Abstracts Due Next Week!

Just a reminder to get those abstracts in soon, as the deadline is 15 April, 2010: that's next Thursday! Please check out the full Call for Papers. If you are a remix or fan artist, we'd love to hear from you too!

Please distribute the CFP around to any interested parties or share it on relevant mailing lists.

Call for Remix Submissions

Our upcoming conference on remix cultures is seeking contributions from remix artists and practitioners. This event aims to bring together researchers whose work investigates aspects of remixing, alongside practitioners working in remix cultures, for a collaborative conference. We invite remixers of all kinds to submit artworks in the media of their choice, and/or to speak on their style or aesthetics, or other features of their practice. Live performance submissions are also welcome.

Expressions of intent of 200-250 words should be sent to revise2010@gmail.com by 15 April, 2010. Please include your full name (and/or artist/fan name), email address, and institutional affiliation (if applicable) along with the proposal, and include any tech requirements.

Please see http://revise2010.blogspot.com for more information, or email revise2010@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Coordinator Profile: Rae Campbell

Rae Campbell is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Science, Media and Communication at the University of Wollongong. She is writing her thesis on shifting western cultural discourses concerning value and power associated with nerd identity and considering whether there is a gender inequity when it comes to the power and cultural advantages now attached to the nerd label.

Coordinator Profile: Andrew Whelan

Andrew Whelan is a sociology lecturer at UOW with interests in music, gender, and language use. His current research addresses noise and death metal, sampling practices in breakcore, and forms of 'problematic' speech and discourse online.

Remix recommendation: the last tune on this release.

Coordinator Profile: Katie Freund

Katie is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Science, Media & Communication at the University of Wollongong. She is writing her dissertation on fan-made remix videos, known as vids, which edit television and film footage to music, and also researches virtual worlds such as Second Life and their uses for education.

Blog: Fanthropology
Email: fanthropology@gmail.com
Twitter: Katiedigc
Second Life: Rina Ethaniel


Remix recommendations:

"Supernatural at the Movies" by Ash


"Expialidocious", by Pogo

Coordinator Profile: Chris Moore

Chris Moore is a father, gamer and lecturer in Digital Communications, Games and Media Studies at the University of Wollongong. Currently researching Australian games and gamers and their cultural, economic and social contributions, this focus has emerged from analysis of the complementary and alternative regimes of intellectual property generation and management, including the Open Source movement and digital games modification and machinima sub-cultures and online learning practices. Check him out on Flickr and Twitter.

Welcome!

We've finally gone and done it! Chris Moore, Andrew Whelan, Rae Campbell, and I are now hosting a conference here at UOW. It's called "Revise: The Art and Science of Contemporary Remix Culture" and it's coming up on 2-3 December, 2010.

We are seeking both academic papers and fan submissions of artwork, video remixes and mashups, DJ work, and literary remix. I would love to see practitioners and fan artists attend this event, and you are welcome to submit a short abstract (200-250 words) to revise2010@gmail.com and speak for about 15-20 min about your work or your style. It is our hope to combine the academics and the artists in a collaborative event that everyone can enjoy.

Please check out the Call for Papers in the sidebar for more information on topics and submission guidelines. Abstracts are due by 15 April, 2010!