[oberlist] CA* call/fest: The HTMlles 11 - ZERO FUTURE - November 17, 2013

[Katja Melzer]

Dear Friends + Colleagues,

Please find below The HTMlles' current call for proposals. The  
international festival is based in Montreal, and will take place in  
November 2014.
I would very much appreciate, if you would forward the call to people  
who might be interested - or apply yourself :-)
You can find the call in this email below, or on these sites:

Website: http://htmlles.net
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1419357521609301/?fref=ts
TW: https://twitter.com/LesHTMlles
Tumblr: http://htmlles10.tumblr.com/
Thanks a lot for spreading the word + let me know if you have any  
questions,
Katja
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The HTMlles - Feminist festival of media arts + digital culture
11th edition, November 2014, in Montreal
Deadline: November 17, 2013
http://htmlles.net/

Taking place in Montreal, The HTMlles is an international biennial
festival that brings together artists, scholars and activists who are
passionate about critical engagement with new technologies from a
feminist perspective. Based on a specific theme, each edition
addresses urgent socio-political questions by pushing the boundaries
of artistic and feminist practices.

The HTMlles is produced by Studio XX, a bilingual feminist artist-run
centre for technological exploration, creation and critique. Initiated
in 1997, the festival began as an international platform for
introducing women's web art. Collaborating closely with partner
organizations, The HTMlles has become a multi-site festival dedicated
to the presentation of women's, trans and gender non-conforming
artists' independent media artworks in a transdisciplinary environment
that strives for anti-oppression.


/////////// THEME FOR THE ELEVENTH EDITION

The HTMlles 11 - ZERO FUTURE
The future is obsolete.

Zero. Zero as in inertia. Zero as in deterritorialization. Zero as in
noise. Zero as in Generations XYZ = Generation 0. Zero as in Ground
zero. Zero as in zero budget, zero time, too much #work & #information
(0's and 1's), not enough kisses. Zero as in the economy of death.
Zero as in WTF. Zero as in rewind. Zero as in zero emails, zero texts,
zero views, zero likes, zero followers. Zero as in rest. Zero as in
refusal. Zero as in degree zero. Zero as in Day 0.

Future. The future as in an idea that was invented in the previous
century by modern capitalism. The future as in the myth of progress
for all (but not really). The future as in debt. The future as in
something that is constantly put off because the present is just too
much. The future as in a dissolving horizon. The future as in Back to
the Future. The future as in "poetry from the future."

The 1990s were the end of the century that mobilized on "the future."
Since, global neoliberalism has spread the emptiness of the "post
ideology" whereby the illusion of having gone "beyond" class, race and
gender has left the door open to the desert of semiocapitalist
desires, the noise of the overproduction of commodities and
intellectual property, and the rise of biosurveillance. The 00 decade,
which started with the dotcom crash, saw the New Fall, as social
movements were cornered by the war on terrorism, the obsession with
so-called security, and the implementation of financial insecurity, on
a global scale. In parallel, aliens started to proliferate in the
shape of afrofuturism, cyberfeminism and queer futurity, among others,
and highlighted the fact that the "future" invented by modern
capitalism, futurism and to some extent cyberpunk, was white, male and
heteronormative.

After more than a century, should we still care about "the future"?
Recently, both the speculative turn/trend and the calls to focus on
the present might be symptoms of a future in crisis. The future, as an
imagination which both projects from and affects the present, is
therefore founded on perception. What was suggested as utopia back
then might look like total dystopia today. Shall we abandon the
future? How to negotiate the tension that exists between an oppressive
future in the present and making the present our terrain of struggle
in order to (re)build community?

If the idea of the future has inherently been developed in relation to
technology, science and progress, how do artists today contribute to
the construction and/or subversion of the future? What kind of
imaginations can come out of collective exhaustion, melancholy, of
being fed up on a wide scale? What sort of non-market value can
coemerge without a future and the refusal of neoliberal
resilience/positivity? What sort of creativity can come out of being
liberated from the future? Is negativity, nihilism, cynicism or irony
an ethics of the privileged? What kind of feminist ethics is created
without a future? Is Zero Future frightening, encouraging or something
else? How to embrace together Zero Future?


/////////// WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The HTMlles 11 is seeking submissions that shed light on the
perception of "today's futures" by different generations, including
critical and creative propositions inspired by (but not limited to)
afrofuturism, chicanafuturism, feminist cyberpunk, utopian and
dystopic cyberfeminism or other feminist sf and queer futurity, for
instance.

The HTMlles 11 welcomes project proposals from self-identified women,
trans and gender non-conforming artists, curators, activists,
collectives, and organizations.

Examples of media/formats: net art, audio and electronic art, radio
art, video art, installation, locative media, 3D animation, game art,
augmented reality, digital storytelling, short film, bio art, public
interventions, open source and community-based practices, performance
and interdisciplinary practices, workshops, roundtable discussions --
or something so futuristic, we haven't even heard of it yet...

NOTE: The HTMlles and the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist
Studies (IGSF) will also organize a conference as part of the
festival. A call for papers will be published in January 2014.


/////////// WHAT WE OFFER

The HTMlles is a non-profit festival that relies on the support of
friends and volunteers and that aims to remain accessible (with no or
low entrance fees). We cannot financially contribute to production
costs of artworks but can offer in-kind support, access to some
equipment, and letters for participants who apply for funding.

The HTMlles offers artist fees based on CARCC/CARFAC.
http://www.carcc.ca/feeschedules.html

The HTMlles is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people through
a unique series of events and a diverse set of copresentations.
Partners of The HTMlles 11 currently include: articule, La Centrale,
Eastern Bloc, Groupe intervention vidéo (GIV), IGSF, OBORO, RATS 9
collective, Centre des arts actuels Skol, and Venus radio collective.


/////////// SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

To submit a proposal to The HTMlles 11, send the application package
enclosed in a zip or pdf file (max. file size 5 MB) to
festival at htmlles.net by Sunday, November 17, 2013, at midnight.

Please download and complete the application form and include the
required documents.
http://htmlles.net/

Only complete applications will be considered.
Applicants will get a confirmation of receipt.
The HTMlles 11's Programming Committee will notify selected
participants before January 2014.

For more information: htmlles.net + studioxx.org
For questions and further inquiries, please contact us: info at htmlles.net

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The HTMlles 11 | ZERO FUTURE
Feminist festival of media arts + digital culture
November, 2014
www.htmlles.net

Studio XX
4001 rue Berri, espace 201
Montréal, Québec H2N 2N4
(514) 845-7934
www.studioxx.org
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