xCoAx 2013: 1st International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X (June 2013, Bergamo)

"Dates: 27-28 June 2013
Location: University of Bergamo, Bergamo Città Alta, Italy
Website: http://xcoax.org/
Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2012

The development of computational tools and media has been radically transforming the landscape for the practice of design, the arts and numerous cultural manifestations. Recognizing this, xCoAx is designed as a multi-disciplinary and nomadic enquiry on arts, computers, computation, communication and the elusive x factor that connects them all.

xCoAx is a forum for the exchange of ideas and the discovery of new and profitable synergies. It is an event exploring the frontiers of digital arts with the participation of a diverse confluence of computer scientists, media practitioners and theoreticians, that will focus on the relations between what can and cannot be computed, what can and cannot be communicated, what is beautiful and how humans and computational systems intersect in the development of new directions in aesthetics.

Topics

You are invited to submit theoretical, practical or experimental research work that includes but is not limited to the following topics:

* Computation
* Communication
* Aesthetics
* X

* Algorithms / Systems / Models
* Artificial Aesthetics
* Audiovisuals / Multimodality
* Creativity
* Design
* Interaction
* Games
* Generative Art / Design
* History
* Mechatronics / Physical Computing
* Music / Sound Art
* Philosophy of Art / of Computation
* Technology / Ethics / Epistemology
* Theory

Important dates

submissions open: September 2012
submission deadline: 31 December 2012
notifications: February 2013
early registration until: 15 March 2013
delivery of final versions until: 1 April 2013
conference: 27-28 June 2013

Additional information and submission details
* All works must be submitted via EasyChair;
* Submissions of papers and artworks must present original material and will be rigorously reviewed in a process that will assess originality, relevance, aesthetic and technical achievements;
* The reviewing will be double-blind; please omit all information about the authors in the submissions;
* Papers may be 4 to 10 pages long, following the xCoAx template;
* Artworks and demos should be accompanied by a two-page short-paper formatted using the same template and by valid URL for access to relevant media assets;
* Submissions should be presented as .doc or .pdf files with all the media files embedded or linked to online resources. Final versions for publication should be delivered in .doc with all the images and other media files attached as independent files;
* All images and media assets must be cleared for publication by the paper’s authors;
* At least one of the authors of each selected contribution must register to the conference before the early registration deadline in order for their work to be published in the proceedings;
* xCoAx’s working language is English;
* Please contact the program chairs at info@xcoax.org with any questions regarding submissions...."

More info: http://www.xcoax.org