ISEA2015 STUDENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
VOLUNTEER APPLICATION DEADLINE – 20 June 2015 22:00 PST
The 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art invites students, artists,
practitioners who want to be ‘where the action is’ to volunteer for ISEA2015.
What is ISEA2015?
The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) is the main nomadic
international academic gathering focused on electronic and digital arts. Since
its inception in 1988 in the Netherlands, it has been organized in 4 continents
and in over 20 international cities that span Istanbul, Paris, Munich,
Albuquerque, Sydney and Dubai. ISEA last came to Canada in 1995 in Montreal,
where it had a tremendously positive impact on the local community both in
terms of cultural and economic shifts that remain central to Montreal even
today! ISEA brings together scholarly, artistic, and scientific domains in an
interdisciplinary discussion and showcase of creative productions applying new
technologies in art, interactivity, and electronic and digital media.
ISEA2015 is hosted by Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Communication, Arts,
and Technology, its School for the Contemporary Arts, and its School for
Interactive Arts + Technology (SIAT). We expect 1000+ artists, scholars,
researchers and students from around the world, making it the largest event on
electronic art and digital media offered to date in British Columbia. While
centered at SFU Woodward's, our programming is overflowing in various venues in
the Vancouver area. Partners include many local artistic organisations and
venues including: the vancouver Art Gallery, the Western Front, VIVO, the
Museum of Vancouver (MOV), Grunt Gallery, Vancouver New Music, 221A, New
Westminster New Media Gallery, Fortune Sound Club, the New Form Festival,
amongst others. As such, we believe that this event will exemplify SFU's vision
of engaging students, engaging research (both practice and theory), and
engaging the local, national and international communities.
ISEA2015 is a five-day symposium featuring over 500+ speakers, presenting 19
workshops, 10 tutorials, papers, panels, roundtables, posters, and
demonstrations, and showcasing over 180 artworks ranging from large-scale
interactive artworks to cutting-edge electronic music performances. The theme
of ISEA2015 - Disruption - will allow re-examining and re-negotiating the
frontiers between the academic and the art world, between practice and theory,
between systems and reality, between art and society.
To frame this dialogue, ISEA2015 will feature keynote addresses by visionary
pioneers such as Brian Massumi, Michael Connor, Dominique Moulon, Hildegard
Westerkamp and Sara Diamond. The Yes Men will cloture the symposium with an
address on the use of creative expression for disruption and subversion.
Volunteer Benefits
Volunteers will have the opportunity to be immersed in the network of inspired
fellow students, professional artists, designers, academics and scientists.
Other benefits include:
* ISEA 2015 full symposium pass
* Complimentary snacks for the breaks between shifts (no lunch is provided)
* Conference T-Shirt
* Certificate of participation as a volunteer, upon request
Applying
Visit the Call For Volunteers and apply Today at isea2015.org
Notification of acceptance will be sent out on July 5th.
If your application is unsuccessful (which you will know on July 5th), you will
be given a code in order to benefit from the early bird rate for attending the
symposium.
Volunteer Position
You can participate as volunteer for different positions, including some due
before the conference.
Visit http://isea2015.org/call-for-volunteers-2015 for details about each
position available.
* Volunteers Lead (Pre-Conference Position)
* Installation Setup (Pre-Conference and Conference Positions)
* Registration Desk Clerks
* Room Monitors
* Room Technical Setup
* Way-finding
* Openings, Performances, Sitting Artwork and Exhibitions Monitors
Volunteer Requirements
As volunteer you will be asked to fulfill 25-hours in 5 shifts of 4 hours each,
and up to 4 hours of training during the orientation session. The symposium
holds a diversity of events from 8am until 1am most days. Volunteer managers
will try to accommodate your preferences for volunteer times, however, our
priority is to ensure there are enough volunteers for each area. You must be
able to work all 5 shifts, plus training time, in order to qualify as a
volunteer
The volunteer orientation will be held on prior to you first shift. In order
for you to fully understand your role at the conference as well as the location
of various meeting rooms, participation in the volunteer orientation session is
mandatory. This means that you have to be in Vancouver on Thursday the 13th of
August.
We will be grateful if you disseminate the call-out to relevant parties through
your channels. We need around 120 volunteers.
Philippe Pasquier
ISEA2015 Symposium Director
Miles Thorogood
ISEA2015 Volunteer Chair.
Contact us:
For further information please contact [email protected]
ISEA 2015: http://isea2015.org
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