[ecrea] CFP Redefining Animation, USC June 23-25 2013

The John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts
The University of Southern California and the School of Cinematic Arts 
is proud to host

REDEFINING ANIMATION
The 25th Annual Conference for the Society for Animation Studies 2013
June 23th - 27th, Los Angeles California
http://anim.usc.edu/sas2013.html

IMPORTANT: DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR ABSTRACTS:
NEW DEADLINE: December 10, 2012


In the ever evolving field of animation and digital arts, creative and 
technical innovation continues to expand the meaning of the art form and 
establish new ways to perceive, understand and express the world around us.



Animation is the core language of twenty-first century digital art 
practice. From Hollywood Motion Pictures to trans-media networks, to 
gallery artists and cutting edge scientific research, nearly every field 
is finding that animation can contribute and enhance communication and 
research across industry, academia and the arts.



Unique in its ability to visually communicate complex ideas and unseen 
worlds, animation is ubiquitous in creative and information rich fields. 
How does animation penetrate these fields? What is the future of animation?



Redefining Animation invites scholars, researchers and artists to 
present, address and critique the expanding art form across disparate 
media and to contribute their papers, ideas and observations engaging 
the variety of topics below.


Conference Schedule:

Sunday, June 23 – Book Signing and Cocktail Reception

Monday, June 24 -- PAPERS and MICRO-TALKS

Tuesday, June 25 -- PAPERS and SAS Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, June 26 -- PAPERS and MICRO-TALKS

Thursday, JUNE 27-- (optional event with additional fee) Dream Works 
Studio/Warner Bros. Archive tours

(NOTE: Poster sessions will be on-going for selected papers)



Accommodations:
The Conference hotel rates and campus housing options will be sent in 
another email soon.


CALL FOR PAPERS & MICRO-TALKS

The Society for Animation Studies (SAS) invites submissions for 
20-minute conference presentations and/or 5-minute micro-talks* for its 
25th Annual Conference, which will be held in Los Angeles, California at 
the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, June 
23th - 27th, 2013.

PREFERRED PRESENTATION TOPICS:

· Animating the Intangible: The Animated Soul

· DIY - Distribution/Streaming Animation on the web-YouTube, Vimeo, 
Blogs and Websites (Viral Animation)

· Artifacts of Mobility - Residue of Mobile Technology

· Environmental Wearable Animation

· Large-scale Architectural Animation (Projection Mapping, LED 
Technologies etc.)

· Animation Infiltration of other Art Forms (In Galleries and on Stages, 
Music, Dance, and Theater)

· Virtual Reality, Real-Time, Immersive, Interactive, Experiential

· Visualizing Science and Animation

· Documentary Animation

· Animation within Social Movements

· Stereoscopy and Perception

· Facial Gesture, Emotional Resonance through Animation and Cinema

· Consciousness and Sound

· Death, Time and Animation

· Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

· Animated Holography

· Historical Devices in Contemporary Animation: (Stage Projections and 
other Optical Illusions)

· Creating Worlds: Augmented Reality

· Redefining Character Animation

· Animation for Games and Embodied Performance

· 3D Printing from Animation and Sound - Virtual to Physical

· Scale: Animating the Microscopic to the Gigantic

· Generative Animation

· Experimental Motion Capture

· The Animated Brain

· Animation: Redefining Drawing

*Micro-talk: a timed PowerPoint or Keynote presentation that can include 
images, clips, and text to communicate a Redefining Animation conference 
topic in a mere five minutes. There will be no Q & A period for the 
micro-talks. Micro-talks are based on Pecha Kucha, a Japanese game-like 
presentation format in which 20 slides are shown for 15 seconds each.



Requirements:
Please include with your individual submission the following:


* An indication of whether you wish to present a 20-minute paper or a 
5-minute micro-talk and the topic(s) you have selected from the list above.
* Title and abstract of no more than 250 words (suitable for publication)
* A brief biographical statement of no more than 150 words (suitable for 
publication) including research background.
* Complete contact information, including name, institutional 
affiliation (if any), postal address, e-mail address and telephone number.
* A high resolution head shot photo of yourself (suitable for print 
publication). (Optional)
* Evidence (such as a scanned image of your receipt) that you have 
joined or renewed your SAS membership for 2013.
* Membership/renewal in the Society for Animation Studies for 2013 is 
mandatory for all conference attendees and presenters. SAS members gain 
access to the SAS Discussion Group on the SAS website, where 
conference-related details and updates are first posted. For more 
information on the Society, go to its webpage at 
http://www.animationstudies.org or contact the SAS treasurer, Robert 
Musburger, at (rmusburger /at/ comcast.net).


Late proposals and non-members of SAS at the time of submission will be 
given lower consideration. Papers not accepted for presentation will be 
considered for poster sessions during the conference. Poster sessions 
allow scholars to present their papers in print form and to respond to 
questions individually.

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS:
December 10, 2012

Submit to:
(sas.2013 /at/ cinema.usc.edu)

Notification:
December 17, 2012

Conference Committee:
Kathy Smith, Chair, Animation & Digital Arts
Christine Panushka, Professor
Lisa Mann, Instructor of Cinema Practice

Website:
http://anim.usc.edu/sas2013.html

Email correspondence:
(sas.2013 /at/ cinema.usc.edu)


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