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CallforNewMediaArt:DigitalCheckpoints
Subject:CallforNewMediaArt:DigitalCheckpointsexhibitionforFLEFF2011(deadline:31.01.2011)Types:Callfornewmediaart,locativemedia,tacticalmedia,electroniccivildisobedience,experimentalcoding,radicalcartography,opportunity,announcement,festival,prizes,competition
The
FingerLakesEnvironmentalFilmFestival(FLEFF)
providesavibrantspacefordebatesanddialoguesofenvironmentalismaccordingtotwenty‐first–centuryglobalperspectivesthatembracethecomplexnexusofpolitical,economic,social,andaestheticdimensions,suchaspublichealth,geneticallymodifiedseeds,endemicdisease,indenturedlabour,militarizedinternationalborders,civilwar,biologicalwar,neoliberaleconomicpolicies,intellectualproperty,freetradezones,bioengineeredfoods,informaleconomies,rareminerals,women’srights,andhumanrights.Weinvitesubmissionsofnewmediaart,databasedocumentaries,locativeandtacticalmediawithadistributednetworkcomponent,digitalvideodesignedforonlineexhibitionplatforms,experimentalcoding,data‐visualizationapplications,experimentalarchiving,andotherweb‐basedmediathatengagethethemeof“Checkpoints”forFLEFF2011’sjuriedcompetitionandonlineexhibition,
DigitalCheckpoints
.Oneprizeof250USDwillbeawarded.Checkpointsevokecrossingovertoadifferentphysical,artistic,social,political,psychic,emotional,orintellectualplace.Inthe1940s,aviationinstitutedthetermcheckpointtodenotecheckingaltitudeincomparisontolandformsorstructures.Checkpointsfunctionedasreferencepoints,markers,navigationalaids.Later,itsgeographicalsignificanceexpanded:CheckpointCharlie,theWestBank,theUnitedStatesandMéxico,Baghdad,AfghanistanandPakistan,MyanmarandLaos,SriLanka,Nigeria,Colombia.Checkpointsentanglesurveillance:Homelandsecurity.Airports.Sobrietycheckpoints.Weighstations.Checkpointsundergirdthenewinternationalsecurityapparatus.Checkpointstestsafety,monitorprogress,andrefuelinadventureracingortheIditarod.Youprobablywanttoknowwhereyouare,butsodoothers.Checkpointsevokebothorientationandcontrol.Renaissancepolyphonicmusicpointingallottedsyllablestonotes.Transactioncheckpointsrecoverdataincomputersystems.Agamerwhodiescanrestartviaacheckpoint.Biologicalcheckpointsblockcelldivisionandstaveoffcancer.Checkpointsmodulatethebody’secology.Checkpointsmarkenvironmentalturningpoints:globaltemperaturegradients,flooding,heatwaves.
 
Acheckpointisacheck‐in—andcheck‐out.Check,checkup,checkmate,checkpoint,checked,spotcheck,checkered,checking,boilingpoint,borderpoint,matchpoint,point,pointer,pointing,flashpoints—principlesofoperationandcrossingstosomewhereelse.Comparably,distributednetworks,suchastheInternetandmobilecommunications,allowfreedomsandcontrolsofinformationviadigitalcheckpointsthatarerhizomatic,layered,coded,andtranscoded.ChinamakesinternationalnewsforitsviolationsofunfetteredflowsofinformationonGoogleandotherpopularcommercialsearchengines;othersstates,suchasIndiaandSaudiArabia,makenewsforthreateningtoshutdownBlackberryservicesthatarenotinstepwithdomesticandinternationalsecuritymeasures.Meanwhile,WikiLeaksmakesnewsforits‘democratization’ofinformationinits‘AfghanWarDiaries’and‘IraqWarLogs’.Statesandcorporationsoftencolludetoquellelectroniccivildisobediencebyswitchingofftherootofnetworkedcommunication.WhetherT‐Mobile’sblockingtheInstituteofAppliedTechnologyin2004foritsTXTmob,whichfacilitatedSMScommunicationamongprotestorsatthenationalconventionsoftheonlytwoofficiallysanctionedpoliticalpartiesintheUnitedStates,orUniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego’ssanctionsagainstoneofitsownprofessors,RicardoDominguez,in2010forhis‘TransborderImmigrantTool’,whichfacilitatessafecrossingoftheinhospitableanddeadlyterrainsofthe‘Devil’sHighway’betweenMéxicoandtheUnitedStatesbyprovidinginformationviaGPSandmobilephones.Indeed,politicaltheoristssuggestthatanepochofdisciplinarycontrolisgivingwaytooneofregulatedcontrolinacenter‐less,yethierarchical,distributionofpowerthatfunctionslikedistributednetworksofwhatwasoncecalledthe‘InformationSuperhighway’.
Checkpointsareeverywhere—intheairwavesandonourharddrives.Artists,communityactivists,intellectuals,andstudentsrespondwithinnovationandcircumvention.
WeinvitesubmissionsthatengagewithFLEFF2011’sthemeofcheckpointsbyanymeanspossible—disruptingthem,visualizingthem,allowinguserstoexperienceorembodythem.
The
DigitalCheckpoints
exhibitwillgoliveinApril2011inconjunctionwiththefestivalinIthaca(NewYork),USA.VisittheFLEFFwebsiteatwww.ithaca.edu/fleff fordetails,linkstopreviousnewmediaartexhibitionsandblogs,includingthecurators’blog
DigitalSpaces:SpeculationsonDigitalArtandViralSpaces
.PleasealsoreadaboutothereventsassociatedwithFLEFFanditsglobalnetworkofpartnersintheOpenCinemaProject.
PleasesendlinkstosubmissionswithabriefbioinanemailtocuratorsDaleHudson(UAE/USA)andSharonLinTay(UK/Singapore)atdigifleff2011@gmail.comnolaterthan31January2011.
Onlyprojectsthatcanbeexhibitedonlinecanbeconsideredforthisexhibit.Mediaartistsworkinginoff‐lineformats,shouldvisittheFLEFFwebsiteforothercalls.Unfortunately,wecannotconsiderprojectspreviouslycuratedinFLEFFexhibits,norcanweconsiderprojectsbyIthacaCollegestudents,faculty,orstaff.
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