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ECA – Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland</p>
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30 – 31 May 2017</p>
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<b>Aims/objectives/description:</b></p>
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sIREN ‘Art and Digital Practices Conference’ will explore digital practices and their social impact in contemporary artistic contexts. It seeks to create an interdisciplinary platform of communication among artistic practices, technologies, theory, artistic
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<b>Themes:</b></p>
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The intersection of art and science</li><li style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; margin:0px; outline:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline">
Digital arts and urbanism</li><li style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; margin:0px; outline:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline">
Data analysis in art practice</li><li style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; margin:0px; outline:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline">
Computation and creative processes</li></ul>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Submission deadline: March </span><span style="font-weight:700">30</span><span style="font-weight:700">th</span><span style="font-weight:700"> 2017</span><br style="">
<span style="font-weight:700">You will be notified if your submission has been successful  by April 1</span><span style="font-weight:700">5</span><span style="font-weight:700">th 2017</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Please s</span><span style="font-weight:700">end your proposals</span><span style="font-weight:700"> to: </span><a href="mailto:siren.conference@ed.ac.uk" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; margin:0px; outline:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; color:rgb(51,51,51); background-color:transparent; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; overflow:hidden">siren.conference@ed.ac.uk</a></p>
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Papers/presentations and conference proceedings will be peer-reviewed and published online with DOIs.</p>
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Successful applicants will have the opportunity to attend hands-on workshops. There will also be a closing concert on the 31st.<br>
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Confirmed keynote speakers are:</p>
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Celia Lury (Director of Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick), Nicolas Donin (IRCAM, Paris), Peter Sinclair (Locus Sonus Sound Lab) and Jen Southern (CeMoRe, Lancaster University).</p>
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Confirmed workshop leaders are:</p>
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Trevor Wishart (Institute of Sonology), Kristina Andersen (STEIM, Amsterdam) and Chris Speed (ECA, Design Informatics).</p>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Please note that ther</span><span style="font-weight:700">e are no charges for registration and attendance</span><span style="font-weight:700">. </span><br style="">
Lunch, coffee breaks and a closing drinks reception are included.</p>
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Academic committee:</p>
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Prof Richard Coyne, Prof Chris Speed, Prof Peter Nelson, Dr Jules Rawlinson, Dr Martin Parker, Dr Owen Green, Mr Yati Durant</p>
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Hosted by sIREN (student-led Interdisciplinary REsearch Network) team:<br style="">
Eleni-Ira Panourgia, Katerina Talianni, Dara Etefaghi, Tina Krekels, Jack Walker, Roxana Karam</p>
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For more: <a href="http://www.siren.eca.ed.ac.uk/conference-2017/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk907547" previewremoved="true">http://www.siren.eca.ed.ac.uk/conference-2017/</a></p>
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