Cybersonica 05 was so good that i plan to attend the festival again this year.

As part of Cybersonica 06, there will be a two-week exhibition of sonic artworks. These pieces should explore forms of interactivity that move away from the keyboard and mouse and into the physical realm.

If you’ve developed or if you’re working on some interesting project such as an interactive installation, new electronic musical device, physical audiovisualiser, tangible interface or modified game engine, you’ve got until March 31 to submit it to the festival.

The deadline to submit proposals for Rhizome’s annual cycle of commissions is coming up soon as well: April 1.

With support from the Greenwall Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, between eight and eleven new Internet art projects will be commissioned in 2006.

The fee for each commission will range from $900 to­ $3,000.

There is no required theme. The works can manifest offline, as long as the Internet is a primary vehicle in the creation of the work, and the final work is accessible online, whether through a web browser, software, or some other use of internet technologies.