[ecrea] CFP - Reminiscing/Reinventing Art History Department Graduate Symposium SAIC

Reminiscing/Reinventing
Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism Graduate Symposium
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60603

Friday, October 26, 2018


Keynote Speaker: Katharina Niemeyer, Professor of Media Theory at the 
Media School (École des médias) Faculty of communication, University of 
Québec in Montréal (UQAM).
School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Art History, 
Theory, and Criticism invites graduate students and artists to submit 
proposals for 15-20-minute presentations for consideration for its 
graduate symposium, “Reminiscing/Reinventing”.

This symposium coincides with the exhibition, Recipes for Madeleines, at 
SAIC’s SITE Gallery. The exhibition brings together artists of various 
disciplines whose works critically engage the relationship between 
nostalgia and media. Although nostalgia as a psychological, social and 
political phenomenon has existed for centuries, the current emergence of 
nostalgic aesthetics starts to constitute nostalgia as a contemporary 
condition, a side-effect of technological advancement and political 
uneasiness.
This symposium therefore serves as an occasion to open up a discussion 
around our contemporary experiences of remembering, the aesthetics of 
which is heavily mediated by the technological apparatus that record and 
manifest the past. Russian-American critic, media artist and novelist 
Svetlana Boym sees nostalgia as a kind of “defense mechanism in a time 
of accelerated rhythms of life and historical upheavals,” a process of 
working through and coping with the irreconcilable ideal and reality. We 
hope to use the opportunity of this symposium to reflect upon the role 
of media not only as platforms for reimagining the past, but also as 
ways of working through history for the present. 
Possible Topics Include:

-	Media and nostalgia
-	The philosophy of memory and remembrance
-	Restorative and reflective nostalgias in mediated experiences
-	Analog vs. digital
-	Archives and (re)collections
-	Media archeology
-	Television, live news, and broadcast -	Emerging and obsolete 
technologies -	Retro gameplay (e.g. video game console emulator)
-	The sense of loss due to displacement, diaspora, and immigration
-	The revival of vintage aesthetics and styles (in visual cultures, 
fashion, and music)
-	Performance and its documentation and reenactment
-	Palimpsest, layers, etc.
-	Conservation vs. restoration -	Preservation of time-based and 
web-based art

We seek proposals for traditional academic papers, performance lectures, 
or presentations in other experimental formats. Artists whose practices 
critically engage new and old media are especially encouraged to apply. 
We welcome proposals from various fields, including media studies, film 
studies, art history, cultural studies, performance studies, etc. 
Experimental and interdisciplinary essays will be warmly considered.

Please submit all proposal materials and any questions to 
(reminiscing.reinventing2018 /at/ gmail.com) by August 15, 2018. Applicants 
will be notified by August 31, 2018.

Please include the required proposal materials in a single PDF document:
1)	Full name, contact information, and institutional affiliation
2)	An abstract (or artwork description) of 300 words
3)	A short bio of 250 words
4)	A curriculum vitae

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