Message: 2 Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:47:49 +1000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Adrian Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: newmedia:: cfe: .de: garage playground
----- start of message -------- Call for Entries -------------------------- 6th Festival "garage" 2002 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------- August 2002 in Stralsund/Germany - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------- playground playground Play: is an activity (of animals and humans). It is done without conscious purpose and out of enjoyment of the activity and of its accomplishment. The play of humans can be understood as a, by various factors determined behavior, which takes on a substantial role as mediator between the individual and society, and which is indispensable in every period of life. garage 2002 is searching for artists' concepts and positions on the discussion of the principles and mechanisms of games. Play with conventions, techniques of play, game as a model for solving concrete problems, game as a manipulation of perception, game as critical reflection, game as game. The public space as playground. Trespassing borders and networked playing. Mobile playing and mobile thinking. Who defines the rules? Are you ready to play? >> The fesitval will present 3 weeks of exhibitions, concerts, discussions, film screenings, workshops, which can be summarized under three main topics. Wanted are works or proposals for projects: > off-line or the mechanics of games (toys. playing techniques. game >as interaction.) > on-line or plug and play (computer games. digitial media. playing >in networks.) > cross-line or the public space as playground (play as a strategy >for action. play as experimentation. trespassing of borders.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- garage is platform for art and culture. It is situated in the midst of the silo area in Stralsund's old port and understands itself as a non-commercial, temporally limited space for the suppport of inter-disciplinary and individual projects with a focus on art, film and music. Deadline will be April 30th, 2002. Please, send your ideas, suggestions, material formless to: garage c/o Stabenow Husemannstr. 12 10435 Berlin Germany Questions? +49 (0) 30 441 20 15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.garage-g.de ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
