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NIME is an annual conference gathering hundreds of participants from all over the world to share their knowledge and late-breaking work on new musical interface design. The conference draws a varied group of participants, including researchers (musicology, computer science, interaction design, etc.), artists (musicians, composers, dancers, etc.) and developers (self-employed and industrial). The common denominator is the mutual interest in groundbreaking technology and music. Contributions cover everything from basic research on human cognition through experimental technological devices to multimedia performances.

We have planned a full week of scientific and artistic activities:

25-29 May: Art.on.Wires festival
26-27 May: Symposium: Technology and Aesthetics
28-29 May: Tutorials and workshops
29 May-: Exhibition on Sonic Interaction Design
30 May – 1 June: NIME conference and concerts

REGISTRATION
Registration to all of the activities can be done here (reduced fee before 1 May):
www.nime2011.org/registration/
You can also find information about travel and accommodation at the web page.

ART.ON.WIRES – 25-29 May

The Art.on.Wires Media Festival is a laboratory, hacker space and meeting point for performing artists, creative media professionals and multimedia engineers. Under the main theme live, distributed and networked art we will explore concepts for remote presence and discuss ideas for merging distant realities into a local performance space. There will be a number of lectures and workshops by leading scientists and artists, as well as concerts and installations.
art-on-wires.org/festival

SYMPOSIUM: TECHNOLOGY AND AESTHETICS – 26-27 May

The symposium focuses on how advances in technology provide a framework within which music, film and other artistic fields are developing – ushering through changes in the way sonic and visual art is perceived. Contributors to the symposium are people who have helped define novel expressions in various artistic fields, or who have spent years commenting on these changes, including Randy Thom (film sound designer on Apocalypse Now! and many more), Barry Truax, Natasha Barrett, Leigh Landy, Nicolas Collins, and more.
bit.ly/hXIFZd

EXHIBITION ON SONIC INTERACTION DESIGN – 29 May-September

An exhibition on Sonic Interaction Design is curated in collaboration with the EU COST IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design (SID). The exhibition will feature works using sonic interaction within arts, music and design as well as examples of sonification for research and artistic purposes. The exhibition will take place at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine in Oslo.
sid.bek.no

TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS – 28-29 May

There will be a number of tutorials and workshops in the days leading up to the conference. These range from beginner’s courses on software and hardware, to advanced workshops for professionals. Tutorials are available to both NIME participants and other interested people.
www.nime2011.org/pre-nime/t…

NIME CONFERENCE – 30 May – 1 June

We received a great number of submissions for this year’s conference, and have selected the best to be presented as oral presentations, posters, demonstrations, installations and concerts. There will also be keynote lectures by David Rokeby, Sergi Jordà and Tellef Kvifte
www.nime2011.org/program/

ORGANIZERS
University of Oslo, Norwegian Academy of Music, NOTAM, BEK, NTNU, Simula, COST IC0601 and the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Feel free to forward to this message to others.

On behalf of the NIME 2011 committee,
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Alexander Refsum Jensenius (University of Oslo)
Kjell Tore Innervik (Norwegian Academy of Music)