CALL FOR PROPOSALS : : FOR BROAD DISTRIBUTION

DEADLINE EXTENDED to January 10, 2007.

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Call for Submissions

Proposals are invited for presentation at the Subtle Technologies 2007

in situ

art body medicine

Toronto, Canada

Submission Deadline Extended: January 10, 2007.

Subtle Technologies is a four-day multidisciplinary Festival akin to a Gordon Conference. The annual international event combines symposia, exhibitions, workshops and performances that juxtapose cutting-edge artistic projects and scientific exploration. In an intimate setting, we gather to explore complex and subtle relationships between art and science.

For the 10th Annual Festival, Subtle Technologies invites practitioners of sciences, arts, and medicines, and those who study their context to contemplate how these disciplines can work together and reshape perspectives on the body.

We invite a wide interpretation of bodies including the molecular, physical, cultural, economic, legal, political, energetic, and electrical. Scientists and medical practitioners of all backgrounds are invited to contribute current research and practices.

A range of approaches are welcome, including interdisciplinary work, specialized presentation proposals that focus on a single topic in depth, and general discussions that draw upon multiple topics.

Examples of possible topics:

Racial and Personalized Medicine

Tele-Medicine

Organ Trafficking

Artificial Organs, Xenotransplantation

History of Medicine

Reproductive Technologies

Addictions and Obsessions

Sexual / Gendered Body

Body Machine Interfaces and Sensors

Embryoid Bodies and Stem Cells

Infectious Agents and Diseases

Local or Traditional Healing Practices

Ethnopharmacology

New Therapeutic Paradigms

Population Dynamics and the Environment Spiritual Body Body and Performance, Body and Rituals Bioethics Trangenic Bodies and Tissue Engineering Genomics Proteomics Metablomics and other -omics

Presentation and Publication

Selected proposals will be invited to present either an illustrated talk followed by questions and discussion with the audience, or to submit a poster for exhibition at the Symposium. Presenters will be published in an illustrated book of proceedings that accompanies the event.

Proposals for workshops will also be considered.

How to Apply

Deadline for Proposals

January 10, 2007

Selection Process

Submissions will be judged by a panel of curators that include science and art specialists drawn from practicing and academic backgrounds.

Selections will be judged for quality and relevance to the theme.

Selection will occur late January and results will be communicated by mid February 2007. Selected presentations will be asked for images and text mid March 2007 for publication.

Additional Detail

Symposium presentations are typically 30 to 50 minutes in length including time for question and answers from the audience.

Presentations should be designed for a public audience with varied interests. We encourage physical demonstrations and can accommodate a wide variety of formats. Our venue, Innis Town Hall is well equipped with state of the art audiovisual equipment.

Summaries of past presentations are archived on our website. We encourage those interested in submitting a proposal to acquaint themselves with our history of programming.

For Questions

Please contact us at

(email) programs [at] subtletechnologies [dot] com

(phone) 416.532.5018

Subtle Technologies is hosted by the University of Toronto, and supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council.

Toronto Arts Council, Canadian Heritage.