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[Commlist] Call for Papers: Ecstatic Truth VI - To Attend
Thu Dec 09 11:18:12 GMT 2021
*WHERE:Vysoká škola kreativní komunikace
<https://www.vskk.cz/cz/>(University of Creative Communication) Prague,
Czechia*
*WHEN: April 8, 2022*
/Ecstatic Truth/ is an annual symposium that explores issues arising
from the interface between animation (in all its expanded forms) and
documentary (conceptualised very broadly as non-fiction), with a
particular interest in the questions raised by experimental and
practitioner perspectives. According to Werner Herzog, mere facts
constitute an accountant’s reality, but it is the ecstatic truth (a
poetic reality) that can capture more faithfully the nuances and depths
of human experiences. Given that animation (or manipulated moving image
in all of its expanded forms) has the freedom to represent, stylise or
reimagine the world, it lends itself well to this aspirational form of
documentary filmmaking.
For this, our 6^th symposium, held in Prague in collaboration with
theTangible Territory journal <https://tangibleterritory.art/>, our
theme is to attend.
*Submission link:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=et06
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=et06>*
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
To Attend*: *to be present at; to go to; to payattention
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attention> to; to look
after; to take charge of; to be present with;ACCOMPANY
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accompany>
Etymologically “to attend” comes from Middle English (in the sense
‘apply one’s mind or energies to’): from Old French /atendre/, from
Latin /attendere/, from /ad-/ ‘to’ + /tendere/ ‘stretch’.
At a time when attending an event can mean two things: being present in
person or virtually, new questions are raised about what attendance
means. If attendance and attention have the same etymological roots, can
we consider attending as a form of attention rather than requiring
physical presence? And if the essence of attention is its elasticity,
can we argue that attention is able to stretch to overcome physical
distance? That our shared attention (as well as time and virtual
platforms) allows us to be in attendance, together, no matter how
physically displaced we are.
According to philosopher and cognitive scientist Lucas Battich (TT
journal 3
<https://tangibleterritory.art/journal/issue-3-content/from-sharing-experiences-to-sharing-a-world/>)
shared attention not only helps us learn better, it is also
multi-sensory. Is therefore watching a film together more illuminating
than watching it alone, in separate spaces? What effect our new, so
called “hybrid reality” has on our attention? Which role do the
so-called proximity senses play in being attentive, attending to presence?
Attention is a precious and limited human resource which is under
pressure: multiple forces constantly fight for our attention. Not just
every day demands but social media, advertising and various other
inventions of our late capitalist world, which understand that attention
and money are intertwined. Attention is what makes us present, attention
is learning, attention is the fabric of our experience, attention is
being conscious, being conscientious, it is our future memory: we
remember what we pay attention to, the rest becomes an unconscious
assimilation of facts. And as we know from advertising methods,
subliminal messaging can affect us on a level where we are unable to
rationalise its effect, hence are more vulnerable.
Film (and moving image) as a medium has long been associated with
memory: Like the mind it records and edits, what it deems significant.
It can capture moments in time, make them conscious and preserve them
for the future. It enables us, the viewers, to attend to the presence of
those that came before us, even if they no longer share our everyday
reality… Temporal and physical distances are bridged.
While planning a physical event, we are equally looking for innovative
ways of exploring questions of attendance, incorporating the uncertainty
of our current situation into the very concept. While we encourage
attendance in person, we are also open to online presentations which
embody the essence of the question in different ways.
Selected presentations will be invited for publication in theTangible
Territory journal <https://tangibleterritory.art/>.
*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
*Submission link:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=et06
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=et06>*
We call for papers, presentations and responses (for a 20 minute slot)
on themes of attention and attendance, in all its different
manifestations, in relation to moving image and animated documentary, in
its most expanded form. Your submission should include:
* Title of your presentation
* Abstract (brief summary of your proposed presentation) 500 words
(including references)
* Short Biography – 200 words
* Relevant links to moving image work/websites etc.
If the paper is practice-based, it should include reflection and
contextualisation in addition to presenting the practice. We will not
accept papers that propose to show the practice only.
Submission is via Easy Chair where you will be prompted to set up a free
Easy Chair account.
When submitting via EasyChair, in the field ‘Title and Abstract’ please
enter the text for both your abstract and your bio. Do not submit a web
link instead of a bio. This information (ie. Title, Abstract and Bio)
can also be attached as a PDF document.
Please note that you are not expected to attach a full copy of your
finished paper. We will only read Abstracts and not additional submitted
writing.
Finally, we are unable to provide feedback on individual submissions.
*Submission link:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=et06
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=et06>*
*Submission deadline: January 10, 2022*
*LIST OF TOPICS*
Some of the questions we invite you to consider: How does audio-visual
media deal with the issue of proximity senses? How are they evoked?
Explored? Attended to? And in turn how does it frame our attention to
make us more engaged? How are attention and editing connected? How do we
attend to a subject, a concern, a story to convey what’s of essence? How
can we overcome the issue of presence versus representation? How can
animation, a temporal manipulation which stylises reality, be helpful in
communicating these concerns? How can it become the vehicle for
(multi-sensory) attention? Or subliminal messaging? What about the
impact of the evolving context of experiencing these works, moving from
darkened cinema to one’s phone screen as we travel of public transport?
*KEYNOTE SPEAKER:*
*Lucas Battich* is a postdoctoral philosopher and cognitive scientist at
the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He obtained a doctorate from
the Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences in Munich, on how
different senses shape joint attention and, conversely, how joint
attention can affect perception across modalities. His research is
focused on social cognition and perception, combining tools from
philosophy of mind, experimental psychology and psychophysics. Before
coming to Munich, he studied philosophy, fine arts, and cognitive
science at the University of Dundee, the Piet Zwart Institute in
Rotterdam, and Radboud University Nijmegen. https://lucasbattich.com/
<https://lucasbattich.com/>
*ORGANISING COMMITTEE*
The symposium is jointly organised byDr Tereza Stehlikova, University of
Creative Communication, Czech Republic
<https://www.vskk.cz/cz/o-skole/pedagogove/dr-tereza-stehlikova/>;Tangible
Territory Journal <https://tangibleterritory.art/>; Professor Birgitta
Hosea, Animation Research Centre, University for the Creative Arts, UK
<https://www.uca.ac.uk/About-Us/our-staff/birgitta-hosea/>;Dr Pedro
Serrazina, Lusafona University, Portugal.
<https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/research/people/integrated-researchers/368-pedro-serrazina>
Scientific committee also includes
* Dr Stephen Connolly, UCA
<https://www.uca.ac.uk/About-Us/our-staff/dr-stephen-connolly/>
* Harriet Cruden, UCA
<http://farnhamanimation.com/page/staff/hattiecruden>
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
ecstatic.truth.symposium <mailto:(ecstatic.truth.symposium /at/ gmail.com)>
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