A British Society of Aesthetics Synergy Conference
London, UK, November 5-6, 2020
This conference aims to highlight the contribution of experimental films
and video art to contemporary culture. For this purpose, one should emphasize
the way in which experimental films and works of video art differ from
paradigmatic films, as well as the way in which experimental film and video
art, as appreciative categories, differ from one another. The idea is to
realize a synergy between, on the one hand, the research carried out in
analytic aesthetics on notions such as appreciative category, art form, medium,
and genre, and, on the other hand, the historical and stylistic research, as
well as the artistic and critical practice, in the domains of experimental film
and video art.
The conference is open to both individual papers or pre-constituted
panels (with 3 speakers each and a chair).
In the case of individual papers, please submit abstracts between 500
and 1000 words (references included) together with a title and 5 keywords.
Submissions should be done as PDF files prepared for blind review. Thus, please
just indicate "see PDF" in the "Title" and "Abstract"
fields of the EasyChair form.
In the case of pre-constituted panels, the conveners are asked to submit
a panel proposal including the title, a 300- to 500-word justification for the
panel and 300- to 500-word abstracts (references included) for each of the
three presentations making up the panel accompanied by a title and 5 keywords.
Also included should be names and institutional affiliation for the three
presenters and the name, institutional affiliation, contact details, and
institutional affiliation for the chair. Panel conveners will be also requested
to conform to the Good Practice Policy making sure that at least two of the
panellists (including the convener/chair) are female.
Speakers will be notified of decisions by Friday July 31. There will be
no conference fees. Upon selection, it will be possible to apply for bursaries
for early career researchers.
List of Topics
- What distinguishes experimental films and works of video art from paradigmatic films?
- What distinguishes experimental film from video art?
- How are experimental film and video art are related to domains of contemporary art such as conceptual art, performance art, installation art?
- Where should we appreciate experimental films and works of video art? In movie theaters or in art galleries? How does the screening-location bear upon appreciation?
- Experimental film and video art as challenges to film definitions
- The effects of the transition from analogical to digital technologies in experimental film and video art
- The role of sound and music in experimental film and video art
- Abstract moving images in experimental film and video art
- The (missing) place of narrative in experimental film and video art
- Paradigmatic experimental films and works of video art that help us to better understand the categories to which they belong. The role of perception, imagination, and emotions in experimental film and video art
- Which categories of art (e.g. genre, subgenre, medium, artform), are the most appropriate to conceptualize experimental film and video art?
- Possible intersections with other genres/art forms: documentary, amateur film, advertising, videoclip, videogames.
- Specific movements in experimental film and video art.
- Notable artists in experimental film and video art (e.g. Maya Deren, Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol, Malcolm Le Grice, Péter Forgács, Bill Viola, Shirin Neshat, Nam June Paik, Richard Serra, Matthew Barney).
- National traditions in experimental film and video art.
- The relevance of gender/race/class/ethnicity/sexuality in experimental filmmaking and video art.
Submission
Submissions should be done as PDF files prepared for blind review. Thus,
please just indicate "see PDF" in the "Title" and
"Abstract" fields of the EasyChair form.
Questions about submissions can be emailed to:
aesthetics.film.studies@gmail.com
The deadline for receipt is Friday July 3, 2020.
In line with the Good Practice Policy of the British Philosophical
Association and the Society for Women in Philosophy, the conference organizers
have already ensured gender parity among keynotes and will do their best to do
so for the other conference delegates. To offset unconscious biases against
accepting female work demonstrated in different fields in recent studies, the
papers will be blind-reviewed.
We hope for an edited volume to result from the conference. In case of
publication the organizers as editors will also ensure that women are well
represented.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
aesthetics.film.studies@gmail.com
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