DIGITAL’08: Imagination On Behalf Of Our Planet – deadline 10 August 2008

27 06 2008

DIGITAL’08: Imagination On Behalf Of Our Planet
10th International Digital Print Competition/Exhibition to be held at the New York Hall of Science
October 4, 2008 – January 25, 2009
Organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)

What are the artists, scientists, and technologists of the twenty-first century thinking about our current environmental challenges? Can their artwork imagine new, positive approaches to sustaining life on planet Earth? Can it inspire us to confront the consequences of our current ways of living? Through the almost limitless possibilities of digital image technologies, we invite our competition entrants to examine their environmental concerns, indulge their fantasies, and then share their fabricated/ montaged visions of how a sustainable future might look, which might include new types of hybrid forms: plants, animals, humans, cities, transportation systems, food, etc. Let’s boldly envision on behalf of our planet!

CO-JURORS:
~ Michael John Gorman, Director of the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
~ Cynthia Pannucci, Founder/Director, Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)

ENTRY DEADLINE: Aug. 10, 2008
GUIDELINES & ENTRY DETAILS:
http://www.asci.org/artikel981.html
JUROR BIOS: http://www.asci.org/artikel984.html

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CFP: Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism – deadline extended to 7th July 2008

18 06 2008

Call for Papers
Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism
Workshop at the 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing ( UbiComp 2008 )
21 September 2008, Seoul, South Korea

In this workshop we want to explore new approaches to bring about real environmental change by looking at the success of empowering technologies that enable grassroots activism and bottom up community participation. Ubiquitous computing is transforming from being mostly about professional communication and social interaction to a sensor rich personal measurement platform that can empower individuals and groups to gain an awareness of their surroundings, engage in grassroots activism to promote environmental change, and enable a new social paradigm – citizen science. This workshop brings together fresh ideas and approaches to help elevate individuals to have a powerful voice in society, to act as citizen scientists, and collectively learn and lobby for change worldwide.

Full call for papers and the accepted workshop proposal submission:
http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/Ubicomp2008/

Key Dates:
27 June: Submission deadline for workshop position papers (2-4 pages)
25 July: Notification for position papers
21 Sept: Day of workshop

If you are on facebook, please join the Urban Informatics group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2493830797

and rsvp for the workshop at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22061180539