mg@munnari.oz.au (Mike Gigante) (12/07/90)
A C M S I G G R A P H 9 2 Chicago July 26-31 1992 GLOBAL INTERACTIVE ART NETWORK 1992 =================================== Call for Initial Expressions of Interest Deadline 31 January 1991 Late submissions will be considered ACM SIGGRAPH 92, the 19th International Conference on Computer Graphic and Interactive Techniques, will be held July 26-31, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In addition to continuing the tradition of selecting and showing installations, two- and three-dimensional works and interactive pieces, the SIGGRAPH 92 Art Show committee intends to provide a forum for global, tele-interactive art, tentatively called The Portal. Works for the Portal may include but are not limited to: Performance Image exchange Cooperative image creation and modification Tele-presence and virtual reality Multi-sensory art/data communications The Portal: A Description The Portal is an artwork or number of artworks that will enable people at locations around the globe to communicate and/or interact with each other by means of computer software and telecommunications. Work must be accessible to a group audience: that is, cooperatively generated images must be in a form that can be experienced groups at one or more Portal sites. For example, in the realm of virtual reality, a data- helmet, data-glove, or data suit transmitter/actuator might be adequate, but a similar receiver/actuator for a single person would require some form of additional output to engage a group audience. Request for Feasability Proposals In order to realise this project, artists and art organisations around the world are invited to collaborate in the development of its form and content. We currently have expressions of interest from many sites around the world in addition to Chicago, including: Japan; Australia; Russia; South America; and Europe. For now, anything goes. We encourage creative exploration of the networking concept and are open to all possibilities. Final submissions must have a detailed technical specification and clear feasibility. At the Chicago site we are considering the use of high and/or low speed data communications via satellite and network. Video may also be possible. Not all these modes need to be used, and additional modes may be added. Technical feasibility and the proposals of the artists, organisations and industries participating will shape the final form. Standards for video, two- and three-dimensional geometry, raster images and other data are not set. We need your help in determining the exact formats that will provide the greatest functionality. During the planning phase the 1992 Art Show committee will act as a centre for the exchange of information and ideas concerning this project. Send inquiries, ideas, and tentative proposals for works to the SIGGRAPH Art Show committee contacts before January 31 1991. The preliminary proposal should include but is not limited to: * mailing, phone and email addresses * a description of the work or kind of participation envisioned * issues that the work addresses * technical requirements/suggestions; data interchange formats are especially desired * space requirements * temporal duration (you will be sharing the network with others) * names and addresses of individuals who will participate * a short description of previous relevant work by the principal contibutors * resources available to complete the work: industrial support/ partners; grants; loans; gifts; technical specialists; ... * suggestions for the extension/modification of this project Tentative Schedule January 31 1991 Deadline for preliminary expressions and proposals February 1991 Creation of an international committee to review resources, identify industrial and government Mar/Apr 1991 Evaluation of proposals and offers of support; assessment of feasibitlity July/Aug 1991 Call for Final Proposals November 1991 Deadline of Final Proposals Nov/Dec 1991 Selection of proposals as they are received; notification of acceptance to participants June 1992 Technical rehersals July 26 1992 On-line at SIGGRAPH 92 and participating international sites. SIGGRAPH 92 Art Show Committee Contacts Send Proposals to: John Grimes SIGGRAPH 92 Art Show Chair Institute of Design, IIT Centre Chicago IL 60616 USA For further details or to discuss your proposal: John Grimes (Chicago) Art Show Chair phone: 312 567 3250 fax: 312 567 3357 bitnet: idgrimes@iitvax internet: grimes@siggraph.org Paul Brown (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia) Art Show Member for On-Line Art phone: int+613 527 8698 email: pbrown@siggraph.org, glurp@godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au