[artinfo] TRASH postgraduate conference & art show

[Arpad Bak]

--- On Fri, 6/15/12, Rachel Wood <R.Wood at SUSSEX.AC.UK> wrote:

From: Rachel Wood <R.Wood at SUSSEX.AC.UK>
Subject: [ACS] CFP: TRASH postgraduate conference
To: ACS at uta.fi
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012, 2:32 PM



 
 
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Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies presents:
 
  

TRASH 

A one day postgraduate conference at the University of Sussex 

Friday 14th September 2012 

Trash operates as a physical and symbolic manifestation of consumer
 society and its associated debris; it celebrates the filthy, excessive and grotesque; and it expresses how power communicates and classifies abject bodies. It not only describes the devaluation of trash culture, but it also refers to the material practices
 and processes through which we deal with ‘waste’ in all its forms.  

In this one day postgraduate conference we propose to rummage through
 the trash heap of history, art, media, culture, politics, and society in order to uncover new scholarly approaches and methods that continue to appropriate and recycle theories of trash.
 

We welcome papers from postgraduate researchers considering the
 decayed, disposed of, degraded and decried from a range of academic disciplines. 

To coincide with
TRASH at the University of Sussex the conference organisers will also be curating an evening of art, film and music in central Brighton on Thursday 13th September. The evening will be the welcome event for the conference and it will
 also provide the opportunity to engage with and network around the theme of trash outside of the academy.
 

We are seeking proposals for a range of contribution formats to
 be considered for either the conference or the evening event: 

·        
The following format
 will be considered for the one day conference at the University of Sussex on Friday 14th September: 

Ø 
20 minute paper presentations. 

·        
The following practise
 formats will be considered for the evening event in central Brighton on Thursday 13th September: 

Ø 
Short film, video art
 and animation. 

Ø 
Art, art installation,
 performance and photography. 

Please send a Word document to sccs-conf at sussex.ac.uk
by Monday 16th July 2012 containing the following information: 

·        
Your name, institution
 and contact information. 

·        
The format in which
 you wish to present your work (see above). 

·        
3-5 key words that indicate
 the main focus of your work. 

·        
A 400 word abstract
 detailing the content of your work. 

·        
A 100 word biography. 

We also have two bursaries of £50 available to postgraduate students
 who will be travelling from outside Brighton and contributing to the conference. If you wish to apply for a bursary please attach a separate Word document containing a 200 word statement. Please explain how and why attending this conference will benefit your
 research and include an estimate of your costs. 

Conference registration will open in July, please check the blog
 for details. The conference fees are £10 or £5 (students). 

Email:
sccs-conf at sussex.ac.uk 

Blog:
http://sussextrashconference.wordpress.com/ 

Twitter:
@SCCS_ 

All the best from the conference team. 
 





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