Call for Papers
Image 2.0: Digital Media Futures
Interdisciplinary Conference
University College Falmouth
Tremough Campus
Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Date: September 10th-11th September 2009
Proposal (250-500 words) new deadline: 14th April 2009
Confirmed keynote speakers: Tanya Krzywinska and Martin Lister
Website: www.image2conference.org
Rationale:
This interdisciplinary conference aims to examine intersections between digital
technologies and visual media. Organised by Falmouth’s School of Media, the
conference will provide a space for debate on the present state and the future
of visual media as they enter a new stage of development, where established
boundaries between disciplines and practices, as well as between producers
and consumers, are dissolving.
We invite both traditional academic research papers and practice-based
presentations to promote cooperation and exchange of experience between
scholars and media practitioners. The fields and disciplines that the conference
will focus on include film studies, photography, web design, advertising and
digital animation. Other academic or creative fields will be considered insofar
as the exploration of their modes of practice refers to (or relies on) digital
technologies.
Call for papers:
We invite established scholars, emerging researchers and graduate students to
present papers on a wide variety of topics but are particularly interested in
theoretical and practice-based approaches to the following:
• Textual/genre analysis (how digital media affects visual storytelling in
film, photography and animation genres);
• Distribution/production/exhibition of creative visual work in the global
(or national) context (Internet film exhibition, web publishing, accessibility,
interactivity, new forms of leisure and media consumption. Media 2.0, Web
2.0);
• Representations (digitally based minority creative groups and
subcultures, digital media in relation to gender, sexuality, race, immigration,
and visibility within the dominant culture);
• The changing nature of the moving image (reception and audiences
of digitally based film and animation, YouTube, MySpace, video streaming,
digital archiving);
• Art vs. commerce (the blurring distinction between the two,
photography and creative advertising);
• Learning and Teaching (digitally based research and methodologies
for analysing visual media, vlogging, digital archives);
• Alternative cinema (digital technologies and their impact on
producing animation, documentary, pornography, experimental films, music
videos, etc.);
• Legal and ethical aspects of digitally based visual media (control,
censorship, pressure groups, copyrights).
Submission guidelines (paper proposals):
Please email the title of your proposed presentation and 250-500 word
abstract with a 100 word biographical statement. Please note that long CVs
will be rejected. All proposals must be included in the body of a single email.
There is no application form to fill out.
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Deadline for paper proposals:
14th April 2009
If your proposal is accepted we will notify you by the end of March.
Call for creative work:
As a part of the event, we intend to put up an exhibition of digital
photography and illustration, as well as a space with facilities for streaming
videos. Therefore, we encourage entries of photographic, illustration, poster,
and film work from media practitioners, artists, graduate and undergraduate
students. Any piece of original work is invited as long as the images and films
are digitally based. Those submitting will be fully responsible for any copyright
clearance related to their work (including music).
Submission guidelines (creative work):
Photographs, illustrations and posters: Please send your works as email
attachments (jpg files) and once your work is accepted we will ask you to
forward either prints or high-resolution files to us. Limit: 5 pieces per entrant.
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Short films and video installations (up to 10 minutes):
Please send a clearly marked DVD to:
Anna Misiak
Image 2.0 Conference
Film
Tremough Campus
University College Falmouth
Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ
England
Deadline for creative work:
1 May 2009
If your work is accepted we will notify you by 18th June 2009
University College Falmouth and Cornwall:
University College Falmouth nurtures a culture of excellence, exploration and
collaboration that compels our students to produce groundbreaking work. This
unique combination provides a backdrop that will fire your imagination. UCF has
a reputation across the art, design, media and performance industries locally,
nationally and internationally as a place to find innovation and the industry
stars of the future. UCF is a member of Skillset Academy.
To find out more about our university and its location please visit:
www.falmouth.ac.uk and www.visitcornwall.com/site/tourist-attractions
Contact: Anna Misiak, Jason Whittaker, and Mark Douglas at
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