[spectre] "Soft Borders" 4th Upgrade International Conference, 18-21 October 2010. São Paulo

[Chiara Passa]

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English version:


Soft Borders (http://softborders.art.br/eng/) is the 4th Upgrade!
International Network Conference and Festival, that will take place in
São Paulo city, Brazil, from 18th to 21st/October/2010.
The previous editions of the conference happened in New York (USA),
Ocklahoma City (USA) and Skopje (Macedônia).
The conference will gather artists, curators and researchers from 30
countries to present and discuss the field of new media art, in the
international and local contexts, especially in Brazil, the country
that is hosting the present edition of the event. The call for
participation is internationally open and the accepted formats are:
papers, posters and workshops.
The new media festival that is also part of the Soft Borders event
will present artworks selected by two curators - a Brazilian and an
Upgrade! International Network curator.
The Soft Borders theme, that drives either the conference and the art
festival, aim to discuss the borders dissolutions between the many
fields of the knowledge and life, the contamination of the one
another, particularly regarding the relationship between
art-science-technology.


PROGRAM: http://softborders.art.br/programa.html



Versão em português:


Soft Borders ( http://softborders.art.br/port/ ) é o 4o Congresso &
Festival do Upgrade! International Network, que acontecerá em São
Paulo, de 18 a 21/outubro/2010. As versões anteriores foram em New
York (USA), Ocklahoma City (USA) and Skopje (Macedônia).
O congresso reunirá artistas, curadores e pesquisadores de 30 países
para apresentar e discutir as artes de novas mídias, no contexto
internacional e local de cada país, especialmente no Brasil, que é a
sede da presente edição. A chamada para participação no congresso é
aberta internacionalmente, e os formatos aceitos são: papers, posters
e workshops.
O festival de artes de novas mídias reunirá trabalhos selecionados por
2 curadores - um brasileiro e um da rede Upgrade! International.
O tema Soft Borders, que norteia tanto o congresso quanto o festival,
visa discutir a dissolução de bordas entre os diversos campos e áreas
do saber e do viver, a contaminação de um no outro, especialmente no
que se refere a arte/ciência/tecnologia.


PROGRAMA: http://softborders.art.br/programa.html




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