Many thanks for your attention to the call-for-contributions below for the art exhibition OUTPOST, to be featured at the Visualisation in Archaeology International Conference, 18-19 April 2011, at the University of Southampton. Appreciatively, Sara
http://www.viarch.org.uk/2011-outpost.asp
OUTPOST
Curators: Ian Kirkpatrick & Sara Perry
Poster presentations have become ubiquitous features of archaeological conferences, acting simultaneously as informational, decorative, architectural, and ritual devices. In their supposed succinctness they can persuade, deceive and mystify - whilst employing image and text to compress vast quantities of data into highly conventionalized fields of vision. As archaeological tools they can stand unaccompanied by their author as the sole representative of an idea or body of research, or can be used in tandem with performance as a form of prop or mobile stage-set.
OUTPOST examines the possibilities of this genre as an intermediary between information and art, monument and meaning. It seeks innovative and creative interpretations of the archaeological poster presentation which push the boundaries of this format, both physically and conceptually.
We invite artists, illustrators and academics to respond to this call for posters/artworks as a means to invite discussion and debate about the form, function and future of this frequently overlooked sub-genre of the archaeological intellectual toolkit.
Please send a 50-200 word artistic statement for the creation of an A0 or other-sized/shaped poster presentation and CV, to Ian Kirkpatrick ([log in to unmask]) by 23 March 2011.
Final decisions will be made by 25 March 2011.
Sara Perry & Ian Kirkpatrick
Archaeology, University of Southampton
http://www.viarch.org.uk/2011-outpost.asp
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