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Call for proposals | The Dynamics of Darkness in the North
The Dynamics of Darkness in the North. Natural, Artificial, Cultural
A scientific and artistic multidisciplinary international event
February 26-28, 2015, Reykjavík, Iceland
Call for proposals — September 30th, 2014
The United Nations has declared 2015 the International Year of Light and thus we are curious to explore the infinite choreographies of darkness and light that affect everyday experiences of people inhabiting the North. The aim of this scientific and artistic, multidisciplinary international conference is to bring together different perspectives and to create conversations between different groups of audiences, ranging from students and academics to artists and the general public. Academics, artists, designers and creative entrepreneurs are invited to submit proposals for papers, installations or performances that address the conference theme by September 30th, 2014.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Quality of darkness
• Darkness and light in architecture
• Urban Winter lighting
• Northern lights
• Living in the seasons of darkness in the North
• Playing with shadows
• Physical and psychological effects of darkness
• Feeling darkness
• Expressions of darkness
• Oral cultures and storytelling in long dark Winters
• Dark histories
• Dark tourism
• Darkness as matter
• Moving through darkness
• The flow of darkness
Please submit your proposal before September 30th, 2014 with a title and a description of a maximum of 250 words to imaginairedunord@uqam.ca, including your professional affiliation and status, postal and email addresses. Proposals for artistic presentations, i.e. performance, installation or the exhibition of visual, sound or digital material, should contain a description of the creative concept and the artist’s intent, in addition to spatial and technological needs. All presentations will be limited to 20 minutes. Proposals should be written in English, which will be the language of the event. Answers will be sent by November 1st, 2014.
Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation costs. A contribution fee of 20 000 ISK (130€, 190$CAD) will be requested for speakers and participants, to cover organization, registration, program, and coffee breaks.
This event is co-organized by the Department of Geography and Tourism at the University of Iceland, the International Laboratory for the Multidisciplinary Study of Representations of the North at the Université du Québec à Montreal, and the Iceland Academy of the Arts, in cooperation with the Nordic House in Reykjavík, the Embassy of Canada in Iceland and the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises.
Conference committee
Daniel Chartier, Université du Québec à Montréal; Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson, University of Iceland; Katrín Anna Lund, University of Iceland; Ólöf Gerður Sigfúsdóttir, Iceland Academy of the Arts; Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson, University of Iceland; Karen Möller Sívertsen, University of Iceland, Hildigunnur Sverrisdóttir, Iceland Academy of the Arts; Þuríður Helga Kristjánsdóttir, the Nordic House, Reykjavík and Stewart Wheeler, the Embassy of Canada in Iceland.
Icelandic Art Center
