RIGA CFP
THIS CALL HAS CLOSED.
The Lost-and-Found: Revising Art Stories in Search of Potential Changes
Riga, 6th & 7th June 2024
This is a Call for Contributions for the event in Riga, where we will focus on the mattering of matter with/in art (his-, her-, it-, their-) stories, theories and practices. While the overarching thematic focus of the International Symposium remains the same (the description can be found here), in Riga we will specifically address the lost and found materialities and affects that enable creation of safe, caring, attentive and hospitable communities, relations and communications. We will include artistic, curatorial, institutional, and academic practices and artistic research that engage with art objects, artworks, collectives, and exhibitions that investigate the third thematic constellation entitled CLAWS, FUR and SHELL, after Wisława Szymborska’s poem inspiring all three events, A Speech at the Lost-And-Found (1972). We seek individual or collaborative contributions and for creative panels, to imagine alternative presentation formats and prioritise contributions that address the following issues:
● The role of materiality in creating, performing and using (safe, hospitable and shared) refugia;
● The agency of matter in building inclusive and holistic relations;
● The ability of matter to act sensorially, affectively, the safe revealing of vulnerability;
● Textures and textiles, weaving communities and enabling novel and alternative ways of seeing and imagining in sensitive responses to current urgencies and crises.
We welcome contributions that imagine alternative presentation formats and prioritise dialogue, object-based encounters and interventions that occur outside of the institution. These may include, but are not limited to, workshops and strolls (itineraries proposed by participants should reflect on the issues mobilised by their contributions); gift giving and/ or sharing. We are happy to discuss and support any creative ideas prior to proposal submissions.
We encourage activities that are dialogical and collaborative, responding to the above themes and, if possible, attentive to the specific spaces within Riga.
Contributions must be on material that has not already been published. A prospective presenter must also be willing to develop the proposed contribution into either a book chapter or journal article, should it be selected for inclusion in a publication. Contributions must be in English.
The deadline for sending abstracts is 2nd April 2024.
Please send a proposal with ‘The-Lost-and-Found’ in the subject line to: [email protected].
Submit a single document with the following information:
a title for your contribution;
1. abstract up to 300 words in length; please specify the type of contribution (for example, individual or collaborative presentation, 2. panel, object-based workshop, walkshop, stroll, gift giving and/or sharing);
3. a short biography, including your current institutional affiliation (up to 150 words).
Applicants will be notified of decisions by mid-April 2024.
Conference fee is 100 EUR; 75 EUR for Ph.D. students.
Scientific Committee:
Agnieszka Patała (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Anna Markowska (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Basia Sliwinska (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
Janis Taurens (Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
Margarida Brito Alves (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
ORGANISERS
The Symposium is organized collaboratively between the University of Wrocław (Poland), the Polish Institute of World Art Studies, Instituto de História da Arte - NOVA University Lisbon (Portugal) and the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga (Latvia). The general concept of this event was conceived within the framework of the project ‘Residua of pre-modern relations with art in selected contemporary convents in Lesser Poland and Lower Silesia’ financed by the National Centre of Science (nr 2021/41/B/HS2/03148).
The event in Riga is funded by the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Latvia, project “Cultural and creative ecosystem of Latvia as a resource for resilience and sustainability”/CERS, project No. VPP-MM-LKRVA-2023/1-0001.
THIS CALL HAS CLOSED.
The Lost-and-Found: Revising Art Stories in Search of Potential Changes
Riga, 6th & 7th June 2024
This is a Call for Contributions for the event in Riga, where we will focus on the mattering of matter with/in art (his-, her-, it-, their-) stories, theories and practices. While the overarching thematic focus of the International Symposium remains the same (the description can be found here), in Riga we will specifically address the lost and found materialities and affects that enable creation of safe, caring, attentive and hospitable communities, relations and communications. We will include artistic, curatorial, institutional, and academic practices and artistic research that engage with art objects, artworks, collectives, and exhibitions that investigate the third thematic constellation entitled CLAWS, FUR and SHELL, after Wisława Szymborska’s poem inspiring all three events, A Speech at the Lost-And-Found (1972). We seek individual or collaborative contributions and for creative panels, to imagine alternative presentation formats and prioritise contributions that address the following issues:
● The role of materiality in creating, performing and using (safe, hospitable and shared) refugia;
● The agency of matter in building inclusive and holistic relations;
● The ability of matter to act sensorially, affectively, the safe revealing of vulnerability;
● Textures and textiles, weaving communities and enabling novel and alternative ways of seeing and imagining in sensitive responses to current urgencies and crises.
We welcome contributions that imagine alternative presentation formats and prioritise dialogue, object-based encounters and interventions that occur outside of the institution. These may include, but are not limited to, workshops and strolls (itineraries proposed by participants should reflect on the issues mobilised by their contributions); gift giving and/ or sharing. We are happy to discuss and support any creative ideas prior to proposal submissions.
We encourage activities that are dialogical and collaborative, responding to the above themes and, if possible, attentive to the specific spaces within Riga.
Contributions must be on material that has not already been published. A prospective presenter must also be willing to develop the proposed contribution into either a book chapter or journal article, should it be selected for inclusion in a publication. Contributions must be in English.
The deadline for sending abstracts is 2nd April 2024.
Please send a proposal with ‘The-Lost-and-Found’ in the subject line to: [email protected].
Submit a single document with the following information:
a title for your contribution;
1. abstract up to 300 words in length; please specify the type of contribution (for example, individual or collaborative presentation, 2. panel, object-based workshop, walkshop, stroll, gift giving and/or sharing);
3. a short biography, including your current institutional affiliation (up to 150 words).
Applicants will be notified of decisions by mid-April 2024.
Conference fee is 100 EUR; 75 EUR for Ph.D. students.
Scientific Committee:
Agnieszka Patała (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Anna Markowska (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Basia Sliwinska (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
Janis Taurens (Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
Margarida Brito Alves (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
ORGANISERS
The Symposium is organized collaboratively between the University of Wrocław (Poland), the Polish Institute of World Art Studies, Instituto de História da Arte - NOVA University Lisbon (Portugal) and the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga (Latvia). The general concept of this event was conceived within the framework of the project ‘Residua of pre-modern relations with art in selected contemporary convents in Lesser Poland and Lower Silesia’ financed by the National Centre of Science (nr 2021/41/B/HS2/03148).
The event in Riga is funded by the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Latvia, project “Cultural and creative ecosystem of Latvia as a resource for resilience and sustainability”/CERS, project No. VPP-MM-LKRVA-2023/1-0001.
WARSAW CFP
THIS CALL HAS CLOSED.
International Symposium:The lost-and-found: revising art stories in search of potential changes
Warsaw, March 21-23, 2024
This is a Call for Papers for the Warsaw event, where we will explore art reminding us of our shared bonds and interconnections. While the overarching thematic focus of the International Symposium remains the same, in Warsaw, we will specifically address the lost and found relations, and will include artistic, curatorial, institutional, and academic practices and artistic research that engage with art objects, artworks, collectives, and exhibitions that investigate the second thematic constellation entitled SIBLINGS, after Wisława Szymborska’s poem inspiring all three events, A Speech at the Lost-And-Found (1972).
We welcome contributions that address the following issues:
- Alliances, affiliations and relations with and between humans, non-humans and other-than-humans; objects and spaces (actual, historical and virtual/digital); and the potential to challenge outdated and outworn stories and meanings, post-secular approaches;
- Innovative and latent environments for art circulation, reception and participation by audiences, for example, women’s collectives, artist cooperatives, self-organisation, nunneries;
- The role of the arts in fostering potential (new) identities, ancestral connections, alternative understanding of the commons, and enabling relations between humans, animals, plants and the passed away.
Organizing committee: Anna Markowska and Agnieszka Patała (University of Wrocław, Poland), Agnieszka Rejniak-Majewska (University of Łódź, Poland), Jerzy Malinowski (Polish Institute of World Art Studies, Warsaw), Margarida Brito Alves and Basia Sliwinska (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal), Jana Kukaine (Riga Stradins University), and Janis Taurens (Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia).
We invite proposals for the event in Warsaw. The deadline for sending abstracts is 15th December 2023.
Please submit a proposal with the following information:
1. a title for your contribution
2. an abstract up to 300 words in length
3. a short biography, including your current institutional affiliation (up to 150 words)
and send it to: [email protected]
Conference fee: 100 euro (75 euro PhD Students)
Warsaw, March 21-23, 2024
This is a Call for Papers for the Warsaw event, where we will explore art reminding us of our shared bonds and interconnections. While the overarching thematic focus of the International Symposium remains the same, in Warsaw, we will specifically address the lost and found relations, and will include artistic, curatorial, institutional, and academic practices and artistic research that engage with art objects, artworks, collectives, and exhibitions that investigate the second thematic constellation entitled SIBLINGS, after Wisława Szymborska’s poem inspiring all three events, A Speech at the Lost-And-Found (1972).
We welcome contributions that address the following issues:
- Alliances, affiliations and relations with and between humans, non-humans and other-than-humans; objects and spaces (actual, historical and virtual/digital); and the potential to challenge outdated and outworn stories and meanings, post-secular approaches;
- Innovative and latent environments for art circulation, reception and participation by audiences, for example, women’s collectives, artist cooperatives, self-organisation, nunneries;
- The role of the arts in fostering potential (new) identities, ancestral connections, alternative understanding of the commons, and enabling relations between humans, animals, plants and the passed away.
Organizing committee: Anna Markowska and Agnieszka Patała (University of Wrocław, Poland), Agnieszka Rejniak-Majewska (University of Łódź, Poland), Jerzy Malinowski (Polish Institute of World Art Studies, Warsaw), Margarida Brito Alves and Basia Sliwinska (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal), Jana Kukaine (Riga Stradins University), and Janis Taurens (Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia).
We invite proposals for the event in Warsaw. The deadline for sending abstracts is 15th December 2023.
Please submit a proposal with the following information:
1. a title for your contribution
2. an abstract up to 300 words in length
3. a short biography, including your current institutional affiliation (up to 150 words)
and send it to: [email protected]
Conference fee: 100 euro (75 euro PhD Students)
LISBON CFP
THIS CALL HAS CLOSED.
International Symposium:The lost-and-found: revising art stories in search of potential changes
Lisbon, December 6-7, 2023
This is a call for contributions for an International Symposium envisaged as a series of three events in three locations: Lisbon, Warsaw, Riga.
The first event will take place at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, December 6-7, 2023. The following events will take place in Warsaw, March 2024, and in Riga, June 2024.
It is envisaged that selected contributions from the symposium will be developed into either an edited book or a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal.
Proposals
We seek individual or collaborative contributions and for creative panels, to imagine alternative presentation formats and prioritise dialogue, object-based encounters and interventions that occur outside of the institution. These may include, but are not limited to, walkshops and strolls (itineraries proposed by participants should reflect on the issues mobilised by their contributions); gift giving and/ or sharing. We are happy to discuss and support any creative ideas prior to proposal submissions.
We encourage activities that are dialogical and collaborative, responding not only to the above themes, but also to those embedded within local contexts or the specific urban spaces of Lisbon, Riga and Warsaw.
Contributions must be on material that has not already been published. A prospective presenter must also be willing to develop the proposed contribution into either a book chapter or journal article, should it be selected for inclusion in a publication. Contributions must be in English.
Please submit your proposal with ‘The-Lost-and-Found’ in the subject line, and send it to [email protected].
The deadline for sending proposals for creative panels is 31st March 2023.
The deadline for sending proposals for individual or collaborative contributions is 15th June 2023.
Please submit a single document with the following information:
Further information here: https://uwr.edu.pl/en/call-for-proposals-symposium-on-art-stories/
Lisbon, December 6-7, 2023
This is a call for contributions for an International Symposium envisaged as a series of three events in three locations: Lisbon, Warsaw, Riga.
The first event will take place at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, December 6-7, 2023. The following events will take place in Warsaw, March 2024, and in Riga, June 2024.
It is envisaged that selected contributions from the symposium will be developed into either an edited book or a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal.
Proposals
We seek individual or collaborative contributions and for creative panels, to imagine alternative presentation formats and prioritise dialogue, object-based encounters and interventions that occur outside of the institution. These may include, but are not limited to, walkshops and strolls (itineraries proposed by participants should reflect on the issues mobilised by their contributions); gift giving and/ or sharing. We are happy to discuss and support any creative ideas prior to proposal submissions.
We encourage activities that are dialogical and collaborative, responding not only to the above themes, but also to those embedded within local contexts or the specific urban spaces of Lisbon, Riga and Warsaw.
Contributions must be on material that has not already been published. A prospective presenter must also be willing to develop the proposed contribution into either a book chapter or journal article, should it be selected for inclusion in a publication. Contributions must be in English.
Please submit your proposal with ‘The-Lost-and-Found’ in the subject line, and send it to [email protected].
The deadline for sending proposals for creative panels is 31st March 2023.
The deadline for sending proposals for individual or collaborative contributions is 15th June 2023.
Please submit a single document with the following information:
- a title for your contribution
- an abstract up to 300 words in length; please specify the type of contribution (for example, individual or collaborative presentation, panel, object-based workshop, walkshop, stroll, gift giving and/ or sharing)
- a short biography, including your current institutional affiliation (up to 150 words)
Further information here: https://uwr.edu.pl/en/call-for-proposals-symposium-on-art-stories/