CALL FOR PAPERS: CARICATURE: A LOST ORIGIN OF ANIMATION
*This call is for a panel proposal for the Illustration, Comics, and
Animation Conference to be held at Dartmouth College**, **April 19^ –
21 2013.* (find general conference CFP below)
While most animation historians look for the origins of animation in
lanterna magicae, shadow theatre and vaudeville, among others, one
major influence seems to be often overlooked : caricature, or « print
cartoon ».
By exploring the conditions of emergence of animation and especially
the artistic backgrounds of its pioneers, this panel seeks to discover
the roots of animation aesthetics in caricature and comic strips,
also known at the turn of the century as « print cartoons ».
How do contemporary animated films and shorts retain the aesthetic
priorities of early print cartoons?
Are there particular animated films or shorts that demonstrate this
origin in caricature more forcefully than others?
What new understandings are forged when we accept print cartoons as a
direct ancestor and still very close relative of animation?
And how might this cross media approach encourage a more global and/or
interdisciplinary study of caricature, the image, visuality, or the
cartoon?
What qualities specific to animation resist this genealogical approach
to the medium rooted in caricature and print cartoon? What, in other
words, refuses to cross-over?
Please send 300 word abstracts and a brief bio no later than November
1, 2012 to:
Stéphane Collignon
(boul.sc /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(boul.sc /at/ gmail.com)>
inquiries about the conference should be addressed to Michael A. Chaney:
(michael.chaney /at/ dartmouth.edu) <mailto:(michael.chaney /at/ dartmouth.edu)>
the official website is coming soon, a facebook page is up already.
http://www.facebook.com/IllustrationComicsAndAnimationConference
General CFP:
What is the future of illustration studies?
What can comics scholars learn from animation studies and vice versa?
Do illustrated books or graphic novels resist the supposed
obsolescence of the book? What do pictures want (now)?
These and related questions will be explored at the Illustration,
Comics, and Animation Conference at Dartmouth College (USA) to be held
April 19 – 21 2013.
Scholars interested in the illustrated image in all of its mediated
guises are invited to participate in this interdisciplinary
conference. Nearly all illustrated or drawn ‘texts’ are eligible for
consideration:
*comics and graphic novels
*cartoons and animated films
*illustrated books
And given the uniquely plenary nature of the conference, which brings
together scholarship on static and moving illustrations, preference
will be given to proposals that seek to bridge visual media. Possible
topics may include:
*Individual titles by prominent practitioners in the field
*Identity, subjectivity, authority, ideology or culture in or more
type of illustration media
*The future of particular schools of criticism (psychoanalysis,
critical race theory, phenomenology, Marxism, feminism, queer theory,
post-colonialism, formalism, aesthetic theories, etc.) and one or more
type of illustration media
The location of the conference may also be a source of inspiration for
prospective participants. Not only does Dartmouth College lie in close
proximity to the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction,
Vermont, but it is also the historic home of Theodore Geisel, Dr.
Seuss, whose illustrated books continue to awe and amuse.
Interested participants may propose individual papers or panels.
Individual papers should be no longer than 20 minutes. Panels shall be
ninety minutes long and should be comprised of three presenters and
one (ideally separate) panel chair. Please send 300 word abstracts and
a brief bio for each proposed paper no later than December 1, 2012.
Send all proposals and inquiries to Michael A. Chaney:
(michael.chaney /at/ dartmouth.edu) <mailto:(michael.chaney /at/ dartmouth.edu)>
