[PD] [ANN] Announcing Spark Festival; Minneapolis, MN; February 17-20

Michael Berkowski berk0081 at tc.umn.edu
Fri Oct 22 14:36:42 CEST 2004


Greetings everyone,

Our apologies for cross-posting.  Here is the official festival
announcement and call for works/papers of the 3rd annual Spark Festival of
Electronic Music and Art.


Note: The original call for Spark 2005 listed an incorrect URL and email
address.  The correct contacts are www.spark.cla.umn.edu and
sparkfst at umn.edu.  The Spark 2005 website will activate on October 19.

University of Minnesota School of Music, Noel Zahler, Director Announces
2005 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, Douglas Geers, Director
West Bank Arts Quarter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus February
17-20

CALL FOR COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, and PRESENTERS
Submission Deadline: November 22, 2004 (postmark)

The University of Minnesota School of Music is proud to present the 2005
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, February 17-20. The festival
will be held at the West Bank Arts Quarter on the University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities campus. Now in its third year, the Spark Festival showcases the
newest groundbreaking works of digital music and art. Last year's festival
included innovative works by over sixty international composers and
artists. Leading scholars and technology specialists also presented papers
relating to new technology and creativity.

Spark invites submissions of new works incorporating new media, including
electroacoustic concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and
dance works, installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other
non-traditional genres.

Spark also invites submission of scholarly papers on technical and
aesthetic subjects related to the creation of new media art and music. All
accepted papers will be published as part of the Spark proceedings.


MUSIC SUBMISSIONS
   Music submissions will be accepted in four categories:
1. Concert works: Electroacoustic works with and without
performers.  Performance venues will accommodate 2-8 channel works and
works with video.  Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of
twelve minutes or less are encouraged.

2. "Club" works: Experimental electronic performances in a "club-style"
venue.  Selected performers will be given sets of 15-30
minutes.  Performance venue will accommodate stereo sound and video.

3. Installations: [See "Visual Art Works" below]

4. DJ battle: A select number of DJs will be selected to compete in a
one-evening event in which two winners will be selected: (1) most virtuosic
and (2) most unique.  Note that prizes will be symbolic (not pecuniary!) in
nature.

VISUAL ART WORKS
Visual submissions will be accepted in three categories:
1. Installations and gallery works: A number of installation and gallery
exhibitions will be mounted in various spaces on the UMN campus.  Please
include technical and space requirements with submission.

2. Video: Video works will be screened at multiple Spark events. Videos
featuring digital music compositions (two-channel) are welcome, but this is
not required. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of
twelve minutes or less are encouraged.

3. Theater/Dance:  Theatrical and dance works incorporating new
technologies are welcome at Spark 2005. Please include performance venue
and technical requirements with submission.

PAPERS
Paper and lecture/demonstration submissions that deal with topics relating
to new technology and creativity are encouraged, including intermedia
composition, performance, human-computer interaction, software/hardware
development, aesthetics, and history.
Paper and lecture/demonstration submissions will be accepted in two
categories:
1. Standard length: Twenty-minute presentation, allowing for five minutes
of Q/A.
2. Short length: A feature unique to the Spark festival is Symposium Fast
Forward, a presentation of five-minute presentations followed by five
minutes of Q/A.  The idea of Symposium Fast Forward is to create an
academic presentation equivalent to speed chess, in which ideas are
presented quickly and succinctly, with time following for discussion. Both
students and professionals are encouraged to submit presentations of this
type.

Standard submissions should consist of a two-page abstract with
bibliography.  Camera-ready papers will be due on January 3, 2005.  Short
length submissions should submit a one-paragraph abstract.

Individuals may submit a maximum of one paper and one
lecture/demonstration, and accepted papers and lectures/demonstrations will
be submitted online. and More information about the submission process will
be available soon on the Spark 2005 website when the online submission
procedure has been activated. All accepted papers will be published as part
of the Spark proceedings.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants are invited to submit one work per category in up to two
categories for consideration for presentation. Student works are
encouraged. Please download a submission form from www.spark.cla.umn.edu
and follow the instructions for submitting works. Limited performing
resources will be drawn from the University of Minnesota, but applicants
are encouraged to provide their own performers if possible. More
information about available performers will be posted on the
www.spark.cla.umn.edu in the near future.

Composers and artists whose works are selected for inclusion are encouraged
to attend the festival.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Selected works will be announced by December 10, and travel and
accommodations information will be posted on www.spark.cla.umn.edu by the
same date.

Submission deadline is November 22 (postmark).  For more information, and
to obtain submission forms, please visit the Spark 2005 website at
http://www.spark.cla.umn.edu. Questions can be directed to the conference
hosts at sparkfst at umn.edu.





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