26 Mar 2013

Call for papers fo the XLVI. AICA International Congress in Košice / Bratislava

We would like to cordially invite you to participace at the XLVI. AICA International Congress.
 
The XLVI. AICA International Congress is organised by the Slovak section AICA, will be held on 24-27 September in Košice the metropolis of eastern Slovakia, and Bratislava, the capital city of the Slovak Republic.

The Congress Theme White Places – Black Holes sets out to analyse the strategies by which lesser-known regions have been and are reflected in the global history of art. How is the local history of art perceived from the centres, and how is the global history of art perceived on the periphery? White Places – Black Holesis a problem permanently present in art history, and features in its own way in every attempt at critical reflection on visual art. Detailed description of Congress theme you could find at: www.aica.sk

The XLVI. AICA International Congress is organised by AICA Slovakia, on the theme, White Places – Black Holes. It will be preceded by an optional Pre-Congress Hiking tour in the High Tatra mountains (20. - 22. September), or Pre-Congress Architectural tour (21. - 22. September) and followed by a Post Congress in Krakow, Poland (29. September - 1. October).

The conference will be held mainly in English, though papers may be given in any of AICA's three languages (English, French, Spanish). Each day there will be two keynote speakers, covering broad aspects of the main theme, followed by short papers and working sessions with the participants.

The AICA Congress Commission invites members, as well as non members, of AICA to submit a short text of 15-20 lines (maximum one page) outlining their proposed approach to the theme of the Congress.

Deadline
Please submit your application online at www.aica.sk, together with a short biography (max. 200 words) by 30. April 2013.

The Commission is responsible for selecting the speakers : Chair, Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton (President, AICA UK), Marek Bartelik (International President, AICA), Niilofur Farrukh (President, AICA Pakistan), Henry Meyric Hughes (Honorary President, AICA) and Patrick Schaefer (Member of AICA Switzerland), Iara Boubnova (President AICA Bulgaria), Richard Gregor (Vice-president AICA Slovakia), Vladimír Beskid (Member of AICA Slovakia, director of EHMK Košice 2013) and Juraj Čarný (President AICA Slovakia, Vice President AICA International). Their decision will be final.

Deadline for a final paper, after selection by the AICA Commission, will be 30. June 2013.

Visuals
There will be video/audio equipment available for lectures, we invite all speakers to support their presentation by visuals. We would like to underline the relationship of art criticism to the visual.

Translation
There will be no simultaneous translation. All original texts will be duplicated, distributed and reviewed in the original language. Speakers' papers must be submitted in advance, in one of AICA's three official languages (English, French, Spanish). These papers will be translated by the organisers into the other languages and distributed at the time of the Congress.

Publication
There will be no book publication but all lectures will be recorded and published online (video/sound/text) on the website of AICA Slovakia (www.aica.sk).

Contact
You will find all necessary information at www.aica.sk; for any enquiries please do not hesitate to contact our colleague Petra Balikova at aica.slovakia@gmail.com.

Partners:  AICA International, The Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013, eGOV systems, Flash Art Czech & Slovak edition, RIDER – Contemporary Art Movement Wall Gazett, , Profil contemporary Art Magazine