[Sigcrit-l] getting "real" conference--Scotland, Nov. 2003

[Ron Day]

fyi.  Ron Day

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> Subject: CFP: The State of the Real
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> T h e   S t a t e   o f   t h e   R e a l
>
> An Interdisciplinary Conference
>
> Glasgow School of Art, UK
>
> 21-22 November 2003
>
> Keynote address: Prof. Linda Nochlin, New York University *
>
> "How real can you get?"
> The conference organisers propose a debate on the subject of 'the real' in
> aesthetic philosophy, criticism and practice.
>
> "When is representation not real?"
> Recent years have seen notions of reality discussed in the open. What
> relationship do current views developed by this discourse have with those
> tenets of realism and representation that once provided the foundation for
> aesthetic study? What are the philosophical consequences of the
introduction
> of technologies that increasingly blur the boundaries between art and
> popular culture? What is the effect of aesthetic culture on Realpolitik?
> What has happened to the notions of social realism, verisimilitude, and
the
> imaginary? Are they still relevant, and how have they been changed, if at
> all?
>
> "Reclaiming the real."
> The organizers are also interested in how notions of reality are affected
> by, and continue to affect, aesthetic practice in the fields of art,
design,
> and media production. With the popularity of haptic technologies, what has
> happened to ^real haptics? How do practitioners and academics view older
> technologies in the light of their electronic avatars? With the
development
> of notions of virtual space, what has happened to our understanding of the
> body, the mind, and corporeal space?
>
> The organisers particularly welcome proposals on, or dealing with, the
> following related subjects:
> Reality and realism in Art & Design History; New media technologies
> Virtual Reality, CGI photography and cinema, the Internet, haptic
> technologies; Modernity and Post-modernity/Modernism and Post-modernism;
> Philosophies on ^the real in popular culture; Philosophy and art/design
and
> cultural practice; Reality television, realism in film.
>
> Proposals for panels (no more than three papers) and workshops are also
> welcomed.
>
> Deadline for abstracts: 22 April 2003
>
> Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words to:
> 'The State of the Real',
> Dept. of Historical and Critical Studies,
> Glasgow School of Art,
> 167 Renfrew St,
> Glasgow,
> Scotland, UK.
> G3 6RQ.
>
> Abstracts may be sent by email to real at gsa.ac.uk.
>
> * A second keynote speaker of high standing is currently being approached.
>