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Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005 14:57 +0100
From: Dr Makram Khoury <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Art, Media and the Spectacle of Conflict
> CONFERENCE
> Art, Media and the Spectacle of Conflict
> School of Media, Art & Design
> University of Luton (14-15 July 2005)
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> Initiated by RIMAD (Research Institute for Media, Art and Design) at
> the University of Luton, the First Conference on Art, Media and
> Conflict will take place from 14-15 July 2005 at the University of
> Luton.
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> CONCEPT
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> Art, Media and the Spectacle of Conflict
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> From the first televised war in the Gulf in 1991, via the ‘live’
> Intifada, the destruction of the Twin Towers, to the night-vision
> images of the ‘shock and awe’ bombing of Iraq, modern conflict depends
> increasingly on the spectacle. But what is the role of visual art in
> times of political-military conflict, especially since the information
> and communications revolutions of the last decade, which have
> increased the overlaps and intersections between art and media? In the
> case of modern conflict, can we differentiate between media and art?
> Or have information communication technologies led to the subsuming of
> art within the collective operations of a mass media that define the
> terms by which individuals and groups think about the world?
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> This two-day conference seeks to interrogate these, and other,
> questions. Furthermore, it will ask: What are the political and
> commercial considerations of art and media in relation to conflict?
> How might we analyse the artistic content of media coverage of
> political-military conflict? How do art and media construct or
> interpret violence, or representations of friends or foes? What roles
> do art and media play in the framing of our political world? Can we
> distinguish between the political and the aesthetic in media and art
> representations of conflict? Can we speak of an ‘ethics’ of art, media
> and conflict: a moral art and a responsible media? What is the place
> of visual art in relation to the apparently insatiable appetite for
> the spectacle of war? Is contemporary art -- as Paul Virillio contends
> -- ‘pitiless’, complicit in the presentation of death and destruction,
> rather than representing human suffering? What is the role of media
> and visual art in constructing a narrative of conflict or conflict
> resolution? Can art challenge the underlying social and political
> structures that accept war as inevitable?
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> -Deadline for abstracts by Tuesday 31st May 2005.
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> -Please send abstracts of up to 300 words alongside a brief bio or CV
> to: Dr Jessica Ball ? [log in to unmask]
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> ____________________________________________
> Dr Jessica Ball
> Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Curator
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> School of Media, Art & Design
> University of Luton
> Park Square
> Luton
> Bedfordshire
> LU1 3JU
> UK
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> T: +44 (0) 1582 489 159
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University of Bristol
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