Beyond Application? Immanent Encounters between Philosophy & the Arts
27th Jan 2017 10:00am-5:00pm
Proposals from TECHNE PhD students are invited for the one day symposium:
Beyond Application? Immanent Encounters between Philosophy & the Arts
University of Surrey, Guildford
Friday 27th January 2017
10am-5pm
Invited contributors:
Bojana Cvejić
Andrew Bowie
William Brown
John Ó Maoilearca
Efrosini Protopapa
This interdisciplinary symposium seeks to explore the question of how
philosophy and the arts might encounter one another in ways that challenge the
tendency towards application - for instance, when the arts are treated as
illustrative of extant, transcendent philosophical ideas rather than as
generating their own, new philosophy immanently. We want to examine
the relationship between these ideas - as explored in Film-Philosophy,
Performance Philosophy, Dance and Music scholarship - and the notion of
'practice as research', alongside contemporary concerns with the form and
methods of philosophy insofar as it might seek to be a philosophy of immanence.
At the same time, the event aims to consider to what extent it is possible or
even desirable to 'escape' application in this sense and to provide a platform
for both scholarship and practical research confronting the value and challenge
of bringing philosophy and the arts together.
The organizers invite proposals from TECHNE PhD students of any discipline
concerned with:
- The relationship between philosophy or "theory" and the arts (particularly artistic practice)
- Critiques and defences of the application / illustration paradigm
- The debates surrounding the notion of 'film as philosophy', 'music as philosophy', 'performance as philosophy' and related ideas of 'practice as research', art as a way of thinking, etc.
- The concepts of immanence and transcendence in philosophy
Proposals can be for presentation in a range of forms and durations, including but not limited to:
- 20 minute presentations including papers, short performances, presentations including demonstration/performance/screening etc., followed by 10 minutes of questions;
- 30 minute practical, participatory workshops
However, please note that organizers are also
open to accommodating proposals to present research in other forms and
durations - such as installation, intervention etc.
Please submit a max. 200 word abstract outlining your proposed contribution
along with a max. 100 word bio, any space or technical requests and details re.
numbers of participants if you are proposing a workshop - to l.cull@gsa.surrey.ac.uk by the 30th
October.
In terms of space and technical requirements, specialist resources (eg. sprung
floor, pianos) are available but please keep requests to a minimum and be
prepared to be as self-sufficient as possible.
Deadline for proposals: 30th Oct 2016
Decisions by: 15th November 2016
Dr. Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca
Reader in Theatre & Performance
Director, Centre for Performance Philosophy
Department of Acting and Performance, GSA
University of Surrey
Guildford, UK
http://www.performancephilosophy.org/