[Commlist] Vista | Call for Papers | The Emancipated Referent

  Vista | Call for Papers | The Emancipated Referent

*Thematic editors:* José Capela (School of Architecture, Art and 
Design/Lab2PT, University of Minho, Portugal) & Ana Cristina Pereira 
(CES, University of Coimbra)

The communication mechanisms have been a central theme of the so-called 
“conceptual art”.  Within the broad theme of communication — and despite 
the porosity of artistic categories characterising this kind of art — 
the specific theme of /visual representation/ assumed particular 
importance for artists. Millennia of pictorial figuration of reality, 
and decades of photography, were thus placed under scrutiny that, 
despite fitting into the work of art and not renouncing its 
/artistic/ condition, is often close to the mission of art theory or of 
semiotics. Art was, accordingly, set to serve the consideration of the 
phenomena — namely those of communication — that underlie it. For that 
reason, it may be said to be a self-reflexive art: art about art.

In this new issue of /Vista/, we propose to focus on the entity 
linguistics has called “referent” and on the possibility of its 
resurgence beyond its mere representation — a territory that extends 
from the impossibility of absolute fidelity to the model (is it in the 
lack of fidelity that art may reside?) to the characterisations aiming 
at manipulating, distorting and abusing.

Much importance has been given to the most diverse form of art works’ 
receiver as a producer of meanings for those works.  Importance is given 
to this phenomenon that lies downstream of the work and ultimately 
determines what it is to our eyes.  The aim here is to highlight what 
lies upstream: the entity that precedes the representation and whose 
presence that representation intends to replace, in this case, in the 
specific context of the visual arts and images. This perspective may 
include themes such as:

·the representation of /visual configuration/ mechanisms within artistic 
practices;

·the condition of the referent (absent or present) in the context of 
visual representation;

·the rights of the referent and iconographic ethics: between 
self-representation and appropriation;

·the possibility of inserting the /readymade/ in a work/image;

·animism in visual representation;

·memory, trauma and the possibility of emancipation of the referent.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Full article submission deadline: *April 30, 2022*
Journal publication date: *continuous edition (January to June 2022)*

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*LANGUAGE*

Articles can be submitted in English or Portuguese. After the peer 
review process, the authors of the selected articles should ensure 
translation of the respective article, and the editors shall have the 
final decision on publication of the article.

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*EDITING AND SUBMISSION*

/Vista/ is an open access academic journal following demanding 
peer-review standards, based on a double-blind review process.  After 
submission, the papers will be forwarded to two reviewers, previously 
invited to evaluate them according to their academic quality, 
originality and relevance to the journal’s objectives and scope.

Originals must be submitted through the journal’s website 
<https://revistavista.pt/>. If you are accessing /Vista/ for the first 
time, you must register before submitting your article (instructions for 
registration here <https://revistavista.pt/index.php/vista/user/register>).

The guidelines for authors are available here 
<https://revistavista.pt/index.php/vista/about/submissions>.

For further information, please contact: (vista /at/ ics.uminho.pt) 
<mailto:(vista /at/ ics.uminho.pt)>

No payment from the authors will be required.

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