[Commlist] CFP - IV CIPS - International Conference on Sonorities Research - Silences

*CALL FOR PAPERS AND FOR ARTISTIC PROPOSALS*

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*IV International Conference on Sonorities Research (CIPS)*


*SILENCES*



Dates: June 4-7, 2025

Location: Federal University of Espírito Santo – Vitória/ES – Brazil


Online stage: May 31, 2025


The story of composer John Cage is well-known, as he underwent an 
experience of deep silence in an anechoic chamber and found that he 
could still hear the internal sounds of his own body. This story 
confronts us with the inevitability of a complex phenomenon, of a 
multiple and inexhaustible nature: silence.

Silence, which would seem, at first, to be a counterpoint to sound, a 
kind of negative, reveals itself as an overflow of the audible 
boundaries. Western music makes explicit the inescapable importance of 
silences, from the staff to sound synthesis. In the score, the pause is 
a marked and significant element, a fundamental part of the composition 
itself. In digital audio workstations, silence is a block of time 
without a pulse that is added to the compositional timeline. The absence 
of sound, it can be concluded, is not a nullity of meaning, but rather 
the partial result of a broader communicational machination of power 
games to be mapped from interdisciplinary perspectives.

By adopting/ silences/ as a theme, we seek not only to address more 
formalist discursive perspectives in the musical spectrum, but also to 
bring the discussion to the social and political fields, thinking about 
the silencing of peoples, experiences and cultural repertoires. Despite 
Cage's contrary observation, silence can also be something that 
accompanies us and confronts us with the constant threat of 
nonexistence, erasure and dissolution. This paradox intrinsic to the 
idea of silence presents itself as an important theme to be rescued and 
updated in order to understand the challenges of the present time in the 
field of sonorities.

The IV CIPS welcomes proposals for scientific presentations and artistic 
performances (for these, we will hold a separate call soon). We welcome 
papers that deal with all types of support, format, and media that deal 
with sounds. Some of the perspectives, but not the only ones, that are 
of interest to this conference are:

·Sound ecologies: noises that silence, silences that amplify;

·Images and silences; voids and noises;

·Technologies and models of production of silence;

·Sound, immobility, and death;

·Silence aesthetics;

·Sound ambiances and atmospheres that are silent or that silence;

·Silences, their affects and processes of signification and sensation;

·Silence in compositional practices;

·Becoming-silence;

·Sound politics and cultures: sounds, silencing, struggles, and 
insurgencies of contemporary ways of life.


*ABSTRACT SUBMISSION***

Abstracts must be submitted by* December 6th 2024 *to the email 
(cips.sonoridades /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(cips.sonoridades /at/ gmail.com)> in .doc 
(or .docx) format, with the following in the email subject line: 
“IV CIPS – Abstract”.

The IV CIPS will be an in-person event, but there will be an online 
stage for a limited number of scientific papers approved by the 
scientific committee. Such proponents must be located outside the 
Southeast region or outside Brazil and are unable to attend the event in 
person. We have reserved 24 spots for this modality.

The text must be formatted in Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.5 
spacing. The document must include, in this order:

·Title of the proposal;

·Proponents, their respective emails and institutional affiliation (or 
main activity); maximum degree, occupation or area of activity, city, 
state and country of residence; Abstract of up to 500 words, indicating 
the theme, objectives, research problem, theoretical framework, 
methodology and adherence to the general theme of the event;

·Bibliography of up to 5 titles;

·Indication of preference for online presentation (limited number of 
panels, only for authors from outside Brazil or outside the Southeast 
region).

Abstracts can be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English. We will 
correspond with the first author of the paper regarding the receipt and 
evaluation of the abstract.

*CALL FOR ARTISTIC PROPOSALS*


The IV CIPS is accepting artistic proposals that address or relate to 
the event's theme, “Silences”. The following types of works will be 
evaluated, under the following conditions:

- Performances and happenings: Up to 20 minutes long. They will take 
place in open spaces on the UFES Goiabeiras Campus and cultural spaces 
in the cities to be defined;

- Installations: 5 works will be selected and will be exhibited in 
common areas on the UFES Goiabeiras Campus, during class breaks;

- Sound or Audiovisual Pieces: These will be made available in a common 
area on the UFES Goiabeiras Campus, with daily screenings during the 
event, during class breaks and on QR codes spread throughout the city. 
If possible, we request two versions, one of up to 20 minutes long to be 
exhibited on the QR codes and another of up to 8 minutes long to be 
exhibited in the spaces made available on the Goiabeiras Campus. If the 
work is already finished, it is suggested that the work or samples be 
sent, with a link for access for evaluation.

The IV CIPS will provide up to 3 multimedia projectors per proposal and 
a stereo sound system. Equipment, objects, images, materials, etc. will 
be the artist's responsibility. Assembly and disassembly are the 
artist's responsibility. Pieces must be sent in stereo. If there is 
interest in exhibiting in other formats, please indicate this in the 
proposal for evaluation. APPROVAL SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF STRUCTURE.

Only works that do not expose users or exhibition spaces to risk and 
that reflect good practices of democratic coexistence, tolerance and 
coexistence in general will be accepted.

Proposals for artistic performances must be submitted by December 6th 
2024 using the electronic form available at the link 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdv9qaCSyTnEf9LdFPPFfl2RFEaxHSwf4OSXwi5DDt3r9LtPw/viewform?usp=sharing>. 
Add the files listed below in .doc (or .docx) format.

The text must be formatted in Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.5 
spacing. The document must include:

·Title of the proposal;

·Authors and their respective e-mails;

·Description of up to 500 words;

·In the case of a sound or audiovisual piece, send an mp3 file of the 
piece or excerpt, if it is ready;

·In the case of an installation, send an image file with the 
proposal/scheme of the expography/assembly;

·Technique/Format and a brief description of the necessary equipment (or 
technical Rider);

·Duration (in the case of a live performance), not to exceed 20 minutes;

·Mini-bio of the author(s) of up to 100 words each, informing 
institutional affiliation (or main activity), maximum degree, occupation 
or area of activity, city and country of residence.


Proposals can be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English.

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