3rd COMICS CONFERENCE IN MYTILENE

Nightswan

UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN

Department of Cultural Technology and Communication

CALL FOR PAPERS
3rd COMICS CONFERENCE IN MYTILENE
Fearful Symmetry:Comics, Politics and New Technologies

The Department of Cultural Technology and Communication and the ICONOTOPIA group for the historical and theoretical research of comics announce the Department’s 3rd Conference on the History and Theory of Comics, titled “Fearful Symmetry: Comics, Politics and New Technologies". The conference will take place from October 30 to November 1, 2009 in Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece.

Framework
In the wake of 9/11 and within the context of cultural globalization and the rise of the new media, the art of comics is characterized by significant developments. Thematically, ideologically and stylistically, comics are transformed to enter a brave new world of fearful symmetries. From the overtly political texts (Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, Persepolis, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, Exit Wounds, The Nine-Eleven Report), to comics that, directly or indirectly, tackle contemporary political realities (In the Shadow of No Towers, Blankets, Pride of Baghdad, The Arrival, Y The Last Man, DMZ, Le Monstre, XXe Ciel.com, Civil War, Mourir Au Paradis), to yet others that comment on the effects of contemporary technology or the pangs of contemporary solitude (Epileptic, Black Hole, La Perdida), comics engage in a discussion that concerns us all.

The conference’s topics of discussion are as follows:

• Political Comics
• Political Fiction
• Superheroes in contemporary political reality
• The personal as political: small tragedies
• Politics and Humour
• Ideological Impasses
• Comics and New Technologies: New Means of Expression
• Comics and New Technologies: mixed realities
• New Media Art – Digital Art – Virtual Art: comics as material, as message, as content
• Political expression in comics language

NO FEES ARE CHARGED. TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE PAID BY THE PARTICIPANTS THEMSELVES.

DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: March 1, 2009
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS.

DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF FINAL PAPERS: June 1, 2009 (IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED IN A COLLECTED EDITION)


Exhibition: Visions in Black and White: Comics, Politics and New Technologies
Strictly BLACK AND WHITE works on these themes will be considered.
Size: Α3 or Α4.
Digital Works: 300 dpi analysis and delivery on CD.
Non-Digital Works must be sent insured by the artists, on time and accompanied by a CD with scanned versions of the pages (analysis: 300 dpi).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTWORK: JUNE 1, 2009 (IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CATALOGUE)

Contact Information:

Evi Sampanikou (for the ICONOTOPIA Group)
Μόνιμη Επίκουρος Καθηγήτρια
Τμήμα Πολιτισμικής Τεχνολογίας και Επικοινωνίας – Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου
Αλκαίου και Θεοφράστου
811 00 ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ

Τηλέφωνα Επικοινωνίας:
Γραφείο: 22510 36618
Κινητό: 6944792720
Fax: 22510 36609
URL: http://www.aegean.gr/culturaltec
E-mail: [URL="mailto:e.sampanikou(a)ct.aegean.gr"]e.sampanikou(a)ct.aegean.gr[/URL]

Για Επικοινωνία επίσης:
Βαγγελιώ Καβακλή
Επίκουρος Καθηγήτρια
Τμήμα Πολιτισμικής Τεχνολογίας και Επικοινωνίας – Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου
Σαπφούς και Αρίωνος
811 00 ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ

Τηλέφωνα Επικοινωνίας:
Γραφείο: 22510 36612