INTIMACY
Across Visceral and Digital Performance

OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS & PERFORMANCES

INTIMACY Across Visceral and Digital Performance is supported by the
AHRC ICT Methods Network, Goldsmiths Graduate School, Goldsmiths Digital
Studios, Goldsmiths Drama Department and LABAN.


ABOUT INTIMACY is a three-day interdisciplinary programme of events made to
elicit connectivity, induce interaction and provoke debate between
makers, participants and witnesses of works that explicitly address
proximity and hybridity in performance. It will feature workshops,
seminars, performances, posters, and a 1-day symposium. INTIMACY will
employ digital and live art practices as agents, aiming to further
practical exploration of and vibrant discourse into notions of intimacy
in contemporary performance. It is framed as a forum for artists,
scholars, community workers, performers, cultural practitioners,
researchers and creative thinkers.

INTIMACY will provide a platform for the discussion of live
art/performance practices concerned with displaying intuitive, intimate
and visceral relationships between artist and other. It will explore
performance practices that engage in intimate encounters, raising issues
around bodies of data and flesh; presence as aura and representation;
desire as embodied condition and disembodied fantasy; the human and
posthuman self. Confirmed contributors include: Johannes Birringer, Kira
O'Reilly, Tracey Warr, Janis Jefferies, Amelia Jones, Dominic Johnson,
Paul Sermon, Kelli Dipple.

SPACETIME INTIMACY will take place on the 7th, 8th and 9th December in and around
Goldsmiths University of London, LABAN and The Albany (South London).


CO-DIRECTORS
Rachel Zerihan and Maria Chatzichristodoulou [aka maria x]

BOARD
Prof. Johannes Birringer, Chair in Drama and Performance Technologies,
School of Arts, Brunel University of West London; Artistic Director of
AlienNation Co.
Hazel Gardiner, Senior Projects Officer, AHRC ICT Methods Network;
Researcher.
Dr. Adrian Heathfield, Principal Research Fellow (Performance and Live
Arts), School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University; Writer;
Curator.
Prof. Janis Jefferies, Artistic Director, Goldsmiths Digital Studios;
Director Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles;
Artist; Writer; Curator.
Gerald Lidstone, Head of Drama Department, Goldsmiths University of London.

PROPOSALS
All participants will be selected on an open submissions basis.
Proposals will be peer reviewed by the INTIMACY Board and Advisory
Panel. Proposals must not exceed the word limit specified. You may
provide additional info such as links to digital material including
online video, photos and websites. Further supporting documentation
such as hard copies and discs are welcome; if you want these returned
please enclose a SAE. We are accepting proposals for:

Paper presentations or Performance Lectures
Poster presentations
Live performances -physical and/or digital

Proposals should be concerned with the relationship between visceral and
digital environments/methodologies being explored in contemporary
performance practice. Specifically, topics of interest include but are
not limited to:
The politics of intimacy in contemporary performance
Risk in relation to intimacy in contemporary performance Pornography/erotics and performed intimacy (Dis)embodiment, (tele)presence and intimate performance encounters Technologies as affective instigators of intimacy Intimate aesthetics in contemporary performance Interfaces of performed desire

Accepted proposals will be published on our website. Further publishing
possibilities are being explored.

HOW TO SUBMIT
Submit by email to Maria X at <drp01mc@gold.ac.uk> and Rachel Zerihan
<intimacyrachelz@yahoo.co.uk> writing INTIMACY SUBMISSION in the subject
line.
Send hard copies to INTIMACY c/o 22 Dutton Street, London, SE10 8TB.

Performances: Submit 1) 500-word statement detailing your project; 2)
200-word CV; 3) Tech Drive; 4) Any other supporting material as
described above. Please note that only limited technical support can be
provided.

Papers/ Performance Lectures: Submit 1) 500-word abstract. This
contribution would form a 15 minute paper to be presented at the
Symposium on Sunday 9th December; 2) 200-word CV; 3) Any other
supporting material as described above.

Posters: Submit 1) 300-word abstract /summary; 2) 200-word CV; 3) Any
other supporting material as described above.


DEADLINE
Deadline for submissions: 19 August 2007.
Notification of acceptance: early October 2007


ADVISORY PANEL (confirmed to date)
Daisy Abbot, AHDS Performing Arts Glasgow
Gavin Barlow, CEO The Albany
Alice Bayliss, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University
of Leeds
Brian Brady, Head of Programming, LABAN
Teresa Dillon, Polar Produce
Simon Dronger, Central School of Speech and Drama
Anna Furse, Drama Department, Goldsmiths University of London; Director Marc Garrett, Artist, Co-director Furtherfield Gabriella Giannachi, Co-director Centre for Intermedia, University of Exeter Joe Kelleher, School of Arts, Roehampton University Roberta Mock, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth Molly Mullen, Re-Write Co-ordinator Chris Salter, Artist; Researcher Hexagram; Department of Design and
Computational Arts, Concordia University (Canada)
Jennifer Sheridan, Director BigDog Interactive
Igor Stromajer, Artist (Slovenia)
Bojana Kunst, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Tony Thatcher, Choreographer; Programme Leader LABAN
Helen Varley-Jamieson, Performer (New Zealand)


For more information on INTIMACY please visit
http://www.cybertheater.org If you have further queries, please contact
intimacyrachelz@yahoo.co.uk or drp01mc@gold.ac.uk

THURSDAY CLUB OPEN CALL ** THURSDAY CLUB OPEN CALL ** THURSDAY CLUB



OPEN CALL FOR PROJECTS & PROPOSALS


The Thursday Club is an open forum discussion group for anyone
interested in the theories and practices of cross-disciplinarity,
interactivity, technologies and philosophies of the state-of-the-art in
today’s (and tomorrow’s) cultural landscape(s). The Club is supported by
the Goldsmiths Digital Studios (GDS) and the Goldsmiths Graduate School.


Originally set up in October 2005 by GDS as a more informal setting for
research discussions, it has grown to include over 150 members, artists,
technologists, scientists, in fact, a growing diversity of people from
different communities worldwide, that are now connected via a mailing
list and online forum.


There are also regular meetings in ‘real' space at the Ben Pimlott site
of Goldsmiths, University of London. Anyone can attend these events. By
keeping these meetings free, informal and open to all, we provide a
platform for diverse and open ended discourse, for people who perhaps
would not have the opportunity to discuss ideas outside of their chosen
discipline.


The Thursday Club brings together people from diverse fields and degrees
of expertise, aiming to initiate discussion and debates among
postgraduate students, researchers, academics, artists, theorists, and
other cultural practitioners.


Since it focuses on interdisciplinary practices, the Club is interested
to experiment with innovative formats of presentation that are
appropriate to the nature of the subject. We particularly welcome the
proposal of round table discussions, panels, screenings, 'hearings',
live gigs and performance lectures as well as more traditional
presentations. We are also interested to platform experimental
work-in-progress, of both practical and theoretical nature.


Submission Materials

1. An A4 size page with your proposal (about 500 words); any relevant
links; 1-2 pictures if relevant.

2. A 200 words CV

3. Your contact details: name, address, email and telephone number

4. Selected additional audiovisual information (e.g. audio and video
files) preferably as a link.


Please send any submissions by email to Maria X at
writing 'Thursday Club Submission' as a Subject.


The deadline for the submission of proposals is 29 JULY 2007. The
submissions will be reviewed by the Thursday Club Board.


THURSDAY CLUB BOARD

Miguel Andres-Clavera
PhD Candidate Goldsmiths Digital Studios; Member of Social Technology
and Cultural Interfaces Research Group.

Maria Chatzichristodoulou [aka Maria X], Thursday Club Coordinator PhD Candidate Goldsmiths Digital Studios; Sessional Lecturer Birkbeck
FCE; Curator.

Bronac Ferran
Director of boundaryobject.org; Member of DCMS Research and KT
taskgroup; Director of Interdisciplinary Arts at Arts Council England
until March 2007.

Prof. Janis Jefferies, Thursday Club Convener
Professor of Visual Arts, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths;
Co-director Goldsmiths Digital Studios; Director Constance Howard
Resource and Research Centre in Textiles; Curator; Artist.

Dr Sarah Kember
Reader in New Technologies of Communication, Department of Media and
Communications, Goldsmiths College; Writer.

Michela Magas
PhD Candidate Goldsmiths Digital Studios; Co-director Stromatolite
Design Studio.

Prof. Carrie Paechter
Professor of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths College; Dean of the
Goldsmiths Graduate School.

Prof. Robert Zimmer
Professor of Computing, Goldsmiths College; Co-director Goldsmiths
Digital Studios.

Call for artists looking for Digital/New Media Training:

ISIS Arts is offering a limited amount of subsidised training opportunities for artists from the North East Region looking to update their digital/new media skills in a particular area. The training can be in any programme or specialised area as long as it will benefit the artist’s practise. This can include the creation and/or manipulation (live or post production) of still image, sound or video and other areas such as web-based work, 3D and interactive media. A good general level of computer skills is required in order to benefit from this great opportunity to get tailored one-to-one tuition. Check out your eligibility before applying as only certain postcodes are eligible:
http://www.europeanfundingne.co.uk/postcodes/index.cfm


A contribution of £25 per training day (on average each artist will receive two days training) will be required.


To apply please send a fully completed application form, downloadable from the ISIS Arts website: http://www.isisarts.org.uk/docs/training_form_2007.pdf an up-to-date CV and a few examples of your art work to ISIS Arts by Friday 20th July 2007. The training needs to take place before the end of December 2007.

IOCT Salon in partnership with City Gallery, Leicester: Sarah Jacobs, Thursday 28th June 2007, 6.30pm - 7.30pm

http://www.ioctsalon.com
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/citygallery

Sarah Jacobs is a sculptor whose work includes making objects, performance, installation, books on paper, and books in electronic form. She habitually makes use of everyday materials – plasticine and sticky tape, pdfs and powerpoint.

Her 'Deciphering Human Chromosome 16: Index to the Report' is an e-book which contains links to around 250 websites collected in the months following publication in the journal Nature of "The sequence and analysis of duplication-rich human chromosome 16" ( Vol. 432. December 2004). Its contents change over time as the websites change, migrate or disappear. The Index sets fragments collected from the websites against the background of the earlier draft sequence originally published by Project Gutenberg. The solid physicality of the Index contrasts with the ever changing Report although vagaries of the printing process ensure that each copy of the Index is unique.

Sarah will be talking about the interaction between the physical form of her work and its meaning and about the possibilities opened up by making work in electronic form.

Please note: this event will be held at and in partnership with the City Gallery, 90 Granby Street, Leicester

(Google map - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=LE1+1DJ&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=)