[eccr] Art, Media and the Spectacle of Conflict

>>CONFERENCE
>>Art, Media and the Spectacle of Conflict
>>School of Media, Art & Design
>>University of Luton (14-15 July 2005)
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>>Initiated by RIMAD (Research Institute for Media, Art and Design) at the 
>>University of Luton, the First Conference on Art, Media and Conflict will 
>>take place from 14-15 July 2005 at the University of Luton.
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>>CONCEPT
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>>Art, Media and the Spectacle of Conflict
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>> From the first televised war in the Gulf in 1991, via the live 
>> Intifada, the destruction of the Twin Towers, to the night-vision images 
>> of the shock and awe bombing of Iraq, modern conflict depends 
>> increasingly on the spectacle. But what is the role of visual art in 
>> times of political-military conflict, especially since the information 
>> and communications revolutions of the last decade, which have increased 
>> the overlaps and intersections between art and media? In the case of 
>> modern conflict, can we differentiate between media and art? Or have 
>> information communication technologies led to the subsuming of art 
>> within the collective operations of a mass media that define the terms 
>> by which individuals and groups think about the world?
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>>This two-day conference seeks to interrogate these, and other, questions. 
>>Furthermore, it will ask: What are the political and commercial 
>>considerations of art and media in relation to conflict? How might we 
>>analyse the artistic content of media coverage of political-military 
>>conflict? How do art and media construct or interpret violence, or 
>>representations of friends or foes? What roles do art and media play in 
>>the framing of our political world? Can we distinguish between the 
>>political and the aesthetic in media and art representations of conflict? 
>>Can we speak of an ethics of art, media and conflict: a moral art and a 
>>responsible media? What is the place of visual art in relation to the 
>>apparently insatiable appetite for the spectacle of war? Is contemporary 
>>art -- as Paul Virillio contends -- pitiless, complicit in the 
>>presentation of death and destruction, rather than representing human 
>>suffering? What is the role of media and visual art in constructing a 
>>narrative of conflict or conflict resolution? Can art challenge the 
>>underlying social and political structures that accept war as inevitable?
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>>-Deadline for abstracts by Tuesday 31st May 2005.
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>>-Please send abstracts of up to 300 words alongside a brief bio or CV to: 
>>Dr Jessica Ball ­ (Jessica.ball /at/ luton.ac.uk)
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