<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr">We are very happy to announce this call for paper for a special issue of MIT Press Journal <i>Presence.</i><div>Feel free to pass it on to whoever might be interested in. </div><div>Apologies for cross-posting!! </div><div><br></div><div>***</div><div><br></div><div>CfP: "<b>Arts, Aesthetics, and Performance
in VR and Telepresence</b>"<br clear="all"><div>Special Issue of <i>Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments</i></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Guest Editors: </b></div><div>Myounghoon "Philart" Jeon (Michigan Tech) </div><div>Paul Fishwick (University of Texas at Dallas)</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Scope </b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Art and
technology have a similar origin, and until the 17th century were not
differentiated from each other (the Latin word “ars” – art – included crafts
and sciences). Since then, they have diverged, but with the rapid technological
advancement of the current era, art and technology have begun to be <i>re</i>integrated. Recently, the application
of computing to aesthetics (or “art and design”) has proliferated. Thanks to
new technologies, we can expand the perceptual experiences of our existing
senses and can even create novel perceptual dimensions that have never been
imagined – new <i>presence</i>. Conversely,
computing and technology can be influenced by arts and aesthetics, in what we
call “aesthetic computing”. The application of art theory and practice to
computing provides an opportunity to explore more creative media, making the
concept of computing more accessible and promoting personalization and
customization of computing structures. The trend to integrate art and technology
is pervasive in formal education: STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math) is evolving into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and
Math) by adding art and design to the equation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This year, the 25<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the journal <i>Presence</i>,
may well be the first year of a </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">new virtual reality era, with a plethora of new and
updated virtual reality devices and technologies (Oculus DK, HTC Vive,
Microsoft HoloLens, etc.). </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Given
the paradigm shift from cognitivism into embodiment, the human body now has
more opportunity for representation in computing (gesture interaction, tangible
user interface, etc.) than at any previous time. In this line, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">virtual reality,
which provides “presence” and immersiveness, is becoming more important for
embodied interactions. Scientists and technologists can learn interaction techniques
and strategies from body expression experts – “artists”; and virtual reality
can provide an integrative, dynamic platform for arts and performances, a
living synthesis of which German composer Richard Wagner once dreamed in his
vision of “gesamtkunstwerk” – comprehensive work of art. We hope this special
issue can serve as a good step towards that goal.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Performing arts in virtual reality or augmented
reality </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Integrative arts (e.g., dance-based sonification, dance-based
visualization) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Public displays including lay people in the
performance </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Use of VR/AR to include people with disabilities in performance
or art galleries </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paradigm, theory, and model of arts and aesthetics in
VR and telepresence</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Design research approach to performing arts in VR </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Methodologies and methods of evaluating performing
arts in VR </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Design of new a sensor, device, or platform for arts-technology
integration</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Manuscripts
should conform to the journal’s submission guidelines:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/page/sub/pres" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.mitpressjournals.org/page/sub/pres</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Authors,
please note that audio and video files can be hosted as supplementary online
material accompanying published articles. For more information about multimedia
file formats and submission guidelines, please contact </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:presence@mit.edu" target="_blank">presence@mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Schedule</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for Papers: May 15, 2016 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission deadline: November 1, 2016 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Final revisions: June 1, 2017 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Publication: Late 2017</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. Myounghoon
“Philart” Jeon</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Associate
Professor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department of
Cognitive and Learning Sciences</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department of
Computer Science</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Michigan Tech</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:mjeon@mtu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">mjeon@mtu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">************************************************</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Myounghoon "Philart" Jeon, Ph.D.</span><br><div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Associate Professor</span></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#999999"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mindmusicmachinelab/" target="_blank">Mind Music Machine Lab</a></font></b><br></div></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#999999"><a href="http://icc.mtu.edu/hcc/" target="_blank">Center for Human-Centered Computing</a>@<a href="http://icc.mtu.edu/" target="_blank">ICC</a></font><br></font></b><b><font color="#666666"><br></font></b></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Department of Computer Science</span></div></div><div><b><font color="#666666">Michigan Tech</font></b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">nological University</span><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Meese 205, Rekhi 202,</span><b> </b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">1400 Townsend Drive</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Houghton, MI 49931</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="tel:%28906%29%20487-3273" value="+19064873273" target="_blank">(906) 487-3273</a></span><div><a href="mailto:mjeon@mtu.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#666666">mjeon@mtu.edu</font></a><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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