iDMAa 2024: Wild Media
Conference and Exhibition: June 27-30, 2024
Workshop: June 24-30, 2024
Submission Deadline Extended
Theme
Uncultivated, emergent, uncivilized, natural, unbridled, chaotic, ecstatic, exuberant, the word “wild” can be understood in many ways. This year’s iDMAa Conference, Exhibition, and Workshop will be focused on the theme “Wild Media.” In keeping with iDMAa’s commitment to “militantly marginal” media practices, this year’s theme will focus on wild media. So, send us your papers on ecological art, folk practices, generative processes, excessive expressions, outsider cultures, and other forms of “wild” media. The Conference will feature a keynote address by author, artist, and educator, Talan Memmott (Lexia to Perplexia, Dérivepedia, Clickbait) and exhibition is curated by Alinta Krauth.
Schedule
TBA
Register
Registration for the Conference is $150 and covers the cost of keynotes, exhibition, and talks. A limited number of $50 bursaries are available on a case-by-case basis.
Click here to register: https://mnscu.rschooltoday.com/public/costoption/class_id/284503/public/1/
Workshop
Workshop: June 24-30, 2024
Facilitated by Jason Nelson (University of Bergen, Norway) this workshop will be an experimental, hands-on, game design camp. Drawing on Nelson’s background in Net Art, experimental gaming, and digital poetry, participants will create prototypes of digital games using the Construct 3 game engine. Workshop guests will also attend the Wild Media Conference and Exhibition (and are encouraged to present their own work as part of the conference). This workshop is intended for community members, undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty members and no programming experience is required. 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: Link.
Graduate: Link.
Non-credit: Coming soon.
Housing/Transportation
On campus housing is available for a discounted rate: Link.
Off campus housing: Visit Winona Website.
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
Deadline (extended): .
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 (dheckman@winona.edu)! Please submit your proposal using the following form: https://forms.gle/tbYob2gpEvUa3WK5A.
We will also be curating a special stream of conference talks that will respond directly to the works and artists featured in the Wild Media Exhibition. Please stay tuned for updates!
Ideas Exhibition
https://idmaa.org/conferences/idmaa-2024-wild-media/exhibition-2024-wild-media/