[Commlist] CFP of Turkish Film Studies Conference

    Cinema and Beyond

23rd New Directions in Turkish Film Studies Conference
May 9-11, 2024
Kadir Has University, Istanbul

Cinema, since its inception, has been haunted by an inherent paradox: 
the desire to transcend its own limitations for the direct 
representation of motion, the world, life, and reality in its entirety. 
From early film theories like Eisenstein’s Stereokino to Münsterberg’s 
and Balazs’ conceptualization of stereoscopic 3D, and from Bazin’s 
concept of /Total Cinema/ to Youngblood’s vision of /Expanded Cinema/, 
it has been framed as inherently linked to the foundational telos of 
transcending its present state. This foundational telos similarly 
defines its technological evolution—from the introduction of sound and 
color to the rise of television, smartphones, digital cinema, and the 
internet, and from interactive to immersive experiences. These 
transformations continually challenge and redefine the very essence of 
cinema, all while fulfilling its paradoxical nature. In fact, cinema has 
been a medium that perpetually seeks its own obsolescence and its own 
dissolution into the very reality it seeks to represent. Cinema is 
becoming a post-cinema!

The 23rd edition of the “New Directions in Turkish Film Studies 
Conference” (TFAYY) will take place at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, 
on May 9-11, 2024. Confirmed keynote speakers are Marina Hassapopoulou 
(New York University) and Deniz Tortum (filmmaker). The conference calls 
for interventions about the ongoing debates surrounding the notion of 
post-cinema.

We encourage the exploration of cinema’s multifaceted relationship with 
emerging technologies, its intricate relation with diverse art forms, 
challenges posed by institutional boundaries, and adaptation to emerging 
platforms and technologies. We invite submissions for 20-minute 
presentations, panels, and video essays on -but not limited to- the 
following topics, themes, and concepts:

  * Immersive cinema: VR, AR, XR, and MX
  * Interactive cinema and interactive documentary
  * Video games
  * New media arts and practices
  * Glitch art
  * Expanded Cinema
  * Stereoscopic 3D Cinema
  * Large or small format screens
  * Artificial intelligence and large language models
  * Virtual cinema and productions
  * Post-cinema spectatorship
  * Machinima

Application and Evaluation:
Abstracts (350 words) should be submitted along with a brief biography 
of the applicant (150 words) and a bibliography containing three sources.
Panel applications, which can include up to four participants, should be 
submitted by the organizer of the panel. The proposal should include a 
panel abstract (150 words), along with abstracts for each presentation 
(350 words each), panelist biographies (150 words each), and a 
bibliography containing three sources. Please include all panelists in 
the email message when submitting the application.
For video essay submissions, the completed work, not exceeding 10 
minutes in length, should be uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube, and a link to 
the video should be sent along with a supporting text of up to 350 
words. The conference will be held bilingually in Turkish and English. 
Proposals can be written in either language.
Applications need to be sent via email to *(tfayykonferans /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(tfayykonferans /at/ gmail.com)>* by February 20, 2024.
Applications accepted following a blind peer review will be announced in 
March 2024.


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