LIVING IN MIXED REALITIES

cast01 invites submissions of innovative research, media art practise and theory. We are looking for ground breaking media art and inspiring research projects on topics like: Semantic Web, Mixed Reality, Advanced Interfaces and Future Media Spaces that symbolise the influence of information technology on patterns of life and work in a networked society.

Proposed contributions (english or german) may be in the form of research papers or artistic presentations as well as blueprints and posters of developing concepts. Researchers, artists, theorists, practitioners and entrepreneurs are encouraged to submit interdisciplinary projects and critical reflections on the merging of the virtual and the real.

All contributions need to be submitted through the cast01 on-line submission procedure in order to be considered for presentation at cast01. Please submit your contribution through the on-line submission procedure following the cast01 submission guidelines: http://netzspannung.org/cast01/guidelines.html

Topics:

* Agents and Narrative Intelligence

* Artistic Productions / Mixed Reality Architecture

* Awareness, Memory Space and Knowledge Discovery

* Cultural Archives

* Distributed Systems and Parallel Architectures for the Web

* Hypermedia Formats (XML, VRML, MPEG-4, MPEG-7)

* Interactive TV

* Mixed Reality Environments

* Performative Interfaces

* Tracking, Tracing, Vision Systems

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: June 15, 2001 Notification of acceptance: July 6, 2001 Camera-ready papers: July 15, 2001 Early registration deadline: July 31, 2001 (reduced price)

PROCEEDINGS: Accepted papers and blueprints will be published in the Conference proceedings. A special issue of netzspannung.org journal of Art, Design and Innovation Research will be published with cast01 conference best papers.

BEST PAPER AWARD: The best paper, artistic presentation, blueprint / poster and student presentation will be honored with the cast01 award.

http://netzspannung.org/cast01 e-mail: cast01@netzspannung.org

cast01 is organised by netzspannung.org and by the GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (bmb+f) and by the European Commission. It is chaired by Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauss and hosted by MARS Exploratory Media Lab: http://imk.gmd.de/mars