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CYBERSALON: EVENTS & PROJECTS OF INTEREST
1. CREATIVE SOFTWARE, Thursday, 23rd March 2006, The Science Museum's
Dana Centre
2. CYBERSONICA 06 - CALL FOR EXISTING WORK/GET INVOLVED

For more information visit the websites:
http://www.cybersalon.org
http://www.cybersonica.org

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CYBERSALON & THE DIGITAL RESEARCH UNIT @ THE DANA CENTRE
CREATIVE SOFTWARE
Thursday, 23rd March 2006, 1-10pm
The Science Museum's Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington,
London SW7 5HE [www.danacentre.org.uk]
Cost: Free. Email [bookings@...] for details.
Nearest tubes: South Kensington/Gloucester Road


"The signature and aesthetics of artists who write their own source code
manifest themselves both in the code itself and in its visual results."
Christianne Paul, Digital Art, (2003)

Creative Software is a one-day event featuring workshops, artist talks,
an exhibition of selected works and an evening panel discussion
involving leading practitioners, academics and curators in the field.
The programme will investigate the relationship between art and
technology and explore the history, context and approaches of artists
who write their own software and/or author their own code to produce
creative outputs.

Panelists and presenters include: Ed Burton - Research & Development
Director, Soda; Tom Corby - researcher/artist, reconnoitre.net; Charlie
Gere - Director of Research, Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster
University, Tom Holley - Creative Director, The Media Centre,
Huddersfield; Alex McClean - programmer/musician/artist,
state51/Slub/toplap; Hannah Redler - Head of Arts Programme, Science
Museum; Andrew Shoben - artist, Greyworld; Alexei Shulgin -
artist/curator, runme.org; and Stanza - artist/curator, Soundtoys.net.

Creative software is a rich, but hitherto marginalised area of art
practice. Yet few areas of artistic endeavour better demonstrate the
merging of art and technology and the blurring of the roles of artist
and developer.

Cybersalon and the Digital Research Unit (DRU), Hudderfield are
collaborating to help realise the hidden potential of the area by
proposing the founding a Creative Software Forum. We envisage that this
network will: operate as a crucial research and advocacy group; work
proactively to source and engage with creative software showcases,
curators and commissioners, established and emerging creative software
artists/artist groups and their work; assemble event programmes that are
diverse, accessible, exciting and contemporary; and ensure the strategic
development of these events are informed by expertise in the field.

The Creative Software event is part of a process of public dialogue as a
precursor to submitting a funding proposal to found the Creative
Software Forum. We hope to draw together a community of practitioners,
artists, academics, students, theorists, other curators and an
interested general public to discuss, scope and explore the potential
and remit of a forum that could champion and advocate for this work in
an ongoing way. It's an open call to all interested parties to express
their interest and to contribute to the discussion.

Please contact Lewis Sykes, Cybersalon Coordinator
[lewis@...] if you are interested in contributing to Creative
Software.

A full outline of activities and contributors will be listed shortly.

Cybersalon gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Science
Museum's Dana Centre.

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CYBERSONICA 06
19-20TH MAY 2006, CYBERSONICA FESTIVAL @ THE SCIENCE MUSEUM'S DANA
CENTRE, LONDON, UK
4-20TH MAY 2006, CYBERSONICA SONIC ARTS EXHIBITION @ PHONICA RECORDS,
LONDON, UK
11-13TH MAY 2006, CYBERSONICA SAMPLER @ ENCOMPASS, LONDON, UK
24-26TH MAY 2006, CYBERSONICA SAMPLER @ B.TWEEN, BRADFORD, UK

CYBERSONICA EXPLORES AND CELEBRATES SONIC AND VISUAL INNOVATION. FRESH
AND EXPERIMENTAL, IT'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN
ELECTRONIC MUSIC, SONIC ARTS AND AUDIOVISUAL FUSION.

CALL FOR EXISTING WORKS

Cybersonica is London's annual festival of music, sound, art and
technology. Now in its fifth year, it's a leading international event
for anyone interested in the theory and practice of how new technologies
are shaping and changing the way musicians, DJs, VJs, digital artists,
audiovisualisers and creative software developers make and present their
work. The festival brings together a vibrant community of sonic and
audiovisual innovation, nurtures new talent and showcases the freshest
and latest work in the field. Cybersonica is organised by Cybersalon,
currently artists in residence at the Science Museum's Dana Centre.

SONIC ARTS EXHIBITION

As part of Cybersonica 06, there will be a two-week exhibition of sonic
artworks. These works will explore new forms of interactivity, moving
away from the keyboard and screen and into the physical realm.

We are now accepting submissions of existing sonic art works from
artists wishing to exhibit and present at this year's festival.

These works may be interactive installations, new electronic musical
devices, physical audiovisualisers, tangible interfaces, modified game
engines (for example).

Works should be playful, engaging and must use non-mouse/keyboard
interaction.

Deadline: Friday, 31st March 2006.

Notification: Monday, 10th April 2006.

Details, entry forms and terms: available via [www.cybersoncia.org]


DESIGN A CYBERSONICA EFLYER

In the spirit of bootleg culture Cybersonic 06 is looking for designers
and Flash animators to 'remix' their own version of our eflyer.


GET INVOLVED IN THE FESTIVAL

As Cybersonica 06 approaches we're looking for people to get involved
with the festival - to help with promoting, running, documenting and
archiving the event.

More details available at the Cybersonica 06 website.

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