On behalf of
Vince Dziekan <[log in to unmask]>
Art as archive / Archive as Art
25 27 October 2017
Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, Italy
There has long been discussion about the relationship between art and archives, not just in the sense that archives may represent
curated collections relating to specific artists or forms of art, but that art may be used to provide new conceptions of what is in archival collections, and fresh ways of thinking about the nature and meaning of those collections. As part of the CIRN 2016
conference, we wish explore this relationship from the perspective of Community Informatics or Community Archiving.
What is Community Informatics?
Community Informatics is primarily concerned with improving the well-being of people and their communities through more effective
use of information and communication technologies. Community-centric archival research, education and practice are concerned with empowering communities in support of such desirable objectives as democracy, human and civil rights, self-determination, sustainable
development, and social inclusion. Recordkeeping and archiving are fundamental infrastructural components supporting these objectives, and this year, we are particularly interested in extending
their discussion to new perspectives that raise the issue of "open heritage" in the context of community engagement with cultural archives or in expanding the role of archives, libraries and museums within the community.
Internationally, museums, libraries, and archives are embracing open movements. While openness, in itself, is not entirely new to
these institutions, what exactly does "open" mean for the role of cultural institutions in the 21st century? Participatory, "open heritage" is disruptive and points to the broader impact of information and communication technologies on society.
Through establishing infrastructure to support digital cultural collaboration and open innovation, greater access and engagement with cultural and historical collections is being promoted. In many instances, artists are at the vanguard of such developments.
There has long been discussion about the relationship between art and archives, not just the conventional role of archives and collections
and their representation of artists or artworks, but in more provocative ways that artists and other institutional "outsiders" can intervene with archival collections to reveal new ways of seeing and thinking about the nature and meaning of those collections.
This year’s special Call-for-papers is seeking research that contributes to this "archival turn" by exploring archives, the act of archiving and archival processes from multiple, mixed perspectives.For more information, contact:
[log in to unmask]
Submission Guidelines –
In addition to considering papers, works-in-progress, workshop proposals and posters related to any aspect of Community Informatics,
Development Informatics or Community Archiving, for CIRN2017 we are seeking papers that explore art and archives.
Additionally, we have a strong stream for research students in Masters and PhD programs who may wish to present their work to an
international scholarly audience. We will consider traditional papers (refereed, non-refereed), works in progress (working papers) as well as alternative formats of communicating, presenting or displaying research relevant to the conference themes.
Deadline for proposals: 9 June 2017
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2017
Deadline for full papers: 31 July 2017
For more information, contact:
[log in to unmask]
Submissions can be made online via the submission database:
http://cirn.wikispaces.com/conference+2017
///
Dr Vince Dziekan
Director of Program, Graduate Research in Design
MADA - Monash Art Design and Architecture
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Curator, MWX – the exhibition initiative of Museums and the Web
Associate Editor,
Curator: The Museum Journal
Co-Director,
Leonardo Electronic Almanac – Media Exhibition Platform
Now available:
Vince Dziekan,
Virtuality and the Art of Exhibition: Curatorial Design for the Multimedial Museum (Intellect Books, ISBN 9781841504766)
e: [log in to unmask]
___________________________________________________________
Sue Gollifer
Executive Director ISEA International
University of Brighton, UK