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CFP: Session at AAH 2023: "Chance and Controll Today" (London, April 12-14, 2023)

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Posted by: J. F. Oberlin University/Keio University
Deadline: Fri, November 4th, 2022

CFP: "Chance and Control Today"

Session at Association for Art History (AAH) 2023 Annual Conference, April 12-14, 2023, University College London

Deadline for Paper Proposals: November 4, 2022

Session Convenor:
Taisuke Edamura, J. F. Oberlin University/Keio University, Japan, kulitayuga@gmail.com

The diminishment of authorial intention has been a key tenet of artistic movements since the early twentieth century, the time that saw the emergence of artists experimenting with chance as a provocative source of creativity. Chance remains crucial as a tool not only to mitigate ‘the sway of the Author’ (Roland Barthes) as a sole determinant of what his or her creation is meant to be, but to explore the complex interactions between human and non-human agencies in wider contexts. A good example of this lies in Olafur Eliasson’s recent eco-critical works, such as Memories from the Critical Zone (Germany-Poland-Russia-China-Japan, nos. 1-12) (2020) and a body of watercolours drawn by the melting of glacial ice. These works attempt to reconcile a reduced exercise in authorial control with an examination of human impact on the environment. Another example is found in the exploration of chance and control in computer-based art that can prompt a critical imagination of wide-ranging consequences brought by the transfer of dominance from human to technology.

Beyond the aesthetic positivism of reduction or automation, this session seeks to provide a larger picture of how the use of chance in art can contribute to a better understanding of contemporary issues in culture and society. Invited are papers that address recent as well as earlier explorations of chance (and its related concepts) with a focus on themes which include, but are not limited to: art in the age of climate change; human-technology interaction; wild resilience and the urban environment; the materiality of nature; chance and participation.

Please submit your paper proposals directly to the session convenor (kulitayuga@gmail.com) by 4 November 2022. Provide a title and abstract for a 20 minute paper (max. 250 words). Include your name, affiliation (if any) and email. You should receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your submission within two weeks.

For the Conference details, please visit https://forarthistory.org.uk/conference/2023-annual-conference/#forarthistory2023.

Posted on Fri, October 14th, 2022
Expires on Fri, November 4th, 2022

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