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Submission Process</span></h3><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#2b2b2b" face="inherit"><span style="font-size:16px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">Please submit a one page PDF describing your work to Arne </span></font><font color="#2b2b2b" face="inherit"><span style="font-size:16px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">Eigenfeldt: </span></font><span style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:bold;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT836_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="color:rgb(85,81,111)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Object" id="inbox-inbox-OBJ_PREFIX_DWT863_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="cursor: pointer;"><a href="mailto:arne_e@sfu.ca" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(85,81,111);text-decoration:none">arne_e@sfu.ca</a></span></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Your submission should:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px 20px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial"><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Describe the work;</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Explain how the work relates to the MuMe theme;</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Give a relatively detailed technical description of the system*;</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Give detailed performance requirements. As necessary, this may include a stage plan, equipment needs, technical support needs, and performing musicians (you can use additional PDF pages for any supporting items);</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A link to any additional documentary material such as audio or video recordings, or online software (highly recommended);</span></li><li style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Credits and biography (name, affiliation, short biography up to 150 words).</span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">* It is common to receive submissions that are highly ambiguous about what the proposed system actually does. <em style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Works will be rejected if this is the case.</em> The description does not need to be highly technically detailed, but it should remove any fundamental ambiguity.</span></p><h3 style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:22px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:36px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.09091"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:400;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Selection Process</span></h3><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Submissions should not be anonymised.</em></p><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">All submissions will be reviewed by three independent members of the selection committee. Once these reviews have been completed the reviewers and the chairs will discuss these works and reviews. The chairs will provide a meta-review, the three original reviews, and a final decision. Reviewers will be anonymous to the authors, but not to each other. The final decision lies with the chairs, in consultation with the committee.</span></p><h3 style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:22px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:36px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.09091"></h3><h3 style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:22px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:36px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.09091"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:400;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Upon Acceptance</span></h3><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Artists are required to be in attendance and set up their own equipment. At least one artist must register for the ICCC conference and MuMe workshop.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253);border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inher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