*CFP* CALL FOR VIDEO-ESSAYS, ISSUE 8, TECMERIN: JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays launches its CFP for issue 8. It is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, which also offers a monographic dossier each year. This journal is published by the research group Tecmerin (Television, Cinema, Memory, Representation and Industry) of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Department of Journalism and Media Studies).

The journal focuses on Spanish and Latin American cultural production, although not exclusively. Consequently, we especially invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.

Instructions for authors:

Researchers and creators may send their audiovisual essays to one of the following sections:

• Video-Essays:  audiovisual essays that offer a critical take on diverse aspects of cinema, television and popular culture. 
• Creators:  experimental or documentary pieces that approach a specific cultural topic.

*CFP* "FROM THE SCENIC ESSAY TO THE ESSAY-EXHIBITION. EXPANDING THE ESSAY FORM IN THE ARTS AFTER LITERATURE AND FILM", S:PAM CONFERENCE

From the Scenic Essay to the Essay-Exhibition. Expanding the Essay Form in the Arts after Literature and Film

S:PAM (Studies in Performing Arts & Media)

Ghent University (Belgium)

27th-29th of April 2022

 

 

More than 400 years after the publication of Michel De Montaigne’s Essais, the enduring afterlife of the essay form attests how this 'heretical form’ (Adorno) not only continues to challenge the literary conventions but also transgresses the borders of the literary field to venture into other artistic disciplines. The genre of the essay film is the most prominent example of this dissemination but the expansion has set out into other areas as well. Engaging with this emerging prominence, From the Scenic to the Essay-Exhibition welcomes scholars and art practitioners to present their academic and artistic engagements with the essay form.

*CFP* "THE AUDIOVISUAL THINKING PROCESS IN CONTEMPORARY ESSAY FILMS", Nº 18 (SPRING 2022), COMPARATIVE CINEMA JOURNAL

Born out of modern cinema, the essay film departed from the dominant forms of fiction and documentary cinema in order to explore an unknown territory defined by subjectivity, hybridization and reflection, evolving to become “a form that thinks,” as Jean-Luc Godard defined it. The final decades of the 20th century witnessed the consolidation of the essay film, which was enabled by postmodern thought and culture, as well as by the development of video recording technology. In this mode, works by Chris Marker, Roberto Rossellini, Orson Welles, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jonas Mekas, Harun Farocki, Agnès Varda, Wim Wenders, Guy Maddin, Peter Watkins, Chantal Akerman, Alexander Kluge or Johan van der Keuken, among many others, developed a practice of audiovisual thinking for which Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998) could be considered the epitome, marking a turning point that also took place at the century’s end. Over the last twenty years, this essayistic practice has proliferated due to the digital revolution, facilitating diverse experiences of subjectivity and intimacy, and multiplying the possibilities of audiovisual editing; that is, of the very thinking process that defines this filmic form. Taking this itinerary into account, the 18th issue of Comparative Cinema proposes to address the specificities of the audiovisual thinking process in the contemporary essay film. The most notable studies devoted to the essay film have established its key traits – the audiovisual expression of the thinking process and the self-reflexiveness of subjectivity – and its specificities – issues related to its genealogy, historical path and bond with the literary essay – allowing for the consolidation of this research area. 

*CFP* CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, ISSUE 8, FOUND FOOTAGE MAGAZINE

Found Footage Magazine is an independent and printed film journal distributed worldwide. It offers theoretical, analytical, and informative content that hinges on the use of archival images in media production practices.

Found Footage Magazine is a printed and double-blind peer reviewed film studies publication devoted to the reuse and repurposing of extant media in moving image art.

FFM will select essays/articles that engage with scholar discourses from a wide range of found footage filmmaking theory and praxis.

 

Key words:

Found Footage filmmaking – Recycled Cinema – Collage Film – Archival Film – Compilation Film – Video Essay – Media Remix – Mashup – Supercut

*CFP* CALL FOR VIDEO-ESSAYS, ISSUE 7, TECMERIN: JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays launches its CFP for issue 7. It is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, which also offers a monographic dossier each year. This journal is published by the research group Tecmerin (Television, Cinema, Memory, Representation and Industry) of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Department of Media).

The journal focuses on Spanish and Latin American cultural production, although not exclusively. Consequently, we especially invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas. 

Instructions for authors

Researchers and creators may send their audiovisual essays to one of the following sections: 

• Video-Essays: audiovisual essays that offer a critical take on diverse aspects of cinema, television and popular culture.

*CFP* CALL FOR AUDIOVISUAL ESSAY SUBMISSIONS, THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE ARTS

JSTA (SCOPUS-indexed) aims to create a conceptual discussion around the audiovisual essay, not only as a creative process but also as a pedagogical and academic tool, to generate concepts and criteria for evaluation and scientific consideration. (Please see a version of our first audiovisual essay here).

Therefore, Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts is open to submissions of original audiovisual essays made with films, excerpts and other moving images. Works can have up to 15 minutes and should provide original insights in areas such as film and audiovisual studies; media studies; contemporary art; social sciences. Works submitted should not have been proposed to any other academic publication, despite the possibility of dissemination in other circuits. The call will not be restricted to academic practitioners but the process of evaluation will follow its procedures.

*CFP* CALL FOR COVID-19 THEME VISUAL ESSAYS, SPECIAL ISSUE, THE VISUAL STUDIES JOURNAL

This is a call for visual essays focused on the global pandemic and its ongoing social, economic and emotional impact. 2020 has been a year of rapid adjustment internationally, as households around the world were instructed to ‘lockdown’ and to socially distance to reduce the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. This call aims to bring together contemporary visual scholarship on the pandemic in a special section of Visual Studies to be published in 2021.

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the visual impact of the pandemic in terms of organisational sociology, and its effects on domestic activity spaces, family life, and work; intersectional aspects of people’s experience of the pandemic in terms of class, race, gender, geographical location, etc.; the politics of mask wearing; people’s adoption of, or resistance to, suggested public health measures; visual forms of communication adopted by government authorities; and the circulation of Covid-19 conspiracy memes; and any visual evidence of unexpected or surprising responses to the Pandemic, especially those that suggest lasting institutional change.

*CFP* "THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN NEW EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE", INTERNATIONAL 2021 CONFERENCE ON VISUAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

International Conference on Visual Literacy and Communication (VILDIC’20) 

18th-19th December, 2020

Madrid, Spain (Virtual venue)

The International Conference on Visual Literacy and Communication (VILDIC’20) welcomes expert researchers and scholars from across the world to meet for a premier online conference experience. Scholars and educators will engage in professional development and explore a wide range of topics relevant to audio-visual culture and language teaching.

VILDIC’20 aims at providing a forum for researchers, teachers and educational representatives to share their knowledge and promote creativity and innovation in the area of visual literacy and digital communication.

*CFP* "ILLUMINATED VIDEO ARTICLES", SPECIAL ISSUE, JOURNAL OF EMBODIED RESEARCH

For those of us who are in social isolation but otherwise well, this may be a time to undertake further work with our existing video archives. We may not be able to generate new moments together, but we can certainly look back at the video we have created and further unfold its meanings. With this in mind, Journal of Embodied Research (JER) proposes a special issue on “illuminated video.”

Submissions to this special issue should follow three parameters:

• Begin with a piece of uncut video lasting no more than 20 minutes. There can be no editing of the video or audio tracks, no added effects (except basic color or contrast correction), no added voiceover or soundtrack, no montage — in other words, a single “raw” video recording.
• To this uncut video, authors may add any number of textual annotations or “illuminations,” in addition to the title and authors. These could include subtitles, annotations, explanation, analysis, and/or scholarly or poetic quotations. The size, color, and placement of these texts should be given attention, as well as their relative density or sparsity. All sources must be properly cited within the video itself.
• The authors of the video article — those who select the video material and write and append the textual material — should appear in the video itself or otherwise demonstrate accountability to those whose bodies appear. Ideally, you should be writing on your own audiovisual body.

*CFP* LLAMADA A VÍDEO-ENSAYOS, NÚMERO 6, TECMERIN: REVISTA DE ENSAYOS AUDIOVISUALES

Tecmerin: Revista de Ensayos Audiovisuales lanza su sexta convocatoria para la publicación de vídeo ensayos. Es una publicación semestral, con revisión por pares, que además lanza un monográfico anual. La revista se enmarca en las actividades del grupo de investigación Tecmerin (Televisión, Cine, Memoria, Representación e Industria) de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Departamento de Periodismo y Comunicación Audiovisual).

En el número 6 planteamos una convocatoria abierta, con un interés especial, aunque no exclusivo, en la producción audiovisual de España y Latinoamérica. Por consiguiente, y de una manera amplia, se invita a mandar propuestas focalizadas en la producción, consumo, circulación e intercambio cultural en estas áreas geográficas.

Instrucciones de Envío:

Los investigadores y creadores audiovisuales pueden mandar sus propuestas a una de estas dos secciones:

• Vídeo-Ensayos: ensayos audiovisuales que proporcionen una visión crítica sobre aspectos del cine, la televisión o la cultura popular de manera más amplia. 
• Creadores: propuestas de cariz experimental o documental que se aproximan a un ámbito cultural específico.

*CFP* CALL FOR VIDEO-ESSAYS, ISSUE 6, TECMERIN: JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays launches its CFP for issue 6. It is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, which also offers a monographic dossier each year. This journal is published by the research group Tecmerin (Television, Cinema, Memory, Representation and Industry) of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Department of Journalism and Media Studies).

The journal focuses on Spanish and Latin American cultural production, although not exclusively. Consequently, we especially invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.

Instructions for authors:

Researchers and creators may send their audiovisual essays to one of the following sections:

• Video-Essays:  audiovisual essays that offer a critical take on diverse aspects of cinema, television and popular culture. 
• Creators:  experimental or documentary pieces that approach a specific cultural topic.

*CFP* CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, ISSUE 5, TECMERIN: JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays launches is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, published by the research group Tecmerin (Television, Cinema, Memory, Representation and Industry) of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Department of Journalism and Media Studies).

The journal focuses on Spanish and Latin American cultural production, although not exclusively. Consequently, we especially invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.


Instructions for authors:

Researchers and creators may send their audiovisual essays to one of the following sections:

• Video-Essays:  audiovisual essays that offer a critical take on diverse aspects of cinema, television and popular culture.
• Creators:  experimental or documentary pieces that approach a specific cultural topic.

*CFP* CALL FOR DOCUMENTARY/ACTIVIST FILMS, VIDEO ART PROJECTS AND ACTIVIST TALKS, 11TH ANNUAL IIPPE CONFERENCE

11TH Annual IIPPE Conference

Call for Documentary/Activist Films, Video Art Projects and Activist Talks

9-11 de Septiembre de 2020

National University Centre on Applied Economic Studies, Italy

The International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy (IIPPE) is inviting submissions of film and video art projects, and activist talks.

IIPPE is one of the largest international networks of heterodox political economists with a critical approach to neoliberal capitalism. Part of IIPPE’s objectives is to establish links between academics, artists, filmmakers and activists who are working for a more just and equal world.

In parallel with the academic conference, IIPPE will feature a film screening and discussion programme that addresses major issues affecting our world such as poverty, climate change and environmental crises, migration and displacement, gender equality, international development, privatisation, banking and financial fraud, the global economic crisis, the rise of the extreme right, armed conflicts, neocolonialism, etc.

*CFP* CALL FOR PAPERS POR THE SHORT FILM STUDIES, VOL 11, NUMER 1

Aims and Scope 

Short Film Studies is a peer-reviewed journal designed to stimulate ongoing research on individual short films as a basis for a better understanding of the art form as a whole. In each issue, two or three short films will be selected for comprehensive study, with articles illuminating each film from a variety of perspectives. 

These are the works that will be singled out for close study in Short Film Studies Vol. 11, Number 1:

La Vis 

Didier Flamand 

France, 1993, 19 min

Password: XLvimLaVis7K7

*CFP* CALL FOR STREAMS, LONDON CONFERENCE IN CRITICAL THOUGHT 2020

London Conference in Critical Thought

14- 15 de Agosto de 2020

Kings College, London

The Call for Streams is now open for the 9th annual London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT), hosted and supported by the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy, Kings College London.

The LCCT is a free, inter-institutional, interdisciplinary conference in critical thought that takes place annually in institutions across London. LCCT follows a non-hierarchical, decentralised model of organisation that undoes conventional academic distinctions between plenary lectures and break-out sessions, aiming instead to create opportunities for intellectual critical exchange regardless of participants’ disciplinary field, institutional affiliation, or seniority. The conference is envisaged as a space for those who share theoretical approaches and interests but who may find themselves at the margins of their academic department or discipline. Following this decentralised, ‘margins-at-the-centre’ logic, LCCT has no overarching or predetermined theme. Each year the conference’s intellectual content and academic tone are set by thematic streams that are conceived, proposed and curated by a group of stream organisers. Each stream generates its own intellectual rationale and Call for Papers, with conference participants responding to the accepted stream proposals. 

*CFP* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, THE 30TH INTERNATIONAL SCREEN STUDIES CONFERENCE 2020

The 30th International Screen Studies Conference

26-28 de junio de 2020

University of Glasgow, UK

Screen editors Tim Bergfelder and Dimitris Eleftheriotis welcome proposals for single papers, audiovisual essays and pre-constituted panels on all topics in screen studies.

We are particularly keen to encourage contributors to a programming strand which will focus on the impact that recent calls to decolonise, de-centre, or de-Westernise established creative canons and intellectual approaches across academia and beyond have on the practices of and ideas in screen-based media. Keynote speakers who will address this particular strand of the conference are to be confirmed.

*CFP* CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, ISSUE 3, TECMERIN: JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays launches the CFPs its third issue. It is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, published by the research group Tecmerin (Television, Cinema, Memory, Representation and Industry) of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Department of Journalism and Media Studies).

Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays focuses on Spanish and Latin American cultural production, although not exclusively. Consequently, we invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.

In issue 3 we maintain an open CFP, with a special interest, although not exclusive, in Spanish and Latin American cultural production. Consequently, we especially invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.

*CFP* ISSUES 3 AND 4, TECMERIN: JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays launches the CFPs for its third and fourth issue. It is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, published by the research group Tecmerin (Television, Cinema, Memory, Representation and Industry) of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Department of Journalism and Media Studies). Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays focuses on Spanish and Latin American cultural production. Consequently, we invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.

In issue 3 we maintain an open CFP, with a special interest, although not exclusive, in Spanish and Latin American cultural production. Consequently, we especially invite scholars, researchers and creators to send pieces centered on the production, consumption, circulation and cultural exchange within these geographical areas.

*CFP* “PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH PROPOSALS IN MEDIA INTERACTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS”, MECCSA 2020 CONFERENCE

MeCCSA 2020
Media Interactions and environments
8-10 de enero de 2020
University of Brighton, UK

The Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association are pleased to invite the submission of practice-based contributions for the MeCCSA 2020 Conference, to be held from 8-10 January 2020 at the University of Brighton. The theme of the conference is Media Interactions and Environments. We actively support the presentation of practice-as-research and have a flexible approach to practice papers, presentations and the exhibition of work.

To complement the MeCCSA presentations, panels, roundtables and screenings, a dedicated exhibition space has been set up in the School of Media’s foyer gallery, to exhibit film and video, photography, sound and other media-based work. This is a light space with ample daylight, which has flexible walls for hanging of works, which can also accommodate moving image work. We also have a cinema-style screening room which can be used for short films, videos and digital work. 

*CFP* CALL FOR PAPERS AND AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS, MOVIE: A JOURNAL OF FILM CRITICISM

Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism is the successor to the seminal journal MOVIE (1962-2000). We are a peer-reviewed, open access scholarly journal dedicated to publishing rigorous but accessible work that is concerned with the aesthetics of film and television style, close textual analysis, and/or the theory and practice of evaluating works of film and television.

This year the journal is moving to a rolling publication model. Submissions will be accepted and published throughout the year. Each Issue number will be associated with the year of publication.