Subject: Call for Submissions. Take a deep breath conference - Tate
Modern - London Consortium - 15-17 November 2007
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:17:25 +0100 (BST)
From: Constantine Stefanis <[log in to unmask]>
Take a deep breath
A conference at Tate Modern, London
15 - 17 November 2007
Call for Submissions
Deadline for submissions: 10 September 2007
Breathing is a vital practice, yet most of us hardly ever think of the
process. Recent environmental and ethical developments are calling for a
rethinking of the value of breath and its manifestations in culture and
beyond.
Take a deep breath is an interdisciplinary conference on the social,
cultural and scientific ramifications of breathing. It will explore the
influence of breath on the work of various theorists and practitioners and
encourage a critical discussion by featuring talks, visual art projects,
performances, film screenings, and musical events.
We would like to invite contributions from a wide range of disciplines,
including: visual and performing arts, literature, architecture, music,
philosophy, theology, biomedical and environmental sciences and sports.
Participants are encouraged to submit contributions exploring the
following themes:
Visible/Invisible Respiration: There is general agreement that it can be
heard and smelt, yet why is it taken for granted that respiration is an
invisible manifestation of our being alive? Artists have often explored
this paradox. What lies in this tension between the visible and the
invisible breath?
Contaminating Breath: The exhaled breath brings out in the world an
amalgam of volatile components ranging from vital oxygen to poisonous
carbon dioxide. Breathing is vital, yet it can also be fatal. To breathe
upon is potentially to infect or contaminate.
Hold It Exercise It Manipulate It Breathing can be subjected to active and
passive forms of control. What are the ways with which we control and
manipulate our breath? Does the loss of breath result in the loss of
control, or perhaps is it the other way round?
Beyond Breath: Can we think of breathing beyond its principal corporeal
function? Breath as pneuma and psyche has always been of great
significance to psychology, psychiatry, philosophy and religion. What are
the effects of euphoria and phobias, panic attacks or asphyxia? Is there
life after breath?
Keynote speakers include:
Professor Steven Connor (Birkbeck College/ London Consortium)
Professor Howard Caygill (Goldsmiths College)
Mark Cousins (Architectural Association/ London Consortium)
Submission guidelines: Paper proposals of 1000-1500 words outlining a 20
minutes presentation or full papers (max 4500 words) and a curriculum
vitae of no more than two pages should be submitted via email by 10
September 2007. Visual or/and sound material should be submitted via email
at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
as DVD/CD copies at the following
address:
Take a deep breath
The London Consortium
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
12 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
UK
All papers and presentations will be in English. Selection and
Notification: All contributors will be notified whether their submission
has been selected by 20 September 2007. Dispatch Costs: Contributors are
responsible for the costs of sending any visual or sound material.
Submissions can only be returned if the applicant provides a self-
addressed and stamped envelope.
Duration: Thursday 15 ? Saturday 17 of November 2007
Venue: The conference will take place at Tate Modern.
Take a deep breath is organised by Irini Marinaki, Martine Rouleau and
Konstantinos Stefanis in collaboration with The London Consortium and Tate
Modern.
The London Consortium is a unique collaboration between the Architectural
Association, Birkbeck College, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, TATE
and the Science Museum. We offer challenging, rigorous postgraduate
programmes in the Humanities and Cultural Studies leading to a Master of
Research (MRes) or PhD degree in Humanities and Cultural Studies from the
University of London. For more information visit:
www.londonconsortium.com <http://www.londonconsortium.com>
For further information please do not hesitate to contact us by email at
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