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Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting! We had to postpone the next Besides the Screen conference for a bit, so we decided to reopen the call for projects. The new deadline is 08 May. Regards, Menotti * * * *Besides the Screen 2019: Graphic Intelligences & Algorithmic Fictions* A conference about all things GPU Vitória and São Paulo, Brazil, 09-13 September 2019 Call for papers, artworks and other contributions Submission deadline: *08 May 2019* The ninth edition of the Besides the Screen conference takes the economic and cultural centrality of digital video processing as the point of departure to explore the reconfiguration of audiovisual systems and the emergence of new media practices and politics. We invite abstracts for papers, workshops, single/multi-channel artworks, audiovisual performances, installations pieces, and/or panels that explore all things GPU, covering topics such as: - Procedural cinema, virtual/augmented/mixed reality, and videogames; - Audiovisual media's role in processes of reasoning and cognition; - Logic and applications of computer vision; - Special effects, shaders, and new affective assemblages; - Executable, performative, operational, and real-time images; - Desktop documentaries, let’s play videos, and other performative appropriations of GUI; - Probabilistic spaces, frame prediction, and the temporalities of rendering; - Deep dreaming, deepfakes, and other generative forms based on neural networks; - Political bias of artificial intelligence and machine learning; - Cryptocurrency mining and / as infrastructural detours of GPUs. Submissions of individual papers, panels and lectures should include an abstract of about 250 words and a short biographical note (150 words). Artwork, demo and installation proposals should include a short description/ synopsis (250 words), links to available documentation (videos / pictures / drafts), a complete list of technical requirements, and short biographical note (150 words). Proposals must be submitted by *08 May 2019 *to the address *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> *with the subject heading *2019 CONFERENCE PROPOSAL*. We strongly encourage submissions from early career researchers and research-practitioners. Participants will not be charged a registration fee. * * * Besides the Screen is an international research network on the subject of experimental audiovisual media. It aims to reconfigure the field of screen studies by refocusing it on the seemingly secondary objects, processes, and practices that exist within cinema. Besides the Screen also means to promote an open and horizontal academic environment, favouring practice-based approaches to research and artist collaborations. Information about the previous conferences can be found at besidesthescreen.com. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------