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CINEMA AND TECHNOLOGY Conference
April 2005
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
The Institute for Cultural Research at Lancaster University in the United
Kingdom will host a major international conference around the broad theme
of "Cinema and Technology". The conference will take place at Lancaster
University and nearby venues from 6 to 9 April 2005.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
Marie-Luise Angerer - Kunsthochschule Medien/Kunst- und
Medienwissenschaften, Köln
Lisa Cartwright - Department of Communication, University of California-San
Diego
James Elkins - Art History and Criticism, University of Chicago
Thomas Elsaesser - Department of Media and Culture, University of Amsterdam
Conference aims:
Our aim is to address the digitisation of the film image and the
consequences of this process for theories of history, subjectivity, agency
and perception. Within this general framework, participants will be
encouraged to engage with the dematerialisation of the film image, the uses
of digital cameras, the forms of contemporary cinematic experience, and
revisionist debates about the meanings of technology. The conference will
feature two major plenary sessions and a range of parallel sessions
focusing on such issues as:
ˇ The digital imagination
ˇ Changing forms of cinematic consumption
ˇ Histories of film technologies
ˇ The apparatus and technologies of vision
ˇ Cinema/technology/ideology
ˇ Sound and light in cinema
ˇ The politics of cinema technologies
ˇ Technologies of new media
ˇ Other related topics
We are also planning a series of related events in and around Lancaster
that highlight the conference themes in a more informal setting, including
a public lecture by a film industry figure, a film premiere, and a tour of
cinema-related venues in the Lake District.
Proposals:
Scholars in any discipline are invited to submit proposals for papers that
address the implications of technology for cinematic practice and
theory. Proposals for preconstituted panels are also welcomed. Proposal
should include: provisional title, an abstract of up to 250 words, your
name and contact details (including an email address), and should be sent
to June Rye ([log in to unmask]) by 1 September 2004.
For further details and updates, visit
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/events/cinematech/cinematech.php
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