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Sorry for the re-distribution but the original call for papers was sent
out with the wrong web site link.
The correct address is
http://www.xrce.xerox.com/wpt_workshop/workshop_wpt.htm.
We look forward to receiving submissions.
Kind regards, Jacki
Call for Papers
As technology's reach extends into all aspects of our lives, art and
technology become increasingly intertwined. Technology ranges from being
implemented in - to integral to - the creation, exhibition, performance
and appreciation of much art and aesthetic work. For example, graphic
design is now predominantly achieved using applications such as Adobe
Premier, Photoshop, Quark Express and so on; photography and
photographic editing and manipulation is primarily digital, as is much
film; many musicians use technologies for producing and performing music
such as samplers, synthesisers and production applications. Artists are
increasingly exploiting and exploring novel uses of digital technology.
In all of these cases the properties - facilities, affordances,
features, constraints - of the technology will necessarily impact, in
some manner on the aesthetic product.
There have been many ethnographies of work and the way technologies are
employed in these settings technologies - their capacities and effects
in practice. There is also a long history of academic work on aesthetics
in a range of disciplines - art and design, critical theory, sociology
and psychology. However, we find that there seems to be a relative lack
of social studies of aesthetics-in-action. That is, with aesthetics as
visible, available, social practice in artistic composition-production,
performance or consumption. How do we understand technologies and
artistic endeavour, performance and aesthetic experience? How can this
be used to evaluate existing technologies and inform the design of
technologies to support existing or enable new ways of producing and
appreciating artistic work? What is the situated, practical, social and
cultural nature of aesthetics?
Topics of Interest
We are interested in social studies relating to the
composition-production, performance and consumption of artwork, and
crucially the role of technology and artefacts in this. We are
particularly interested in ethnographies that capture aesthetic 'work'
in natural settings, in action. Topics may include but are not limited
to the following:
* visual arts and design
* music, drama, performance arts
* the production and appreciation of colour, music, structure and
harmony
* visual and visible aspects of performance
* aesthetics in action and practice
* aesthetics work and its relation to different purposes in different
settings, e.g. the interrelation of the work of production to
performance
* aesthetics talk and the work it does in production, performance and
composition
* the use of supplementary materials such as programme notes, catalogues
etc. in configuring the aesthetic experience
By focusing on what we think is an under-explored, but technologically
interesting, area of research we aim to bring together a set of
practitioners/researchers and their data, as a first step in creating a
body of knowledge on aesthetics in action. Possibilities for a special
journal issue based on the workshop will be pursued.
Workshop Procedure
* We welcome work in many stages of maturity and are interested in
inviting work-in-progress as the workshop will provide an opportunity to
share ideas and do joint analysis.
* The workshop will begin with short introductory presentations from the
organisers on their work on 1) the visual arts - studies of graphic
designers and 2) music - studies of the organisation of improvised
electro-acoustic music and the construction of technologies by artists.
* The main body of the workshop will consist of short presentations from
the participants, with the possibility of a data session where we can
spend time analysing data extracts (transcripts, video, etc.).
* We are researching the possibility of bringing in an artists/musician
to perform/demonstrate and assist in the workshop
* Columns on Last Page Should Be Made As Close As Possible to Equal
Length
Deadline for submissions:
25th June, 2008
Notifications of acceptance:
4th July, 2008
Submissions
should be 2-4 pages long
Contacts for questions and submissions: Jacki O'Neill and David Martin
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Dr. Jacki O'Neill
Research scientist,
XRCE Grenoble
6 Che de Maupertuis
38240 Meylan
Grenoble, France
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+33 (0) 476 61 4112
http://www.xrce.xerox.com/people/oneill/home.html
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