Apologies for any cross posting that may occur. This announcement may be of interest to some list members. begin announcement ____________________ conference url http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/ cfw url http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/cfw.html +playengines+ MelbourneDAC exhibition entries close October 10 2003. Melbourne Digital Arts and Culture Conference 2003 is inviting artists working in the areas of computer games, interactive film and streaming media to submit projects for +playengines+ a curated exhibition exploring innovative creative work in the fields of computer games, interactive hypermedia, interactive fiction and nonfiction, and streaming media arts. Artistic works selected for inclusion in the exhibition will be presented to an international audience of peers, critics, producers, academics, local industry partners and the broader public. +playengines+ will be staged in Melbourne, Australia in May 2003. +playengines+ competition MelbourneDAC in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) are also offering the +playengines+ competition. Works included in the MelbourneDAC +playengines+ exhibition will be judged by an international jury of peers and winners nominated in each of the three categories will have the opportunity to be acquired by ACMI's Public Programs Permanent Collection. ACMI is a world¹s first purpose-build complex dedicated to the moving image in all its forms film, television, games, video, digital and emerging media. ACMI has state-of-the-art facilities for the exhibition, promotion and preservation of Australian and international screen art. Across four levels, the Centre houses the world¹s largest screen gallery, it operates Australia's largest public lending collection of moving image titles and it will be actively involved in the development of the screen culture industry. http://www.acmi.net.au Exhibition categories (one category per work): computer games, interactive film/video, streaming media, hypermedia what genre(s)/category(ies) your art might nearly just about go in: online game, browser game, interactive film/video, streaming fiction, streaming nonfiction, streaming other, text game, interactive graphic narrative - fiction , interactive graphic narrative - nonfiction , interactive graphic narrative - other , interactive text narrative - fiction, interactive text narrative - nonfiction, interactive text narrative - other, Flash fiction, Flash nonfiction, interactive fiction, (other?) entry is open to: independent artists, students, researchers, producers and/or small teams, computer game artists, real timers, 3D on-line gamers , interactive film/art creators, Flash artists, word players, interactive fiction creators regards adrian miles Adrian Miles Conference Chair adrian.miles@rmit.edu.au Antoanetta Ivanova Conference Producer antoanetta@novamediaarts.net _______________________________ end of announcement