The Eighteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness is a symposium and series of events exploring the discourse of global proportions on the subject of art, technology and nature. The ISEA symposium is held every year in a different location around the world, and has a 30-year history of significant acclaim. Albuquerque is the first host city in the U.S. in six years.

Sunday, September 16:
Pre-Conference at University of Texas at El Paso
Activities in Southern New Mexico

Tuesday, September 18:
Field Trips

Wednesday, September 19:
Main Conference attendees arrive
Field trips
Evening convocation with reception & performance at Old Town site (7pm)

Thursday, September 20:
Conference activities at Old Town sites (9am-5:30pm)
Public exhibition opening at The Albuquerque Museum (5-7pm) & 516 ARTS (6-8pm)

Friday, September 21:
Conference activities in Old Town sites (9am-5:30pm)
Evening gala at Balloon Museum with balloon glow, performances (6pm)

Saturday, September 22:
Conference activities at the National Hispanic Cultural Center – Latin American Forum (9am-5:30pm)
¡Globalquerque! International Music Festival (evening concerts)

Sunday, September 23:
Conference activities in Downtown Albuquerque – Intel Education Day
Programs for teachers & youth focused on STEM+Art education
Keynotes at KiMo Theatre, breakout sessions in smaller spaces
Downtown Block Party highlighting theme of Transportation

Monday, September 24:
Conference activities at Old Town sites (9am-3pm)
Late afternoon train to Santa Fe
Evening panel at Museum of Contemporary Native Art in Santa Fe

Tuesday, September 25:
Santa Fe Day

Wednesday, September 26:
Free Day
Late afternoon bus transportation from Santa Fe to Taos

Thursday, September 27:
Taos Day

Please see ISEA’s website to access more information: 
http://www.isea2012.org/?q=info/about-isea-2012

Hosted by 516 ARTS, The Albuquerque Museum and the University of New Mexico,  Machine Wilderness references the New Mexico region as an area of rapid growth and technologyalongside wide expanses of open land, and aims to present artists’ and technologists’ ideas for a more humane interaction between technology and wilderness in which “machines” can take many forms to support life on Earth.

Machine Wilderness focuses on creative solutions for how technology and the natural world can sustainably co-exist.

Please note that the exhibition affiliated with ISEA2012: Machine Wilderness will take place from September 20, 2012 – January 6, 2013. The main exhibition for ISEA2012 is based at both the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History and the 516 ARTS, with off-site projects at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Creative Albuquerque, Richard Levy Gallery and the Alvarado Urban Farm.  The exhibition features work that combines art,science and Technology, demonstrating the role art can play in re-envisioning the world. The over 100 artists are from 16 countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and the USA. The exhibition was juried and curated through an international call for proposals, which drew close to 1500 submissions from artists and presenters around the globe.  The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue published by the acclaimed Radius Books, which will be distributed internationally.

Come celebrate the kick off of the first Desert Initiative project!  Work by Miguel Palma will be displayed at the Arizona State University Art Museum. More information to come.

High Desert Test Sites is excited to announce our next “big” event, HDTS 2013!

HDTS 2013, the ninth program in a series of free ranging and ever evolving contemporary art events, will expand our range and depth to take in everything from Joshua Tree, California to Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The event will take place over an entire week, during which artists and audience alike traverse the desolate desert roads and explore the hidden gems, both old and new, between Joshua Tree and Albuquerque.

This journey will lead us to the locale of this year’s co-curators, Dave Hickey and Libby Lumpkin, who relocated to New Mexico after a legendary residency in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Dave and Libby have been on our minds for a long time now and we are excited to finally team up with them as this year’s curatorial partners – bringing HDTS to their doorstep (so to speak).

So NOW is the time to start doing R&D for proposals!  Projects can take place at any site either in or between Joshua Tree and Albuquerque.

Submissions should include the following:

• Description of project: What do you want to do?
• Description of site: Where do you plan to do it?  Do you have access or permission to use this site?
• Duration of project: How long will your installation or performance be on view—do you envision a one-time performance for the HDTS 2013 event, or a long-term installation?
• Any images or supporting material

Please send all submissions in PDF format to [email protected].  Formal submission deadlines, event dates, and more information will be announced soon.