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Call for Submissions
International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC)
https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/international-…
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), the Mobile Innovation
Network & Association (MINA) and Mobile Studies International (MSI)
collaborate to initiate an event for the world of mobile storytellers:
International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC). Consisting of workshops,
a conference, and a smartphone film festival, the congress aims to promote
mobile storytelling for effective communication in different areas ranging
from community and civic engagement to new forms of storytelling,
creativity and developments towards story making (Schleser and Berry 2018)
and/or storyliving (Google New Lab 2017).
To be held on 22-24 November 2019 in Ningbo, China, IMSC focuses mobile,
smartphone and pocket filmmaking, mobile innovation and mobile creativity.
IMSC provides a forum for practitioners and scholars to showcase projects
and discuss changes, challenges and chances of mobile storytelling
including, but not limited to the following areas:
MOBILE AESTHETICS: Mobile digital art, iPhonography and smartphone
filmmaking
MOBILE INTERACTIVITY: Installation, locative media art and live AV
performances
MOBILE MEDIA PRODUCTION: Distribution, collaboration and co-creation
MOBILE SOUND: Music production, creative process & mobile instruments
MOBILE DATA & Mobile AI: computational creativity & Artificial Intelligence
MOBILE AR: Mobile Augmented Reality
MOBILE VR: Mobile Virtual Reality
MOBILE MR: Mobile Mixed Reality
MOBILE STORY: Storytelling, nonfiction, documentary film and media
This call is interested in storytelling and its broad application in the
digital world. We see narrative and non-narrative methods as innovation
sandboxes to illuminate community engagement and creative
transformation(s). We aim for a combination of theoretical and creative
practice research explorations responding to and interacting with the
opportunities and potential of emerging media and screen production.
Presentations and showcases can include work-in-progress, project
presentations, academic papers and conceptual provocations or pose
questions at the intersection of storytelling and screen production. We
welcome proposals for workshops to run in conjunction with the
International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC). Paper & project
abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed. We accept video presentations
but require presenters to join a Q&A session via Adobe Connect. Selected
academic papers will be published as a volume (with the tentative title of
Advances in Mobile Storytelling: Research and Practice co-edited by
Schleser and Xu) of a book series of IGI Global while selected projects
will be showcased by the 8th Mobile Innovation and Mobile Creativity
Symposium and the 9th International Mobile, Pocket and Smartphone Film
Screening & Festival.
#MINA2019 Mobile, Smartphone and Pocket Film & Cinematic VR
Including Eco Smartphone Filmmaking Competition #NUCLEUS
Submission Deadline: 15 August 2019
via https://filmfreeway.com/mina
Abstract for Research Papers, Workshops, Project Presentations and/or
Showcase
Submission Deadline: 15 July 2019
Please submit your academic paper abstracts (in APA style, at least 350
words are expected and a short biographical note 250 words)
Full paper submission deadline: 15 October 2019
Submit via
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=eXV_35w-fkq4REICgPU4Wcc…
We will inform you about the selection results by 15 August 2019.
Since 2011 the Mobile Innovation Network and Association (www.MINA.pro
<http://www.mina.pro/>) celebrates mobile, pocket and smartphone
filmmaking. The annual screening provides an overview of the trends and
developments in the international smartphone filmmaking community. MINA’s
screening focuses on experimental screen productions, moving-image arts,
documentary film and innovative approaches to smartphone filmmaking and
cinematic VR. More information about the Mobile Innovation Network &
Association, MINA, see MediaNZ Digital Communities issue (
http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/medianz-vol16iss1id200).
Mobile Studies International (MSI) is a global network of professors of
mobile studies and practitioners in the mobile industries. Founded in 2012,
MSI provides a dialogue between professors and practitioners of mobile
media and communication to share experience and expertise on how to enhance
mobile communication in all areas of human activities. For further
information, please visit http://msi.wiki.
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is a China campus of the
University of Nottingham. Founded in 2004 as the first Sino-Foreign
university to open its doors to China, UNNC has attracted more than 8, 000
students and 750 staff from 70 countries and regions around the world. For
further information, please visit http://nottingham.edu.cn
For further information regarding the Mobile, Smartphone and Pocket Film &
Cinematic VR, Research Paper, Workshops, Project Presentations and/or
Showcase, please contact Dr Max Schleser via mschleser(a)swin.edu.au
For further information regarding the academic papers, please contact Dr
Xiaoge Xu via xiaoge.xu(a)nottingham.edu.cn
Congress Committee
Dr Xiaoge Xu, Congress Chair, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Dr Max Schleser, Congress Chair, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia
Dr Gary Rawnsley, Professor/Faculty Dean, University of Nottingham Ningbo
China
Dr Andrew White, Professor/School Head, University of Nottingham Ningbo
China
Conference & Screening Committee
Felipe Cardona, Smartphone filmmaker, Columbia
Ass Prof Dr. Gerda Cammaer, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Canada
Matt Clasener, Adobe Education Leader & Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam,
Netherlands
Hilary Davis, Social Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of
Technology, Australia
Dr Kerreen Ely-Harper, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry,
Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Australia
Marcelo Godoy, Creative Producer, Brazil
Liz Hoyle, School of Communications Studies, AUT University, New Zealand
Chrisitan Kahnt, Director Goethe Institute, New Zealand
Anandana Kapur, CINEMAD-India, New Delhi, India
João Krefer, Filmmaker & Director, Brazil
Ass Prof Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma, Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication
Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India
Dr. Patrick Kelly, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University,
Australia
Martin Koszolko, School of Creative Arts, Melbourne Polytechnic
James Nicholson, Television and Screen Production, Auckland University of
Technology, New Zealand
Ass Prof Stefano Odorico, International Research Centre for Interactive
Storytelling, Leeds Trinity University
Shuai Li, PhD researcher Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
Australia
Michael G. Osheku, African Smartphone Film Festival, Nigeria
Sylvie Prasad, Visual Artist, Arts & Digital Industries, University of East
London, UK
Ulrike Rosenfeld, Cultural Programmes, Goethe-Institute, New Zealand
Dr Gary Rawnsley, Professor/Faculty Dean, University of Nottingham Ningbo
China
Dr. Miriam Ross, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Dr. Melanie Sarantou, Arctic Design and Art Profiling Area, University of
Lapland, Finland
Dr Max Schleser, Congress Chair, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia
Ass. Prof. Dr Paola Voci, Department of Languages and Cultures, University
of Otago / Te Whare Wänanga o Otago, New Zealand
Vannessa Vox, Filmmaker & Artist, France
Dr Andrew White, Professor/School Head, University of Nottingham Ningbo
China
Ass Prof Dr. Gavin Wilson, Department of Mass Communication and Media,
College of Arts & Sciences, Gulf University for Science & Technology
Dr Xiaoge Xu, Congress Chair, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Kia ora koutou,
Sustainable Taranaki and Intercreate Trust in association with Waitara Initiatives Supporting Employment Trust (WISE), New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) and Taranaki Savings Bank Community Trust are commissioning a public art work to be placed adjacent to the new Community Reuse and Recycle Centre at Colson Road, known as The Junction. The aim is to represent NPDC's Zero Waste Vision for the Ngāmotu New Plymouth District. Proposals are due April 30th 2019, and the successful artist or group will receive a commission of NZ$12,000 (incl GST).
The intention is that the sculpture would largely be made from recycled or re-used components. It must stand outside The Junction Zero Waste Vision facility in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, but apart from these requirements, the concept is open.
Proposals are due April 30th 2019. Links:
Application requirements
http://www.intercreate.org/thejunction-proposal-requirements/
Application page with information, FAQ's and form link
http://www.intercreate.org/thejunction/
New Plymouth District Council project page:
http://www.newplymouthnz.com/Residents/Your-Property/Rubbish-and-Recycling/…
Nga mihi
Ian Clothier
Additional text from the project page:
The art work will become a beacon for locals and play an important role in changing local culture in regard to how waste is viewed. Rather than being simply discarded with low economic status, the cultural, textural and creative value of the reclaimed materials used in the art work will assist the transition to a new view of waste and our relationship with the environment. It is hoped that the work, combined with accompanying tours and education programs, will help change the waste practice of Taranaki residents, allowing the District to achieve the vision of Zero Waste by 2050.
Educational and interpretive material
The sculpture or assemblage will play a role in education programmes for locals of all ages, from school children to seniors. The commissioned artist or group should consider writing the content to be
used for educational and interpretive materials as part of the commission, and consider how the sculpture could play a part in school visits and group tours.
Documentation of the selected reclaimed materials used in the work and their source should be a key feature of interpretive materials, so that the work can be an education tool in reuse and waste
minimisation in itself. The construction process and artist may also be featured in video and photographic records to be used in promotion and education at The Junction.
Consultation and design refinements
The selected artist/s are expected to meet with all project partners to discuss the finalisation of the design, and to inform the creation of accompanying educational and interpretive materials.
Location and timing
The sculpture is planned to be situated at the entrance to The Junction approximately on the site indicated in the drawings, to be the central visual feature attracting and welcoming visitors, and representing the Zero Waste vision of the Centre and District.
The commissioned project should be completed on site at the The Junction in October or November of 2019. The successful artist will be required to complete an OHS application and become an NPDC-approved contractor (Intercreate will assist in this process as required). The artist will also need to liaise with Intercreate, the construction company and project managers overseeing the construction of The Junction, to meet on-site OHS requirements during in-situ construction.
The artist or group is expected to reside in the area for the duration of construction and be present at the launch, planned for October/November 2019. Please note the timeframe is dependent of the programme of building works.
Materials
Ideally the sculpture will be made predominantly of locally-sourced reclaimed materials that would otherwise have gone to landfill. If required, New Plymouth District Council is able to support the selected artist/s with materials from the transfer station drop off area at Colson Road.
Materials must be suited to the proposed location for the work, able to endure exterior environmental conditions while maintaining it’s structural form, being a safe structure and requiring low maintenance.
Additional materials, construction and processes with other sustainability benefits such as low toxicity, low energy use or utilisation of renewable energy will be considered positively.
