[Commlist] Cracking the Established Order - Practice-based research conference

*PACE Building, De Montfort University, Leicester*

*27 – 28th June 2019*

/“*The turn to creative practice is one of the most exciting and 
revolutionary developments to occur in the university within the last 
two decades and is currently accelerating in influence. It is bringing 
with it dynamic new ways of thinking about research and new 
methodologies for conducting it, a raised awareness of the different 
kinds of knowledge that creative practice can convey and an illuminating 
body of information about the creative process*/” *(Smith and Dean, 2009:1)*

**This conference will explore the ongoing ‘accelerating influence’ of 
practice-based research, as it continues to**shape new ways of thinking 
about research and creative methodologies. Focusing on the evolution and 
increasing importance of creative practice within academic contexts 
across the arts**and humanities, /Cracking the Established Order (CtEO)/ 
returns to the key question of ‘Can practice allow us to re-envision the 
role of a traditional researcher?’. We are looking for ways that 
practice-based research provides a possibility for the formation of new 
knowledge – both critical and embodied - created and articulated through 
unique forms and formats. /CtEO/ provides a new platform to reconsider 
the provocative potential of practice-based research.


**

Most importantly, this conference invites PhD students, early career 
researchers and artists to engage directly, either through practice - 
from performance, exhibitions or screenings, to workshops and discursive 
activities, or through traditional paper format. Proposals for 
presentation through practice-based formats are particularly encouraged. 
Inviting participants from a range of artistic backgrounds and 
disciplines, /CtEO /seeks to highlight the innovation, range and 
diversity within creative practice as research. As such, we welcome 
submissions from all artistic areas. The expectation is that while 
subject matters may differ, all participants will engage with the 
methodology of creative practice as research.**Along with this, this 
conference will also emphasise**the importance of the intersection 
between creativity and the creation of new knowledge. /CtEO/ will 
highlight the impactful reach of practice-based research, which can 
engage audiences from diverse backgrounds, communities and networks, and 
from the general public, as well as being able to converge with 
non-academic creative research within alternative contexts, such as 
interdisciplinary art jams, underground happening and art/club events.

**

*Drawing upon the aims of this conference, we encourage proposals that 
include but are not limited to:*

  * The resilient potential of practice as a means of inviting change,
    scrambling the established order and resisting rigid structures
  * The evolving importance of practice-based research within academic
    contexts
  * The relationship between theoretical knowledge and creative
    practice, is it interchangeable/ equal/ conflicting?
  * The theoretical lense(s) of your practice and its impacton social,
    political, cultural contexts
  * The intensive and potentially invisible labour of creating practice
  * Methodological approaches of your practice-based research
  * The impact of different media within practice-based research (e.g
    spoken word, text, image, digitised technology)
  * Embodied practice as a means of exploring the self/selves
  * Practice as a tool of transformation and presence
  * Practice as a means of celebrating artistic freedom and diversity

*Submissions may include:*

*Exhibition Artworks/ Installations**

*Performance/ performative papers

*Film screening

*Digital display

*Workshop proposal

*Discursive/participatory activities

*20-minute academic papers

Proposals adopting alternative formats will also be considered. CtEO 
welcomes any proposal that addresses or relates to the role of 
practice-based research.

*Conference Keynotes*

**

*Lauren Barri Holstein, *Since 2010, Lauren Barri Holstein has developed 
a substantial body of work (Notorious, Splat!, How to Become a Cupcake, 
How 2 Become 1, Lady Love, Cherry Pop etc) presented in Live Art, Dance, 
and Theatre contexts including The Barbican (London, UK), SPILL Festival 
(London, UK) FEM Fest (Girona, Spain)and Abrons Art Center (New York, 
U.S.), gaining respect and notoriety within the Live Art world . She has 
collaborated with a number of prominent UK artists, including Kira 
O’Reilly, Dominic Johnson, Martin O’Brien, and Manuel Vason. Her most 
prominent work to date, Splat!, commissioned by SPILL Festival of 
Performance, premiered as the opening of SPILL 2013 at The Barbican, 
London. It was named Time Out’s ‘Critic’s Choice in Dance’, one of Time 
Out’s ‘Must See Shows of 2013’, one of The Stage’s ‘Dance Picks of 
2013’, and one of The Guardian’s ‘Theatre Picks’. Holstein holds a PhD 
from Queen Mary, University of London and is a visiting lecturer at 
various UK and European universities. She has authored several published 
articles, including: ‘A Queer Family Tree’ in The Only Way Home Is 
Through the Show: The Performance Work of Lois Weaver, ed. by Jen Harvie 
and Lois Weaver; ‘Splat!: Death, Mess, Failure and Blue-Balling’, in 
Performance Research; ‘The Cyclical Pleasure/Death of Symbolization in 
How to Become a Cupcake/The Famous’ Adaption of Frankenstein’, in On 
Repetition: Writing, Performance, Art, ed. by Eirini Kartsaki; and 
several articles.

**

*Alexa Wright, *Dr Alexa Wright is an artist and academic living in 
London, UK. Working at the intersection of art and medical science to 
explore human inter-subjectivity through qualities like vulnerability 
and empathy, Alexa uses a wide range of media in her work, including 
photography, video, sound, interactive installation, performance and 
book works. She has extensive experience of working with people with 
disabilities and mental health issues, as well as with medical 
scientists and other creative practitioners. From 1999-2010 Alexa worked 
collaboratively with Professor Alf Linney and computer scientists at UCL 
to create three interactive installations, Conversation Piece (2009), 
Alter Ego (2005), and Face Value (2001). These works have all been 
widely shown internationally. In 2011-12, funded by a year-long AHRC 
Fellowship, she created A View From Inside, a series of portrait 
photographs of people who experience episodes of psychosis. Since 2007 
Alexa has been part of Hybrid Bodies, a unique international, 
interdisciplinary project based in Toronto, Canada that brings together 
medics, visual artists, a philosopher and social scientists to explore 
the emotional and psychological effects of heart transplantation from 
multiple, interwoven perspectives. Alexa has a 0.5FTE post at the 
University as Reader in Art and Visual Culture.

An edited contribution of material from CtEO will be published online, 
the content and format of which is to be developed at the conference.

*Application

*

*1. Proposal
*Please provide an abstract of no more than 300 words that describes 
what you would like to propose for the conference and what form it will 
take (i.e. paper, exhibition, screening, performance, workshop etc.)

*2. Biography*

Please give a 200-word max artistic and academic biography. This should 
state whether you are PhD or non-PhD, if not please tell us your 
background, related experience and/or qualifications. Please note that 
if successful, this information will be made available to conference 
participants and published on the conference website.

*3. Documentation*

Please provide a single pdf of low-res images and/or web links and/or 
links to video documentation of previous work and the work you would 
like to propose, if applicable. Please give a brief description of 
images or documentation provided.

*4. Technical Specifications*

Please provide details of the space, equipment and duration, if 
applicable, for the work you have proposed.

*5. Funding*

A limited number of bursaries are available on a first-come-first-served 
basis for non-funded participants to help towards travel and 
accommodation costs. If relevant, please provide a maximum of 100 words 
of why this money would benefit you. Please note, as funding is limited, 
only self-funded candidates or those on Living Wage or less may apply 
for help towards conference costs. The maximum contribution is up to £75 
per person.

*SUBMISSION*

Applications should be sent to (cteo.conference /at/ gmail.com)

**

*KEY DATES*

Submission deadline: March 2^nd 2019

Submission notification: March 16^th 2019


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