Thought this may be of interest to some of you. Jim **************************************************************************** ********************** The Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) provides leading-edge seminars, think tanks, summits and workshops for producers, designers, artists, writers, directors, software developers, new media content specialists, curators, scientists, educators and visionaries. In the year 2000, our focus is on science, art, culture, emotion and the fictions of the new millennium. Our series of summits and workshops cater to national and international, mid-career and senior professionals in the creation, production, distribution, and financing of new media content and products. The BNMI offers an unparalleled experience through which creative, technical and industry sectors come together in an atmosphere based on peer learning and research. To obtain further information on the BNMI, contact The Office of The Registrar at 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989 or at arts_info@banffcentre.ab.ca. Visit our web site at http://www.banffcentre.ab.ca/nmi. The Art and Fiction of Science Media: Television and Interactive Media ($210) Saturday, April 29 - Sunday, April 30, 2000 This seminar explores creative issues, technology innovation and emerging forms and audiences for science content. We will consider fiction, documentary and research forms, including recent initiatives by artists in the use of scientific data. The process of discovery, investigation and mystery that is part of the excitement of science works well in interactive form. Science broadcasting has led television in adapting broadcast content and context to interactive platforms. Broadcasters, interactive designers and those interested in entering the world of science media are encouraged to attend. Emotional Computing: Performing Arts, Fiction and Interactive Experience ($360) Thursday, May 11 - Saturday, May 13, 2000 Performing arts provide an invaluable resource with which to examine next generation new media. They combine physical discipline with improvisation, narrative and provoke emotional experience for the participant. The human body reminds us of our humanity and vulnerability. This summit searches for meaningful as well as abstract strategies that bring together our understandings of presence in the year 2000. Microwave technology, linked networks and satellite communications are just a few examples of the available resource base for the arts of the future. Performers can work the magic between the worlds of the live events and virtual network. They might play with responsive (smart) costumes and props or manipulate sound scapes and sets. The audience presence and activity can be an instrument in interactive work. This event explores and identifies research issues in cross-disciplinary performing arts and new media. It continues Banff's discussions of intelligent software design. Participants investigate educational applications and the development of an ongoing research network into performance practice and new media. We encourage making use of performance as an element of your presentation at Emotional Computing. Artists of all disciplines, scientists, theorists, technology and software developers, and audience analysts are welcome.
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