CALL FOR PAPERS
Determining Creative Practice
A practiced-based research symposium
Wednesday December 2nd 2009
1030-530
University of Bedfordshire
Speakers:
Mike Stubbs, Filmmaker & Director, FACT
Dr Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield, Reader in Theory
and Philosophy of Art, University of Reading
FREE EVENT
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Derby & the Practice Section of MeCCSA present a
one day practice-based symposium for media practitioners and academics.
In the context of writing, reflecting and
presenting practice-based research what role do
notions of determinism play? Are the
requirements of practice-based research
over-determined? Is there space to consider the
concept of pre determination within creative practice?
We welcome presentations of all forms of
creative work, including films, creative
writing, performance, sound and new media that address the following themes:
Is the core origin of creativity within the
individual, society, or something else?
Is the conscious processing of creating work
just one part of the creative story?
If proposals â??determineâ?? how useful are they
in a process of creative discovery? What alternative models exist?
If media practice is predetermined, what does
this say about the product, the practice, and
the practitioner? How does this relate to
originality, creativity, and progress?
What is the role of collaboration in questioning
the self-determination of the artist, or the work of art?
What role does commissioning and pre-production
play in determining a creative practice?
To what extent do the institutional and
commercial bodies that enable and fund
practice-based research encourage the production
of paratexts which predetermine the nature and
scope of the practice and the context within which that practice can be 'read'?
Creative presentations of 10 minutes followed by
10 minutes of theoretical interpretation / reflection are encouraged.
The event is free and includes lunch and refreshments.
Please e-mail proposals of 300 words to both organisers by 2 November 2009.
Joanna Callaghan: (joanna.calllaghan /at/ beds.ac.uk)
Dr Jason Lee: (j.lee /at/ derby.ac.uk)
Further information:
<http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/>http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/
This event is funded by the University of
Bedfordshire, University of Derby and MeCCSA,
the Media, Communications, and Cultural Studies
Association. It follows on from the symposium
Circularity, Narrative and Aesthetic Translation
held in April 2009 at the University of Bedfordshire.
