ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADVERTISEMENTS _Postmodern Culture_ v.3 n.2 (January, 1993) Every issue of _Postmodern Culture_ will carry notices of events, calls for papers, and other announcements free of charge. Advertisements will also be published on an exchange basis. If you respond to one of the ads or announcements below, please mention that you saw the notice in PMC. Journal and Book Announcements: 1) _AXE: E-mail Newsletter 2) _The Centennial Review_ 3) _College Literature_ 4) _FineArt Forum_ 5) _F.A.S.T._ 6) _Future Culture_ 7) _Gender, Language, and Myth: Essays on Popular Narrative_ 8) _GNET_: An Archive and Electronic Journal 9) _The Internet Companion_ 10) _The Law and Politics Book Review_ 11) _NOMAD_ 12) _Non Serviam_ 13) _Poetics Today_ 14) _Positions_ 15) _Public Culture_ 16) _PYNCHON NOTES_ 17) _Sub Stance_ 18) _TapRoot_ 19) _XB_ Calls for Papers and Participants: 20) SUNY PRESS: _Postmodern Culture_ 21) HERMIT 93 22) The Experience of Theory: Literary Symposium organized by and for young scholars--call for papers addressing the experience of theory 23) Montage 93: International Festival of the Image--call for work from independent producers for an exhibition of electronic time-based media. 24) 1993 Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature and Science--call for papers 25) Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Design, and Research"--call for papers 26) Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Design, and Research"--call for Guest Editorships Conferences and Societies 27) Video Positive 93 28) NARRATIVE: An International Conference Networked Discussion Groups 29) _ORTRAD-L_ 30) _SEMIOS_L_ 31) _SOCHIST_ 32) _INTERDIS_ 1)--------------------------------------------------------------- _AXE: E-mail Newsletter_ A quarterly electronic journal dedicated to contemporary French Language, Modern and Postmodern Literature (Quebec, Belgium, Switzerland, Africa, and Caribbean). Published essentially in French. To subscribe to the journal, send the command SUB AXE-LIST Firstname Lastname (where these are the first and last names of the individual subscriber) bt electronic mail to the addressee: LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA Electronic subscribers will receive instructions on how to order a list of available articles, how to retrieve full texts of these articles, and how to cancel subscriptions. To make access to the journal more manageable, access is provided to individual articles rather than entire issues. However, interested readers may order all articles from an issue. Inquiries for the list should be sent to Janusz PRZYCHODZEN at McGill University in Canada (CXZN@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA). AXE-TALK is the AXE Journal discussion group. Subscriptions to AXE-TALK are independent of subscriptions to AXE-LIST; if you are not a discussion group subscriber and would like to be, send command SUB AXE-LIST Firstname Lastname by electronic mail to the address: LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA A directory of all AXE-LIST articles are available on Comserve. To obtain the list, send the following command to: LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA: INDex AXE-LIST 2)--------------------------------------------------------------- _The Centennial Review_ Edited by R.K. Meiners The _Centennial Review_ is committed to reflection on intellectual work, particularly as set in the University and its environment. We are interested in work that examines models of theory and communication in the physical, biological, and human sciences; that re-reads major texts and authoritative documents in different disciplines or explores interpretive procedures; that questions the cultural and social implications of research in a variety of disciplines. Issues now available: Fall 1991: _Discourses of Mourning, Survival, and Commemoration_ Articles by James Hatley, Donald Kuspit, Tony Brinkley, and Joseph Arsenault, Marshall W. Alcorn, Jr., Peter Balakian, R.K. Meiners, Louis Kaplan, Haqns Borchers, Morris Grossman, Berel Lang, David William Foster; Poetry by Dimitris Tsalouman, Sherri Szeman, Walter Toneeo, Henry Gilfond, Elizabeth R. Curry, Peter Balakian. Winter 1992: _Cultural Studies_ Articles by Douglas Kellner, Eyal Amiran, John Unsworth, and Carol Chaski, Steven Best, Janet Staiger, Jeffrey Seinfeld, Charles Altieri, Tony Barnstone; Poetry by Hillel Schwartz, Robert Hahn, Michael Atkinson, John Hildebidle. Spring 1992: Articles by Stephen Gill, Peter Baker, R.M. Berry, Carole Anne Taylor, Michel Valentin, Edward M. Griffen, Robert Erwin, Ronald Hauser, Karl Albert Scherner (trans. Ronald Hauser), Diana Dolev and Haim Gordon, Albert Feuerwerker, Donald Lammers, Ileana A. Orlich. Subscription rates: 1 year/$10.00 2 years/$15.00 Single Issue/$5.00 (postage outside the US: please add $3.00) Make checks payable to: _The Centennial Review_ 312 Linton Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1044 3)--------------------------------------------------------------- _College Literature_ A Triannual Literary Journal for the Classroom Edited by *Kostas Myrsiades* "In one bold stroke you seem to have turned _College Literature_ into one of the things everyone will want to read." Cary Nelson My sense is tat _College Literature_ will have substantial influence in the field of literacy and cultural studies." Henry A. Giroux A journal one must consult to keep tabs on cultural theory and contemporary discourse, particularly in relation to pedagogy." Robert Con Davis Forthcoming issues: Cultural Studies: Theory, Praxis, Pedagogy Teaching Postcolonial Literatures Europe and America: The Legacy of Discovery Third World Women African American Writing Subscription Rates: US Foreign Individuals $24.00/year $29.00/year Institutional $48.00/year $53.00/year Send prepaid orders to: _College Literature_ Main 544 West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 4)--------------------------------------------------------------- FINEART FORUM GETS NEW PUBLISHER FineArt Forum, the international electronic newsletter, is now being published by the Mississippi State University/National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation (MSU/NSF ERC). Its new editor is the English artist Paul Brown, a member of the MSU Art Faculty. Founded in 1986, FineArt Forum is one of the longest established electronic news letters for the arts. It is distributed monthly via the Internet and provides the artworld with information about new developments and opportunities in art & technology. For the past six years it had been published by the International Society for Arts Science and Technology (ISAST) on behalf of the Art, Science and Technology Network (ASTN). However in November 92 ISAST lost grant income which supported the newsletter, and the MSU ERC offered to take the title over. ISAST will remain the distributor, sending it out to subscribers along with its own on-line publication, Leonardo Electronic News. The MSU ERC has been supporting art and technology since it was founded in 1990. It runs a number of interdisciplinary courses involving computer animation and electronic imaging. Last year's student animations were widely exhibited and appeared on television both in the USA and overseas. Last summer Paul Brown joined the faculty, in a joint appointment with MSU's Department of Art, to develop new opportunities including a graduate program in Computational Design. Brown had previously founded the UK's National Center for Computer Aided Art & Design and later helped establish Australia's Advanced Computer Graphics Center. As an artist he has been working with computers for almost twenty years and has exhibited and published in Europe, Australia and the USA. "I have been writing about art & technology for a long time and jumped at the chance to edit FineArt Forum", he explained. "It's an ideal vehicle for exploring new forms of electronic publication. Also many more people from the artworld now want to learn about this new area and there's a growing demand for sources of information". FineArt Forum is distributed on, or around, the 1st of the month. Subscribers also receive Leonardo Electronic News on the 15th. To participate you need access to the Internet (which is available via many of the commercial networks). Send an e-mail message to: fast@garnet.berkeley.edu with the content: SUB FINE-ART your-email-address, first-name, last-name, and postal address. Like a lot of the network publications it's free. For further information and images contact: Paul Brown Editor, FineArt Forum MSU/NSF Engineering Research Center PO Box 6176 Mississippi State MS 39762-6176 601 325 2970 601 325 7692 fax brown@erc.msstate.edu 5)--------------------------------------------------------------- _F.A.S.T_ Fine Art, Science and Technology Electronic Bulletin Board and Data Base Current Developments in the Application of New Technology to the Arts Around the World * Calendar of Worldwide Events * Electronic Newsletters: Leonardo Electronic News * Sections on Holography, Space Arts * ISAST Member News * Job Listings * Directory of Resources: Grants, Fellowships, Funds, Organizations * Bibliographies and Book Lists * Words on Works: A special section where subscribing artists describe new artworks. *Profiles of Organizations F.A.S.T. (Fine Art, Science and Technology Electronic Bulletin Board) covers all applications of Science and Technology to the Arts. Topics include computer graphics and animation, applications of artificial intelligence to the arts, applications of computers to music, holography, robotics, telecommunications and art, video, computer literature, and new materials in the arts. The Directory includes artist-in-residence programs and a list of curators who are interested in art which uses technology. In addition, F.A.S.T. contains an archive of FineArt Forum newsletters so that subscribers may review back issues. The F.A.S.T. Bulletin Board not only allows rapid access to information, but also allows subscribers direct contact with other subscribers interested in the application of new technologies to the arts. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION The F.A.S.T. Database is updated weekly. Leonardo Electronic News is published monthly (the 15th). A 1-year subscription to F.A.S.T. (expiring one year from date of your activation access to F.A.S.T.) may be obtained electronically for $40 (individuals) and $100 (Educational Libraries). ISAST members are entitled to a discount subscription rate of $20.00/year. Leonardo Electronic News may be delivered by surface mail for an additional charge of $55.00/year for members and $65.00/year for non-members. In order to subscribe to F.A.S.T., the user must have access to The WELL conferencing system. This system uses the phone lines to transmit information thus a modem is also necessary. There is a charge for subscribing to this as well as access charges from the phone company. The WELL is the system on which we post Leonardo Electronic News, and the various bulletin boards and calendars for F.A.S.T.. The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link) is centered in the San Francisco area with an international access through Compuserve. The WELL includes private electronic mail, public and private conferences, and storage files. Information about the WELL is available via e-mail at info@well.sf.ca.us or by calling (415) 332-4335 or writing The WELL, 27 Gate Five Road, Sausalito, CA 94965. When you subscribe to The WELL, please mention that you are doing so in order to have access to F.A.S.T., we get a small credit for each referral. Reduced access charges are available via PC Pursuit and Compuserve Packet Network. Contact The WELL for further information. It is also possible to receive F.A.S.T. on diskettes. Each diskette (5 1/4/ MSDOS diskettes, ASCII text, double-sided, double-density) contains all of the information on F.A.S.T. for the current quarter. This includes three issues of Leonardo Electronic News, the calendars, selections from Laser News, Words on Works, Space Art News, Member News, the organizations and e- mail directories, the latest bibliography and the job listings. Each diskette is $17.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members, annual subscription rates (four diskettes) are $60.00 for members and $90.00 for non-members. For additional information about ISAST, or to become an ISAST member. contact: ISAST (International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology) 672 South Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA Tel: (415) 431-7414 or fax: (415) 41-5737 Email: fast@garnet.berkeley.edu For further information about FineArt Forum or F.A.S.T., send email to fast@garnet.berkeley.edu (internet) or FAST@UCBGARNE (bitnet). 6)--------------------------------------------------------------- _FutureCulture_ Requests to join the FutureCulture E-list must be sent to: future-request@nyx.cs.du.edu The subject must have one of the following: subscribe realtime -subscribe in realtime (reflector) format subscribe digest -subscribe in daily-digest (1 msg/day subscribe faq -subscribe to faq only (periodical updates) unsubscribe realtime unsubscribe digest unsubscribe faq help -send help on subscribing and general info send info -receive info on the FutureCulture mailing list send faq -this file FutureCulture list maintainer and keeper of this FAQ: andy ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu ahawks@mindvox.phantom.com While no article that attempts to document an entire emerging subculture can be complete, I will do my best to give you enough complete and accurate information to get you on your way to the future. This article will focus mainly on cyberpunk culture, rave culture, Industrial, po-mo, virtual reality, drugs, computer underground, etc.. Basically, the elements that make up the developing techno-underground, the new edge, the technoculture. Included in this article will be: suggested readings--books magazines, zines, requisite authors, BBSes devoted to relevant topics, corporations and merchandise geared toward the techno- aware, Internet e-mail addresses for figure-heads in this area, suggested music and movies/videos, FTP sites, etc.. Contact on Internet: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu. 7)--------------------------------------------------------------- _GENDER, LANGUAGE, AND MYTH_ Essays on Popular Narrative edited by *Glenwood Irons* _Gender, Language, and Myth_ is a collection of fourteen papers on popular romance, detective, western, science fiction and horror. Authors included are Jean Radford, Tania Modleski, and Leslie Fiedler (on romance); Marcus Klein, John Cawelti, and Jane Tomkins (on the western); Glenwood Irons, Scott Christianson and Umberto Eco (on detective and espionage); and Harold Schecter, Carol Clover, and Robin Wood (on horror). University of Toronto Press 50.00/cloth (Cdn) 18.95/paper (Cdn) 8)--------------------------------------------------------------- _GNET: an Archive and Electronic Journal Toward a Truly Global Network Computer-mediated communication networks are growing rapidly, yet they are not truly global--they are concentrated in affluent parts of North America, Western Europe, and parts of Asia. GNET is an archive/journal for documents pertaining to the effort to bring the net to lesser-developed nations and the poorer parts of developed nations (Net access is better in many "third world" schools than in South-Central Los Angeles). GNET consists of two parts, an archive directory and a moderated discussion. Archived documents are available by anonymous ftp from the directory global_net at dhvx20.csudh.edu (155.135.1.1). To conserve bandwidth, the archive contains an abstract of each document, as well as the full document (Those without ftp access can contact me for instructions on mail-based retrieval). In addition to the archive, there is a moderated GNET discussion list. The list is limited to discussion of documents in the archive. It is hoped that document authors will follow this discussion, and update their documents accordingly. If this happens, the archive will become a dynamic journal. Monthly mailings will list new papers added to the archive. We wish broad participation, with papers from nuts-and-bolts to visionary. Suitable topics include, but are not restricted to: descriptions of networks and projects host and user hardware and software connection options and protocols current and proposed applications education using the global net user and system administrator training social, political or spiritual impact economic and environmental impact politics and funding free speech, security and privacy directories of people and resources To submit a document to the archive or subscribe to the moderated discussion list, use the address gnet_request@dhvx20.csudh.edu Larry Press 9)--------------------------------------------------------------- _THE INTERNET COMPANION_ A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking Tracy LaQuey Editorial Inc. Software Tool & Die and The Online Bookstore (OBS) Are Pleased to Announce... The first simultaneous electronic and print publication of a major new book: _The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking_ by Tracy LaQuey with Jeanne C. Ryer (Addison- Wesley, $10.95. Online copies of Vice-President-elect Al Gore's Forward and the first two chapters of this best-selling book are available via anonymous FTP from: world.std.com in the directory: /OBS/The.Internet.Companion/ Further chapters will be released in the future. See README and COPYRIGHT files in that directory for more details. Direct comments and questions about the book can be sent to: internet-companion@world.std.com This pioneering effort is a step in bringing together the on-line electronic and print media, enabling authors to explore new avenues of publishing their works. Comments, inquiries, etc. welcome. Send to: obs@world.std.com 10)------------------------------------------------------------- _THE LAW AND POLITICS BOOK REVIEW_ The _Law and Politics Book Review is now available on the gopher server at Northwestern University: gopher@nwu.edu. Choose "Northwestern University Information" on the first menu and "Law and Politics Book Review" on the next menu. Herbert Jacob Northwestern University Voice Mail (708) 491-2648 e-mail mzltov@nwu.edu 11)-------------------------------------------------------------- _NOMAD_ An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences _Nomad_ publishes works of cross-disciplinary interest, such as intermedia artwork, metatheory, and experimental writing. The journal is a forum for those texts that explore the undefined regions among critical theory, the visual arts, and writing. For information, contact: Mike Smith 406 Williams Hall Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 e-mail: Paul Rutkovsky 12)-------------------------------------------------------------- _NON SERVIAM_ The Radical Electronic Newsletter dedicated Stirner's Philosophy of Egoism Editor: Svein Olav Nyberg _Non Serviam_ is an electronic newsletter centered on the philosophy of Max Stirner, author of "Der Einzige und Sein Eigentum" ("The Ego and Its Own"), and his dialectical egoism. The contents, however, are decided upon by the individual contributors and the censoring eye of the editor. The aim is to have somewhat more elaborate and carefully reasoned articles than are usually found on the news groups and lists. Introductory file: "Non Serviam!"--"I will not serve", is known from literature as Satan's declaration of his rebellion against God. We wish to follow up on this tradition of insurrection. In modern times, the philosophy of the individual's assertion of him//herself against gods, ideals, and human oppressors has been most eloquently expressed by Max Stirner in his book "Der Einzige und Sein Eigentum". Stirner, whose real name was Johann Kaspar Schmidt (1805-56), lived in a time dominated by German Idealism, with Hegel as its prominent figure. It is against this background of fixation of ideas that Stirner makes his rebellion. For the more formal part, though the letter is centered on philosophy and ideas, articles on topics relevant to true egoists will also be admitted. The prime requirement is that the articles are not on-line ranting, but serious attempts to convey something of interest and relevance. Articles on literature through the ages are fine, stories will be welcomed if they are appropriate, and I even think I might fall for an article on french cuisine made easy... However: If in doubt whether an article will accepted, ask ne by personal mail first. A waste of time is a waste of time. I hope to be able to make each of the issues of the newsletter thematic, that is we will have one main theme in each issue. The main theme is not meant to be the sole content, however, but more of an inspiration for writing. Editor and List owner: solan@math.uio.no 13)-------------------------------------------------------------- _Poetics Today_ Edited by Itamar Even-Zohar International Journal for Theory and Analysis of Literature and Communication Subscription Rates: Individuals: $28 Institutions: $56 Single Issue: $14 (Add $8 for subscription outside of the US) Send Check, money order, credit card number to: Duke University Press Journals Division 6697 College Station Durham, NC 27708 Call of FAX between 8:00 and 4:00 EST with your VISA, MasterCard, or American Express order. Phone: (919) 684-6837 FAX: (919) 684-8644 14)-------------------------------------------------------------- _POSITIONS_ East Asia cultural critique offers a new forum of debate for all concerned with the social, intellectual, and political events unfolding in East Asia and within the Asian diaspora. Profound political changes and intensifying global flows of labor and capital in the late twentieth century are rapidly redrawing national and regional borders. These transformations compel us to rethink our priorities in scholarship, teaching, and criticism. Mindful of the dissolution of the discursive binary East and West, _POSITIONS_ advocates placing cultural critique at the center of historical and theoretical practice. The global forces of that are reconfiguring our world continue to sustain formulations of nation, gender, class and ethnicity. We propose to call into question those still-pressing, yet unstable categories by crossing academic boundaries and rethinking the terms of our analysis. These efforts, we hope, will contribute toward informed discussion both in and outside the academy. _POSITIONS_ central premise is that criticism bust always be self-critical. Critique of another social order must be self- aware as commentary on our own. Likewise, we seek critical practices that reflect on the politics of knowing and that connect our scholarship to the struggles of those whom we study. All these endeavors require that we account for positions as places, contexts, power relations, and links between knowledge and knowers as actors in existing social institutions. In seeking to explore how theoretical practices are linked across national and ethnic divides we hope to construct other positions from which to imagine political affinities across the may dimensions of our differences. _POSITIONS_ is an independent refereed journal. Its direction is taken at the initiative of its editorial collective as well as through the encouragement from its readers and writers. To subscribe to the triannual magazine beginning in Spring 1993 write to: Mr. Steve A. Cohn Journals Manager Duke University Press 6697 College Station Durham, NC 27708 To submit a manuscript send three copies to: Tani E. Barlow Senior Editor 94 Castro Street San Francisco, CA 94114 or e-mail: Barlow@sfsuvax1.edu. 15)------------------------------------------------------------- _PUBLIC CULTURE_ Edited by Carol A. Breckenridge Engaging critical analyses of tensions between global cultural flows and public cultures in a diasporic world. Fall 1992 issue (Vol. 5, Number 1): "ON WRITING THE POSTCOLONY" * Hindu/Muslim/Indian Faisal Fatehali Devji * The Habit of Ex-Nomination Anannya Bhattacharjee Nation, Woman and the Indian Immigrant Bourgeois * Narrativizing Postcolony Tejumola Olaniyan * The Banalities of Interpretation David William Cohen * Save the African Continent V.Y. Mudimbe * The Magic of the State Michael Taussig * Mbembe's Extravagant Power Judith Butler * The Vulgarity of Power Michel-Rolph Trouillot * Disempowerment. Not. John Pemberton * Can Postcoloniality be Decolonized? Pernand Coronil * Machiavellian, Rabelaisian, Dain Borges Bureaucratic? * On the Power of the Banal Michele Richman * Prosaics of Servitude and Achille Mbembe Authoritarian Civilities (Trans. Janet Roitman) _Public Culture_ is now published by the University of Chicago Press and will move from two to three issues per year. For the general reader the subscription rate will necessarily change from $10 dollars per year to $25. For students it will remain at $5 per issue or $15 dollars per year. _Public Culture_ trusts that readers will continue to enjoy this enhanced publication. Forthcoming special issues will include one guest edited by Lila Abu Lughod on television in the Third World and another guest edited by Benjamin Lee on public cultures/public spheres in which China figures prominently. Write to: _Public Culture_ University of Chicago 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 USA tel. (312) 702-0814 and (312) 702-5660 fax. (312) 702-9861 E-mail CBRE@midway.uchicago.edu 16)-------------------------------------------------------------- _PYNCHON NOTES_ Editors John M. Krafft Miami University--Hamilton 1601 Peck Boulevard Hamilton, OH 45011-3399 E-mail: jmkrafft@miavx2.bitnet or jmkrafft@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu Khachig Tololyan English Department Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06457-6061 Bernard Duyfhuizen English Department University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004 E-mail: pnotesbd@uwec.bitnet or pnotesbd@cnsvax.uwec.edu _PYNCHON NOTES_ is published twice a year, in spring and fall. Submissions: The editors welcome submissions of manuscripts either in traditional form or in the form of text files on floppy disk. Disks may be 5.25" or 3.5"; IBM-compatible, Microsoft Word, and WordPerfect 4.1 or later. Manuscripts, notes and queries, and bibliographic information should be addressed to John M. Krafft. Subscriptions: North America, $5.00 per single issue or $9.00 per year (or double number); Overseas, $6.50 per single issue or $12.00 per year, mailed air/printed matter. Checks should be made payable to Bernard Duyfhuizen--PN. Subscriptions and back- issue requests should be addressed to Bernard Duyfhuizen. _PYNCHON NOTES_ is supported in part by the English Departments of Miami University--Hamilton and the University of Wisconsin-- Eau Claire. BACK ISSUES _PYNCHON NOTES_ has been published since October 1979. Although most back issues are now out of print, they are available in the form of photocopies. Nos. 1-4: $1.50 each; Overseas, $2.50 Nos. 5-10: $2.50 each; Overseas, $3.50 Nos. 11-17: $3.00 each; Overseas, $4.50 No. 18-19: $7.00; Overseas, $10.00 No. 20-21: $7.00; Overseas, $10.00 No. 22-23: $9.00; Overseas, $12.00 No. 24-25: $9.00; Overseas, $12.00 Khachig Tololyan and Clay Leighton's _Index_ to all the names, other capitalized nouns, and acronyms in _Gravity's Rainbow_ is also available. _Index_: 5.00; Overseas, $6.50 All checks should be made payable to Bernard Duyfhuizen--PN. Overseas checks must be payable in US dollars and payable through an American bank or an American branch of an overseas bank. _PYNCHON NOTES_ is a member of CELJ the Conference of Editors of Learned Journals. 17)-------------------------------------------------------------- _Sub Stance_ Edited by *Sydney Levy and Michel Pierssens* Published: 3/year ISSN: 0049-2426 _Sub Stance_ promotes new thoughts by leading American and European authors which alter the perception of contemporary culture--be it artistic, humanistic, or scientific. The journal represents literary theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis, art criticism, and film studies. Rates: Individual (must pre-pay) $21/yr. Institutions $68/yr. Foreign postage $ 8/yr. Airmail $25/yr. We accept MasterCard and Visa. Canadian customers please remit 7% Goods and Services Tax. Please write for a free brochure and back issue list to: Journal Division University of Wisconsin Press 114 North Murray Street Madison, WI 53715 USA Tel: (608) 262-4952 FAX: (608) 262-7560 18)-------------------------------------------------------------- _TAPROOT_ Edited by Luigi-Bob Drake Reviewers: Deidre Wickers, Jake Berry, Bill Paulauskas, Nico Vassiliakis, Bob Grumman, Tom Beckett, Roger Kyle-Keith, and Luigi-Bob Drake. Fall 1992 Issue 1.1 _TapRoot_ is a quarterly publication of Independent, Underground, and Experimental language-centered arts. Over the past 10 years, we have published 40+ collections of poetry, writing, and visio- verbal art in a variety of formats. In August of 1992, we began to publish _TapRoot Reviews_, featuring a wide range of "Micro- Press" publications which are primarily language-oriented. The printed version appears as part of a local (Cleveland Ohio) poetry tabloid, _The Cleveland Review_. This posting is the electronic version, containing all of the short reviews that seem to be of general interest. We provide this information in the hope that netters do not limit their reading to E-mail & BBSs. Please e-mail your feedback to the editor, Luigi-Bob Drake, at: au462@cleveland.freenet.edu Requests for e-mail subscriptions should be sent to the same address--they are free. Please indicate what you are requesting. Hard-copies of _The Cleveland Review_ contain additional review material. In this issue, reviews & articles by John M. Bennett, geof huth, Micheal Basinski, Tom Willoch--as well as a variety of poetry, prose, and grafix. _TapRoot_ is available from: Burning Press, P.O. Box 585, Lakewood OH 44107--2.50 pp. Both the print & electronic versions of TapRoot are copyright 1992 by Burning Press, Cleveland. Burning Press is a non-profit educational corporation. Permission granted to reproduce this material FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, provided that this introductory notice is included. Burning Press is supported, in part, with funds from the Ohio Arts Council. 19)-------------------------------------------------------------- _XB_ A bibliographic database of the literature of xerography, (photo)copier art, electrostatic printing, and electrographic art, seeks data and materials about the form copy art & the use of duplicative printing technologies for cultural or artistic purposes by artists or non-artists for input into the Procite bibliographic software for Macintosh. An ongoing art information-information art project, _XB_ requests submissions especially in machine-readable form but also in other media formats: periodicals, serials, newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, monographs, search printouts and information on disk. All these are of interest. A copy of the completed bibliography or the database on diskette (Procite databases work equally well on Mac or IBM) to each contributor along with some sort of documentation of the process and a list of participants. Submissions via mailways, telephone, or Bitnet/Internet/Well: _Xb_ c/o Reed Altemus email: IP25196@portland.maine.edu or raltemus@well.sf.ca.us mail: 16 Blanchard Road Cumberland Ctr., Maine 04021-97 USA phone: (207) 829-3666 20)-------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement and Call for Submissions _POSTMODERN CULTURE_ A SUNY Press Series Series Editor *Joseph Natoli* Editor *Carola Sautter* We invite submissions of short manuscripts that present a postmodern crosscutting of contemporary headlines--green politics to Jeff Dahmer, Rap music to Columbus, the Presidential Campaign to Rodney King--and academic discourses from art and literature to politics and history, sociology and science to women's studies, from computer studies to cultural studies. This series is designed to detour us off modernity's yet-to- be-completed North/South Superhighway to Truth and onto postmodernism's "forking paths" crisscrossing high and low culture, texts and life-worlds, selves and sign systems, business and academy, page and screen, "our" narrative and "theirs," formula and contingency, present and past, art and discourse, analysis and activism, grand narratives and dissident narratives, truths and parodies of truths. By developing a postmodern conversation about a world that has overspilled its modernist framing, this series intends to link our present ungraspable "balkanization" of all thoughts and events with the means to narrate and then re-narrate them. Modernity's "puzzle world" to be "unified" and "solved" becomes postmodernism's multiple worlds to be represented within the difficult and diverse wholeness that their own multiplicity and diversity shapes and then re-shapes. Accordingly, manuscripts should display a "postmodern style" that moves easily and laterally across public as well as academic spheres, "inscribes" within as well as "scribes" against realist and modernist modes, and strives to be readable-across-multiple- narratives and "culturally relative" rather than "foundational." Inquiries, proposals and manuscripts should be addressed to: Joseph Natoli Series Editor 20676jpn@msu.edu or Carola Sautter Editor SUNY Press SUNY Plaza Albany, NY 12246-0001 21)-------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************* HERMIT '93 An International Art Symposium under the auspices of the Czech Ministry of Culture 1st June - 30th June, 1993 Plasy, Czechoslovakia ********************************************************* A Call for Sound Installations, Sculptors, and Fine Artists. GROWTHRINGS: time - place - rhythm - light - matter - energy from Baroque till present. The theme of the second international symposium-meeting- exposition and workshop in the Ancient Cistercian monastery in Plasy (West Bohemia) will be the stimulation of interrelations between the seeing and hearing, between the past and the present,between centrum and province, high and low, matter and energy, between people and their cultural and natural environment. Artists, musicians, and intermedia artists from Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Australia, Germany and Great Britain too part in the first symposium HERMIT '92. However, while HERMIT '92 was mainly focused on artists from the CSFR, Netherlands, and Belgium, this year's selection will be multicultural. Beside artists from Western and Eastern Europe, fine artists and musicians from other continents and ethnic cultures will be in attendance. The installations, sound sculptures, and performances were mostly realized directly in the complex of this former monastery founded in 1142. The convent contains many different spaces--from dark, mysterious, subterranean cellars with underground water systems to light chapels and huge corridors. The ideal sonic conditions of the interiors were used for many sound installations and music performances. The four floor interior of the granary, with its early gothic King's chapel and old tower clock, are considered by artists to be outstanding exhibition space for contemporary art. The program will be divided into sections: 1) SOUND INSTALLATION AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES. The scope of musical styles and genres will range from interpretations of baroque music, to authentic folklore and experimental contemporary. This part of the symposium will consist of exhibition held in the convent, the large concert hall in the former refectory, the chapel of St. Benedict and of St. Bernard, and the corridors of the first floor of the granary (check on this). Further, the work of some of the sound artists and musicians will be presented in workshops. 3) DISCUSSIONS: Theoretical issues will be formally raised in a series of lectures, discussions and workshops addressing different aspects of the Baroque tradition from the perspective of mondial fine art, architecture, music, philosophy, ecology, history, and the transformation of the Baroque heritage in modern society. Discussions are open to the public. Invited participants should send their proposals for HERMIT 2 with documentation at least three months prior to the beginning of the Symposium. Deadline is April 1, 1993. The contribution fee is 150 DM. The organizers of HERMIT 93 will take care of accommodations for active participants. The minimal time spent in Plasy is 7 days, maximum is 2 months. Contact: The HERMIT Foundation. curators: Jana Sykyrova The Monastery of Plasy, 33101 PLASY, Bohemia. (tel) 0942-182-2174 (fax) 0942-182-2198 Milos Vojtechovsky Binnenbantammer Straat 15, 1011 CH Amsterdam Holland (tel) 020-62575-69 22)-------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement and Call for Papers ********************************* THE EXPERIENCE OF THEORY Literary Symposium organized by and for young scholars ********************************* University of Gothenburg, Sweden September 24-26, 1993 Defining THEORY is becoming increasingly difficult in the age of postmodernism, where the impact of philosophical theory on literary research during the 70s and 80s is now supplemented by the demand for an orientation towards history, culture, science, society and politics. In a number of workshops, we propose to discuss THEORY AS EXPERIENCE--as a process influencing our perception of literary, critical, and scholarly activity. How does theory, as experience, enhance our understanding of the literary work? In what ways does theory enable us to experience art as becoming rather that being, and, conversely, how does theory prevent us from experiencing the text as something dynamic rather than static? The discussion of theory as experience opens new modes of evaluating theory, thus in extension contributing to the formation of a theory about theory. We call for papers focusing on THE EXPERIENCE OF THEORY; experience here may be the experience of studying, of teaching, of researching, of theorizing, of reading, of writing, of enjoying, etc.. We invite participants from Europe and the USA and expect to have guest speakers from Scandinavia and Great Britain. The registration fee of SEK 200 also covers all meals and accommodations for those who accept to stay with a fellow student. On request we can undertake to send lists of hostels and hotels. Prospective participants are invited to contact us no later than 31st January, 1993; and submit papers by 31st March, 1993. David Dickson Claudia Egerer Hans Werner Mail: University of Gothenburg Department of English The Experience of Theory S - 412 98 GOTHENBURG Sweden E-mail: egerer@eng.gu.se werner@eng.gu.se Fax: int+46 (0)31-773-47-26 23)-------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Work ************************************************* MONTAGE 93: International Festival of the Image July 11 through August 7, 1993 ************************************************* Montage 93: International Festival of the Image, is inviting independent producers to submit work for an exhibition of electronic time-based media. Work will be screened at Montage 93, July 11 through August 7, 1993. Goals The goals of Montage 93 are to celebrate the fusion of arts and technology in contemporary image making and to explore the future of the visual communications. The International Video Etc. Festival is seeking new electronic time-based work created by independent producers worldwide. Review Procedure All work will be reviewed by a committee of curators, programmers, and makers. The committee will attempt to assemble an exhibition that reflects the current state of the visual time- based electronic arts. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made by June 1, 1993. Submission Guidelines: Visual time-based electronic media including video, computer graphics/animation, multimedia*, and hypermedia* are eligible. * Work must be exhibitable as a single channel videotape. All work must be submitted on videotape, in any of the following NTSC formats: 3/4 UMatic, VHS, S-VHS, BETA, Video8, Hi8. Maximum length of any title is 58 minutes. Submission Procedures: Each maker must include a resume. Each title must be accompanied by a statement. Each title must be accompanied by a copy of the Entry and Release Form printed below. Tapes mailed from within the United States will be returned only if accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. Tapes mailed from outside the United States will be returned only if accompanied by a self addressed envelope and an international money order in U.S. dollars for the cost of return mail. Tapes mailed from outside the United States should be marked: "No commercial value. Educational Material." ***Tapes must be received by May 1, 1993. Send tapes, statement, resume, and Entry and Release Form together to: Montage 93: Video Etc. Festival 31 Prince Street Rochester, NY, USA 14607-1499 Please note: Do not send masters, originals, or irreplaceable materials. Montage 93 will make every reasonable attempt to safeguard tapes, but is not responsible for loss or damage. Maker is responsible for any copyrighted material within the title. ***************************************************************** Video Etc. Entry and Release Form A copy of this form must accompany each title. Please print or type. Name____________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________________ State_________________________________Zip/Postal Code___________ Country_________________________________________________________ Phone_________________FAX________________E-Mail_________________ Provide the following information for each title: Title___________________________________________________________ Original, Medium, and Format____________________________________ Completion date_________________________________________________ Running time____________________________________________________ Format: (circle one) Z3/4 UMatic VHS S-VHS Beta 8mm Hi 8 ________________________________________________________________ Your signature authorizes Montage 93 to duplicate your work for exhibition at Montage 93. STATEMENT ___ ___ ___ ___ This will be edited for use in program notes and/or a catalog. 24)-------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers *********************************** 1993 Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature and Science *********************************** Back Bay Hilton Boston, MA November 18-21, 1993 Theme: "Possible Worlds, Alternate Realities: Literature and Science as World-Making" To include such topics as: *Rhetoric and Reality *Anthropological Discourse and the "Other" *Images and Visual Representation in Science and Technology *Technology, Embodiment, Knowledge *Constructing the Natural and the Artificial in Science, Technology, and Literature *Literary Strategies and the History of Science *Virtual Realities *The Representation of Nature and Science and the Rhetoric of Popular Culture and Film *Primitive and Postmodern *The Garden and the Wilderness *God and Nature *Illness Narratives and the Rhetoric of Biomedicine *Discovery and Colonization *Ecology and Politics *Orderly Disorder Proposals must include: 1. Full names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses (if available) 2. Full titles and one-page abstracts for all papers 3. Titles/themes and name of coordinator for all seminars and special panels Send abstracts for individual papers or proposals for seminars or special panels to: Alan Kibel Literature Department MIT Cambridge, MA 02139 Due date for abstracts and proposals is March 1, 1993. 25)-------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS **************************** _Simulation and Gaming_ An International Journal of Theory, Design and Research **************************** _Simulation and Gaming_ (Sage Publications) is the world's foremost journal devoted to academic and applied issues in the fast expanding fields of simulation, computerized simulation, gaming, modeling, play, role-play and active, experimental learning and related methodologies in education, training and research. The broad scope and interdisciplinary nature of _Simulation & Gaming_ is demonstrated by the variety of its readers and contributors, as well as its Editorial Board members, such as sociologists, political scientists, economists, psychologists and educators, as well as experts in environmental issues, international studies, management and business, policy and planning, decision making and conflict resolution, cognition, learning theory, communication, language learning, media, educational technologies and computing. Manuscripts are welcome at any time. Before submitting a manuscript, potential authors should write for a copy of the Guide for Authors, enclosing a self-addressed, sticky label and $2 in stamps (in USA only). Write to: David Crookall Editor S&G Morgan Hall Box 870244 U of AL Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA To subscribe: Sage Publications 2455 Teller Road Newbury Park, CA 91320 USA Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU UK 26)-------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for Guest Editorships for Theme Issues of _Simulation & Gaming_ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From time to time a special theme issue of S&G is prepared by a Guest Editor. Special issues in preparation or that have already appeared deal with business, debriefing, evaluation, ethnomethodology, military gaming, cross-cultural communication, and entrepreneurship. In principle, any theme can be proposed for a special theme issue, as long as it is important and of interest to a wide range of readers. If you would like to offer your services as a Guest Editor, please send: - a one page proposal (justifying the theme, outlining the rational, identifying possible authors and sub-topics) - a short resume (one page) - notes on any previous editorial experience - name, address, telephone numbers and e-mail address(es) (the latter is essential) to crookall@ua1vm.bitnet or crookall@ua1vm.ua.edu or David Crookall Editor S&G PO Box 870244 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA Subscription inquiries about S&G should be directed to: Sage Publications PO Box 5084 Newbury Park, CA 91359 USA tel: (805) 499-0721 27)-------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO POSITIVE 93 The U.K.'s International festival of creative video and electronic media art. In 1993 VIDEO POSITIVE is back with the most substantial and extraordinary program of electronic art ever seen in Britain. VIDEO POSITIVE 93 presents several newly commissioned video installations combined with the welcome restaging of some of the best works from around the world. This is complemented by colorful local projects and an equally vigorous and significant program of screenings, seminars, live art commissions and special events. Installation Program The centerpiece of VIDEO POSITIVE 93 is an extensive installation program held at Liverpool's premiere galleries (the Tate Gallery Liverpool, the Bluecoat, Open Eye and Walker Galleries) and several public sites across the city. The international element involves the presentation of 15 installations, 8 of which are world premiers, from artists including Lei Cox, Agnes Gegedud, Simon Robertshaw, Barbara Steinman, Andrew Stones, Cathy Vogan and Richard Wright. The Collaboration Program This progressive and successful program continues to transform Liverpool's public sites with works produced by local people which are both incisive and popular. Coordinated by video artist Louise Forshaw, the thriving Collaboration Program has introduced several fresh initiatives in 1993. The presentation of 8 installations and an exciting screening program involves double the number of events compared with previous years. Screenings Important European events of the early 90's provide the inspiration for a program package which looks at issues of British cultural identity within recent video art. Other highlights have been programmed in conjunction with the Film & Video Umbrella, London. These include new and recent computer graphics and animation Video works by Jean-Luc Godard, Bill Viola, David Blair, The Wooster Group, The Collaboration Program and contemporary programs of music and sound featuring work by David Byrne. Performances Continuing Moviola's tradition of commissioning collaborations which cross artforms, the festival presents a series of live art projects which combine performance, music and new technologies. Seminars VIDEO POSITIVE 93 has created the ideal atmosphere for an expressive and vibrant celebration of the contemporary artform of electronic art. The seminar program provides an outstanding opportunity for critical discussion in an international context. Topics for discussion in 1993 include gender and technology, the experience of black artists working with video and new technologies, the festival's Collaboration Program and the impact of science and engineering upon electronic media art and design. Special Events VIDEO POSITIVE 93 also hosts a wide range of miscellaneous events and activities including workshops with artists, displays of state-of-the-art equipment and technology including virtual reality, workshops for curators, special launches, presentations and the Festival Club. Mailing and Information For a free color brochure (available March, 1993) and information about advance bookings, etc., write to: MOVIOLA, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX, U.K. Tel (UK) 051-709-2663 Fax (UK) 051-707-2150 28)-------------------------------------------------------------- ***************************** NARRATIVE: An International Conference ***************************** April 1-4, 1993 Albany, NY Sponsored by: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Society for the Study of Narrative Literature. Co-Sponsors: Siena College and Russell Sage College Affiliates: Skidmore College, Union College, The College of Saint Rose, The State University of New York-Albany Major Speakers: *Houston Baker, Jr. University of Pennsylvania, Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture *Don Bialostosky University of Toledo, English-Rhetoric *Thomas Laquer Univ. of Calif-Berkeley, History *Carolyn Merchant Univ. of Calif-Berkeley, Conservation and Resource Studies *Tania Modelski Univ. of So. Calif, English-Film The conference is an interdisciplinary forum to discuss all aspects of narrative theory and practice. Papers on narrative in any genre, period, nationality, discipline, and media (film, art, popular culture) will be considered. The committee especially welcomes topics involving inter-disciplinary methods or cross- cultural perspectives. The presentation should be in English and the focus should be on narrative. Submit papers (no more than 10 pgs. [2500 words]) or abstracts (at least 500 words) and a short vita. Proposals for panels of 3 or 4 papers are encouraged. Panels of particular interest with only 2 papers will also be considered. Organizers should include a statement on the focus of the panel; and papers or abstracts for all participants. Panel organizers may give a paper in the session they propose. We regret that we are unable to return submissions. Alan Nadel, Conference Coordinator Department of Language, Literature, and Communication Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180 29)-------------------------------------------------------------- _ORTRAD-L_ ORTRAD-L seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for open discussion and exchange of resources in the general field of studies in oral tradition. All those interested in the world's living oral traditions (e.g., African, Hispanic, Native American, etc.) or in texts with roots in oral tradition (e.g., the Old and New Testaments, the Mahabharata, the Iliad and Odyssey, Beowulf, etc.) are invited to join the conversation. This list should be useful for specialists in language and literature, folklore, anthropology, history, and other areas. To subscribe, send the following command to LISTSERV@MIZZOU1.BITNET or LISTSERV@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU: SUB ORTRAD-L your _full_ name Submissions to the list should be sent to: ORTRAD-L@MIZZOU1.BITNET or ORTRAD-L@MISSOURI.EDU Center for Studies in Oral Tradition 301 Read Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 Tel (314) 822-9720 30)------------------------------------------------------------- _SEMIOS-L_ A new electronic discussion group has been formed for those interested in semiotics, visual language, graphic design and advertising, deconstruction, the philosophy of language, and others curious about the process of communication. The core issue that ties all of these disciplines together is the production and interpretation of signs. To become a part of _SEMIOS-L_, send the following command from your computer: From a Bitnet loation: TELL LISTSERV AT ULKYVM SUBSCRIBE SEMIOS-L (Your Name) From an Internet site: To: Listserv%ULKYVM.Louisville.edu Subscribe SEMIOS-L (Your Name) In the first two weeks of operation, _SEMIOS-L_ already had over one hundred members from four continents. The group welcomes new voices. Steven Skaggs SEMIOS-L List Manager 31)-------------------------------------------------------------- SOCHIST on LISTSERV@USCVM New Social History List or LISTSERV@VM.USC.EDU Briefly, this list will address three aspects of what is called the "New Social History": 1) Emphasis on quantative data rather that an analysis of prose sources. 2) Borrowing of methodologies from the social sciences, such as linguistics, demographics, anthropology, etc.. 3) The examination of groups which have been ignored by traditional disciplines (i.e. the history of women, families, children, labor, etc.). To subscribe, send e-mail to: LISTSERV@SCVM.BITNET or listserv@vm.usc.edu with the single line in the BODY of the e-mail: SUBSCRIBE SOCHIST your full name. 32)-------------------------------------------------------------- _Interdis_ Welcome to the INTERDIS e-mail discussion list. The idea behind this list is to facilitate national (and international) discussions of issues of interest to people working and teaching in interdisciplinary contexts. It is my hope that the list will be a source of lively, thought provoking discussion of issues relating to integrating perspectives and pedagogical issues associated with interdisciplinary work. It should also be a good place to discuss papers, books, films, and exercises from interdisciplinary perspectives. Please forward this message to colleagues you think may be interested in the list. 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