Issued by Architectural Studies research group - Axis: Dramatic Architectures
Venue: CEAA | Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo [Arnaldo Araújo Research Center] of Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
Confirmed Keynotes:
Dorita Hannah, architect and performance designer, University of Auckland
Rachel Hann, author of Beyond Scenography, University of Surrey
Application deadline: November 12th 2019
Full CfP details here and below:
https://arqdram2020.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html
Outline
Architecture and performing arts always had a close relationship, but their connections are still insufficiently mapped and constitute a promising field of research for scholars and artists.
After the Italian stage that dominated the Western theatre in the last few centuries, the performing arts of today are rediscovering the multiple stage of Renaissance. It is, however, a multiple stage already transformed by technology and society, where the stage can be a screen, a virtual world, a real place, a local community, etc.
The spatial multiplicity opened horizons to the rediscovery of the movement by the performing arts – whether the movement of physical theater, camera movement, movement in space. From the development of site-specific theater, to the presence of screens on stage, to performative experiences in trucks, buses, cars, ships, to the streamed theatre or that is adapted to each venue, space is itself transforming the theatre, which often seeks to transform space itself.
Six years after the Dramatic Architectures. Places of Drama – Drama for Spaces International Conference, which brought together about fifty researchers from different countries, we believe that it is time to reopen the debate, looking at how this field of studies has evolved and which are its current main concerns and more recent developments.
We welcome papers that offer new insights on the topic by exploring themes such as: the use of screens in the performing arts; the relationship between the digital world and the performing arts; the occupation and transformation of real spaces by the performing arts; the role of movement in scenographic spaces; the relation between non-theatrical spaces used for performance and theatre; interactions between scenographic mechanisms and performative arts; micro and mobile theatres, etc.
But we are also interested in creating a theoretical framework based on common ground between architecture and performing arts, such as the problems of space and the use of light as a design device, besides case studies and interpretations of architectural, dramaturgical and performative experiences.
We welcome proposals for 20-minute presentations in English, which should include:
- Title of the proposal
- Applicant’s identification (name, institution, country, position and email)
- Abstract (up to 300 words)
- Short curriculum vitae (up to 100 words)
Proposals must be sent by completing the abstract proposal form available here: https://arqdram2020.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html
Important dates:
Deadline for abstract submission – November 12, 2019
Notification of acceptance of abstract – December 5, 2019
Deadline for full paper submission – January 6, 2020
Papers review – February 11, 2020
Final full paper submission - March 18, 2020
Deadline for Registration – March 18, 2020
Conference – April 22-24, 2020
Conference Registration Fees:
Early registration - until January 7 - 170 euros
Late registration - until March 18 - 220 euros
The conference fees will include 2 lunches, 1 cocktail dinner, coffee breaks and seminar package with a book of abstracts and on line publication of peer reviewed proceedings.
Publication of the Proceedings:
Conference proceedings (with ISBN and URI) will be published on line, under in RCAAP - Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal [Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal], with link to CEAA webpage.
Only peer reviewed accepted papers will be published.
The guidelines for full paper are available in the conference site.
To make it easier for authors the document for author guidelines may be used as a template.
It is crucially important to know that only papers formatted according to the guidelines can be accepted for publication. The other condition for publication is that at least one author of the paper is registered for the conference.
Selected papers can be later invited to publish in a edited book.
Additionally, a signed “copyright license agreement” form - Creative Commons 4.0 Internacional licence (CC-BY) - must be sent at the same time of the full paper submission.
