[spectre] UNNEEDED CONVERSATIONS - PORTO MAY 2010 - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

[miguel leal]

UNNEEDED CONVERSATIONS – Theory and Practice of Art

PORTO, PORTUGAL, MAY 10-14,  2010 - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

http://unneeded.fba.up.pt

The first edition of the international conference “UNNEEDED  
CONVERSATIONS – Theory and Practice of Art” will be held in May 2010  
in the city of Porto, Portugal. Organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts  
of University of Porto (FBAUP), this conference aims at establishing  
an intellectual platform to discuss fluidity of contemporary art  
practice through a series of interdisciplinary interventions. Held in  
school of arts, UNNEEDED CONVERSATIONS is also meant at being a  
connection axis between different contexts by interconnecting and  
mixing different forms and approaches.

The 2010 edition of UNNEEDED CONVERSATIONS will have three main  
topics for debate — UNTANGLE: The Future Past of Media Art;  
UNSUSPICIOUS: The Politics of Aesthetics; UNCUT: Time-Based Art —  
which are at the core of today’s problems of art practice. At the  
same time, those topics will also be addressed so that they will  
contribute to the conceptual definition of the recent multimedia/ 
intermedia branch in FBAUP courses.

The conferences will be held in an old cinema of Porto city center  
(Cinema Passos Manuel), which is only a five minute walk from the  
Faculty of Fine Arts, and they will be divided into two categories:  
Talks and Conversations. The first ones — a more conventional format  
– will take place in the afternoon, and Conversations — a more hybrid  
format — will take place in the evening.

A simultaneous program will include exhibitions, workshops,  
screenings or concerts in different places in the city center and at  
the Faculty of Fine Arts.

After the conference a book will be published – UNNEEDED TEXTS / Vol.  
one – including both the papers presented and further relevant  
documentation on the event. A call for papers to be included in this  
book is now open. Papers will be blind-peer reviewed by a panel of  
international referees. The book will be fully published in English  
in print and electronic format.



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More info:

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http://unneeded.fba.up.pt
Cordination: Fernando José Pereira e Miguel Leal -  
org at unneeded.fba.up.pt

Office: Ana Reis - areis at unneeded.virose.pt

Submissions (texts) - texts at unneeded.virose.pt

Registration - registration at unneeded.virose.pt




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Registration

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The previous registration for the conference can be made directly at  
FBAUP's Office or by e-mail.
If made by e-mail the registration fee (in euros) must transfered to  
the following bank account:

NIB: 003507480000126103068
IBAN: PT50003507480000126103068
BIC: CGDIPTPL

Please indicate the word UNNEEDED and your name when transferring the  
money.
The registration form and the bank receipt should then be sent to  
<registration at unneeded.virose.pt>

Registration until April, 15: UP community - 25 euros | all the  
others - 35 euros
Registration after April, 15: UP community - 35 euros | all the  
others - 45 euros

The registration gives access to all the 1o conferences and also to  
the activities included in the simultaneous programme, except for the  
workshops.

More information:
<registration at unneeded.virose.pt>



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UNNEEDED CONVERSATIONS - Practice and Theory of Art
Part One | Porto, 10th-15th May 2010
<http://unneeded.fba.up.pt/>
<office at unneeded.virose.pt>

Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto | Faculty of Fine  
Arts - University of Porto
Avenida Rodrigues de Freitas - 265  |  4049-021 Porto Portugal
Room PA 406
http://www.fba.up.pt
t: +351 225192400
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