Dear all,

I'm writing to inform you about this call for papers for an upcoming issue of eContact, an on-line journal of electroacoustic music launched in 1998 by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community as the successor to the printed issue.

I've been invited to curate the 14.3 issue, which focuses on biotechnological performance practice. As guest editor I'm collecting articles and I would be grateful if you could forward the call to your students, peers, and anybody who might be interested. We launched the call about one month ago, and there's still time to submit until the 31st January.

Please, find below the original call.

Thanks, best wishes and happy new year, Marco

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[CALL] eContact! 14.3 -- Biotechnological Performance Practice

eContact! extends an open call for contributions to an issue focussing on the use of the body in electroacoustic performance practice, coordinated by Guest Editor Marco Donnarumma. Performers, composers and others are encouraged to contribute their perspectives on the role or position of the body in experimental practices of musical performance.

Submission deadline: 31 January 2012 Publication: 29 February 2012 Submission Guidelines can be found here ( http://cec.sonus.ca/econtact/submissionguidelines.html).

Suggestions for contributions include, but are not limited to the following ideas:

-Use of Mechanical Myography (MMG), Electromyography (EMG) and other similar biological signal measurements in performance -Scoring / notation of body-related performance -Sound Art dealing with the body and biological aspects of performance -Development of DIY, biological-based, Interactive Musical Systems (IMS) -The definition / augmentation of Self on stage by means of biotechnologies -Cognitive aspects of embodied interaction between the biological body and computer -Composer—Technology—Performer: definition of roles? -Live electronics vs. fixed media in biotechnological performance practice -Historical overviews and reflections -Critical perspectives on gesture-based “human-computer interaction” -The sound of flesh…

We also welcome other contributions that engage in a discourse on the relation between biophysics and music. Feel free to propose other ideas!

To state your interest in contributing or for further information, contact Guest Editor Marco Donnarumma at m@marcodonnarumma.com. http://marcodonnarumma.com

View the call on-line: http://cec.sonus.ca/econtact/14_3/call.html

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