Hello,
This is a reminder that the deadline for GLOBAL CONTROL conference
proposals is approaching – May 10, 2018
Global Control on **Hybrid War; Surveillance and Immersion; Privacy
and Data Politics** is the third edition of Open Fields, Riga based
international conference series (organised by RIXC, MPLab of Liepaja
University and Renewable Network), taking place from September 13-16,
2018, in Riga, The National Library of Latvia.
Please submit your submissions here -> http://openfields2018.rixc.lv
(there was a mistake in this link previously, we are very sorry for
that, it is now fixed, please apply now!)
Please find below more info, particularly, we expect applications from
young researchers, artists, scientists, engineers, PHD students, and
anybody who is interested in transdisciplinary discourses, bringing
together art, science, technologies and humanities
best regards,
Rasa
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Call for Conference Proposals
DEADLINE: May 10, 2018
Apply Now! http://openfields2018.rixc.lv
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GLOBAL CONTROL
Open Fields 2018, the third international conference for art, science,
technologies and humanities,
RIXC Art Science Festival 2018
September 13–16, 2018, Riga
“Knowledge is a power. And power is possessed
especially by whoever controls the flow of information.”
(Global Control and Censorship* exhibition concept).
Marking the centennial anniversary of independent Latvia and Baltic
countries, this year's festival takes up the call by becoming a space
for artistic interventions and hot-button conversations addressing the
complexity and future of digital society, especially with regards to
ubiquitous surveillance and data privacy.
* Keynote Speakers:
Bruce STERLING / futurist, author on science fiction, journalist, and
critic / US
Bernhard SEREXHE / art historian, author on electronic and digital
art, curator / DE
Jasmina TESANOVIC / feminist, political activist, author, and
filmmaker / US-RS,
and others – tbc.
The anniversary festival conference titled GLOBAL CONTROL,
investigates issues from three main perspectives. The first, “hybrid
war”, is particularly relevant in the context of the Baltic states
independence celebration year, when continuous “post-truth” propaganda
in media and tensions around military training in this region are on
the rise. We also discuss the issue of “fake news”, its consequences
on global politics, and its impacts on individual nations.
The second perspective deals with “surveillance and immersion”; as we
all are under surveillance, we need to become aware of both the
enormous scale of “watching”, as well as the potential “depth” of
watching due to the development of immersive technologies.
The third, concerns “the next big privacy” issue, discussed from a
“data politics” perspective – What is the future of our social media?
How can we feel safe about our data we publish on the internet today?,
and How to maintain trust with the next generation?
These are just a few of critical topics that will be discussed and
explored in Global Control festival through a series of public
keynotes, artistic interventions, thematic panel presentations, open
public discussions, performances, and participatory workshops. The
festival's special event is the Global Control and Censorship*
exhibition, which aims to expand the public debate about ever-present
surveillance and censorship methods.
On the closing day of the festival, participants will be invited to
join on a the bus tour to legendary Irbene Radiotelescope RT-32, where
the workshop on Acoustic Surveillance, and artistic interventions will
take place. RT-32 is a former top-secret Soviet military antenna
formerly used for spying, and repurposed into a scientific device for
use by the Latvian and international radio astronomers communities.
This year, we expect more than 100 participants, from 60 universities
and cultural institutions, as well as numerous independent artists and
researchers from more than 30 countries.
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CONFERENCE
Open Fields 2018: Global Control
September 13 – 15, 2018, The National Library of Latvia, Conference Center
Call for Conference Abstracts
We welcome artists, scientists, theorists, designers, critical
engineers, makers as as well as doctoral students and researchers from
different fields to submit proposals for the conference.
Themes:
* hybrid war, fake news and post-truth
* the next big privacy, data politics and social visibility
* surveillance, immersion and VR/AR environments
* brainwaves science and neural networks
* AI, network visualisation and data tracing
* virtual and natural, global data and local ecosystems
* acoustics and espionage, from radio to social media
DEADLINE (extended) – May 10, 2018
APPLY NOW: http://openfields2018.rixc.lv
Proposal should consist of title, 5-6 keywords, abstract (200 words),
and short biography (120 words)
The Open Fields Conference is organized by RIXC in collaboration with
Liepaja University's Art Research Lab and Renewable Futures network.
This year, the OF conference is taking place in the framework of the
Centenary of the Republic of Latvia Celebration Programme.
Conference Proceedings
The selected full papers will be published in the next volume of the
Acoustic Space, double blind peer-reviewed journal & book series. The
call for papers will be announced shortly after the conference.
http://acousticspacejournal.com
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EXHIBITION
*Global Control and Censorship
September 14 – October 21, 2018, The National Library of Latvia,
Exhibition Hall
The exhibition is based on the collaboration with a network of
scientists, journalists, activists, and artists in some twenty
countries around the world, and in cooperation with expert
organizations such as the German PEN Center, the Chaos Computer Club,
Reporters Without Borders, and such platforms as netzpolitik.org,
digitalcourage.de, WikiLeaks, and others. The exhibition’s aim is to
expand public debate about the ever-present surveillance and
censorship methods, which is an urgent priority not only due to
constant new reports in the media, but especially because of the
extensive obstruction of the investigation of these practices.
Exhibition Curators: Bernhard Serexhe and Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás
Produced Produced by Goethe Institute Riga and RIXC, in cooperation
with the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
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OF2018: GLOBAL CONTROL Conference Steering Committee ad Co-Chairs:
Prof. Rasa SMITE / RIXC / MIT ACT, USA / FHNW, Switzerland / Liepaja
University, Latvia
Prof. Kristin BERGAUST / OsloMet-Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Dr. Ellen PEARLMAN / Parsons / New School / Art-A-Hack / ThoughtWorks
/ New York, USA
OPEN FIELDS Conference International Scientific Board:
Prof. Lev MANOVICH / Cultural Analytics Lab / The Graduate Center,
City University of New York, US
Ph.D. Jussi PARIKKA / Winchester School of Art / University of
Southampton / UK
Ph.D. Geoff COX / School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus
University, Denmark
Prof. Kristin BERGAUST / Oslo and Akershus University, Norway
Assoc. Prof. Laura BELOFF / IT University, Copenhagen / Finnish Bioart
Society, Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Lily DIAZ-KOMMONEN / Head of Research Department of Media, Aalto
University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland
Assoc. Prof. Yvonne Volkart, the Institute of Aesthetic Practice,
Academy of Art and Design Basel, FHNW, Switzerland
Prof. Ursula DAMM / Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Dr. Vytautas MICHELKEVICIUS / Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Academy of
Arts, Lithuania
Ph.D. Margrét Elísabet ÓLAFSDÓTTIR / Art Education at the University
of Akureyri, Iceland
Dr. Ilva SKULTE / Riga Stradins University, Latvia
Dr. Piibe PIIRMA / Tallinn University / Estonian Academy of Arts,
Tallinn, Estonia
Ph D. Raivo KELOMEES / Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Regine DEBATTY / we-make-money-not-art.com / UK/BE
Aleksandra KOSTIC / Kibla / Risk Change project / Maribor, Slovenia
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RIXC Festival curators: Rasa Smite and Raits Smits
The festival is organized by RIXC Center for New Media Culture.
RIXC Festival producers and contacts:
Agnese Baranova (exhibition, [email protected])
Daina Silina (conference, [email protected]),
Anna Babre (PR and information, [email protected]).
Contact: [email protected], +371 67228478 (RIXC office), +371 26546776
(Rasa Smite)
Support: The State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga City
Council, Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, the Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, LV100, EU Programme Creative
Europe's Risk Change project, Goethe-Institut, ZKM Center for Art and
Media Karlsruhe, National Library of Latvia, Art Research Lab (MPLab)
of Liepajas University, RISEBA University.
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http://rixc.org/en/festival
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Dr Rasa Smite
Artist, Curator and Founder of RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture in Riga,
Professor in New Media Art / Art Research Lab / Liepaja University,
Researcher in The Institute of Aesthetic Practices / The University of
Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Lecturer at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology / School of
Architecture and Planning
Phone: +1-857-417-2492 (USA), +371-26546776 (LV)
http://rixc.org
http://smitesmits.com
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