Thinking through the Body: Essays in Somaesthetics by Richard Shusterman, Florida Atlantic University:

This book provides a richly rewarding vision of the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of somaesthetics. Composed of fourteen wide-ranging but finely integrated essays by Richard Shusterman, the originator of the field, Thinking through the Body explains the philosophical foundations of somaesthetics and applies its insights to central issues in ethics, education, cultural politics, consciousness studies, sexuality, and the arts. Integrating Western philosophy, cognitive science, and somatic methodologies with classical Asian theories of body, mind, and action, these essays probe the nature of somatic existence and the role of body consciousness in knowledge, memory, and behavior. Continue reading

[Marco Donnarumma — Hypo Chrysos] (CEC) Canadian Electroacoustic Community: eContact! 14.2: Biotechnological Performance Practice :: Guest Editor: Marco Donnarumma.

Biological technologies are computational systems driven by physiological and corporeal processes of the body. Endogenous mechanisms that would otherwise be imperceptible become manifest in the form of data. The field of biotechnological music performance is presented here through a set of fascinating articles describing heterogeneous methodologies and idiosyncratic musical ideas. (July 2012) Continue reading

Remote Encounters: Connecting Bodies, Collapsing Spaces And Temporal Ubiquity In Networked Performance :: April 11-12, 2013 :: ATRiuM, Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, Adam Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 2FN :: Call for Papers and Performances - Deadline: August 31, 2012.

The keynotes / lead performer lineup has now been confirmed. We are proud to welcome:

Keynotes: Jo-Anne Green from Turbulence.org (http://turbulence.org) and Networked_Performance (http://turbulence.org/blog); and Marc Garrett from Furtherfield (http://www.furtherfield.org)

Lead performer: Annie Abrahams (http://www.bram.org) Continue reading

Remote Encounters: Connecting Bodies, Collapsing Spaces And Temporal Ubiquity In Networked Performance :: April 11-12, 2013 :: ATRiuM, Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, Adam Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 2FN :: Call for Papers and Performances - Deadline: August 31, 2012.

Since the internet entered the public domain in the early 90’s there has been an explosion in artistic interest in its use as a means, site and context for creative practice. Much of this practice is performative in nature; either originating from a performance background and using the internet as a new site and/or augmenting aspect of that practice or is a form of practice developed as direct response to the internet and becomes performative to some degree in its spectatorship. Continue reading

In this Medea Talk, Jeannette Ginslov discusses the developmental stages of the AffeXity project, the interdependence of the collaborators, the relational and dynamic formation of technical and human intervention, the encounters of the carnal and the digital, the dialogic and temporal scaffolding of encounters of techne and the hands that attempt to capture affect. Read more here.

Deep Thought V.2 is an artificial intelligence machine, a futuristic fortune teller who uses Twitter as its memory center, from which extracted phrases to communicate in random and poetic way with its environment. Deep Thought analyzes brain signals with galvanic sensors, understanding moods from the variation of current in the skin. It then uses this information to generate searches inside its Twitter memory to find and select phrases to communicate.

Wanted tweets #dtv2: We seek people who share their deep thoughts, micro-poems, micro-philosophy and derivatives. This will help us to extend the memory of our fortune teller, poet, thinker, futurist, machine. Just add hashtag #dtv2 in your tweets.

Lisa Cartwright + Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy :: May 2, 2012; 6:00 pm :: EMPAC, corner 8th Street and College Avenue, Troy, NY.

What do we sense during surgery? Touch, sounds, and smells in the surgical theater, as well as engagement with others and the intersubjective experience of the senses during medical procedures are the focus of this intimate conversation. This discussion on the senses in austere surgical settings will be accompanied by a screening of video and sounds works. Continue reading

CODE - A Media, Games & Art Conference :: November 21-23, 2012 :: Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia :: Call for Papers and Creative Works — Deadline: May 31. Continue reading

Somatics & Technology Conference and Workshop :: June 22-23, 2012 :: University of Chichester, UK :: Call for Papers, Artworks, and Presentations — Deadline: April 28.

The first conference of its kind in the UK to disseminate a spectrum of digital arts linked with the Somatic, this event will integrate advanced critical and theoretical perspectives. Through keynote presentations, papers, roundtable discussions led by keynote speakers, a series of workshops and an art exhibit, the conference offers the opportunity for both practical and theoretical understanding of its theme. Continue reading

Fonlad 2012 Call For Artists — Deadline: March 31. Continue reading