'Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope’: The Spectacle of
Technology in Screen Media
Saturday 27th February 2010
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK
CALL FOR PAPERS
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to explore ways in which
particular screen technologies and media are displayed and spectacularised –
that is, instances in which attention is drawn to the medium or technology
itself rather than simply to its content.
Technological spectacle is not a new phenomenon of the digital age but has
occurred throughout the history of the screen arts, perhaps especially upon
the introduction of new technologies. This conference will investigate
technological spectacle as a possible source of historical continuity and/or
site for difference – thus working towards a more synthesised, complete and
interdisciplinary understanding of the long history of screen arts, and the
processes of technological change which periodically intervene in or develop
out of that history.
Papers (20 minutes long) are welcomed which explore any aspect or case of
technological spectacle in any screen medium. 'Screen’, ‘medium’ and
‘technology’ are meant in the broadest possible senses, encompassing any
historical or current apparatus related to cinema, television, video/DVD,
computer programs/games, pre-cinematic forms such as the magic lantern,
museum displays, avant-garde forms/uses, etc.
Confirmed speakers include:
* Dr. Alison Griffiths (Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College,
New York)
* Dr. William Boddy ( Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College,
New York)
* Dr. Helen Wheatley (Department of Film and Television Studies, University
of Warwick)
Please send abstracts of 250-300 words, plus short biographical note, to
Anna Sloan:
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Deadline: Friday 18th December 2009
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