New Media

International Symposium of Interactive Media Design, Istanbul, Turkey
About the ISIMD:
ISIMD aims to be an annual meeting platform to discuss the ongoing advances in the field of interactive media design, new technology and techniques in the industry and their impacts on culture and the arts. The sixth annual meeting is to be held between October 15 - 17, 2008 at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Hence the program committee of the International Symposium of Interactive Media Design (ISIMD) invites the submission of papers, workshop proposals and art works to ISIMD’08. Official language of the symposium is English, thus all submission should be made accordingly.

Netzspannung.org - Media Arts and Electronic Culture, Germany
netzspannung.org is an Internet platform for artistic production, media projects, and intermedia research. As an interface between media art, media technology and society, it functions as an information pool for artists, designers, computer scientists and cultural scientists. Headed by » Monika Fleischmann and » Wolfgang Strauss, at the » MARS Exploratory Media Lab, interdisciplinary teams of architects, artists, designers, computer scientists, art and media scientists are developing and producing tools and interfaces, artistic projects and events at the interface between art and research. All developments and productions are realised in the context of national and international projects.

Rhizome, New York, USA
Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology. Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, our website serves to encourage and expand the communities around these practices. Our programs, many of which happen online, include commissions, exhibitions, events, discussion, archives and portfolios. We support artists working at the furthest reaches of technological experimentation as well as those responding to the broader aesthetic and political implications of new tools and media. Our organizational voice draws attention to artists, their work, their perspectives and the complex interrelationships between technology, art and culture.

Union der Helden
The Union of Heroes! In early 2007, we developed the idea for a team of superheroes from Germany. And it didn’t take us long to figure out a matching title. Where else could we place the cradle of our Union of Heroes than in the Ruhr Area? This is where we live und work, this is where we know our stuff, this is where our first story had to take place.
With this project, we – Eric Wünsche and Arne Schulenberg – try to live our dream.
Disregard for a moment that this is a comic! Ignore the fact that it is a photographed one! And don’t be surprised that our heroes experience their adventures here in Germany – and not in America, England, France, Japan or where else they usually do!
Please close your eyes for a moment and imagine what it would be like: Superheroes!
In the Ruhr Area! We would like to tell you their stories. And we are certain you will like them. So, draw the curtain: The time has come for new heroes! Welcome to the Union of Heroes!
Have fun reading!
Eric and Arne

ZKM - Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
As a cultural institution, the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe holds a unique position in the world. It responds to the rapid developments in information technology and today's changing social structures. Its work combines production and research, exhibitions and events, coordination and documentation.