[ecrea] CFP: Besides the Screen Brazil 2017 - VR, Volumetric Filmmaking and Spatial Control

UNFOLDING IMAGES – VR, Volumetric Filmmaking and Spatial Control

7th Besides the Screen International Conference

Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil, 31 May to 2 June 2017


Deadline for proposals: 20th March 2017


Once again, virtual reality is a technology to come. The recent 
popularisation of immersive displays has revamped the interest on the 
possibilities of this subject. Alongside came the growth of other forms 
of volumetric image capture and exhibition, such as 3-D scanning and 
360o video. These systems, many of them created to enable computer 
sensing, are now informing other observers. The way they have been 
deployed in fields from social media to heritage preservation and 
prosthetic medicine indicate their broad impact on emerging spatial 
ontologies.


The next Besides the Screen conference means to frame these growing 
trends in volumetric imaging in the long history intertwining geography 
and optics. Departing from cinema, the event seeks to explore how space 
and image have shaped one another across different media and cultural 
systems, tracing the power relations that cause topological 
subjectivities to emerge.


We invite proposals of papers, workshops, performances, screenings, 
artist presentations, and experimental projects that address, explore, 
and subvert topics such as:


- the past, present, and future of VR technologies

- 360o and immersive filmmaking in different genres

- bodily affects and proprioception within virtual environments

- multi-camera stitching aesthetics

- visual effects / in-frame spatial compositing, both digital and analog

- 3-D animation and synthetic spaces

- moving images resulting from 3-D scanning, photogrammetry, and 
structured light capture

- developments in computer vision and depth perception

- real-time cartography as control interfaces

- responses from the media and data industries to new image technologies

- early stereoscopic, anamorphic, and panoramic devices

- event cinema, site-specific projections, and pop-up screenings

- cleavages and continuities between architecture and the moving image

- moving image installation and performances

- etc


To submit a project, please send an abstract (~250 words) and a short 
biographical note (~150 words) to the address (besidesthescreen /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(besidesthescreen /at/ gmail.com)>, with the subject SUBMISSION: 
BESIDES THE SCREEN 2017. Please include links for demos / previews of 
any video, performance, or installation submission. The deadline is 20th 
March 2017.


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Besides the Screen is an international research network on the subject 
of experimental audiovisual media. It aims to reconfigure the field of 
screen studies by refocusing it on the seemingly secondary objects, 
processes, and practices that exist within cinema. Besides the Screen 
also means to promote an open and horizontal academic environment, 
favouring practice-based approaches to research and artist 
collaborations. More info can be found at besidesthescreen.com 
<http://besidesthescreen.com>.


The 2017 Besides the Screen conference is supported by FAPES, CNPq, 
SECULT-ES, De Montfort University, King’s College London, and UFES.


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