Call for papers,
‘Theatricality and the Arts’
‘What lies between the arts is theatre’ (Michael Fried, ‘Art and
Objecthood’, 1967)
We invite proposals on the topic of ‘Theatricality and the Arts’ for
participation in a 2-day symposium to be held at Lancaster
University, UK, September
23-24, 2017.
Proposals are due this Friday
28 July
Confirmed speakers (so far):
Prof. Daniel Morgan (University of Chicago)
Prof. Kati Röttger (University of Amsterdam)
Prof. Sir Christopher Frayling (Lancaster University)
Prof. Nick Kaye (Exeter University)
Prof. Simon Jones (Bristol University)
Prof. Nick Ridout (Queen Mary, University of London)
Prof. Carl Lavery (Glasgow University)
Prof. Tim Etchells (Lancaster University & Forced Entertainment)
Dr Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca (University of Surrey)
Prof. John Ó Maoilearca (Kingston University)
Dr Lisa Åkervall (Trinity College, Dublin)
Dr Angelos Koutsourakis (University of Leeds)
Prof. Charlie Gere (Lancaster University)
Theatricality is a term that has been widely used to describe and
analyse aspects of theatre, art and film practice. And yet it is
unclear precisely how each discipline uses this term. Does
‘theatricality’ mean the same thing when speaking about film, art
and/or theatre? Or are there substantial differences in the ways
each of these disciplines uses the term?
Furthermore, might theatricality define positions that lie between
the arts? In such cases, theatricality might describe forms of film
and art that aspire to theatre, while for theatre, theatricality
might signal the desire for a new kind of theatre that aspires to
the condition of art or film. These are the kinds of topics and
questions this symposium hopes to raise and explore.
Finally, what does it mean to be ‘theatrical’? Is theatricality
something that should be aimed for in the arts, or is it something
to be avoided?
We invite speakers from the disciplines of fine art, art history,
drama, theatre and performance, film studies, as well as
practitioners from these fields. Presentations will be a standard
conference presentation of 20 minutes followed by questions and
answers. Written-up papers from the conference will be published as
a book on ‘Theatricality and the Arts’.
This symposium is part of an AHRC funded project on ‘Theatricality
and Interrelations between Art, Film and Theatre'. The project is
being run by Dr Richard Rushton and Professor Andrew Quick, both
from the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts.
Proposals are due on: 28 July, 2017.
Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words to: [log in to unmask]
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Some suggested references:
Art History (2010) special issue on theatricality (vol. 33, no. 2).
Balsom, E. (2014) Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art (Amsterdam).
Burns, E. (1972) Theatricality (London).
Davis, T., and Postlewait, T. (2003) Theatricality (New York).
Fried, M. (1980) Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder
in the Age of Diderot (Chicago).
Fried, M. (1998) ‘Art and Objecthood’, reprinted in Art and
Objecthood: Essays and Reviews (Chicago).
Jackson, R. (1913) Theatres on Film: How the Cinema Imagines the
Stage (Manchester).
Loiselle, A. and Maron, J. (2011) Stages of Reality: Theatricality
in Cinema (Toronto).
Rees, A.L., et. al. (2011) Expanded Cinema: Art, Performance and
Film (London).
Weber, S. (2004) Theatricality as Medium (New York)
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