[ecrea] CFP - BTS 2018: Vaults, Archives, Clouds and Platforms: Archiving and Preservation in the 21st Century

Besides the Screen Conference 2018
Vaults, Archives, Clouds and Platforms: Archiving and Preservation in 
the 21st Century
King’s College, London, UK (2 - 3 July 2018)
CIAC-ISMAI, Porto, PT (5 - 6 July 2018)

Deadline for abstracts: 2nd April 2018

The 2018 Besides the Screen Conference welcomes paper, panel, artwork, 
installation, and workshop proposals on the theme of archiving and 
preserving audiovisual materials in the 21st century. The topic of 
archiving and preservation has gained even more significance as forms 
and formats of audio visual media continue to exponentially expand. 
Within such a context, those working within archives, museums, libraries 
and a range of cultural organisations must shoulder the seemingly 
impossible tasks of sourcing, storing, maintaining and making accessible 
an ever-growing catalogue of media history. Furthermore, these topics of 
archiving and storage have personal resonances too as, in many 
instances, our personal libraries of physical media are being migrated 
onto the services of ‘cloud’ storage providers. The metaphor of the 
cloud conjures up images of a formless, lighter than air solution to all 
our storage woes. However, the material underpinnings of cloud storage 
raises questions around access and privacy, energy consumption and 
emerging spaces of memory.

The 2018 Besides the Screen conference is taking place in two stages, in 
the cities of London and Porto. We invite abstracts for papers, 
workshops, single/multi-channel artworks, audiovisual performances, 
installations pieces, and/or panels that explore the following topics 
and we welcome proposals across a range of media including, but not 
limited to: film, TV, games, radio, music, dance, theatre, network 
media, immersive media, and beyond.

•       Preservation and capturing of performance-based and ‘born 
digital’ media
•       Environmental consequences of media storage
•       Media infrastructures
•       Technologies of media storage, preservation, curation and archiving
•       Challenges facing museums and archives
•       Public performance/exhibition of archival works
•       Enabling and preventing access to archival works
•       Ephemera, experiential and the unarchiavable
•       Immersive and experiential media (AR, VR, MR)
•       Tactical archiving and global politics
•       Memory structures, the storage as document and the writing of 
History
•       Archiving the network and the networks of archiving
•       Monumental media
•       Private, public, and intimate media collections
•       Preservation, exhumation, and euthanasia of audiovisual content
•       Cinema in the blockchain

Submissions for individual papers should include an abstract of under 
250 words and a short biographical note (150 words). Pre-constituted 
panel and workshop proposals should have 3 or 4 participants and provide 
an abstract of under 250 words and a short biographical note (150 words) 
for each presenter as well as a panel/workshop overview (300 words). 
Artwork, demonstration and installation proposals should include a short 
description/ synopsis (250 words), links to available documentation 
(videos / pictures), and a complete list of technical requirements. 
Please indicate in the submission whether the proposal is meant for the 
event in London, Porto, or both. To submit your paper, panel or 
workshop, please follow the link to the submission portal at: 
http://besidesthescreen.com/submission/ 
<http://besidesthescreen.com/submission/>

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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>.


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