The 4th edition will take place in London from 3-7 October 2012.

2012 THEME: ‘Unfinity’

We live in a unique moment in history, between two rapidly changing worlds. One is the world of decaying political and economic structures and the other is the world of an infinite explosion in technology and information. There are conflicting mindsets in every part of our culture: the contradiction between ubiquitous virtual presence and physical presence creating an identity crisis; the non-hierarchical, organic web structure clashing with hierarchical, non-organic real-world structures; the myth of the individual as a genius vs the power of the crowd and the collaborative practice; the passive and observant attitude set against active participation and co-creation. These opposing forces are placing us in a paradoxical state that we have named Unfinity.

http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/

Deadline: Sunday 15th, July, 2012

3-5 April 2011 – Vienna, Austria
http://www.evostar.org

EvoStar comprises the premier co-located conferences in the field of
Bio-Inspired Computing:
EuroGP, EvoCOP, EvoBIO, EvoMUSART and EvoApplications.

Featuring the latest in theoretical and applied research, EvoStar topics
include recent genetic programming challenges, evolutionary and other
meta-heuristic approaches for combinatorial optimization, evolutionary
algorithms, machine learning and data mining techniques in the
biosciences, in numerical optimization, in music and art domains, in
image analysis, signal processing and pattern recognition, in finance
and economics, computer games, risk management, security and defence
applications, communication networks, parallel and distributed
infrastructures, dynamic and stochastic environments and in a wide range
of applications to scientific, industrial, financial and other
real-world problems.

The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science series.

EvoStar Conferences
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EuroGP
16th International Conference on Genetic Programming

EvoCOP
13th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation in
Combinatorial Optimization

EvoBIO
11th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, Machine
Learning and Data Mining in Computational Biology

EvoMUSART
2nd International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired
Music, Sound, Art and Design

EvoApplications – International Conference on the Applications of
Evolutionary Computation
EvoCOMNET
Track on application of nature-inspired techniques for
communication networks and other parallel and distributed systems

EvoCOMPLEX
Track on evolutionary algorithms and complex systems

EvoFIN
Track on evolutionary computation in finance and economics

EvoGAMES
Track on bio-inspired algorithms in games

EvoIASP
Track on evolutionary computation in image analysis, signal
processing and pattern recognition

EvoINDUSTRY
Track on the application of Nature-Inspired Techniques in
industrial settings

EvoNUM
Track bio-inspired algorithms for continuous parameter optimisation

EvoPAR
Track on parallel architectures and distributed infrastructures

EvoRISK
Track on computational intelligence for risk management, security
and defence applications

EvoSTOC
Track on evolutionary algorithms in stochastic and dynamic
environments

Important Dates:
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Submission deadline: 1 November 2012
Notification to authors:21 December 2012
Camera-ready deadline: 15 January 2013
EvoStar event 3-5 April 2013

EvoStar Submission Instructions
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Submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. Submissions
will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the program
committee. The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their
papers on the basis of the reviewers’ comments and will be asked to send
a camera ready version of their manuscripts. At least one author of each
accepted work has to register for and attend the conference and present
the work.

The reviewing process will be double-blind. Manuscript should be
submitted in Springer LNCS format.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EvoStar website: http://www.evostar.org

EVO* coordinator
Jennifer Willies (J.Willies at napier dot ac dot uk)
Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Local Chair
Bin Hu (hu at ads dot tuwien dot ac dot at)
Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Publicity Chairs
A. Sima Uyar (etaner at itu dot edu dot tr)
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Kevin Sim (K.Sim at napier dot ac dot uk)
Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Deadline: Thursday 1st, November, 2012

HOW TO APPLY
Please read the Rules & Guidelines below, then complete and send the submissions and equal opportunities form below
by post to
Abandon Normal Devices
70 Oxford Road
Manchester
M1 5NH, UK
or by email to hello@andfestival.org.uk with “Moving Image Submission” in the subject line
Deadline: 17:00, Wed 30 May 2012

For all inquiries please contact Afroditi Barmparousi with “Moving Image Submissions Info” in the subject line: Afroditi@andfestival.org.uk

Downloads
AND_MovingImage_Rules&Guidelines.pdf

ANDFilm_SubmissionForm.doc

ANDequal_opportunities_monitoring_form-submissions.doc

Deadline: Wednesday 30th, May, 2012

The aim of the programme is to offer artists (minimum of two participants) a dedicated period of time to develop research or a project in this unique habitat that questions what it is to be resident on the waterways. AND are seeking applications from individuals / groups working in emerging artistic practice that questions normality. Applicants should have an established background in their respective fields and should be able to demonstrate how a residency period at AND will assist the development of their research and practice.

RESIDENCY DETAILS

This residency will be based on a Canal Boat on the Manchester and Pennine Waterways, Northwest England for approximately four weeks in August and September 2012. Accommodation will be provided on a canal boat for four weeks, full training on boat handling and maintenance will be provided at the beginning of the residency. A route will be mapped out in collaboration with the resident artists and partner organisations.

The handling of a canal boat requires two people, therefore the residency is open to a minimum of two people. There may be a possibility to provide accommodation for more participants, so the residency encourages applications from collaborating artists, collectives and families (fees and stipend remain the same).

The following budget is available to the resident artist (to be managed by AND):
• An artists’ fee and stipend of £1500 GBP (to include any materials and/or production and living costs)
• Travel expenses to the UK of up to £1000 GBP

HOW TO APPLY

Apply by sending a statement (no longer than two sides of A4) detailing:
• Your particular areas of interest in relation to the programme and its goals
• A suggestion of how you would spend your time in residence, what outcomes you would expect to achieve and why
Please also include in your application:
• Your CV
• Examples of previous work
• A completed equal opportunities monitoring form (available to download from the AND website www.andfestival.org.uk.
Applications should be submitted by email to residency@andfestival.org.uk

Deadline for Applications: 17:00 Fri 25 May 2012
Interviews will be held the w/c 11 June at Cornerhouse, Manchester or via skype.
For an informal discussion prior to submitting an application contact Ruth McCullough, AND Festival Producer residency@andfestival.org.uk

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Deadline: Friday 25th, May, 2012

We are seeking innovative ideas for an artwork, art project, exhibition or online/digital work responding to the theme of “success” to be presented during AND festival in Manchester from 29 August – 2 September 2012.

This year AND sets out to explore the spectrum of “success” through looking at those who have claimed “failure” to offer more imaginative, co-operative, and insightful ways of being in the world. Whether failure is used as a point of resistance or a destructive action, the AND Festival will focus on pushing success to the limit in order to make us rethink the formula and ask where the lasting value will reside.

We are seeking proposals responding to this theme to animate the spaces surrounding the AND Festival hub at Cornerhouse, such as public spaces, empty spaces, digital spaces and local businesses that stretch down Whitworth Street to the First Street Development and up the Oxford Road to the Universities.

This collaboration provides a unique opportunity for participants from across the UK to submit a proposal costing between £50 – £500. In exceptional cases, there will be additional production budget of up to £500 for projects that demonstrate the need further production investment.

To find out more about AND Micro-Commissions come to our information session on at Cornerhouse at 14:00, Thu 10 May 2012.

HOW TO APPLY
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please fill in the application form and submit it by email to Christina Millare, AND Festival Programme Intern christina@andfestival.org.uk before 17:00, Thu 24 May 2012

Downloads

AND_MircoCommissionsInfo.pdf

AND_MicroCommission_Form.doc

ANDequal_opportunities_monitoring_form-submissions.doc

Deadline: Thursday 24th, May, 2012

In 2005, Bunting embarked on the Status Project, which consists of data drawn from everyday bureaucracies, for example the use of a television licence, rail card or mobile phone contract through governmental databases and the Internet. These are then linked to each other according to their dependencies and overlaps. The research is based on the concept that “our identity is constructed as human beings that can possess one or more natural persons. The higher up in the class system the better the access to status variety.” Through this research Bunting has developed a method of navigating social and civic systems in order to create new identities legally. http://status.irational.org

The residency will offer the selected particiant(s) a new, off-the-shelf identity and use of the Rogue Artist Studio Project Space from 18 July – 2 September 2012. Alongside these resources there will also be an opportunity to be mentored by Heath Bunting during the residency, in order to develop new work or areas of research.

RESIDENCY DETAILS
The full details of the residency will be worked out in collaboration with the selected participants(s) and their proposed project or research focus.
The residency can offer the following resources:
● The basic elements of a new ready-made identity
● Use of Project Space at Rogue Artists’ Studios 18 July – 2 September 2012
● Mentoring support in project development from AND, Rogue Project Space, Heath Bunting and the Information Systems Department, Salford University Business School
● Access to partner networks, publicity and legal support
The following budget is available to the resident artist (to be managed by AND):
● An artists’ fee and stipend of £1500 GBP (to include any materials and/or production and living costs)
● Accomodation and travel expenses to the UK of up to £1000 GBP
If necessary, accommodation can be provided locally and will be discussed at the interview stage.

HOW TO APPLY
Apply by sending a statement (no longer than two sides of A4) detailing:
● Your particular areas of interest in relation to the programme and its goals
● A suggestion of how you would spend your time in residence, what outcomes you would expect to achieve and why
Please also include in your application:
● Your CV
● Examples of previous work
● A completed equal opportunities monitoring form (available to download from the AND website here)

Deadline for Applications: 17:00, Fri 18 May 2012
Applications should be submitted by email to residency@andfestival.org.uk
Interviews will be held the w/c 28 May in Cornerhouse, Manchester or via Skype.

Downloads

AND_IDResidency.pdf

AND_IDApplicationForm.doc

ANDequal_opportunities_monitoring_form-submissions.doc

Deadline: Friday 18th, May, 2012

Deadline: May 20, 2012.
Call for collaborators: June 1 – July 5, 2012

Through this call 6 to 7 ideas will be selected, aiming to:
- Involve the design of objects, installations or other platforms that put the hacker ethos into practice.
- Utilise open and free software and hardware technology developed through “Do It Yourself” (DIY) and “Do It With Others”(DIWO) methodologies and working strategies.
- Address current and future city needs – Specifically we are calling for projects that address: Crowd Sourcing Public Data, Wellbeing and Open Data Services.

This call is aimed at artists, designers, makers, doers, data nerds, hobbyists, citizen scientists, tech geeks, activists, edgy engineers, urban planners and to anyone interested in the theme.

Advisors of the workshop: Tim Redfern, Carolina García Cataño, John Lynch with Teresa Dillon (HACK THE CITY curator).

Complete information and guidelines:
http://medialab-prado.es/article/cfp_interactivos_dublin_12

Activity within the framework of Studiolab European project:
http://www.studiolabproject.eu/
http://medialab-prado.es
http://www.sciencegallery.com/

Deadline: Sunday 20th, May, 2012

There are two residencies available, both open to UK-based artists (artists can apply as individuals or groups) from varied disciplines who are looking for the time and space to research innovative ideas, develop experimental works and make new connections. The residencies will support early stage projects that require critical, and technical, investigation and discussion.

Each artist will receive research, development and production support and the residency will last for two months, beginning on 1 Oct 2012, culminating in a showcase event in early December.

Deadline for applications: 9am, 11th June 2012

For more information about the programme and how to apply, please visit: http://www.watershed.co.uk/ished/news/open-call-for-studio-residencies-2012/

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: victoria@watershed.co.uk

Deadline: Monday 11th, June, 2012

- urban versus rural ecology in the context of media practices
- mobile media and social media
- soundscape, mediascape & landscape.
We are looking for original, simple, low tech, D.I.Y style projects that can be conceptualized during the two weeks of the workshop (but needn’t be finalized within this timeframe).

The summer school will take place between 6 and 19th July 2012. During the event we will leave Krakow for five days as three workshops will take place at Sopatowiec between 9 and 13th July.

The deadline for the sublission is 1 of June 2012.

Please send us the applications including your:

- name

- afiliation

- description of your project (max. 500 words)

at the address: mediaecologies(at)gmail.com

http://www.media-ecologies.pl/

Deadline: Friday 1st, June, 2012