NOWNET ARTS CONFERENCE 2020
Network Arts and Social Distance: Capacities and Innovations
November 5-8, 2020

NowNet Arts Conference is an annual event for artists, technologists, researchers, educators, and industry professionals advancing topics in contemporary network arts for the ongoing development of the field. The 2020 theme “Network Arts and Social Distance: Capacities and Innovations” is a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the world due to social distancing. Network arts is a prominent field for continuation of live performance with capacities for events that take place entirely online or events with in-person participants dispersed across multiple locations. Historical and current artistic network arts works show the artistic significance in transcending distance and new expressions that are achieved through this medium. While the capacities are inherent to the field, social distancing calls for further innovations to adapt the artistic, technological, and educational strategies to this new setting. The NowNet Arts Conference 2020 is a program of papers, presentations, and concert demonstrations that feature this topic and generate new innovations for this work forward.

The NowNet Arts Conference 2020 is a virtual event this year. Presenters and attendees can participate from any remote site via Zoom.

Affiliate Sites: 
Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, California, USA
Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium

PROGRAM
NowNet Arts Conference 2020 Program (Download PDF)

SUPPORTERS
NowNet Arts, Inc.
Department of Music, Stony Brook University
Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, USA
NYSERNet, Inc.

DETAILS
Softwares and hardwares for network arts will be utilized including JackTrip, LOLA, UltraGrid, Zoom, and others.

The latest issues of peer-reviewed Journal of Network Music and Arts published by Stony Brook University will be presented during the conference. https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/jonma

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Director: Sarah Weaver, NowNet Arts Inc.
Chris Chafe, Stanford University
Margaret Schedel, Stony Brook University
Program Cover: Scott Lewis Design

CONTACT
Sarah Weaver, Conference Director
info@nownetarts.org

CONFERENCE WEBSITE
https://nownetarts.org/conference-2020