ISEA2015 STUDENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
VOLUNTEER APPLICATION DEADLINE â 20 June 2015 22:00 PST
The 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art invites students, artists, practitioners who want to be âwhere the action isâ to volunteer for ISEA2015.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, its School for the
Contemporary Arts, and its School for Interactive Arts +
Technology (SIAT). We expect 1000+ artists, scholars, researchers
and students from around the world, making it the largest event on
electronic art and digital media 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 including:
the vancouver Art Gallery, the Western Front, VIVO, the Museum of
Vancouver (MOV), Grunt Gallery, Vancouver New Music, 221A, New
Westminster New Media Gallery, Fortune Sound Club, the New Form
Festival, 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
Notification of acceptance will be sent out on July 5th.
If your application is unsuccessful (which you will know on July
5th), you will be given a code in order to benefit from the early
bird rate for attending the symposium.
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@sfu.ca
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