Call for Volunteers

ISEA_Archive_header

Volunteer Opportunity

The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) is looking for volunteers to get involved in a couple of major international projects. We need help working on:

1. an archive of thousands of ISEA artworks, academic papers, and abstracts of presentations (1988-2024 and ongoing).

2. a project to interconnect new media art archives from around the world.

This is a golden opportunity for students, teachers, professionals, retirees, media historians, archivists, computer scientists, and digital artists to work on an exciting project that has world-wide exposure.

We have positions available for a variety of tasks including:

  • Inputting data into fields (copy/paste)
  • Problem-solving & programming
  • Formatting images
  • Research (web based)
  • Grant writing, sponsorship and fundraising

Benefits:

  • Teachers could assign students from diverse backgrounds to work on the archive in order to gain insight into the world of emerging arts.
  • Students could do an internship and possibly earn course credit points through their school by working on the archive.
  • Students (and volunteers) may receive a certificate of participation and will be credited on the Archives’ Websites.
  • Retired professors or professionals in the field find it very satisfying to contribute to this project and work with people from around the world.
  • This is an incredible media art learning experience. Volunteers interested in art & technology can develop a professional network.

The ISEA Archives
Our online ISEA Symposium Archives consists of two versions. The new Interconnected archive is currently approximately 85% complete with 28 symposia, 10,000 people, 6000 presentations, 400 workshops, and 4000 art events already entered. The Classic Archive is practically up-to-date.

https://isea-archives.siggraph.org (Interconnected Archive)
https://isea-archives.org (Classic Archive)

The Interconnecting Archive Project

We need programmers to work with us to develop an innovative system to connect major new media art archives from around the world.

Are you interested or do you want more information, please contact:

isea.symposium.archives@gmail.com

Thank you!