[ecrea] Call for papers: 21st century photography: art, philosophy, techniques

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21st century photography: art, philosophy, techniques

Central Saint Martins, London

5-6 June 2015

This trans-disciplinary conference aims to explore a series of themes 
that emerge from the understanding of contemporary photography as the 
basic unit of visual communication of the age of technology: online, 
off-line and between the lines.

The aim is to bridge the gap between aesthetic, philosophical and 
technological approaches to the photographic image and to prompt 
participants from different backgrounds (fine art, critical theory, 
philosophy, software/hardware) to engage with each other and to open new 
avenues for the critical interrogation of the roles of images in 
contemporary culture.

In the past decade, photography has gained momentum in public and 
private environments becoming one of the determining factors of 
contemporary life. The hyper-growth in various forms of digital imagery 
for screens provides a quintessential example. The triumph of the 
photographic image as the internally eloquent and profoundly apt 
expression of computational culture also provides a new philosophical 
lens upon which to investigate how representation affects norms of 
meaning-creation, and the ethical and political consequences of the 
acceptance of images as purveyors of truth.

In light of such dynamics, 21st century photography: art, philosophy, 
techniques seeks to address the re-birth of photography from a diversity 
of visual narratives and from the strange roles images get to perform in 
our world.

Possible themes may include, but not limited to:

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Situating photography within the framework of contemporary philosophy

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The aesthetics of repetition, reproduction and copy

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The political implications of visual practices

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New theoretical models for assessing contemporary image culture

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Duration and temporality of the ‘still’ image

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Sensorial and bodily experience of photography

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Theoretical dimensions of the idea of ‘representation’

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Data, information and algorithms in the visual field

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Archiving and curating the immaterial image

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Augmented reality and immersive visual environments

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Non-visual dimensions of photography

500-word abstracts for 20-minute presentations should be sent to Dr 
Daniel Rubinstein at (photoconference /at/ csm.arts.ac.uk) by 10/03/2015

Selected conference papers will be published in a special issue of the 
journal Philosophy of Photography.

Conference blog: https://photoconference2015.wordpress.com
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Dr. Daniel Rubinstein
Course Leader MA Photography
Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London
Granary Building | 1 Granary Square | London, N1C 4AA, UK
http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/courses/postgraduate/ma-photography/
http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/research-staff/a-z/dr-daniel-rubinstein/




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