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FLOSS+Art Call for Papers Deadline: September 15th 2007

people.makeart is a new project by GOTO10.

It is a repository of articles and lecture materials focused on the relationship between FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) and digital arts, as well as a database of free digital art projects.

The selected papers will be published on the people.makeart website and will be printed in the FLOSS+Art book, scheduled for spring 2008, using OpenMute's POD publishing service.

GOTO10 is now accepting new, old and recycled papers on the following issues:

• opening digital art's practice, code and culture
• FLOSS communities VS. art collectives
• digital art licensing, copying and distributing, using open content models
• role of the artist in FLOSS development
• influence of FLOSS on digital art practices
• free software to produce art and the art of producing free software
• economy of an open digital artwork
• FLOSS as an embedded political message in digital art
• paradox and limitations of open licenses for digital art
• FLOSS as a way to quote and embed other artworks in a new one
• digital artist as a FLOSS developer/user and vice-versa
• definitions and manifestos for a free software art
• branching and forking of an open digital artwork
• opening digital art to ensure future maintainance and porting

Submission Procedures:

• Submit your final paper to pmafloss-at-goto10-dot-org no later than September 15th, 2007. Include the text "FLOSS+Art" followed by your paper's title in your e-mail subject line.
• Submit as many papers as you want, one mail submission for each.
• Accepted formats : plaintext, LaTeX, OpenDocument No other file format will be accepted.
• The paper must be attached to the mail, do not send us links
• The submitted paper must be written in English
• Paper must be 1500 words minimum

More information: http://people.makeart.goto10.org/

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The FLOSS+Art POD publishing is a collaboration between GOTO10 and the Digital Research Unit of the University of Huddersfield, with commissions and contributions from various organisations and institutions.

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