*CALL FOR PAPERS*
*2nd International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium**
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*#MINA2012 *
Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa
*23rd -25th November 2012**
**Massey University, Wellington, NZ**
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As part of the BLOW Festival 2012, the MINA symposium will take place in
the College of Creative Art’s magnificent new *Te Ara Hihiko* building.
MINA [www.mina.pro] is an international network that promotes cultural and
research activities to expand the emerging possibilities of mobile media.
MINA aims to explore the opportunities for interaction between people,
content and the creative industry within the context of Aotearoa/New
Zealand and internationally.
The symposium will provide a platform for filmmakers, artists, designers,
researchers, ‘pro-d-users’ and industry professionals to debate the
prospect of wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies in art and design
environments and the creative industries. MINA invites paper proposals
relating (but not limited) to; mobile lens media, iPhoneography, mobile
video production, mobile-mentaries (mobile documentaries), mobile network
and transmedia, mobile communities, mobile media and social change, mobile
visual arts, mobile locative media, citizen journalism, mobile visual
literacy, mobile media in education and mobile technologies and civic media.
Mobile phones have evolved rapidly from a communication device to a
creative and educational tool. For communities world-wide mobile
technologies provide access to a vast amount of new services. Mobile media
has also established new forms of connectivity and sociability within
contemporary art and design practices. The current mediascape can be
described as a dynamic ecosystem that has seen the emergence of new media
aesthetics and formats, such as iPhoneography and mobile-mentary (mobile
documentary) filmmaking. The participatory turn in media culture
(collaboration, co-creation and crowd-sourcing) also creates new
opportunities and challenges for visual communication design. (Mobile
phone) users (or rather pro-d-users), artists, designers, filmmakers and
independent creatives can define new modes of mobile media practices
transcending the realm of established disciplines and transform the
contemporary mediascape. Innovative business models utilise mobile apps and
redefine the distribution of media content. Mobile devices enable us to see
the world from new viewpoints and angles. The *2nd International Mobile
Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium* will explore these developments
and dynamics in a transdisciplinary context.
Paper proposals should be submitted by the 15th August 2012. MINA also
welcomes presentations in a variety of formats including workshops, poster
presentations, performances, project showcases and screenings. The
international symposium will also provide the opportunity to present papers
via live video and live web-broadcasts.
Papers will be published in the Intellect Journal Ubiquity *#MINA2012
Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation *special edition (
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/weblog/view-Post,id=56679/).
Please send a proposal of approximately 350 words including a title and
brief biographical note to m...@mina.pro
*MINA symposium committee*
Anna Jackson (Transmedia:AM, NZ)
Anders Weberg (Artist and Curator, Sweden)
Dr. Avnesh Ratnanesan (International Mobile Screenfest, Australia)
Dr. Camille Baker (School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK)
Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath (Faculty of Design Creative Technologies, AUT
University, NZ)
Daniel Wagner (Performing and Screen Arts, Unitec, NZ)
Dean Keep (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Gavin Wilson (PhD Research Student, The Graduate Centre, York St John
University)
Geraldene Peters (School of Communication Studies, AUT University, NZ)
John Bavaro, Associate Prof. of Art Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and
Director of Bruce Gallery of Art, USA)
Karen Curley (College of Creative Arts, Massey University)
Laurent Antonczak (Graphic Design and New Media, AUT University, NZ)
Associate Professor Lynne Ciochetto (College of Creative Arts, Massey
University)
Marcelo Godoy (Associated Director IAI - Instituto de Artes Interativas and
Mobilefest)
Prof. Mark Amerika, Professor of Art and Art History (University of
Colorado) and Principal Research Fellow at La Trobe University (Melbourne)
Dr. Max Schleser (College of Creative Arts, Massey University, NZ)
Mia Robinson (Co-founder/President iAMDA and Artist, New York, USA)
Michael Okkerse (Wellington City Council, NZ)
Miss Pixels (iPhoneographer, Canada)
Muhammad Razlan Rashid Ali (Head of Programme, Faculty of Communication and
Media, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia)
Patricia Thomas (College of Creative Arts, Massey University, NZ)
Professor Roger Guetta (Art, Media, Theatre, Vanier College, Montreal,
Canada)
Dr Thomas Cochrane (Centre for Learning And Teaching, AUT University, NZ)
The #MINA2012 *Mobile Innovation and Mobile Creativity
