First Call For Papers Visualization, Art, & Design A symposium in the 16th International Conference Information Visualization, 10, 11 - 13 July 2012, LIRMM CNRS Univ, Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ Click on Symposia hypertext Applications at the intersection of art and visualization have become a recurring theme at visualization, graphics, and HCI conferences. Inspirations from artistic movements, artistic practice, and the field of aesthetics have stimulated visualization research with an increasing number of practitioners creating works that transcend these fields. Performance, sonic, and visual artists, designers, and architects have capitalized on innovations from the computing sciences, expanding their semiology, to create radically new representations of form and process. At the core of all works is the concept of information, its transformation, and its representation. It is at this nexus that the symposium resides. Its goal is to develop and promote an expanding dialog among individuals and groups working in the digital information arts, sciences, and technologies, by providing a venue for discussions about their works and the processes through which they were created. Submissions to this symposium are invited from the breadth of the digital arts, science, and technology, including artists, scientists, technologists, designers, architects, psychologists, historians, critical theorists, practitioners, and others. Theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, and manifestos that address all manner of process or product are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: · Artistic and design practices supporting the visualization process · Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations · Art by visualizers · Visualizations by artists and designers · Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations · Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes · Artistic mapping of information, including cartographic art, virtual and built architectural environments, interactive systems, and animations. · Infographic design and its associated process · The role of the viewer in visualization design · Visualization design aesthetics · The role of aesthetics in the design of information visualization tools Symposium Committee Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (Chair) – Contact: fmarchese@pace.edu Sarah Kenderdine, City University of Hong Kong (Chair) Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia (Chair) Important Dates: 01 March 2012: Submission of papers 22 April 2012: Notification of Peer Review Result 05 May 2012: Submission of camera-ready 15 May 2012: Early registration closes Paper Format Guide: (Not more than 6 pages - excess pages at 30 GBP per page.) http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/INSTRUCTION.htm Submission procedures:http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm Dr. Francis T. Marchese Professor Dept. of Computer Science Pace University 163 William Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese email: fmarchese@pace.edu phone: 212 346-1803 Co-director Pace Digital Gallery http://www.pace.edu/DigitalGallery Director Pace Center for Advanced Media