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CFP: Midwest Art History Society - Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: How
Artwork's Scale is Effected by Infinite Reproducibility
Location: Nebraska, United States
Call for Papers Deadline: 2009-12-15
Date Submitted: 2009-10-26
Announcement ID: 171507
Call for Papers - Midwest Art History Society
Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: How Artwork's Scale is Effected by
Infinite Reproducibility
Omaha, NE - April 8-10, 2010
Proposals are due to session chairs on or before December 15. They should be no
more than 250 words, single-spaced, and sent by e-mail as MSWord files.
Submitters should indicate MAHS in the subject heading of their e-mails. All
papers presented at the MAHS conference must be in Powerpoint and ready for
digital projection.
Please send all submissions - as well as any questions you may have - to Liz
Murphy Thomas:
thomas.liz@uis.edu
Walter Benjamin's seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical
Reproduction" became the basis of much of the 20th century's discourse
surrounding the effects of reproduction on the concept of originality in
artworks. Now in the 21st century we enter the age of digital reproduction
that, while seemingly similar to mechanical reproduction, is inherently
different. Mechanical reproduction allowed for the concept of the "copy" which
conversely implied an "original." In digital production, there is no original,
only data - data that can exist in infinite replication. Almost 50 years after
Benjamin, Paul Virilio writes of Dromology, or the science of speed, and the
ability of technology to compress distance, space and time. Digital production
eradicates the limitations of distance, space and time by the very nature of
binary data and lossless reproduction. This lossless reproduction capability
creates an environment where imagery can be reproduced identically not only in
one location, but simultaneously anywhere in the world.
How does this lossless/spaceless aspect of the digital medium affect the
production of artwork? This session invites scholars and image-makers to
discuss the nature of images today and to share written and creative works that
explore concepts related to digital reproduction.
Presenters should remember to attach a c.v. and indicate their MAHS membership
status. All participants must be MAHS members in the 2010 calendar year.
Graduate students submitting proposals should do so with the approval of their
adviser. Please provide the name and e-mail address of your academic adviser in
your initial proposal. Graduate students whose papers are accepted may apply to
the Charles D. Cuttler Student Travel Fund for assistance. Please contact the
MAHS Treasurer if you would like further information.
Registration forms for the conference and membership materials will be
available soon at the Midwest Art History website. See mahsonline.org
Liz Murphy Thomas
Assistant Professor of Art: Digital Media
University of Illinois Springfield
Email: thomas.liz@uis.edu
Visit the website at http://www.mahsonline.org
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