Qi and Complexity Conference 2004 in Beijing - extended deadline

[claudia westermann]

Consciousness Reframed 2004 is a forum for developments in the field 
of art, technology and consciousness. This year we will address 
emerging issues under the rubric of Qi and Complexity.

 From semantic or neural networks to cosmology, economics and biology, 
a growing science of complexity interconnects theoretical models in a 
general field of instantiated knowledges. The ancient Chinese 
possessed their own scheme of systematic complexities and 
correspondences, called Qi. Qi is the basis of all Chinese arts, 
health and philosophical systems. If we substitute the terms in the 
translation of our respective literatures, we may have a better 
understanding of what once was considered some mysterious, 
non-material energetic 'substance.' Complexity and Qi is a proposal 
for a shared meta-narrative between Eastern and Western discourses. 
Ken Fields, Co-Chair.



Call for Conference Papers
Papers are invited from researchers in all disciplines who are 
involved in exploring through theory and practice inter-relationships 
between art, technology and consciousness. Researchers in the 
sciences and the humanities, as well as the arts, are again invited 
to submit. Of special interest this year will be papers, digital 
music and projects which address issues cross culturally in the 
context of spiritual practices, mysticism, esoteric technology, 
alongside developments in Western science concerning the mind and 
cognition, new media art and technoculture. We would also like to 
provide the opportunity for new sound pieces that include electronics 
with traditional Chinese instruments played by the top virtuoso 
Chinese musicians. These will be performed at the Central 
Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

Deadline of 8th May 2004 for Abstracts (revised deadline)

details
http://www.planetary-collegium.net/conferences/detail/200411