BIBLISTare,

Kanske har ni tagit del av CFP:en inför konferensen NEXT 1.0 i
Karlstad nästa år? Ser ju spännande ut. Som det nedan citerade
brevet från Espen Aarseth till sändlistan HT visar, har dock
infotexten snotts rakt av från höstens konferens DAC 99 i Atlanta.

Visst förekommer sådant med jämna mellanrum, och hela världen går väl
inte under för det, men nog är det lite pinsamt att man inte ens
personaliserat texten någonting alls?

MVH / Mats D.
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> >NEXT 1.0 - NEW EXTENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY
> >Karlstad University, Sweden
> >April 5-7, 2000.
> >
> >
> >Call for papers, performances & installations
> >Drawing on multiple technical and artistic traditions, many artists
> >and writers of the late twentieth century are exploring the
> >aesthetic and discursive possibilities of digital technologies. New
> >collective forms of cultural production and exchange are evolving
> >from the communication practices supported by the new media. At the
> >same time, theorists and critics are investigating the place of new
> >media artefacts in social, philosophical, and critical contexts.
> >NEXT 1.0 will bring together an international field of
> >practitioners and scholars engaged in the work of making these
> >technologies meaningful for contemporary culture. An academic
> >conference and an artistic exhibition, NEXT 1.0 will represent a
> >unique forum .........

This brings back memories.. Haven't I read this before somewhere..?

Ah, yes. Here it is:

>CALL FOR PAPERS, PERFORMANCES, & INSTALLATIONS
>
>...
>
>DIGITAL ARTS & CULTURE '99 (DAC '99)
>Atlanta, Georgia, USA
>October 28-30, 1999
>
>Drawing on multiple technical and artistic traditions, many artists
>and writers of the late twentieth century are exploring the aesthetic
>and discursive possibilities of digital technologies. New collective
>forms of cultural production and exchange are evolving from the
>communication practices supported by the new media. At the same time,
>theorists and critics [etc.]


Fair enough, I suppose. But "unique"?

To quote from "The Princess Bride": "I do not think it means what you
think it means"...

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För övigt rekommenderas Sture Dahlström-sällskapet, se:
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