DearNana,

IfeelimmensejoytoinviteyoutomyFirstExhibit,whichhappenstobeinanInternationalCarnivalofElectronic
Creativity.

IamalsogoingtospeakonmyExplorationswithNewMediaArt,on17thFebruary,whichisthelastdayofthe
Carnival.

Iwillbegreatlyhonouredtohaveyouwithmeonmybigday.

Followingarethedetailsregardingtheconference:

http://www.theaea.org/cec_cac/ceccac08/index.htm

CarnivalofElectronicCreativityandChangeAgentsConclave

CeC&CaC(pronounced"Sek&Sak")isanannualglobaloccasiontocollectivelyseekout,manifest,learn
from,connectwithandenjoyastudiedbroadcanvasofcuttingͲedgeparticipation&contentfromIndia
andtheworld,addressingtheCreativeEmpowermentofIndividualsbytheburgeoningspreadof
Technologyacrossmultiplestreamsofhumanendeavour.

Withvariouscomponentpartstoit,CeC&CaCisapublicincidentplayedoutacrossseveralcongruent
venuesthroughaFridayͲSaturdayͲSunday,JanuaryorFebruary,inNewDelhi,
India.http://www.iicdelhi.nic.in/

WhereasCeC&CaChasbeendevelopedanddrivenprimarilybyTheAcademyofElectronicArts,ithas
sofarbeencoͲorganized,coͲpresentedandalsohostedbyIndiaInternationalCentre,

Theincidentproceedsinacontinuumsubjecttoevolutionaryflux,butsetsoutineachiterationto
belongeventuallytoitsparticipants,someofwhomthenactuallycoͲcuratelateriterations.

ItismeantinserviceoftheGoodEarthandtheGeneralPublic,includingInstitutions,Corporations,
GovernmentsandalsothelargerGlobalCommunityofeCreativePractitionersthemselves,acrossall
streamsofactivity
Events:
x Performances

x Presentations

x Screenings

x Exhibit

Performances
MainAuditorium
February15Ͳ16Ͳ17
(actualsequenceofperformancesoneachdaytobedeterminedonsite)

Friday,February15,2008.6:30pm

AshharFarooqui(aka'ToyMob'~Sampling&Composition)&PrashantYashpal(aka'VJPixelTweak'~Video)
BettinaWenzel(ExtendedVoice,andVideo),+duowithLawrenceCasserley(SignalProcessingInstrument)
Matthew"Hardoff"JohnDavey(PureDataJunkhouse)

Saturday,February16,2008.6:30pm

CurtisBahn(eDilruba)
AjayKapur(eSitar&MahaDeviBot)
"Seknsak"~AparnaPanshikar(Vocals)/LawrenceCasserley(SignalProcessingInstrument)/CurtisBahn
(eSitar&LiveͲAudioͲProcessing)/AnsumanBiswas(Vocals&Percussion)

Sunday,February17,2008.6:30pm

"ComputationalPoeticsGroup"~MartinGotfrit(Guitars&LiveͲAudioͲProcessing)/AleksandraDulic(LiveͲ
VideoProcessing)/KennethNewby(Violin&LiveͲAudioͲProcessing)
"ExperimentalEcstacy"~ImprovisationalCollaborations

Presentations
MainAuditorium
February16&17

February16,2008(9:30amͲ5:30pm,..withlunchͲbreak)
Chairperson,morningͲsession:LawrenceCasserley
Chairperson,afternoonͲsession:MartinGotfrit
ShankarBarua(India)[http:]~uponTheAcademyofElectronicArts,andalsoCeC&CaC
ArunJethmalani(India)~upongrowingasuccessfulbusinessbasedpartlyuponeͲCreativePractitioners
 NamanThakar&AvikChandra[guide:JigneshKhakhar](India)[http:]~uponstudentworkattheNational
InstituteofDesignon3Dinteractiveplatformsforcreatingmusicandotherapplications
ThomasMunz(Germany)[http:]~uponcuratingprogramsforoneoftheworld'slargestannualmediafestivals
(transmediale)
Matthew"Hardoff"JohnDavey(Japan/Australia)[http:]~upon*live*danceͲclubperformancewith
electroacoustics(asopposedtospinningpremixes)
AshharFarooqui(aka'ToyMob')&PrashantYashpal(aka'VJPixelTweak')(India)[http:]~uponmakingmusic,and
video,onthoughts,themes,...orevenabookͲchapter
AparnaPanshikar(India)[http:]~uponexperimentationsinpairingHindustaniClassicalVocalswithelectroacoutics
CurtisBahn(USA)[http:]~uponincorporatingancientculturalsensibilitiesintothenewestofcreativetechnologies
AjayKapur(India/USA)[http:]~uponpreservationandextensionofNorthIndianMusic,usingsensors,machine
learning&robotics
AnsumanBiswas(India/UK)[http:]~uponwhathethinksreallymattersinallsuchmatters,..attheendoftheday

February17,2008(9:30amͲ5:30pm,..withlunchͲbreak)
Chairperson,morningͲsession:AnsumanBiswas
Chairperson,afternoonͲsession:CurtisBahn

ArunMehta(India)[http:]~upondevelopinganddeployingtechnologiestoempowerthechallengedamongstus
FlorianThalhofer(Germany)[http:]~uponthefilmshehasmade,usingtheKorsakowSystemsoftwarethathe
inventedtocreatedatabasenarratives
RuchiraParihar(India)[http:]~upongoingoutintothebigbadworldaftersurvivingperhapsthefinestdesigneducation
inIndia
ParvezImam(India)[http:]~uponpremieringanothernewfilmamongstus(TrainSong),afterthelastoneheso
premieredwentontotriumphantlytraveltheworld
AdityaAnand(a.k.a."TatVaKundalini")(India)[http:]~uponthebusiness,andalsothepleasures,ofmakingabusinessof
Indianelectronica
BettinaWenzel(Germany)[http:]~uponvoiceextensionbytechnology,andalsouponvideoͲprocessingbyvoice
BrindaChudasamaMiller(India)[http:]~uponextendingafineͲartpracticeintoalsocommissioningshortͲcreativeͲ
videoworks,..bytheunlikliestofpeople
ShrikantAgawane(India)~uponfilmsthatheandhisfriendshavebeenmakingasstudentsoffilmmakinginthe
SatyajitRayFilm&TelevisionInstitute
MartinGotfrit&KennethNewby&AleksandraDulic(Canada)[http:]~uponcreativepoeticsinliveͲ
performance,empoweredandextendedbycodeͲwriting
RishabParmar&NitinBalChauhan(India)~uponsynergizingayoungArchitect'simaginationandcreativitywith
thatofayoungFashionDesigner's,toaddressanunusualcreativeopportunitytogether


Exhibition
Design,PropsandInstallationbyNitinBalChauhan
withRuchiraParihar&ShwetaGrampurohit

IndependentExhibits
RuchiraParihar~"Ofagirl..andherstories"
RishabParmar&NitinBalChauhan~SynergizingayoungFashionDesigner'simaginationandcreativity
withthatofayoungArchitect's,toaddressanunusualcreativeopportunitytogether
ShankarBarua~"PrintsI'dliketoseemyself"..thathaveearlierbeenprintedandexhibitedelsewhere
Organizers
TheAcademyofElectronicArtsisaPublicBenefitTrustthatservesasalearning,sharing,mentoring,
networking,benchmarking,empoweringandbroadlyinclusive,butnonͲeducational,institution.
http://www.theaea.org/
IncidentDirector:ShankarBarua
SpecialAdvisor:LawrenceCasserley
Coordinators:
RuchiraParihar
ShwetaGrampurohit
TimCalonius
NishantParihar
Assistant:DeepakThapa

IndiaInternationalCentre(since1962)isaforumfortheexpositionoftheculturalpatternsprevailingin
differentpartsoftheworld,bymenandwomencompetenttospeakonthesubjects.Theemphasisis
neitheronthestudyofparticularcultures,noronthepromotionofparticularideologies.TheCentreis
entirelynonͲofficialincharacter,nonͲalignedinitsmotivationandapproach,anduncommittedtoany
particularformofgovernmental,political,economicorreligiousaffiliation.
http://www.iicdelhi.nic.in/
IncidentCoͲDirector:Lalsawmliani"Teteii"Tochhawng
Infrastructure&Technical:SureshPal&theIICCrew