[Commlist] CFP: Configurating Computer Labor in Film and Audiovisual Media

Iluminace 2/2024
Configurating Computer Labor in Film and Audiovisual Media
Guest Editor: Veronika Hanáková (Charles University, CZ)

Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2023
Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2024

The implementation of computers into audiovisual culture has been 
articulated on many levels, such as changes and technological 
developments regarding production, distribution, exhibition, 
consumption, and archives. However, the interconnection between 
information technology and motion pictures has not been asymptomatic as 
new questions have arisen in terms of remediation, re-defining the 
characteristic of audiovisual medium, or postulating a different visual 
system and representation. To summarize, computer technology has had an 
incredible impact on the development of the audiovisual medium, at least 
for the last half-century. The central perspective has emphasized the 
advancement of audiovisual representation, content availability, and 
other applications for the film and video game industries. However, what 
if we turned our perspective around and, instead of asking what impact 
the computer has had on moving images, we wondered what computer 
iconography looks like in and through the audiovisual medium?

For this issue, we welcome articles (6000–7500 words) or audiovisual 
essays (5–15 minutes) with written statements (1000–2500 words). 
Proposals on the following topics or others considered pertinent
in the context of this call are suited to submit within the fields of 
cinema, games, and other visual arts:

* A computer is working
* The potentialities of computer vision
* How the relationship between the computer and the human subject is 
constituted
* Computer interfaces
* AI and labor
* Techno-pessimistic / techno-optimistic visions
* Vaporware
* Spam
* Materiality and degradation of computers
* Cyberspace

For further inspiration, see the literature cited at: 
<https://www.iluminace.cz/index.php/en/submissions 
<https://www.iluminace.cz/index.php/en/submissions>>

Please send an abstract (250 words) and a short bio (150 words) to 
(lucie.cesalkova /at/ nfa.cz <http://nfa.cz>) and (veronika.hanakovaxp 
/at/ gmail.com <http://gmail.com>) by November 15, 2023. The authors 
will be informed of the decision by December 15, 2023. The deadline for 
submitting the full article is February 15, 2024. No payments are required.

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