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Arts and Genesis
September 30 – October 1, 2010
School of the Arts, Media and Culture
Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Debate over the nature of artistic creation has, at times, rivaled and paralleled debates about the creation of the world. This conference seeks to explore the web of topics surrounding the term genesis, including: the generation of artistic theory and praxis; the origin of art as a concept; the nativity of individual art works; and the creative process.
Topics to investigate may include but are not limited to:

1. Genesis as origin
Exploring origins of artistic concepts or practices, phenomenologies of artistic creation, and beliefs that influence creative practice.

2. Creation as world-making
In what way does artistic creation establish or suggest new ways of thinking and being in the world?

3. Talking creation
How do the words used to describe the creative process alter both how art is perceived and how it is produced? 

4. Creation Myths
What myths, developed by critics, historians, artists, and others have come to dominate concepts of artistic creation? What cultural work is done by such myths?

5. Economies of Creation
In what ways do economies (local or global) alter artistic creation and contribute to conceptualizations of artistic creation?

6. Artistic Genesis on Display
How does putting the creative process on display alter the creative process?

This conference welcomes papers from any discipline that address the topics under consideration. Please submit presentation abstracts (300 words) and a short bio (200 words) to [log in to unmask] Direct any questions regarding the conference to the same address. We encourage multimedia and other non-conventional forms of presentation, including lecture-recitals and other performances. Please include any technical requirements in addition to your abstract.  Presentation length is 25 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion of each paper. Unconventional presentations may propose a different time frame for presentation. In order to facilitate discussion throughout the conference, no more than thirty presenters will be chosen to present and there will be no more than two concurrent sessions. Presentations whose topics intersect with our newly launched journal will be considered for publication in an edition themed on the conference topic. For more information on the journal: https://journal.twu.ca/index.php/verge/index 

Deadlines: The deadline for proposals is July 15, 2010. Those selected to present will be informed no later than August 1, 2010. 

For more information, visit our website at: http://www.twu.ca/academics/samc/interdisciplinary/conferences/ 


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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Senior Lecturer
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
http://web.me.com/jpehs/
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