7th International Symposium on Online Journalism

The 7th International Symposium on Online Journalism will be held April 7-8, 2006 at the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

LeisureArts: Bracketology

My compadre from grad school has pitted his top 64 artist collectives against one another in the big dance.
LeisureArts: Bracketology

Concept Trucking Call for Submissions

Concept Trucking is seeking artists for its 2006 exhibition season. Concept Trucking is an exhibiton space that uses the on-line networking site Myspace as its platform. Artists whose work engages the dynamics or structure of social networking systems are encouraged to submit proposals for upcoming shows. Please limit proposals to 500 words.

Visit:
www.myspace.com/concept_trucking
and send your proposal via the site, or
send a message to placekraft(at)yahoo.com

related links:
leisurearts.blogspot.com
placekraft at radicalcartography
A Collection of Amazon.com Wish Lists

Matthew Burtner at UWM Friday: Interactive Electronic Music

From Chris Burns, Department of Music:
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I'm writing to let you know about Matthew Burtner's visit to UWM on Friday -- his work combines music, performance, and interactive technology in interesting and highly personal ways -- well worth checking out!

-- Friday, 1 pm, Music B40: composer/saxophonist Matthew Burtner talks about his compositional work for the "Metasaxophone" instrument, an acoustic tenor sax augmented with a variety of sensors for the control of electronic sound.

-- Friday, 7:30 pm, Recital Hall: Matthew Burtner recital, featuring the premiere of a new Metasaxophone work "SXrAtch" and works for multichannel sound.

For more information about Matthew's work check out www.burtner.net --

Hope to see you there,

Chris

Inova Exhibition: RUINS

[Art Exhibits] through May 14, 2006. Friday March 10, 2006, 6-9 p.m. opening reception; gallery talk at 6:30 by curator Zhang Zhaohui. Inova Gallery 1, Vogel Hall, 3253 N. Downer Ave.
Zhang Zhaohui has curated an exhibition of new photography and video by 14 Chinese artists. RUINS directly addresses the tension between a rapidly developing and urbanizing society and its traditional history and culture. Zhang Dali, Li Wei, Liu Wei, the Gao Brothers, Liu Jin, Chen Qiulin, Huang Yan, Ma Yongfeng, Xing Danwen, Zhang Wei, Li Luming, Sheng Qi, Cheng Qingqing and Ng Fong Chao pick through the debris of Chinas recent past and consider the possibility of building a new cultural identity on the ruins of that past.

Ideas Festival 2006

2006 IDEAS Festival

The Indiana IDEAS (Interactive Digital Environments Arts and Storytelling) Festival is a juried show of interactive entertainment, 3D, 2D, aural, virtual, and animated creative work to be held April 1, 2006 in the Radio-TV Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. This year the festival is accepting entries from all Big 10 states and the states which border Indiana. The show is open to individuals or groups of any age.

Entries must be received by March 8, 2006.