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[ecrea] CfP - ?Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope?: The Spectacle of Technology in Screen Media - 27 Feb 2010

Mon Sep 14 21:26:31 GMT 2009



'Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope?: The Spectacle of Technology in Screen Media
Saturday 27th February 2010
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK

CALL FOR PAPERS

This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to explore ways in which particular screen technologies and media are displayed and spectacularised ? that is, instances in which attention is drawn to the medium or technology itself rather than simply to its content.

Technological spectacle is not a new phenomenon of the digital age but has occurred throughout the history of the screen arts, perhaps especially upon the introduction of new technologies. This conference will investigate technological spectacle as a possible source of historical continuity and/or site for difference ? thus working towards a more synthesised, complete and interdisciplinary understanding of the long history of screen arts, and the processes of technological change which periodically intervene in or develop out of that history.

Papers (20 minutes long) are welcomed which explore any aspect or case of technological spectacle in any screen medium. 'Screen?, ?medium? and ?technology? are meant in the broadest possible senses, encompassing any historical or current apparatus related to cinema, television, video/DVD, computer programs/games, pre-cinematic forms such as the magic lantern, museum displays, avant-garde forms/uses, etc.

Confirmed speakers include:

* Dr. Alison Griffiths (Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College, New York) * Dr. William Boddy ( Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College, New York) * Dr. Helen Wheatley (Department of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick)


Please send abstracts of 250-300 words, plus short biographical note, to Anna Sloan:

(a.c.sloan /at/ warwick.ac.uk)

Deadline: Friday 18th December 2009





Anna C. Sloan
Dept. of Film and Television Studies
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
UK

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