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UNIVERSITY</b></font></div>
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- Canada</b></font></div>
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4th and 5th, 2011</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><u><b>DESCRIPTION</b></u></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The BALANCE-UNBALANCE
conference will seek to bring artists together with scientists,
economists, philosophers, politicians, sociologists, engineers,
management and policy experts with the intent of engendering a
deeper awareness and creating lasting intellectual working
partnerships in solving our global environmental crisis.<br>
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Using art as a catalyst, BALANCE-UNBALANCE 2011 will explore
intersections between NATURE, ART, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and
SOCIETY as we move into an era of both unprecedented ecological
threats and transdisciplinary possibilities.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">BALANCE-UNBALANCE will
call for two days of reflection, debate, and the promotion of
projects and actions regarding the environment and our human
responsibility at this defining moment in our history. The
conference will be held at Concordia University during November
4th and 5th of 2011.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">One of the main goals of
this conference is to develop the role of the arts and artists
in dealing with environmental challenges.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><u><b>SESSION FORMATS</b></u></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>- PAPER</b>
presentations: each paper will be presented in person by the
author.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>- ARTISTIC WORKS</b>:
will be presented mainly at Concordia University's fully
equipped, 380-seat proscenium DB Clarke Theatre, located in the
heart of downtown Montreal</font><font color="#000099"
face="Calibri"><u> (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://finearts.concordia.ca/facilities/galleriesandvenues/performan">http://finearts.concordia.ca/facilities/galleriesandvenues/performan</a><span></span>cevenues/dbclarketheatre/</u></font><font
color="#000000" face="Calibri">).</font><font color="#2d2d2d"
face="Calibri"> Artistic works could include performances (such
as contemporary music, dance, theatre and intermedia
performances) and fixed media presentations (such as: video, and
possibly photography and installations if conditions allows it).
All proposals should have a contemporary artistic approach and
be self-managed; we will provide the DB Clarke Theatre equipped
with a video projector, a multi-speaker sound system as well as
lighting, however technical assistance will be limited. There
will be also a projector, a screen and an acoustic grand piano
at the entrance lobby.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>- TRANSDISCIPLINARY
ACTIVITIES</b>: this is an open format area of the conference
that includes transdisciplinary workshops, creative activities
or even the proposal of a roundtable with specific goals and
participants, always focusing on key issues related to the main
theme of the conference.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Some examples of inter and
transdisciplinary activities that will be held during the
conference can be found at:</font><font color="#000099"
face="Calibri"><u> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/">http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/</a></u></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><u><b>SUPPORTERS AND
SPONSORS</b></u></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The 2011 BALANCE-UNBALANCE
conference is being supported by a number of Concordia
University academic areas as well as world renowned
organizations and institutions. Dr. Ricardo Dal Farra, chair of
the conference, comes courtesy of Concordia's Music Department;
Dr. Paul Shrivastava and Andrew Ross contributions are possible
thanks to Concordia's David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable
Enterprise, and the International Chair in Arts and Sustainable
Enterprise ICN Business School, Nancy, France. Current sponsors
for the 2011 conference includes: the Hexagram-Concordia
Institute for Research/Creation In Media Arts and Technologies,
Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts, the David O'Brien Centre for
Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE - JMSB), Concordia's Centre for
Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC),
Concordia President's Office, the Electronic Arts Research
Centre (CEIArtE) of the National University of Tres de Febrero,
Argentina and the Ear to the Earth worldwide network for
environmental sound art.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><u><b>CONFERENCE
ORGANISERS</b></u></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The<b> Organising
Committee</b> includes Concordia University
faculty-researchers coming from a wide range of fields.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">With a still expanding
list of remarkable contributors, the current members are:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Dr. Sebastien Caquard,
Dept. of Geography, Planning and Environment<br>
- Dr. Carmela Cucuzzella, Dept. of Design and Computation Arts</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Dr. Ricardo Dal Farra,
Dept. of Music /<b> Chair, Balance-Unbalance conference</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Dr. Andra McCartney,
Dept. of Communication Studies</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Dr. Paul Shrivastava,
David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise - JMSB<br>
- Dr. Peter Stoett, Dept. of Political Sciences</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The Operations Committee
includes faculty members that will be collaborating mainly with
the artistic and the transdisciplinary activities of the event.
Its current members are:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Dr. Georges Dimitrov,
Dept. of Music</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Paul Scriver, Dept. of
Music and Dept. of Design and Computation Arts</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">- Eldad Tsabary, Dept. of
Music</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">-<b> Deadline</b> for
reception of proposals:</font><font color="#ff0000"
face="Calibri" size="+1"><b> August 2nd, 2011</b></font><font
face="Calibri"> (midnight, Montreal's time)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">-<b> Notification</b> of
acceptance:<b> August 30th, 2011</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">-<b> Confirmation of
attendance</b>: <b>September 16th, 2011</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">-<b> BALANCE-UNBALANCE
2011 conference</b>:</font><font color="#007700"
face="Calibri" size="+1"><b> November 4th-5th, 2011</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><u><b>SUBMISSION
PROCEDURES</b></u></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>- Paper presentation:</b><br>
[1] an abstract (250 words or less);<br>
[2] a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less);
and</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">[3] links to your online
CV and your web site.</font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">Only online submissions
are accepted:</font> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/Call.html">http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/Call.html</a></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>- Artistic works</b>:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">[1] title of your piece,
duration, indication whether the presentation will be a live
performance or a presentation using fixed-media support;<br>
[2] a short description of your proposal (250 words or less);<br>
[3] a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less);<br>
[4] detailed technical needs; and<br>
[5] links to your online CV and your web site.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">[6] also includes links to
sample material (audiovisual, etc.) hosted in a non-expiring
URL.<b> Please DO NOT send your material using<i> yousendit</i>
or any similar applications, and DO NOT send your reference
material by email, only include the links with your
submission.</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">Only online submissions
are accepted:</font> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/Call.html">http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/Call.html</a></div>
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</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Artistic works could
include performances (such as contemporary music, dance, theatre
and intermedia performances) and fixed media presentations (such
as: video, and possibly photography and installations if
conditions allows it). All proposals should have a contemporary
artistic approach and be self-managed, meaning that we will be
able to provide Concordia University's fully equipped DB Clarke
Theatre with a video projector, a multi-speaker sound system as
well as lighting, however technical assistance will be limited.
There will be also a projector and a screen at the entrance
lobby of the same theatre as well as an acoustic grand piano.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>- Transdisciplinary
activities</b>:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">[1] an abstract ready for
printing (250 words or less);</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">[2] full description of
your proposal (750 words or less);</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">[3] detailed technical
needs, if any (250 words or less);<br>
[4] a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less);
and<br>
[5] links to your online CV and your web site.</font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">Only online submissions
are accepted:</font> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/Call.html">http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/Call.html</a></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Send only proposals
oriented to the goal of this conference as stated on its
description above.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>Only clearly focused
works to that end will be considered</b> (please consider our:
"intent of engendering a deeper awareness and creating lasting
intellectual working partnerships in solving our global
environmental crisis").</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><b>The conference
organisers are not able to provide funding support for travels
or lodging, or fees for the presentations.</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><u><b>CONTACT and
INFORMATION</b></u></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Email:</font><font
color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"> <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:balance.unbalance2011@gmail.com">balance.unbalance2011@gmail.com</a></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The BALANCE-UNBALANCE 2011
conference web site:</font><font color="#000099" face="Calibri"><u>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/">http://balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca/</a></u></font></div>
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