New Modes of
Art Writing 2
Intersections of the Critical and the Creative Voice
Friday 10th November 2017
Is there a space where creating and experiencing art
meets and converges with writing? If so, what is this
space? And how might we theorize it? How can we
use writing to explore the varied forms of visual arts
practices? And how might we incorporate and situate
writing within the context of our artistic research, and the
wider practices of the arts and humanities?
We would like to examine how art may incorporate
different forms of writing to consider how traditional
positions of objectivity and subjectivity can be challenged
and whether there are ways of bridging the gap between
different writing practices, in order for new forms to
emerge.
New Modes of Art Writing 2 intends to provide a space
where we might rethink writing as a further agency of our
creative practice, encouraging exploration of its potential
as an artistic form and as a method of critical enquiry.
The one day symposium aims to encourage regional,
national and international applications from PhD
researchers and independent scholars. We invite
applicants to submit abstracts for 20-minute papers,
performances or to run a workshop.
Subjects and topics may be drawn from the list below, but
please dont view this as prescriptive or exhaustive:
* Encountering art through writing
* Performative writing about art
* Critical writing about art
* Art Historical Writing
* Self-life writing responding to Art Practice
* Ekphrasis: Writing from the visual
* Writing as visual arts practice
* Auto-ethnography. Writing from personal experience
in order to understand cultural experience.
Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words for
for 20-minute papers, performances or to run a workshop
together with a 200 word biography by Friday 1st
September 2017 via email to
newmodesofartwriting@harts.online
Questions and expressions of interest can also be
addressed for the attention of Gary Spicer at the same
email address in advance of the deadline.
For further information: visit the conference website
http://newmodesofartwriting.harts.online/
Best regards,
Gary Spicer
For the New Modes of Art Writing organising committee