*Exploring hyperreality, imagination and metafiction in the Creative
and Visual Arts*
Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
7th Annual Postgraduate Symposium
Tuesday 31st May 2016
The Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media is
currently welcoming proposals from postgraduate students for our
annual postgraduate symposium.
This symposium aims to explore reality, imagination, metafiction, and
hyperreality in the Creative and Visual Arts.
Papers are invited on – but are by no means limited to – the following
themes:
· Audience Theory and Reception Studies
· Cognitive Theory in Visual Narrative
· Interactive Storytelling
· Game Theory
· Immersive, site-specific and sight-responsive theatre
· Media Production and Reflections on Media Production and Practice
· Metatheatre
· Metafiction in Visual Culture
· Technical approaches to narrative
Please send abstracts of 200-300 words to Sarah Hoyle
((sh1796 /at/ york.ac.uk) <mailto:(sh1796 /at/ york.ac.uk)>). Our participants will
have 15 minutes to deliver their paper, in order to leave time for
discussion.The deadline for entry is Friday 6th May 2016 at 5pm. We
aim to respond to all submissions by Friday 13th May 2016