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ICIDS 2014 Art Exhibition Open Call for Artworks
The 7th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
(ICIDS 2014)
Art exhibition: 2-5 November 2014, Singapore
Academic conference: 3-6 November 2014, Singapore

View this call online at:
http://narrativeandplay.org/icids2014/call-artworks.html

Submission deadline: 16 June 2014

The International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS)
is the premier venue for researchers, practitioners and theorists to
present recent results, share novel techniques and insights, and exchange
ideas about this new storytelling medium. Interactive digital storytelling
is an exciting area in which narrative, computer science and art converge
to create new expressive forms. The combination of narrative and
computation has considerable untapped potential, ranging from artistic
projects to interactive documentaries, from assistive technologies and
intelligent agents to serious games, education and entertainment.

The conference has a long-standing tradition of bringing together
theoretical and practical approaches in an interdisciplinary dialogue.
Starting from ICIDS 2013, the conference has included a curated art
exhibition. This year, the exhibition will be held from 2-6 November 2014
at ArtScience Museum TM at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The gallery will
be open to the public, and admission is free. The art exhibition will be
held in parallel with the ICIDS 2014 academic conference, which runs from
3-6 November at the National University of Singapore.

* Curatorial theme: Remembering/Forgetting *

The ICIDS 2014 Art Exhibition provides a platform for artists to explore
this new medium for storytelling from the perspective of a particular
curatorial theme: ³remembering/forgetting². Note that the curatorial theme
is intended to inspire, not constrain, and will be developed further to
accommodate the accepted works.

Remembering/forgetting can refer to how we remember ways of telling
stories in old or traditional media (oral storytelling, written stories,
theatre, comics, radio, television, film), and how, when we start working
with a new medium, our memories of older media influence the ways that we
tell, experience and understand stories in the new medium. At some point
we need to try to forget these old ways of telling and experiencing, so
that we can learn new ways of telling and experiencing stories particular
to the affordances of the new medium. Perhaps there is a need for
selective remembering and forgetting, as we learn the strengths of a new
medium and carry across what still works from older media.

Remembering/forgetting can also refer to personal storytelling: how we use
stories to remember and to recreate our past experiences, and to
selectively forget what we donıt want to recall. Urban and online spaces
are sites of tension between old and new, with stories constantly being
(re)created as history is paved over, upgraded, and erased. This tension
also exists in national and cultural narratives, which often rewrite or
erase some perspectives on history while reinforcing others.

The purpose of the exhibition is to encourage artists to explore
storytelling at the boundaries of old and new media, and to investigate
ways of remembering/forgetting how to tell stories in various media, with
a focus on exploring new ways to tell and experience stories unique to
computational media, and how old ways of telling and experiencing stories
can be made new, or remediated, in new media. Artists are also encouraged
to reflect upon the exhibitionıs location in Singapore, at the meeting
point of different cultures and of the old and the new.

* Submissions *

The ICIDS Art Exhibition welcomes proposals for artworks that explore the
curatorial theme of the exhibition, and that engage with the challenge of
combining computational digital media and storytelling. Artworks can
include, but are not limited to: screen-based computational works;
web-based works, interactive installations; augmented reality, mobile and
location-based works; computer games; interactive documentaries; and any
artistic works which involve some combination of computational and/or
rule-based system and storytelling. Artworks must be completed by the time
of exhibition, and not at the concept stage. Works-in-progress or
technology demonstrations are more appropriate for the academic conference
demonstration track, and should be submitted there.

Submitted works will be reviewed by a jury, and selected works will be
exhibited in the gallery space, and included in the online exhibition
catalogue. 

Submissions must be sent by email to the exhibition chair at:
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Submissions must include the following:

1. Proposal (as a single PDF file) including
- Basic details: Artistsı names, Title of work, Medium, Date of completion
- Artistsı bios
- Abstract: a short artistıs statement explaining the concept of the work,
how it relates to the theme, and how it explores the intersection of
interactive media and storytelling.
- Detailed description: Provide as clear a description as possible of what
the work will look like, how it will be presented, and how audience
members will interact with the work.
- Technical requirements: detailed specifications of the work, including
schematic diagram; size; weight; light and sound emissions; lighting and
sound requirements; spatial, electrical and network requirements; and any
other special requirements.
- Floor plan: detailed layout of space needed for installation, including
power requirements, exact dimensions of floor space and height, lighting,
audio, power sources, furniture such as tables, etc.

2. Artistsı CV (as separate PDF, max. 1MB file size)

3. Visual documentation of work (as separate files): one representative
image of the work, plus one detail image (both in .JPG format, 300dpi,
suitable for printing), one additional representative image (in .JPG
format, 72dpi, suitable for website publication), and one video
demonstrating typical interaction with the work (2 minutes, provided as a
link to an online video).

* Important dates *

Deadline: 16 June 2014

28 July 2014: notice of acceptance/rejection. Note that jury members may
contact the artists prior to this if there is the need for clarification
or discussion of details of the submission.
18 August 2014: submission of final materials for exhibition catalogue
November 2-6, 2014: ICIDS Art Exhibition.

* After acceptance *

Upon acceptance, the organizers will contact the artists to discuss
details of the artwork and to discuss installation requirements.
Submissions should provide details of equipment needed, and specify what
equipment will be provided by the artists. The organizers are not able to
provide financial assistance. We will attempt to provide some assistance
with equipment and manpower for installation, but artists are encouraged
to provide their own equipment and to be present during setup where
possible. The organizers will be happy to provide a reference letter to
aid artists in applying for funding.

Note that setup will be on Saturday, 1 November. On Sunday, 2 November,
ArtScience Museum will be holding a ³Sunday Showcase² session, during
which all artists (or their representatives) are required to be present at
the gallery from 1-7pm to interact with the visitors.
 
ICIDS 2014 will be hosted by the Department of Communications and New
Media, National University of Singapore (http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm),
in collaboration with the Keio-NUS CUTE Centre
(http://cutecenter.nus.edu.sg).

 
* Organizing Committee *
 

General Chair
Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore
 

Program Chairs
Clara Fernandez-Vara, New York University
David Thue, Reykjavík University
 

Art Exhibition Chair
Jing Chiang, National University of Singapore
 

* More Information *

Additional information about the conference can be found online at:
http://icids.org/2014
 

Questions about ICIDS 2014 art exhibition should be sent to the exhibition
chair at:
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More general questions about the conference should be directed to the
organizers via email at:
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