[ARENA] Fw: CALL for papers: acoustic space nr.7: spectropia

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CALL FOR PAPERS:

Acoustic.Space. Issue nr. 7: SPECTROPIA - on spectral ecology and art


We are seeking manuscripts for the upcoming Acoustic Space journal  
(nr.7) to be published for the next  Art+Communication festival  
(http://rixc.lv/08). Entitled SPECTROPIA, this year festival edition  
will take place in Riga, October 16 - 19, 2008.

The print journal, Acoustic Space is a forum for net.radio, sound art  
and creative explorations in the networked electro-acoustic  
environments. Now in its 7th edition, Acoustic Space - SPECTROPIA  
issue investigates the rapid transformation of the usage of the radio  
frequency spectrum that we are witnessing in the 21st century. It  
doesn't refer only to a quantitative increase in mobile, satellite  
and wireless networks, locative and pervasive media, but also to a  
qualitative shift in the way people communicate and the way spectrum  
is used in arts, education, science and commerce. The recent  
scientific research and artistic explorations of electromagnetic (EM)  
spectrum will be published in this issue, in order to introduce which  
chances and risks this tranformation process bears for artists and  
the populations at large.

For the first time, Acoustic Space journal will come out as 'peer  
review' (refereeing) publication. It will be published by the MPLab  
(Art Research Lab) of Liepaja University in collaboration with the  
RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture in Riga, Latvia.

Therefore, the publication will contain 2 main sections:
Section 1 - RESEARCH texts ('academic style' writings with  
references, etc.)
Section 2 - ARTISTIC abstracts: ideas, concepts, pictures (this part  
will include mainly artists' proposals for upcoming Spectropia  
festival exhibition - "open-call" is announced, deadline: April 21,  
2008, http://rixc.lv/08)


DEADLINES:

Deadline for submissions: May 19, 2008 - for completed research texts.
(For abstracts - April 21, 2007)

We encourage you to submit abstracts first. Proposals and inquiries  
regarding submissions should be made to Rasa Smite <rasa  rixc.lv>

The RESEARCH texts should consist of 12000 - 15000 characters (i.e. 8  
pages A4, 12 pt) + references.
(the ARTISTIC abstracts/texts - 2000-4000 characters)

Language: English (all texts will be also translated in to Latvian).


TOPICS:

The publication will cover wide range of topics under 4 main sections:

ELECTROMAGNETIC COSMOLOGY, SPECTRAL ECOLOGY AND EMF (ELECTRO-MAGNETIC  
FIELDS) RESEARCH
Modern cosmology constitutes the world we live in and our  
understanding about it by reducing " the physical reality - galaxies,  
starts, planets, atoms - to electrical or electromagnetic  
configurations" - as stated by Bureau d'etudes (in their "Industrial  
dogma"). Could it be that "understanding the electromagnetic field is  
the only way to understand ourselves and our surroundings"? In such  
context the issue of "spectral ecology" will be investigated in the  
broadest sense possible. This section provides a critique of the  
industrial dogma and propaganda of electromagnetism, health and  
'green' issues stemming from electrosmog and meriting more research,  
as well as sustainability and energy usage and other aspects in  
relation to communication and information technologies.

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: FROM IDEOLOGY AND CULTURE OF SPYING (AND  
SECURITY) TO CONVERSION OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES
This topic studies secret past of communication technologies of  
military origin. Espionage phenomenon is explored, tracing back to  
its origins in military history of ancient culture. This part also  
brings up an issue of "cultural intelligence" - contemporary  
conversion and culturalisation process of military technologies by  
exploring how former military facilities have been conversed to  
become important social and cultural centers and objects.

FREE SPECTRUM: WAVES AND ELECTROMAGNETIC POLITICS
This field looks at electromagnetic spectrum as a socio-political  
space, investigating political practices in spectrum and bringing up  
debate on "free waves" and "open spectrum". The spectrum is regulated  
and divided: for commercial use, military, radio amateurs, etc., yet  
wireless community networks continue to explore the  exempt part of  
the spectrum, making small parts of the spectrum available for all.

TECHNOLOGY MYTH, ARTISTIC INTERPRETATIONS AND CONTEMPORARY GHOST STORIES
Electromagnetic fields have become the ghosts of today - invisible  
and surrounding us, opening up the boundaries of our imagination and  
bringing technology myths to life. This topic explores the place of  
those myths and stories in the life of modern society.



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* Scientific editorial board:

Armin Medosch - PhD., Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Rasa Smite - PhD., Riga Stradina University; researcher at MPLab of  
Liepaja University; director of the RIXC, The Center for New Media  
Culture, Riga, Latvia.
Inke Arns - Dr. phil., artistic director of the Hartware  
MedienKunstVerein (HMKV), Dortmund, Germany.
Douglas Kahn - Prof. and Head of Technocultural Studies at University  
of California at Davis, USA.
Andrey Smirnov - Head of the Theremin Center for Electroacoustic  
Music at Moscow State Conservatory, Russia.
Florian Dombois - Prof. and Head of the Institute for  
Transdisciplinarity (Y) at Berne University of the Arts, Switzerland.
Atau Tanaka - Prof., Culture Lab of Newcastle University, UK.


* Editorial team:

Editors: Rasa Smite <rasa  rixc.lv>, Armin Medosch  
<armin  easynet.co.uk>, Daina Silina <daina  rixc.lv>, Linda Vebere  
<linda  rixc.lv>, Inta Rozenvalde


* Contact: rixc  rixc.lv

Address:
The RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture
11. Novembra Krastmala 35 - 201, Riga, LV 1050, Latvia.
Tel. +371-67228478, +371-26546776 (mob.),
Fax: +371-67228477
URL: http://rixc.lv

http://rixc.lv/


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