Call for Articles: p/art/icipate #03 - GO PUBLIC! Art, Communication and the 
Public

 

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Art needs communication needs the public: without a public art is not perceived 
as such, art without a public misses its potential. And a public needs 
communication as a prerequisite to a democratic discourse. According to 
Habermas communication is understood as a social process, by which "standards 
and values are negotiated, rules for social interaction are set, as well as 
where identities are being formed" (cf. Klaus/Drüeke 2008). Very often 
contemporary art practices bring about such public negotiation processes by 
questioning familiar and widely shared perspectives.

In what ways are these public communication processes initiated? How is it 
possible to create a public (or publics) for contemporary artistic productions? 
In what ways can art contribute to a democratic culture of communication? And 
how can different protagonists within the arts and cultural field help realize 
ideas of a participatory public? The third issue of p/art/icipate - producing 
culture actively explores the complex relationship between art, communication 
and the public from various perspectives.

 

*PERSPECTIVE OF ART: (Contemporary) artistic productions irritate existing, 
conventional structures of perception via different strategies - e.g. 
alienation, consolidation, narration, subversion, etc. This results in 
communication processes that allow for the re-negotiation of existing 
attributions of meaning. To what extent can artistic strategies be considered 
strategies of communication? What are differences and analogies within the 
subject area of art and communication? And where do boundaries between artistic 
work and public relations appear?

*PR-PERSPECTIVE: How can public relations and communications work (online and 
offline) fulfill art and culture's specifics? What is the difference between 
creating a PR-campaign for a (branded) sneaker and a communication concept for 
a stage play that takes up current political topics? What are theoretical 
approaches within PR that enable social negotiation processes? Is it possible 
to adapt successful real-life PR examples for the arts and cultural area? Do 
references for that already exist?

*ART MEDIATION PERSPECTIVE: Mediation of art and culture are activities that 
give access to people that are interested in art and culture and that encourage 
participation. Depending on the role and the context, the (self-)conception 
ranges from a "critical practice" (Moersch 2009)  that regards especially 
"variance and conflict" as the central task, up to a "translation service" 
(Mandel 2008), that wants to enable access to professional artistic productions 
and that can represent a specific type of cultural PR through its role as 
cultural management as well. What are art education's requirements to be able 
to initiate and facilitate a public discourse? Are there any practical examples 
that show irritation and conflict and that consciously engage themselves in 
this potential for conflict? Where does art education locate itself in terms of 
PR and public relations work?

In this issue we would like to invite artists, scientists, art mediators, 
PR-strategists and cultural activists to be part of this issue's discourse. The 
following headings are available. Please also note our format and citation 
specifications that can be found here:

Format 
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Citation 
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Rubric "Article": Scientific articles with a max. of 25.000 characters (incl. 
blanks, footnotes, bibliography)

Rubric "Practice": Case studies from artistic or cultural experience, max. 
20.000 characters (incl. blanks, footnotes, bibliography)

Rubric "Open Space": An artistic or creative contribution (cartoons, jingles, 
video spots, graphic arts, ...) in web-compatible, common formats

Coordination of issue No.3: Siglinde Lang, [email protected]

Submissions to: Julia Jung, [email protected]

Schedule

30.4 2013 (Deadline) CALL FOR PAPERS (Abstracts with 500 words)

20.6.2013 (Deadline) PAPERS (max. 25.000/20.000 characters) or contributions 
for OPEN SPACE

15.8.2013 (Deadline) REVISION PERIOD

20.10.2013 DATE OF PUBLICATION

 

Literature:

 

·         Klaus, Elisabeth/Drüeke, Riccarda (2008): Öffentlichkeit und 
Privatheit: Frauenöffentlichkeiten und feministische Öffentlichkeiten. In: 
Handbuch Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung. Springer, pp. 237-244.

·         Klaus, Elisabeth/Lünenborg, Margreth (2004b): Cultural Citizenship: 
Ein kommunikationswissenschaftliches Konzept zur Bestimmung kultureller 
Teilhabe in der Mediengesellschaft. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft 52, 2, 
pp. 193-213.

·         Mandel, Birgit (2005): Kulturvermittlung - zwischen kultureller 
Bildung und Kulturmarketing: Eine Profession mit Zukunft. Bielefeld: transcript.

·         Mörsch, Carmen (Hg.) (2009): Kunstvermittlung 2. Zwischen kritischer 
Praxis und Dienstleistung auf der documenta 12. Ergebnisse eines 
Forschungsprojekts. Zürich: diaphenes.

 

 

 

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Mag. Roswitha Gabriel

Wissenschaft und Kunst (Universität Salzburg & Mozarteum Salzburg)

Referentin Programmbereich Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production

Bergstraße 12, 5020 Salzburg

0043 662 8044 2383

[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 

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