Aesthetic Artefacts, NordiCHI 2002

[pold at multimedia.au.dk]

***Extended deadline****
Call for submissions to NordiCHI 2002 in the new category of:
Aesthetic artefacts


NordiCHI 2002 introduces "aesthetic artefacts" as a new submission
category for experiments into how artistic expression and praxis affect
perspectives on interfaces, contexts and design.

The computer interface has developed from merely supporting work into a
broader cultural interface competing with and even replacing the book, the
gallery wall, the cinema screen, etc. Traditional functionalism fails in
relation to many new applications. At the same time, traditional
application areas may benefit from the inspiration from how digital forms
are articulated in artistic expression. Accordingly, digital arts challenge
the way we understand the computer, and the relation between form and
contents at the interface.

Examples of possible artefacts are (not limited to) interactive
artworks, computer games, interactive installations, netart, software
art, artistic interfaces, aesthetic experiments with HCI-related issues.
An important part of an aesthetic artefact submission is a short paper
that thoroughly reflects on CHI related issues affected by the artefact.
Accepted aesthetic artefacts will be exhibited at the conference in
conjunction with the demo session.

An aesthetic artefact submission is composed of three parts

- A short paper, conforming to the NordiCHI 2002 short paper guidelines,
describing the artefact and reflecting on its contribution to the HCI
discourse.

- An exhibition plan, describing how the artefact is going to exhibited,
including spatial requirements (one page).

- (Optional) a representation of the artefact on video (VHS/PAL, S-VHS
is not accepted), CD-ROM or DVD.

The short paper and the exhibition plan should be submitted via the
conference web site, whereas the (optional) video/CD/DVD should be
submitted by ordinary mail in three copies.

Submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee supplemented by
an aesthetic artefacts special committee of artists and aesthetics
scholars. Aesthetic criteria as well as an assessment of contribution to
the ongoing understanding of human-computer interaction are taken into
account.

Please observe that the presenters must supply all equipment necessary
for the exhibition. Limited Internet accesses will be available.

Please direct questions regarding aesthetic artefacts to
art at nordichi.org.

Electronic submission deadline for aesthetic artefacts: April 2, 2002
(late breaking results: August 1, 2002).

Full call for the conference available at:

http://www.nordichi.org


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Soeren Pold, ph.d., adjunkt (assistant professor) 
Multimedia Studies & Comparative Literature 
University of Aarhus    Office: 5341.121 
IT Parken     phone: +45 8942 5654 
Aabogade 34     fax +45 8942 5624 
DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark  
email: pold at multimedia.au.dk, soeren at bro-pold.dk (priv.)
http://www.bro-pold.dk
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