CFP: The Graphic Conscience (APS-Sponsored Session at the 2021 CAA Annual Conference, New York, 10-13 Feb 2021)
“The Graphic Conscience” calls for papers addressing transhistorical and transnational case studies of print as a tool for raising public consciousness. This session critically considers the ethics of print, inherent in the medium’s daily use-value beyond its function as a rarified fine-art object in a museum. Democratic in nature, print communicates through text and/or image as well as through its multiplicity. In considering the “graphic conscience” – or the social responsibility – of print, this session will celebrate the medium’s impacts on everyday life. The framework for this session responds to the thesis of the 2011 publication Philagrafika: The Graphic Unconscious, which reflected on the formal characteristics of print and argued for its assimilation within art at large. Papers can address a wide range of art historical as well as visual and material culture examples, including but not limited to Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses of 1517; the seventeenth century etchings of Jacques Callot’s Les Grandes Misères de la guerre; the didactic agitprop of Taller de Gráfica Popular in late 1930s Mexico; and the commercially-produced postcards mailed to Americans by the Centers for Disease Control in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Prints of all techniques – from Renaissance woodblocks to contemporary risograph zines – are eligible. Papers engaging post-colonial critique and/or topics from outside North America and Europe are strongly encouraged. Practice-based papers by artists, giving us a perspective from inside the studio or printshop, are particularly welcomed.
Session Chair:
Ksenia Nouril, PhD, Jensen Bryan Curator, The Print Center, Philadelphia
ksenia.nouril@gmail.com // @kaysenyah // @theprintcenter
While the logistics of the 2021 CAA conference are still to be determined, in order to apply, please submit a completed proposal form (available at the 'External Link' below; inclusive of abstract), a CV (max. 2 pages), and, if applicable, documentation (max. 5 images) to session chair Ksenia Nouril, PhD at ksenia.nouril@gmail.com before Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
Please note that a paper that has been published previously or presented at another scholarly conference may not be delivered at the CAA Annual Conference. Additional FAQs can be found here:
https://www.collegeart.org/programs/conference/FAQ
Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information. Thank you!
Session Chair:
Ksenia Nouril, PhD, Jensen Bryan Curator, The Print Center, Philadelphia
ksenia.nouril@gmail.com // @kaysenyah // @theprintcenter
While the logistics of the 2021 CAA conference are still to be determined, in order to apply, please submit a completed proposal form (available at the 'External Link' below; inclusive of abstract), a CV (max. 2 pages), and, if applicable, documentation (max. 5 images) to session chair Ksenia Nouril, PhD at ksenia.nouril@gmail.com before Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
Please note that a paper that has been published previously or presented at another scholarly conference may not be delivered at the CAA Annual Conference. Additional FAQs can be found here:
https://www.collegeart.org/programs/conference/FAQ
Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information. Thank you!
Relevant research areas: North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Australia, Middle East, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Contemporary, Book arts, Collograph, Digital printmaking, Engraving, Etching, Letterpress, Lithography, Monoprinting, Papermaking, Relief printing, Screenprinting
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