Radical Immersions:
Navigating between virtual/physical environments and information bubbles
8 – 10 September 2019,
Watermans Arts Centre
London, UK
CfP DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 7TH MAY
Over the past years, immersive technologies have been hyped as consumer gadgets, entertainment media and the future of exhibition practices. The
free distribution of VR headsets with smartphones and the increasing interest of museums, festivals and other cultural organisers towards ‘immersive digital content’ have quickly turned VR and AR devices and applications into widely recognized cultural artefacts.
The promotion of ‘full immersion’ in the physical spaces of exhibitions and museums has led to some venues relying solely on interactive projections and audience interaction. However, just like many earlier ‘new media’ before them, the hyperbolic promises
attached to these technologies’ supposed capacity to deliver immediacy and trigger a paradigm shift in media culture have thus far hardly become reality.
The Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA) conference 2019 will examine these perspectives on immersion in digital culture,
and aims to identify some of their broader ideological frameworks as well as to develop detailed insights into the workings of specific technologies in relation to their promises.
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Keynote Speakers:
Prof Matthew Fuller (Goldsmiths University of
London)
Dr Maria Chatzichristodoulou (aka Maria X; London Southbank University)
Radical Immersions is convened by Dr Dani Ploeger and Dr Elena Papadaki, and hosted by
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in cooperation with
Watermans Arts Centre.
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS
We are inviting papers and poster presentations that address questions including, but are not limited to, the following:
CALL FOR ARTWORKS
In parallel with the conference, a group exhibition will be presented at Watermans Arts Centre in September 2019. The exhibition will be curated by Klio Krajewska (Head of New Media Arts Development,
Watermans). We are inviting proposals for artworks that engage critically with immersive technologies, news media, and digital culture.
Please submit your abstracts and work proposals at: http://www.2019.drha.uk/ by
7th May 2019
Any questions please contact Hannah Whittaker, Conference Coordinator:
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