Art/Science/Technology Conference in Greece

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University organizes for the second year in a row the interdisciplinary conference “Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science”, including theoretical and artwork presentations. The conference continues to focus: a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality – as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, b) in the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.

Conference held 26-28 May 2017 at Ionian University, Corfu Greece

Deadline for proposals: February 28, 2017

 See website for complete details on schedule, speakers, and registration

“Art is, in so many ways, a reflection of reality, its glorification as well as its challenger, in an instinctive understanding that nothing is stable despite the effort to keep a balance between the comfort of belief and the delusion of control. Art and science interrelations are not always clear and one could have the impression that the artist seems more permeable to the influence of science than the scientist to the influence of art. This year’s conference is dedicated to all those who keep pushing the limits further than the next gadget and understand the essential role of fantasy when synchronized with reality. One step further, one more time, knowing that the truly opening dimension might be towards the voyaging of consciousness.”

Submissions are welcome from all art and research fields with emphasis on filmmaking, illustration, video art, sound art/electroacoustic music, photography, animation, videogames, computer art, installation art, performance art, bio art, net.art, electronic art, robotic art and cutting-edge technology in art research.

Suggested, but not exclusive topics, are those associated, with:

• Chemistry of the mind, natural healers and mind enhancement
• Post gender, transgressive identities and social models
• Cyborg, augmentation and bοdy modification
• Psycho-pharmacology, somatechnology and post-humanism
• Human-like machines, uncanny valley and sex technology
• Biopunk, hybridity and aesthetics of mutation
• Biotechnology, biophysics and music technology

Submissions: must be sent electronically through the EasyChair submissions system and include the following:

• an abstract (which should be no more than 500 words),
• presentation title,
• author(s)/artist(s) name(s), affiliation(s),
• e-mail address(es),
• up to 5 keywords, along with a short CV /resume (no more than 150 words),
• type of presentation: paper, poster or artwork presentation,

Proposals for artwork presentations should also include one or more links pointing to documentation material (photos, video, audio, etc.). Links like Dropbox or Google Drive can be used, but links with an expiration date (ex. Wetransfer) are not acceptable. In addition, if the link has a password, it should be included too.

Proposals for poster presentations should also include one link pointing to the a draft poster in pdf format uploaded in a cloud storage service. Links like Dropbox or Google Drive can be used, but links with an expiration date (ex. Wetransfer) are not acceptable. In addition, if the link has a password, it should be included too. Draft poster in PDF: A3 (29,7 × 42 cm) maximum 5 Mb / 200 dpi in CMYK colour mode. Please save the file as surname-name.pdf.