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**Apologies for cross-posting, please share widely** *DEADLINE: 28th May 2017* *‘The long dark night of the end of history has to be grasped as an enormous opportunity (…). In a situation in which nothing can happen, suddenly anything is possible.’ * *– Mark Fisher* The anti-disciplinary conference organised by the MA students of the Centre for Cultural Studies (CCS) is engaging this year with the spectre of futurities. We are not so presumptuous as to declare the slow cancellation of the future to be a completed process. Indeed, it is perhaps in the very moment at which we accept the definitive conclusion of this project that the future truly ceases to exist. And this is precisely why we meet: to discuss what we might do - as activists, thinkers, artists, groups and initiators - against the slow cancellation of the future. Parallel to the talks, we are organising an exhibition and screening space that will be open to audiences during the conference days. Due to the anti-disciplinary approach that we have chosen, we question the classical academic format and instead wish to explore a continuum between theory and practice. Art remains one of the three methods to engage with chaos (cf. Deleuze & Guattari); hence, within the framework of the conference, we encourage artists to engage with the topic and its ramifications through the medium(s) of their preference (digital, performances, installation etc). Our frame of reference is Franco “Bifo” Berardi’s 'slow cancellation of the future', which we in the same breath proclaim our opposition to. Mark Fisher reminds us that its meaning “is not only that sense of termination, but [also] the gradual nature of it”; the future not having been unashamedly ripped from our grasp, but rather stolen away silently, piece by piece in an almost imperceptible and seemingly unalterable way. The conference is broadly divided into the following categories: - Confiscated Futures - Futures of the Past - The Worst of All Possible Futures - Alternative Futures We encourage you to engage with the above topics, but the ramifications could be further extended. You can submit up to three artworks but all won't necessarily be chosen. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form attached and send it to *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>*, attaching a brief cv/ intro about yourself and a short cover letter (less than 500 words for each work), describing the work(s) proposed and explaining how and why it resonates with the topic of the conference (if available please attach an image/video/audio file thereof). Please email the above id for an application form. -- Art SubCommittee MA Conference 2017 Centre for Cultural Studies Goldsmiths, University of London Twitter: @CCSConference17 <https://twitter.com/CCSConference17> Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/CCSconference2017/>