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. SWITCH 21: Pacific Rim http://switch.sjsu.edu SWITCH, the new media art journal of the CADRE Laboratory for New Media=20= of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University is pleased=20= to announce the launch of SWITCH Issue 21: Pacific Rim. Along with Transvergence, Interactive City, and Community Domain, the=20 Pacific Rim is one of the four chosen themes for the ZeroOne/ ISEA 2006=20= Festival and Symposium. As the CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San=20 Jose State University is serving as the academic host institution for=20 the symposium and summit, SWITCH has decided to dedicate the issues=20 leading up to the festival around it=92s themes. Issue 21 is proud to=20= be dedicated to the Pacific Rim. The political and economic space of the Pacific Rim represents a=20 dynamic context for innovation and creativity framed by issues of=20 economic globalization, isolationist nationalism, regional integrations=20= and environmental change. Convergent practices involving art, science,=20= architecture, design, literature, theatre and music are being=20 manifested in new forms of cultural production, academic research, and=20= information technology-based industry. The challenge of new media=20 initiatives to pragmatically address methodologies of interaction is=20 both essential and timely. Just as the symposium poses this theme for exploration, SWITCH set out=20= not to draw any conclusions, but rather attempts to create connections=20= between and across the Pacific Rim. The body, code, genetics, privacy,=20= gaming, gender, and karaoke are some of the ideas explored by both=20 SWITCH writers and contributors from around the globe. SWITCH Issue 21 features new writings and projects by: + Anne Farren and Andrew Hutchison of the Department of Design at=20 Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia + Adrien David Cheok and Roger Thomas Tan from the Mixed Reality Lab,=20= National University of Singapore=A0 + Nancy Nowacek, Marina Zurkow, and Katie Salen from the ISEA 2006=20 City as Interface Residency Project + SWITCH Members: Thomas Asmuth, John Bruneau, Carlos Castellanos,=20 Bruce Gardner, Christopher Head, Sarah Lowe, Ethan Miller, James=20 Morgan, Aaron Siegel, Skyler Thomas, Arlen Thurber, and Michael=20 Weisert. SWITCH is currently overseen by CADRE faculty members Rachel Beth=20 Egenhoefer and Joel Slayton. ABOUT The Pacific Rim New Media Summit The CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University will=20 host a two-day pre-symposium to ISEA 2006 entitled the Pacific Rim New=20= Media Summit co-sponsored by Leonardo. The Summit is intended to=20 explore and build interpretive bridges between institutional,=20 corporate, social and cultural enterprises with an emphasis on the=20 emergence of new media arts programs. The Pacific Rim New Media Summit takes place August 6-8, 2006. http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/prnms.html The ZeroOne/ ISEA 2006 Symposia takes place August 5-13, 2006 in San=20 Jose, California. http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/ ABOUT SWITCH SWITCH is the new media art journal of the CADRE Laboratory for New=20 Media of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University. It=20= has been published on the Web since 1995. We are interested in=20 fostering a critical viewpoint on issues and developments in the=20 multiple crossovers between art and technology. Our main focus in on=20 questioning and analyzing as well as reporting and discussing these new=20= art forms as they develop, in hopes of encouraging dialogue and=20 possible collaboration with others who are working and considering=20 similar issues. SWITCH aims to critically evaluate developments in art=20= and technology in order to contribute to the formation of alternative=20 viewpoints with the intention of expanding the arena in which new art=20 and technology emerge. contact the SWITCH Team: [email protected] <bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><bigger><bigger><bigger>SWITCH 21: Pacific Rim=20 = http://switch.sjsu.edu</bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold> _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann