[x] Fwd: ISEA Volunteer Application Extension (Please Forward :)

Jim Andrews jim at vispo.com
Tue Jul 21 03:51:13 CDT 2015 

What follows is information on how to volunteer for ISEA. Note that the 
deadline is July 26--less than a week. This is approaching last chance, 
I surmise.

ja


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Subject: 	ISEA Volunteer Application Extension (Please Forward :)
Date: 	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:01:26 -0700
From: 	ISEA Volunteer Chair <isea2015volunteer at sfu.ca>
To: 	Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com>



    Volunteer for ISEA 2015


    VOLUNTEER DEADLINE *EXTENDED – JULY 26, 2015 22:00 PST

The 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art invites students, 
artists, practitioners who want to be ‘where the action is’ to volunteer 
for ISEA2015.

We need your help creating: disruption. The 21st International Symposium 
on Electronic Art invites applicants who want to be ‘where the action 
is’ in one of the world’s most prominent international arts and 
technology events. Volunteers will have full access to the conference 
and exhibitions, an opportunities to be immersed in the network of 
inspired fellow students, professional artists, designers, academics and 
scientists. As a Volunteer, you will help support the conference and 
have the opportunity to meet and learn from professionals, creators, 
educators, visionaries, and each other. Students who demonstrate 
leadership, service, and a passion for electronic art, computer 
graphics, interaction design and innovative technology design are 
encouraged to apply.


      What is ISEA2015?

The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) is the main nomadic 
international academic gathering focused on electronic and digital arts. 
Since its inception in 1988 in the Netherlands, it has been organized in 
4 continents and in over 20 international cities that span Istanbul, 
Paris, Munich, Albuquerque, Sydney and Dubai. ISEA last came to Canada 
in 1995 in Montreal, where it had a tremendously positive impact on the 
local community both in terms of cultural and economic shifts that 
remain central to Montreal even today! ISEA brings together scholarly, 
artistic, and scientific domains in an interdisciplinary discussion and 
showcase of creative productions applying new technologies in art, 
interactivity, and electronic and digital media.

ISEA2015 is hosted by Simon Fraser University's Faculty of 
Communication, Arts, and Technology FCAT. We expect 1000+ artists, 
scholars, researchers and students from around the world, making it the 
largest event on electronic art offered to date in British Columbia. 
While centered at SFU Woodward's, our programming is overflowing in 
various venues in the Vancouver area. Partners include many local 
artistic organisations and venues: the vancouver Art Gallery, the 
Western Front, VIVO, MOV, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver New Music, 221A, New 
Westminster New Media Gallery, Fortune Sound System, amongst others. As 
such, we believe that this event will exemplify SFU's vision of engaging 
students, engaging research (both practice and theory), and engaging the 
local, national and international communities.

ISEA2015 is a five-day symposium featuring over 500+ speakers, 
presenting 19 workshops, 10 tutorials, papers, panels, roundtables, 
posters, and demonstrations, and showcasing over 180 artworks ranging 
from large-scale interactive artworks to cutting-edge electronic music 
performances. The theme of ISEA2015 - Disruption - will allow 
re-examining and re-negotiating the frontiers between the academic and 
the art world, between practice and theory, between systems and reality, 
between art and society.

To frame this dialogue, ISEA2015 will feature keynote addresses by 
visionary pioneers such as Brian Massumi, Michael Connor, Dominique 
Moulon, Hildegard Westerkamp and Sara Diamond. The Yes Men will cloture 
the symposium with an address on the use of creative expression for 
disruption and subversion.


      Volunteer Benefits

Volunteers will have the opportunity to be immersed in the network of 
inspired fellow students, professional artists, designers, academics and 
scientists. Other benefits include:

  * ISEA 2015 full symposium pass
  * Complimentary snacks for the breaks between shifts (no lunch is
    provided)
  * Conference T-Shirt
  * Certificate of participation as a volunteer, upon request


      Applying

Visit the Call For Volunteers and apply Today at isea2015.org 
<http://isea2015.org/call-for-volunteers-2015/volunteer-application/>
Notification of acceptance will be sent out on July 30th.
Unsuccessful applicants will be given a code so they are still able to 
pay the early bird registration rate.


      Volunteer Position

You can participate as volunteer for different positions, including some 
due before the conference.
Visit http://isea2015.org/call-for-volunteers-2015 for details about 
each position available.

  * Volunteers Lead (Pre-Conference Position)
  * Installation Setup (Pre-Conference and Conference Positions)
  * Registration Desk Clerks
  * Room Monitors
  * Room Technical Setup
  * Way-finding
  * Openings, Performances, Sitting Artwork and Exhibitions Monitors


      Volunteer Requirements

As volunteer you will be asked to fulfill 25-hours in 5 shifts of 4 
hours each, and up to 4 hours of training during the orientation 
session. The symposium holds a diversity of events from 8am until 1am 
most days. Volunteer managers will try to accommodate your preferences 
for volunteer times, however, our priority is to ensure there are enough 
volunteers for each area. You must be able to work all 5 shifts, plus 
training time, in order to qualify as a volunteer.

The volunteer orientation will be held on prior to you first shift. In 
order for you to fully understand your role at the conference as well as 
the location of various meeting rooms, participation in the volunteer 
orientation session is mandatory. This means that you have to be in 
Vancouver on Thursday the 13th of August.

We will be grateful if you disseminate the call-out to relevant parties 
through your channels. We need around 120 volunteers.

Philippe Pasquier
ISEA2015 Symposium Director
Miles Thorogood
ISEA2015 Volunteer Chair.


Contact us:
For further information please contact isea2015volunteer at sfu.ca
ISEA 2015: http://isea2015.org <%E2%80%9Chttp://isea2015.org%E2%80%9D>
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISEA2015
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ISEA2015 Untitled Document

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