Symposium: The Shock of the New: Modern Materials, Media and Methods

Call for Papers and Posters

 

"The Shock of the New: Modern Materials, Media and Methods"

Melbourne Museum

Melbourne, Australia

8-10 February 2017

 

The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) Objects and Electron Special Interest Groups will host this symposium on the theme The Shock of the New: Modern Materials, Media and Methods, encompassing the following areas of research and enquiry:

 

Media art

Contemporary art

Digital collections

Modern materials

New or innovative use of conservation materials or practice

 

The program is expected to consist of two days of presentations and one day of workshops.

 

The organising committee now welcomes abstracts of 250 words for papers, lightning talks and posters.  Paper presentations should be tailored to 20 minutes in length.  Presenters are encouraged to submit papers for publication in the AICCM Bulletin.  Lightning talks should be tailored to approximately 5 minutes in length with an abstract for publishing in the symposium program.  Posters will be hard copy format with abstracts published in the symposium program.

 

To submit your abstract, send it to kpalmer@museum.vic.gov.au by close of business on Friday 28 October 2016.

 

Convenors: Helen Privett, Somaya Langley, Stuart Fuller, Gerald Preiss, Bronwyn Dunn, Di Whittle and Karina Palmer.