A section of the {self}_representation 2003 show at Le Musee di-visioniste is an ongoing project called “My Mission.” “My Mission” is a collection of statements from artists. To participate, email info at e-musee-divisioniste dot org, subject line: My Mission, with a short text (less than 500 words) about how you see your mission as an artist.
Postcolonialism and Digital Culture
Postcolonial studies is affected by the spread of networked computing and digital culture, such as email, websites, newsgroups, online games, digital art, and blogs. Postcolonialism and Digital Culture is seeking papers for its September 2004 issue, which focuses on the consequences of the digital culture for the postcolonial condition.
Gates
Gates (archive url: http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/davinio/GATES/gatesindex.htm) is a collaborative art experiment looking for creative, innovative entries.
Upcoming Chat
Please join us in the trAce/Electronic Literature Organization chat on Oct 19 to discover the links between games and storytelling, with guest Tim Wright, the Writers for the Future writer-in-residence.
New Reviews
New reviews at RCCS include: William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition reviewed by Tama Leaver, Frank Schaap’s The Words That Took Us There: Ethnography in a Virtual Reality reviewed by Stephanie Bennett, and Siva Vaidhyanathan’s Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity reviewed by Laura Kertz.
LIFE 6.0 International Competition
LIFE 6.0 International Competition, sponsored by the Telefonica Foundation in Madrid, focuses on “art and artificial life.” They are looking for electronic art projects employing techniques such as digital genetics, autonomous robotics, computer viruses, artificial intelligence, avatars, evolving behaviors, and more. The deadline for submission is October 31, 2003.
CPSR Annual Conference
The annual conference for the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility will feature presentations by practitioners in the field of technology and discuss how broadband access impacts social change, cultural diversity, and community goals. The conference takes place October 25 in Seattle, WA.
UCLA LISAA Fall Colloquium
The UCLA Library and Information Science Alumni Association’s second annual Fall Colloquium, to be held October 23, features Dr. Leah Lievrouw speaking about how the Internet is used for political and artistic protest against the status quo.
Sex and the Body Politic
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
The 13th Annual Cultural Studies Conference, based on the theme “Sex and the Body Politic,” will feature keynote speakers Elizabeth Grosz, Carl Phillips, and Donald Hall. The Cultural Studies Conference will discuss sexuality and society, and it will examine sexual identity as a function of politics, economy, and society. The conference takes place March 4-6, 2004 at Kansas State University.
Paris Review
The new issue of The Paris Review contains interviews with Amy Hempel and Jonathan Lethem; an oral biography of Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez; stories by Michael Chabon, E.J. Levy, James Salter, and Peter Orner; and poetry by Carol Vanderveer Hamilton, Daniel Lewis, Gretchen Primack, Michele Reese, and Jamie Ross.