Dear AoiR list Please find below a Call for Chapters for 'New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds' Many thanks Denise ----------------- CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2014 New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds A book edited by Dr. Denise Doyle (University of Wolverhampton, UK) To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1228 Introduction Although virtual worlds remain unstable phenomena a substantial amount of research continues to be undertaken within them and is reflected in the number of disciplines that study them particularly in an interdisciplinary context. Whilst there is already a history of artists investigating new spaces and new technological forms this exploration has continued more recently with sections of the artistic community utilising virtual worlds as a new form, or a new potential artistic space. Established real-world artists have explored virtual worlds as environments for practice and a number of artists and designers have continued to specifically work with Second Life to explore the potential and limitations of the platform itself. A range of early key works and other seminal works produced in Second Life still hold strong to be scrutinised in the context of new technologies and for their contribution in expanding our understanding and experience of virtual space. Objective of the Book The mission of the publication is to provide a coherent account of artistic practices in virtual worlds and to consider the contribution the Second Life platform has made in an historical, theoretical and critical context within the field of art and technology and digital art. The book will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders who have yet to have a coherent dialogue on Second Life’s contribution to artistic practice and will provide a platform to bring together artists critical reflections on the work they have undertaken in the platform and in other virtual worlds. Finally, the volume will examine the specific features and characteristics of Second Life that contribute to the virtual aesthetics and languages born out of the nature of avatar-based interaction that have been developed by the artistic and creative community. Target Audience The volume is intended for both artists and scholars in the fields of digital art, art and technology, media arts history, virtual worlds, games studies and a broader academic audience who are interested in the history of art and technology and the philosophical implications of virtual space. It will be an important study book for media arts, games studies and virtual worlds studies students and will be a useful resource as a historical and critical reference for new media art. The book will be of value to the field of the philosophy of technology and contribute to the continued theoretical discourse of physical and virtual space. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Artistic spaces for collaborative experiences MGandhi: Joseph DeLappe’s Salt Satyagraha Project The histories and technologies of the artistic imagination Early artist pioneers in Second Life The transreal: the politics and aesthetics of the virtual and physical Art and performance in Second Life Critical frameworks for the analysis of artworks in virtual worlds Paul Sermon, telematics and Second Life Art between worlds: artistic strategies of imagination and place The Kritical Works in SL project The phenomenological experience of the artist in virtual Worlds Sound and aesthetics in virtual space Virtual Sweat-shops: the politics of virtual world spaces High art/Folk art practices Lynn Hershman and the Presence project Digital materialisations: from the virtual to the physical Second Life: Ten years on Artist as avatar; audience as avatar Performance, Affect, Virtuality Virtual worlds and media art histories Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 28, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Submissions should be made through the link at the bottom of this page. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 15, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the ìInformation Science Referenceî (formerly Idea Group Reference), ìMedical Information Science Reference,î ìBusiness Science Reference,î and ìEngineering Science Referenceî imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2015. Important Dates February 28, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline March 15, 2014: Notification of Acceptance June 30, 2014: Full Chapter Submission August 30, 2014: Review Results Returned October 15, 2014: Final Acceptance Notification October 30, 2014: Final Chapter Submission Inquiries can be forwarded to Dr. Denise Doyle Faculty of Arts, MK Building Molineux Street UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON WV1 1SB Tel.: +44 1902 322 443 E-mail: D.Doyle@wlv.ac.uk