FYI, Olli Olli Sotamaa // Acting Assistant Professor Hypermedia laboratory, University of Tampere, Finland ----- Forwarded message from iseainfo@lume.fi ----- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:20:30 +0300 From: iseainfo@lume.fi Reply-To: iseainfo@lume.fi Subject: ISEA2004: Early birds 30% off + ferry highlights To: Olli Sotamaa <olli.sotamaa@uta.fi> Dear friends & colleagues ISEA2004 (12th International Symposium on Electronic Arts) will be held in Helsinki, Aland Islands, Tallinn and a huge passenger ferry cruising between them August 14th - 22nd, 2004. About 1400 experts in the areas of media culture, research, technology and the arts are expected to attend the event. Collaboration between research, science and art will be explored in a range of conferences, exhibitions, concerts, live performances and club events. DO NOT MISS THE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - only a week left...!!! SAVE 30% on tickets - RESERVE on-line here: http://www.isea2004.net/tickets. The cruise prices are all-inclusive (meals, travel, programme all in one). The Silja Opera ferry is a luxurious passenger liner, a floating tropical island with pools, palms, jacuzzi and retractable glass roof, turned into a multi-venue experience. The programme includes clubbing, sound art, installations, interactive games, sonic experiments, workshops and panels in venues such as the Metropolitan Club, the Karaoke and Disco Lounge and the Chill Out Deck, plus unexpected places from lifts to swimming pools. And donât forget that August is the most beautiful month to visit the Nordic and Baltic region! Some programme highlights of the ferry include DJ FreQ Nasty (UK) - Video Nasty experience; collaborations with KONEISTO artists; TUOMAS TOIVONEN (Finland) - underwater sound installation; MONOTON (Konrad Becker, Austria); FLOAT (Tamas Szakal, Hungary, and Tuomo Tammenpää, Finland); LIFEBOAT (Nigel Helyer, Sarah Jane Pell, Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts, Australia); and more. Even the food menu and the contents of the ferryâs TV channels are especially designed for ISEA2004. The first two sessions, 'Interfacing Sound' and 'Networked Experience' take place on the boat. After the cruise, ISEA2004 symposium continues in Tallinn ('Wearable Experience') and culminates in Helsinki ('Wireles Experience') with conferences, exhibitions, performances and works in public spaces. More info on the web (http://www.isea2004.net) or from Mika Minetti, mika@isea2004.net, tel. +358 40 719 2280. BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE: http://www.isea2004.net/tickets Welcome aboard! ISEA 2004 crew p.s. Information on the programme structure is on our website and regular press releases and updates can be found on the press pages. Our full programme consists of over 300 shortlisted entries. Stay tuned for updates! ----- End forwarded message -----