Call for Papers
Historicizing Digital Art Session for the 2003 Association of Art Historians Conference 'Articulations' To be held at Birkbeck College and University College London 10th - 13th April 2003 Art made using computers and other new technologies has in general received little attention from art historians. Since the 1960s it has been treated as a marginal activity that is largely irrelevant to the concerns of the history of art and to the trajectories and debates it engages with. But recently, with the rise of the World Wide Web and the increasingly important role played by digital technology in current society, this has begun to change. The critical interest generated by contemporary artistic movements such as net.art has also enabled the recovery of a rich history of practice in this area, going back to the 1950s and before. Digital and computer practice is being belatedly recognised as an important part of the history of contemporary art. There is a certain urgency to this as both the work and knowledge of pioneering practitioners are in danger of disappearing before they can be properly accounted for and given their due place in the narratives of modern and post -modern cultural history. For this session proposals are invited for papers that look at the history of digital and computer art, or which consider the issues in historicizing this area, which, hitherto, has not received the attention it deserves. Contributions are also welcome that look at questions of curation, conservation and collecting of digital art. Proposals should be no longer than 200 words and be accompanied by contact details and an email address. Speakers are not paid and are expected to pay conference fees, but are offered reduced rates. If you are intending to apply for funding please let me know. This is particularly important if your attendance is conditional on funding, or if you are applying for British Academy funding. The deadline is the 1st November 2002. Please send proposals to Dr Charlie Gere By email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or by snail mail to School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media Birkbeck College, University of London 43 Gordon Square WC1H OPD London United Kingdom Enquiries to Dr Gere on ++44(0)20 7 631 6128 ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
