The Media Art Histories Board invites applications to host the 9th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology.
The international conference series, which was inaugurated in 2005 in Banff, Canada, has since been held in several international venues around the globe including Berlin in 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool 2011, Riga 2013, Montreal 2015, Krems/Wien 2017 and will be held next August in Aalborg.
The conference series aims to engage the growing community of scholars from a range of disciplines including art history, contemporary art practice, art theory, history of science, history of technology,
science and technology studies, media studies, image science, visual studies, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, sound studies, computer science among others to develop and share new research and scholarship in the intersecting fields of the histories of media art, science and technology. The host of the conference in 2021 will have the opportunity to continue to build on the impressive history of the conference series.
CONFERENCE SERIES MISSION
*Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture,
the conference series on the Histories of Media Art will discuss the
history of media arts within the interdisciplinary and intercultural
contexts of the histories of the arts. Numerous individuals and
institutions collaborate to produce the international art history
conference series covering the media arts, the arts and technology,
art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to the
contemporary arts.*
GUIDELINES, SELECTION CRITERIA AND DEADLINES
Proposals to host the conference will include the following
information:
1. Proposed Dates
2. Proposed Venues (including information on number, capacity and AV
and network capabilities of spaces)
3. Rationale for hosting the conference
4. Host Local Organizing Committee
5. Relevant previous experience (e.g., committee members* experience
in hosting conferences, events, etc.)
6. Publicity Plan
7. Funding / Sponsorship plan
8. Preliminary Budget
Those interested in making a bid to host the conference can download GUIDELINES here
(http://www.mediaarthistory.
Deadline for final submission of proposals:
March 1st, 2019
MAH Advisory Boards final decision for the 2021 host:
May 1st, 2019.
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MediaArtHistory Board (Steering Committee)
Andreas BROECKMANN, Leuphana Universität
Andres BURBANO, Universidad de los Andes
Sean CUBITT, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Oliver GRAU, Danube University
Inge HINTERWALDNER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Erkki HUHTAMO, University of California Los Angeles
Machiko KUSAHARA, Waseda University, Tokyo
Katja KWASTEK, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gunalan NADARAJAN, University of Michigan
Chris SALTER, Concordia University and Hexagram, Montreal
Paul THOMAS, UNSW Sydney
