[artinfo] CfP: Trans-what? symposium

[Geoff Cox]

Trans - what?
across and beyond (artistic) research
transart institute symposium
http://www.transart.org/transartfest/trans-what/

Sunday 28 July 2013 @ Supermarkt, Berlin

Call for papers/proposals (deadline 15 May 2013)

The prefix 'trans-' points to some of the problems of universal 
concepts and ongoing boundary disputes between epistemes. It modifies 
the meaning of what it is attached to: transaction, transcription, 
transgression, translocation, transmission, translation, 
transdisciplinarity, to name only a few of the many examples in 
contemporary culture. Transart Institute positions itself in these 
alternative name-spaces where art practice, knowledge production, and 
research processes operate in the tensions between, across, through, 
and beyond establishing paradigms. Rather than prefixing meaning, 
Hito Steyerl talks about artistic research speaking several languages 
at once - and as "an act of translation". But if this is the case, 
the symposium asks how do we further translate 'trans' to account for 
the apparent normalisation of its application?

As part of an ongoing process of developing a research community and 
network, we are organising our first symposium in a series of 
bi-annual events. In doing this, we wish to be reflexive (not least 
about the use of the term trans-art), and invite researchers, 
artist-researchers, artists, and others, to explore some of these 
acts of translation.

We are seeking proposals from researchers, artists, 
artist-researchers, curators, and academics for short papers or 
alternative forms of presentation such as performance-lectures. 
Submissions might relate to the following as a point of departure and 
as a possible structure for the symposium:

- modes of communication and exchange (trans-actions, trans-missions).
- forms and paradigms through which artistic research operates 
(trans-criptions, trans-disciplinarities)
- spaces in which knowledge is formed, produced and disseminated 
(trans-locations)
- the deeper consequences of changing something to something else 
(trans-gressions, trans-formations, translations)...

We hope to uncover alternative models of knowledge production; to 
excavate relatively forgotten histories of attempts to rethink 
organizational and institutional structures; to explore the potential 
of technological paradigms to redefine possibilities; and reveal 
examples of non-traditional methods, use of non-textual language, 
speculations, and actions.

DEADLINE for proposals: 15 May 2013

- Notification of acceptance will be announced: 31 May 2013
- Paper proposals should consist of an abstract (300 words) with 
title + biographies (100 words) in preparation for a 20 minute 
presentation
- Alternative forms of presentations should consist of a proposal 
(300 words) with weblinks as appropriate to visuals, performances, 
etc.
- Submissions and all inquiries regarding submissions should be made 
to henmi at transart.org
- Proposals will be reviewed by faculty from Transart Institute, 
Aarhus University and Plymouth University.

-- 
geoff cox
http://www.anti-thesis.net/