iDMAa 2022: Weird Media
Conference and Exhibition June 24-26, 2022
Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA
Theme
This year’s iDMAa Conference, Exhibition, and Workshop will be focused on the theme “Weird Media” In keeping with iDMAa’s commitment to “militantly marginal” media practices, this year’s theme will focus on unconventional media studies—from the odd to the uncanny, from the suspiciously animated to the supernaturally ordained, from the familiar forms to far-out fabulations, from established to the emergent—we welcome fresh perspectives that offer insights into how strange mediation can be.
The Conference will feature a keynote address by Stephanie Boluk and Patrick LeMieux, authors of Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames (U of MN Press, 2017). The event will also include talks by artists and scholars, including, Margaret Dolinsky, Jennifer Gradecki, Amay Kataria, Talan Memmott, Stephanie Tripp, Giovanna Sun, Merit Thursday, Paul Echeverria, Yamin Xu, Betsy Pike, Josie Cutara, Patrick Lichty, Kristen Lillvis, David Wright, Daniel Lichtman, Rob Wittig, and Chris Blair.
The Exhibition is curated by Patrick Lichty and juried by celebrated Iranian illustrator and artist Negin Ehtesabian, Wade Wallerstein (co-curator Transfer Gallery and Gray Area), digital pioneer Cynthia Beth Rubin, Roger Boulay (Gallery Director, WSU) and Brandon Gellis (Co-Director: Center for Design Thinking, University of Wyoming) and will feature experimental works by over 80 digital artists from around world, including A. P. Vague, Alan Sondheim, Alessandro Amaducci, Alex McKenzie and Dana Potter, Alien AI, Amay Kataria, Andre Perim, Andrey Rylov, Nastya Yatskhey, Alisa Ustinova, Asra Qarakhani, Aya Shabbar, Brian Skalak, Caitlin Fisher, Carrie Fonder, Carter Hodgkin, Citron | Lunardi, Colin Goldberg, David Thomas Henry Wright (with Chris Arnold), Davide Porta, Derek Curry & Jennifer Gradecki, Diane Marsella, Dominick Rivers, Ellen Jantzen, Ershad Fatahian, Eva Davidova, F. C. Zuke, Farnoush Daroudgar, Frederick Maheux, Ghazaleh Seidabadi, Giovanna Sun, Gregory Little, Heejoo Kim, Isabella Uliasz, IZABELLA RETKOWSKA, Jack Bordnick, Jaka Železnikar, Jason Ramey, Jesse Farber, John C.S. Keston, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Joseph DeLappe, Justin Lincoln, Karl Erickson, Kat Mustatea, Kate Hollenbach, Kayoko Nakamura, Keif Oss, Liz Wierzbicki, Malavika Mandal Andrew, Margaret Dolinsky, Marjan Andaroodi, Merit Thursday, Mez Breeze, Michael Jantzen, Michael Marks, Mina Cheon, Nina Sumarac Jablonsky, Patrick LeMieux, Pavel Checkulaev, PlantBot Genetics Inc (aka Wendy DesChene + Jeff Schmuki), RAY LC, Renata Janiszewska, Robert B. Lisek, Ryan Lewis, S4RA, Scott Kildall, Stephanie Tripp, Sue Beyer, Taehee Kim, Talan Memmott, Tommy Mintz, Vincent DeZutti, Vladimir Kalnitsky, Will Luers, Yamin Xu, Yvette Granata, and Zen Cohen.
Schedule
https://educate.winona.edu/idmaa/
Register
Conference Cost: $200, $150 for past iDMAa attendees, $50 for students.
Early Bird price available.
Conference Registration Link: https://mnscu.rschooltoday.com/public/costoption/class_id/230734/public/1/sp
Workshop
Facilitated by Stephanie Boluk (UC Davis) and Patrick Lemieux (UC Davis), this workshop will be an experimental, hands-on, game design camp. Boluk and Lemieux will elaborate on ideas developed in their book Metagaming (U of Minnesota Press, 2018), in which they discuss “alternative histories of play by exploring the strange experiences and unexpected effects that emerge in, on, around, and through videogames.” Participants will create multiplayer game controllers that alter conventional platform gaming experiences. This workshop is intended for community members, undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty members. The workshop will be offered with no-credit, continuing education credit, and 3 credit options, with no prior programming experience necessary. A laptop will be required (computers are available for rental through WSU).
Workshop Registration links: The course is available for undergraduate credit, graduate credit, and non-credit options (On-campus housing is available.)
Undergraduate: https://eservices.minnstate.edu/registration/search/detail.html?campusid=074&courseid=000290&yrtr=20231&rcid=0074&localrcid=0074
Graduate: https://eservices.minnstate.edu/registration/search/detail.html?campusid=074&courseid=000289&yrtr=20231&rcid=0074&localrcid=0074
Non-credit: link coming soon.
Housing/Transportation
On campus housing is available for $20/night (plus tax) for a single bedroom in a 4 bedroom suite, or $80/night (plus tax) for a full 4 bedroom unit with no roommates: https://event.starrezevents.com/0d6a3ae8-0179-4cc4-a4f9-d50de8a0a488/4074c7ad-1183-4d14-8d1e-698b7908f5c8.
Air/Rail Travel: The nearest airports are LSE La Crosse Regional Airport (30 min), RST Rochester International Airport, MN (50 min), and MSP Minneapolis-St. Paul (120 min). Amtrak runs daily into Winona (occasionally delayed).
Ground Transportation: https://www.winona.edu/transportation/towinona.asp
Submissions
Extended Deadline:
For standard papers and talks, the deadline for 500-word abstracts or panel proposals is . Individual presentations are limited to 10 minutes of presentation, with prepared notes distributed in advance, to encourage lively discussion. Panel sessions are limited to 40 minutes, also with notes in advance, followed by discussion. As usual, we are interested in our customary mix of academic research articles, philosophical discussions, artist talks, and practice-based professional approaches, all in dialogue with the conference theme. Welcome submissions from students and arts/media practitioners, feel free to contact us with questions (papers@idmaa.org)! Please submit your proposal using the following form: https://forms.gle/g2Db2UYGjMiUqNg79.