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	The First International Conference on Digital Live Art
	Monday September 11, 2006 The Octagon, London UK
	: about : schedule : keynotes : papers : performances : installations : venue info : registration : contacts :

(.) About
	Digital Live Art is the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), live art and computing. This conference seeks to bring together practitioners and academics from the varying worlds of live art, computing and human-computer interaction for a lively debate and event which will explore this emerging field. Our specific context focuses on club cultures as a living context for digital live arts practices. Our expected outcomes are to create a community of digital live artists and to present strategies for designing, developing and evaluating Digital Live Art. Such an event provides an opportunity to open up conversations between digital art and live performance and will allow us to explore how it is used to increase our understanding of human-computer interaction in general. The notion of Digital Live Art is that of a hybrid art form which focuses on presence and presupposes the digital as a way of making live engagements. Our particular interest is in exploring the relationship that develops between performers, participants and observers within playful contexts and how Digital Live Art may move people to performative interaction and communal engagement. The best proposals from the conference will be selected for publication in The International Journal of Performance Art and Digital Media (Intellect Arts and Creative Media Collection Publications, ISSN 14794713), Special Edition on Ditigal Live Art to be published in the Spring 2007.	...
(.) The Conference
	The conference will include both day time presentations and evening ambient after party. The daytime event will include a keynote panel with Charles Kriel, Philip Auslander, and Jon Dovey. The schedule includes peer-reviewed paper presentations, interactive installations and performances, a cross-disciplinary discussion forum and an ambient after-party. The conference and evening event will take place in the Octagon at Queen Mary, University London - the recently refurbished library which was originally built in 1888 and was modeled on the Reading Room of the British Library (now the British Museum) and was formerly contained within the famous East End People's Palace. http://www.octagon-venue.com/	...
(.) Who should be attending?
	We are seeking to bring together both working practitioners and academics from the active world of live art and computing, particularly (but not limited to): Performers: Live artists, digital artists, DJs, VJs, sonic artists, dancers, actors, magicians Participants: Computer scientists, technicians, club goers, designers, new media practitioners, decorators Observers: Cultural theorists, ethnographers, street scientists, her/historians Orchestrators: Curators, directors, writers, producers, events organisers, club & festival owners/managers and promoters. Whilst the deadline for submission of proposals has closed, registration is now open. Please note you do not need to be presenting or performing to attend the conference. The conference and ambient after-party are open to the public. However, anyone wishing to attend the conference must register using the system (see registration page for more information).	...
(.) Committee
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	Chairs Jennifer G. Sheridan Computing Department Lancaster University, UK Alice Bayliss School of Performance and Cultural Industries University of Leeds, UK Committee Philip Auslander, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Mark Ball, Fierce Earth Festival, UK Christopher Baugh, School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts, University of Kent, UK Johannes Birringer, AlienNation Co. USA, Brunel University, UK, Schmelz, GER Nick Bryan-Kinns, IMC Group, Queen Mary University of London, UK Alan Dix, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK Jon Dovey, Drama - Theatre, Film, Television, University of Bristol, UK Dan Fox, Welfare State International, UK Hannah Fox, Welfare State International, UK Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths University of London, UK Gabriella Giannachi, Centre for Intermedia, University of Exeter, UK Deborah Kermode, Ikon Gallery UK Charles Kriel, London Met University, UK Tom Lloyd, Welfare State International, UK Joe Paradiso, MIT Media Lab, USA Planet Angel, UK Sadie Plant, Writer, UK Sita Popat, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, UK Mick Wallis, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, UK	... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...