International Society for Contemporary MusicISCM GREEK SECTION

Candidacy for hosting the

ISCM-World Music Days 2008 (ISCM-WMD2008)

Dr. Leontios HadjileontiadisISCM Greek Section representative

ISCM Conference and General Assembly 17-22.7.2006

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Artistic Information

Theme:

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Scope of MobilART

Bidirectional objective:

the mobility in art as a means to consider, expand or create new artistic trajectories

the ways art can enable collective mobilization in culture, politics and, generally, in society towards an increased quality of life

in time (from ancient cultures to nowadays)in creativity (from traditional to contemporary concepts)in learning (from static to mobile, High-Tec sources of information)in experiencing (from distant and general to personalized dynamically adaptive, and flexible artistic landscapes)in merging art in everyday life

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Call for music that …

stems from different cultures of the world set in a

contemporary context,

lies upon new forms of structure and conceptualization,

exploits the digital experience of sound through new forms of

technology,

embraces the human expressivity through wearable,

portable smart objects (sensors),

expresses ideas, intentions, rational trains of thought and

other forms of everyday impressions

aims to stimulate the cultural conscience of the society and

mobilize its cultural awareness.

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Place-Date

“Mobility” of the theme:

Cultural mobilization of different locations in Greece

Creation of a kind of “cultural net” that can reverberate a vast amount of

people.

The realization of ISCM-WMD2008 will be put at a national level and will

establish interoperability and collaboration among different cultural

sources

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Place-Date (cont’)

Five big cities in Greece,

Athens (organizational

“headquarters”)

Thessaloniki

Patras,

Heraklion (in the Crete

island), and

Corfu (in the Corfu

island),

distributed in distant

locations in the Greek

territory

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Place-Date (cont’)

Athens (where the ISCM

Greek Section is

situated), which will host

the opening and closing

events.

Train, boat and airplane

transportation will be

involved, combining

“mobile events”, like

“sound boat”, “sound

train”, and “sound plane”.

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Place-Date (cont’)

In order to predict

“weather alliance”,

the proposed date is

from Friday 19 until

Sunday 28

September 2008,

establishing a 10-day

mega-event.

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Collaboration

ISCM Greek Section/Greek Composers’ Union

SponsorsCultural organizations-societies

Ministry of CultureMinistry of TourismMinistry of TransportationMunicipal authorities

Media(press, TV, Internet, mobile/digital TV)

ArtistsResearch InstitutesAcademia

ISCM Artistic Committee

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Collaboration(cont’)

Governmental authorities

Universities/ Research Centers

Cultural organizations

Telecommunication/broadcast companies

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Resources

Use of resources at a national and international level for

Performing

Collaborating

Educating

Criticising

Cross-Communicating

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Resources(cont’)

State orchestras

Specialized Greek ensembles

ISCM-fostered ensembles

Invited soloists

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Concert places

Indoor halls(i.e., concert halls,

theatres)

Non-physical spaces

Outdoor halls(i.e., ancient

theatres)

Mobile phonespace

Internet space

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Concert places

(cont’)

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Planed concerts

Mediationprojects

Experimental Music

Street Performances

Live Internet/Mobile Phone

3G/i-Mode Streams

NewsletterSpecial

Olympic EventEducational

Events

24 concerts/events to showcase the 160 or so compositions from over 50 countries

The scattering of the events to five cities will accommodate a variety of styles and cover a broad selection of the submitted works according to thematic areas

extensive fringe program will be created in addition to the festival events

ISCM-WMD2008

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Additionally…

Educational seminars and symposiums

Special thematic topics relating with the aesthetics, political aspects of the oeuvre of prolific:• Greek composers (Skalkotas, Christou, Xenakis, Theodorakis)

• international composers (Gubaidulina, Ligeti, Ferneyhough)

Cross-media creative endeavours (video/noise on-the-(air)fly!)

MobilArt Marathon (young composers participate on a real-time joint compositional activity of 42192 musical metres (bars!)

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FinancialProvisional budget 500.000-600.000 €

PART A

Organization,

travel/accommodation/

concert admission of

the ExeCom members,

legal counsel, invited

Delegates of member

countries (if still valid)

and composers of

selected works

PART B

Orchestras/

ensembles/soloists/

conductors fee

PART C

Copyright and media

dissemination cost

This cost will be divided into partial costs and will be covered by the collaborators

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General Assembly

The General Assembly will take place on 22, 23 (Crete) and 25, 26 (Athens)

September 2008 each morning

Expenses support to the ExCom and

Delegates (if still valid) will be covered by the organizers from 22nd

until the 26th of September 2006

24 September there should be a

“floating” free discussion in smaller

groups during the boat trip from Crete

to Athens

All related facilities, like premises, translations, administrative support, etc, will be provided in order to facilitate the

General Assembly during its meetings

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Dissemination or ‘Media Mobilization!’ All concerts will be professionally recorded so they could

be broadcast nationally (Radio, WebRadio, TV) and at a

European level through EBU

Webcasting through the Internet will be arranged

Selected events will be transmitted to mobile users via 3G

i-Mode (University & COSMOTE Telecom collaboration)

Daily press cover will be arranged and a daily newsletter

will be published

Electronic newsletters and updated information for the

whole event will be posted at the event site, i.e.,

https://www.iscm.gr/wmd2008.html and relevant

mailing lists

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Dissemination or ‘Media Mobilization!’ (cont’)

A series of SMSs will be sent to COSMOTE and all i-Mode

subscribers informing them about the events

The option of tele-voting will be considered for vast

participation in the selection of the ISCM-CASH Young

Composer Award, increasing its public awareness

(nationally-SMS/Web, internationally-Web)

Exhibitions of artistic materials (scores, tapes, videos,

DVDs etc) will be organized in all five cities participating in

the hosting of ISCM-WMD2008, aiming at a fusion of local

and international creation

Special care will be taken for the disabled/elderly people, in

order to facilitate their event attendance

International Society for Contemporary MusicISCM GREEK SECTION

Candidacy for hosting the

ISCM-World Music Days 2008 (ISCM-WMD2008)

Dr. Leontios HadjileontiadisISCM Greek Section representative

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