[ecrea] Post-Screen Cultures/Practices symposium

Post-Screen Cultures/Practices
Friday 10 June 2016, London South Bank University

A one-day practice/research symposium hosted by the School of Arts and 
Creative Industries at London South Bank University, with support from 
the Journal of Media Practice and the MeCCSA Practice network.

Deadline for proposals: Monday 30 April 2016.

Send your proposal to: (ACIresearch.LSBU /at/ gmail.com)

With the proliferation of mobile devices the presence of the screen in 
every day life is ever more pervasive, personal and immersive. In the 
last five years, for example, the tablet has become the must-have 
device, with over half of UK households (54%) now owning one (Ofcom, 
2015). Raised as 'screenagers', one in ten (11%) 3-4 year olds now have 
their own tablet as a pacifier, educational aid and entertainer (Ofcom, 
2015). Our urban spaces offer up new forms of interaction as the numbers 
of screens multiply. Via the screen we navigate an evolving media and 
cultural landscape that is increasingly interactive, intuitive and 
always on.

How has the ubiquity of the screen affected broader visual and media 
culture? How do we imagine life on screen for Generation Alpha? We 
welcome contributions from practitioners and practice researchers that 
explore the theme of post-screen cultures/practices. The prefix ‘post’ 
is used here to refer to the state of being ‘after in time or order’, 
but we are interested in approaches that address screen-oriented 
cultures/practices past, present and future. Contributions that seek to 
question, challenge or disrupt existing screen-oriented cultures or 
practices, or that consider life ‘beyond’ the screen, are also encouraged.

Possible topic areas include:
• Ubiquitous photography and the networked image
• New screen modalities and spectatorship/audience
• Repurposing and remediation
• Hybridity and Multi-platform practices
• Gaming and gasification
• The Internet of Things and wearable technologies
• Collaborative interactions
• Augmented/Mixed/Hybrid reality
• Virtual reality and immersive environments
• Surveillance, Sousveillance and Omnipresence
• Big data visualisation
• Commercialisation

This symposium will focus on practice research and will feature papers, 
presentations of practice, screenings and demonstrations. A special 
issue of the Journal of Media Practice will be devoted to publishing a 
selection of practice research presented at the symposium. All work 
accepted for the symposium will be considered for the JMP edition.

Papers/Presentations
We invite papers/presentations of 20 minutes from academics, 
practitioners, scholars and researchers working in the area of 
photography, film and video practice, documentary, experimental media, 
art practice, gaming and multiplatform/ multimedia production, digital 
technologies, film studies, media and cultural studies, and associated 
fields and subject areas.

Screenings/Presentations/Demonstrations
We plan to arrange screenings, demonstrations and presentations of 
projects during the symposium. If you would like to contribute by 
showing work please send a proposal with a description of the work, 
including format and duration (if appropriate) by the deadline.

Submissions
Please send your proposal as a Word document or PDF to 
(ACIresearch.LSBU /at/ gmail.com), including the following information:
• Author(s)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Title of Proposal
• 250-word proposal for paper/presentation, or work
• Biography (not more than 50 words)

Please enter the following in the email subject line depending on the 
nature of your proposal:
• Post-screen Proposal: Paper/Presentation
• Post-screen Proposal: Work

Deadline for proposals: Monday 30 April 2016.

Organisers: Dr Tahera Aziz, Prof Lizzie Jackson and Prof Phil Hammond

Please send your proposal to (ACIresearch.LSBU /at/ gmail.com), following the 
guidelines in the CfP (online here: 
http://aciresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/post-screen-culturespractices.html).

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