Call for papers: Tracing the Bridge
Drawing Research Network Conference 5-6th September 2016 held at Loughborough University
Conveners: TRACEY School Members, Loughborough University
The conference aims to explore the notion of drawing as a ‘bridge’. In
‘tracing the bridge’ we suggest that a bridge is a richly metaphorical concept: it bridges a gap, acknowledges a space between and creates a structure to span it, and explores the idea of crossing back and forth. In respecting different territories a bridge puts them in contact with one another. What was a space of separation becomes an area to effect connections, a substantial form drawing on and linking two constituent parts. In considering these conceptual positions, can drawing be considered as synonymous with the bridge?
The conference aims to provide a space for discussion, dissemination and the exchange of knowledge and suggests the following as starting points in the discussion, as possible themes, as prompts and as provocations:
· How might drawing function as the interlocutor between practice and theory?
· What role does drawing play in fields beyond the creative practices?
· How might drawing span diversities of discipline, gender and culture?
· Is drawing the mediator between the self and other?
The conveners would like to invite proposals for a 20-minute presentation from practitioners, theorists and practitioner-researchers, which aim to generate debate around the concept of drawing as a bridge. Please upload your proposals using this link https://tracey.submittable.com/submit, and following the onscreen instructions, by Monday 20th June 2016.
Please include the following information:
Author(s)
Institutional Affiliation (if appropriate)
250-word Proposal
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