Events

Calling All Writers

Region : Various Regions . Type : event Date : 16 Feb 2009 - 31 Dec 2009

If you are interested in coming aboard an exciting new disability project, please get in touch. Not much can be said now, but if you have the time and enthusiasm to write about serious issues and do some fun reviews, features and articles, then e-mail the provided address.

Contact : Laith Al-Kaisy: laithalkaisy@hotmail.com
Email : laithalkaisy[at]hotmail.com

Call for abstracts: Super Human Revolution of the Species

Region : non-UK . Type : opportunity Date : 22 Nov 2009 - 25 Nov 2009

The Australian Network for Art & Technology, Melbourne, Australia present nn international event comprising a symposium, exhibition, masterclass and public talk investigating collaborative art and science practices and their relationship with the human body. Taking place over two days, the Super Human symposium will present an invigorating and inspiring mix of keynote speakers and collaborative research projects engaging with one or more of the symposium themes: Augmentation, Cognition and Nanoscale Interventions. Questions that the symposium will address include, but are not limited to: How do scientific and artistic bodies of knowledge intersect with human, social bodies? Does art serve simply as a representational tool for the sciences or is there more to the picture than that? Does research into bodies and their systems offer an insight into aesthetics, or is it confined to the purely functional? Abstracts are invited from either individual or team-based researchers, artists and scientists. Submitted ab

Contact : Please submit all abstracts (and any questions) to the Conference Convenor:
Email : as[at]anat.org.au
Website : www.superhuman.org.au