On 9 April 2013 11:52, Geoff Stahl <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies for cross-posting: > > MEDIATING CITYSCAPES > > Den Haag/The Hague > > 27-28 September, 2013 > > If urban space has historically been defined by the relation between static > structures and mobile subjects, this dichotomy is fast giving way to hybrid > spatialities characterized by dynamic flows which not only dissolve the > fixity of traditional modes of spatial enclosure, but problematize the > unified presence of the subject traversing their contours. > > Scott > McGuire, The Media City (2008) > > As Scott McGuire suggests, the contemporary city is marked by a number of > tensions found between fixity and flow and the resulting hybrid spatialities > which are shaped by a multifarious range of mediations. Historically, > certain of these mediations, such as film, photography, music, art, and more > recently, mobile and locative media, have helped shape the diverse strata > which compose both the material and immaterial dimensions of the contemporary > city. In form, and as practices and discourses, they have also afforded > opportunities to critically engage with and creatively intervene in the city. > As part of the annual arts festival Two Days Art, held in Den Haag, this > interdisciplinary symposium will focus on creative and artistic responses to > the mediated cityscape. We encourage papers and submissions from academics, > artists and practitioners that consider the multiple ways in which various > media (film, music, photographic, digital, etc.), creative practices, and > technolog ies put in to play a diverse array of encounters and interfaces that engage with, interrupt, reconstitute, or resist the hybrid spatialities which define the contemporary cityscape. > > Abstracts of no longer than 250 words can be sent to: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Closing Date: Friday, June 14th 2013. > > Participants will be notified by July 1st, 2013. > > Cheers, > Geoff Stahl > .................................................................................... > Dr. Geoff Stahl > Senior Lecturer, Media Studies > 81 Fairlie Terrace, Room 102 > Victoria University of Wellington > Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand > Phone: +64 4 463 5233 (ext. 7472) > Music w/o Subtitles, Sat, 9-11 PM NZDT > Radioactive 88.6 FM (http://radioactive.fm<http://radioactive.fm/>) > http://www.mixcloud.com/tvdisko/ > .................................................................................... > > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
