Thursday, December 23, 2004

Ottawa unwraps $9 million to protect Arctic ecosystems from development

Canada.com, Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:35 PM PST
Ottawa unwraps $9 million to protect Arctic ecosystems from
development
http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=81fe3f8d-8730-4121-b184-46f3d806c4e5
YELLOWKNIFE (CP) - The federal government played Santa Claus to
northern environmentalists Tuesday when it unwrapped a long-awaited
$9-million commitment to protect Arctic ecosystems threatened by
industrial development in the Mackenzie Valley.

New Voices Competition of digital art and design

[A $25 (Canadian) registration fee is required for each entry. ]


From: Design Exchange Express [mailto:express@dx.org]
Sent: December 13, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Express Alert: New Voices Competition

EXPRESS ALERT

December 13, 2004


Call for Submissions
digifest 2005: go wild!


New Voices Competition

Presented by Design Exchange and Telefilm Canada

Deadline: January 31, 2005 - 5:00pm EST

In 2005, digifest goes wild! That's right - in May 2005 Canada's
largest annual festival of digital art and design is taking a look at
all things wild. Tired of the mechanistic point and click paradigm?
Get ready for WILDcode, WILDstates, WILDmedia and more.

We invite you to join digifest goes wild! in exploring the
increasingly potent intersections of digital technologies with wild
(i.e. irrational or uncontrolled) forces, from the biological to the
psychological to the socio-political and beyond. Key issues that may
be addressed by artists and designers include organic interfaces,
animals and computers, digital mysticism, disruptive technologies,
digital terrorism, wild games, digital sexuality, cybernetics, worms,
parasites and viruses, and chaotic information systems, products or
environments with "wild" styles or aesthetics, to name but a few
possibilities.

The New Voices Competition is an opportunity for emerging and
mid-career designers, artists, and technologists to showcase their
latest innovations in digital media technologies. Companies, design
teams, digital media artists and other content creators are eligible
to submit new and innovative ideas and applications in interactive
digital media, games, 3D design, real-time environments, digital film
and video, web applications, mobile applications, fashion, digital
performing arts and all other digital idioms.

Winners will present their work at digifest in Toronto and their work
will be installed or displayed as part of digifest. Winning entries
will also be highlighted in both the digifest program and an in-depth
website.

For an application and complete competition details, go to our
website http://www.dx.org/digifest


Contacts

Irene Chong, New Voices Coordinator irene@dx.org
Paola Poletto, Director, digifest paola@dx.org
John Sobol, Associate Director, digifest john@dx.org

Design Exchange is grateful for the support of Telefilm Canada.