[PD] [PD-announce] VJ Theory Book - Call for Papers

[beau c]

Hi VJ theory book,

   It seems that there are a number of VJ books coming out these days. Some
of my friends wrote this book
http://feralhouse.com/titles/music/vj_book_the.php

Though it doesn't directly discuss puredata, I would like to see a VJ book
that did, since pd is such a powerful tool for VJ's

B~
www.cypod.co.nr




On 8/1/06, VJ Theory <vjtheory at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> You might have already heard of, or even already be a
> contributor to, the VJ Theory project.
> If you haven't then the project falls into two areas:
> samples of work from the forthcoming book and the
> project/community which lives at:
>
> vjtheory.net
>
> This project intends to develop a community actively
> discussing and reflecting on philosophy and theory
> related with Vjing and realtime interaction.
>
> It is apparent, during workshops and discussions at
> Festivals and symposia, that practitioners of both
> VJing and Interactive Installations will quickly move
> on from problems with the practicalities of production
> to more complex ideas of how and why the process has,
> for example, significance for the viewer.
>
> There is a lack of written texts on the philosophies
> and theories related with VJing and realtime
> interaction.
>
> This project and the associated book, aim to bring
> together work by some of the foremost practitioners
> and academics in the field.
>
> We aim to produce a body of work which, for the first
> time, will address these theoretical issues and place
> the practices of VJing and Interactive Installation,
> into a useful context.
>
>
>
> Although we have received an excellent response in
> contributions for the book, there are also areas that,
> we as editors, feel need to be developed more.
>
> Areas we still need material:
>
> Politics (activism, guerrilla, community focused
> realtime interaction and performance)
> Intellectual property
> DIY culture
> Realtime interaction and performance as developing
> tools (pd/GEM/Arduino or MAX/MSP/Jitter as used in
> performance programming for example)
> Body
>
> If you know of any text which address these areas in
> relation to realtime interaction (either published or
> not) then please let us know.
>
> We also welcome other contributions you might have to
> the content of the web site
>
> We are accepting full texts, between 3000 and 5000
> words.
> Deadline for submissions:31st August
>
>
> ==
> Editors: Ana Carvalho and Brendan Byrne
> Co-editors: Lara Houston and Paul Mumford
> ==
>
>
>
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