From mail at garyhall.info Mon Aug 3 12:50:05 2026 From: mail at garyhall.info (Gary Hall) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 11:50:05 +0100 Subject: [spectre] Mundus Immundus: Unworlding, Afterlife, and the Cinema - new open access book Message-ID: <8f2e38e3-f725-4249-a09b-8a810999a967@garyhall.info> Open Humanities Press is delighted to announce the publication of /Mundus Immundus: Unworlding, Afterlife, and the Cinema / by Jens Andermann How is our vanishing world experienced and cathected into affective circuits of fear and enjoyment, mourning and resistance? To consider what Hannah Arendt calls Entweltlichung, or loss of world, this book turns to cinema as an alternate form of thinking (in) the present. Mundus immundus — a central figure in Augustinian theology — offers a key for addressing the clashes and entanglements between the two histories that emplot our catastrophic present: the annihilation, in real time, of a habitable planet, and the becoming-fascist of late-capitalist subjectivities as our way of coexisting with and of enjoying the world’s unworlding. But rather than to industrial cinema’s apocalyptic end-tales and their grand allegories of collapse and resurgence of extractive capitalism and white supremacy, Andermann turns to the neo-regionalist cinemas of the Global South to study unworlding and its afterlives as an interruption or withdrawal of cinematic worldmaking, forcing viewers to “stay with the trouble.” In dialogue with films by Pedro Costa, Lucrecia Martel, Kléber Mendonça Filho, Laura Citarella, Flora Gomes, Lisandro Alonso, and Adirley Queirós, among others, Mundus Immundus inquires about disaster by invoking some of its most illustrious names: Capitalocene (the relationship of mutual devastation that subsumes bodies and environments), Negrocene (the racialized denial of world that has sustained capitalism since its origins), and Thanatocene (the imbrication between technologies of war and extraction, and of these with forms of spectacle and enjoyment founded on destructiveness). But the book also explores the poetics and politics of afterlife — of survivance, re-existence, re-becoming Indigenous — and their manifestations in contemporary cinemas of re-enactment and re-performance. Author Bio Jens Andermann is David B. Kriser Professor in the Humanities at New York University. He is an editor of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies and of the book series SubAtlantic: Latin American, Caribbean, and Luso-African Ecologies (De Gruyter-Brill). He writes about art, literature, film, architecture and politics in Latin America and Luso-Africa. His books in English include Entranced Earth: Art, Extractivism, and the End of Landscape (Northwestern University Press, 2023), New Argentine Cinema (I. B. Tauris, 2011), and The Optic of the State. Visuality and Power in Argentina and Brazil (Pittsburgh 2007), and as co-editor, Handbook of Latin American Environmental Aesthetics (De Gruyter, 2023); Natura. Environmental Aesthetics After Landscape (Diaphanes, 2018), and Latin American Cultural Studies: A Reader (Routledge, 2018). Series /Mundus immundus/is published as part of the CCC2 Irreversibility series, edited by Tom Cohen and Claire Colebrook. https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/series/ccc2-irreversibility Sigi, Gary, David, Joanna -- Gary Hall Professor Emeritus of Media @ Coventry University Founding co-director of Open Humanities Press:http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Blog:http://garyhall.squarespace.com/journal/ Latest: Open Humanities (OHP newsletter):https://openhumanities.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-open-humanities-newsletter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at schoolofma.org Fri Aug 7 08:47:39 2026 From: info at schoolofma.org (Rachel Uwa) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 08:47:39 +0200 Subject: [spectre] Data Stories: Worldbuilding for Collective Agency (Berlin, September) Applications Open! 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URL: From oliver.grau at mediaarthistories.org Wed Aug 12 12:27:00 2026 From: oliver.grau at mediaarthistories.org (oliver.grau at mediaarthistories.org) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:27:00 +0200 Subject: [spectre] =?utf-8?b?Q0ZQOiBSRTpDT05ORUNUIOKAlCBJbnQuIE1lZGlhQXJ0?= =?utf-8?q?Histories_Conference=2C_Helsinki=26Espoo=2C_11=E2=80=931?= =?utf-8?q?4_May_2027=C2=A0?= In-Reply-To: <1346088614.260313.1781332126309@mailbusiness.ionos.de> References: <605278093.128406.1781202403943@mailbusiness.ionos.de> <934601318.259979.1781331307683@mailbusiness.ionos.de> <1536370419.260041.1781331400473@mailbusiness.ionos.de> <1003396154.260215.1781331944311@mailbusiness.ionos.de> <1346088614.260313.1781332126309@mailbusiness.ionos.de> Message-ID: <0c1501dd2a45$1cc93000$565b9000$@mediaarthistories.org> CALL FOR PAPERS RE:CONNECT — The 12th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, 11–14 May 2027 uniarts.fi/en/events/mah2027 Conference Dates: 11–14 May 2027 Submission Deadline: 31 August 2026 The 12th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology will take place in Helsinki and Espoo in 2027 with the theme: “RE: CONNECT — Universe of Images: The Global North Meets the Global South.” In a radically destabilized and increasingly multipolar world, shaped by geopolitical tensions, climate crises, eroding democracies, and shifting global alliances, re:connecting seems more urgent than ever. Rather than signalling a simple return or restitution, the “Re-:” in the conference theme names a critical reworking of relational structures across histories shaped by colonialism, technological dependency, multilingual exchange, and uneven access to cultural and computational infrastructures. Continuing the tradition of the MAH conference series, MAH 2027 engages a growing community of scholars from a range of disciplines including art history, contemporary art practice, art theory, history of science and technology, media studies, image science, visual studies, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, sound studies, and computer science, among others, to develop and share new research and scholarship at the intersecting fields of the histories of media art, science and technology. MAH 2027 is shaped by collaboration across Helsinki and Espoo’s academic, artistic, and cultural institutions. Bringing together universities, museums, and media art organizations, the conference will be situated within a vibrant ecology of artistic research, technological experimentation, and interdisciplinary exchange. MAH 2027 aims to open new dialogues between the so-called Global North and Global South in the areas of media art, research, and technology. With the topical notion “Universe of Images,” it addresses the multiplicity of images and their histories. Rather than searching for one “just image,” MAH 2027 turns toward the plurality of “just images:” imagery that is situated, translated, contested, preserved, refused, or reactivated across distinct cultural and technological contexts. Comprehensive attempts at coordinating and relating incompatibilities and incongruencies are more valuable than ever. With “Universe of Images” as a trigger and entry point, the conference will address the complex ways in which meaning and perception are mediated in contemporary media cultures, where media technologies have evolved beyond human scale and perspective. In terms of media art, digital culture and its research, this implies a cluster of challenges and future perspectives–and a heightened need to reconnect with the invaluable resources of multilocal traditions. We invite participants to address and challenge these concerns from the perspective of their disciplines, guided by the following subthemes:  Media art histories across the so-called Global North and Global South • alternative modernities and uneven histories of technological development • postcolonial, decolonial, and non-aligned media art histories Equal and sustainable media structures locally and globally • multilingualism, translation, and transcultural media practices • diasporic networks, queer and feminist internationalisms, and transnational alliances • mediatechnological mechanisms of governance Images in the era of technological transition • histories of vision and its prostheses e.g. machine vision, algorithmic perception, and synthetic visual culture • the technological unconscious, distributed cognition and artistic thinking  • preservation and archiving of media art Submission Guidelines  Participants will be asked to enter an abstract, keywords, and a short bio through the submission form, according to the following guidelines: Abstract: 600—800 words describing the research objectives, methodology, and key arguments. Submissions will be reviewed anonymously. Please do not include author names, affiliations, or other identifying information in the abstract. Keywords: Up to 5 keywords indicating the main themes of the proposal. Biography: A brief biography (max. 200 words) of (each of) the author(s). Individual paper proposals should be planned as 15-minute presentations. Pre-constituted panel proposals are also welcome, particularly where they demonstrate transnational or global perspectives. Language All submissions must be in English.  Originality All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. MAH 2027 will seek to reduce financial, administrative, and infrastructural barriers to participation, especially for colleagues from under-resourced regions and institutions. The conference is primarily in person, though limited hybrid participation may be possible where travel is not feasible. Organizers will provide supporting documentation for funding or travel purposes where possible. Important Dates Submission Deadline: 31 August 2026 Notification of Acceptance: 31 October 2026 Contact Information  MAH2027 at uniarts.fi Organizing Committee University of Arts Helsinki: Leevi HAAPALA, Mika ELO, Mikhel PROULX; Aalto University: Harri LAAKSO, Laura BELOFF; Kiasma: Saara HACKLIN; EMMA: Ingrid ORMAN; AV-Arkki: Hanna-Maria ANTTILA Chair Leevi HAAPALA Hosts Academy of Fine Arts, University of Arts Helsinki, Helsinki School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Espoo Partner Organizations Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, The Finnish National Gallery EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art AV-arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media Art Amos Rex The Archive of Digital Art (ADA) Society for the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology Media Art Histories Executive Board Najam ASSAR, Founder, Lahore Digital Art Festival (PK) Andres BURBANO, Open University of Catalunya, (ES) Sean CUBITT, Melbourne University (AU) Oliver GRAU, MAH Conference Founder and Chair, Society for the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology (DE) Laura LEUZZI, Robert Gordon University, Scotland (UK) Gunalan NADARAJAN, University of Michigan (US) Yu-Chuan TSENG, National Tsing Hua University (TW) Yael Eylat VAN-ESSEN, EMBARK • COST Action (AT) Honorary Board Linda HENDERSON, Erkki HUHTAMO, Douglas KAHN, Martin KEMP, Machiko KUSAHARA, Tim LENIOR, Douglas DAVIS, Jasia REICHARDT, Itsuo SAKANE, Rudolf ARNHEIM (†), Peter WEIBEL (†) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jo at jp.org Thu Aug 13 03:18:37 2026 From: jo at jp.org (JO Kazuhiro) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:18:37 +0900 Subject: [spectre] [Cfp] POM Fukuoka 2027 - 17th to 20th March, 2027, Fukuoka, Japan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, We invite artists, theorists, researchers, designers, and technologists working across life, sound, and food (not limited) to submit their work for POM Fukuoka 2027. Politics of the Machines (POM) is an international platform dedicated to exploring the shifting relations between humans, machines, and the ecologies of mediation that bind them. Since its inception, POM has brought together artists, theorists, researchers, designers, and technologists to examine how forms of agency, perception, and communication emerge across human and nonhuman systems. The 6th edition of POM Conference will take place in Fukuoka, Japan, form March 17-20, 2027 at Kyushu University - Ohashi Campus. This time's theme is Culturing Transduction. We welcome submissions in a range of formats, including academic papers, lecture-performances, artistic interventions, and workshops under the following tracks. Proposals for alternative formats are also encouraged and will be considered by the conference organizers. Please indicate your intended presentation format in your submission. List of Tracks - Track 01 The Landscape of Transduction: Infrastructural Entanglements of Energy, Data, and More-than-Human Life. - Track 02 Parasitic Transductions Beyond the Human. - Track 03 Real Machines: Computation, Subjectivity, and the Politics of Reality-Production. - Track 04 Technogenetic Transductions across Fields of Experience: Affective Politics in/for Times of Crisis. - Track 05 Transducing Disgust: Bodies, Technologies, and the Synthetic Uncanny. - Track 06 Methoding transduction: Sound, Data, Sonic Research. - Track 07 Metabolic Worldviews and Hybrid Intelligences. - Track 08 Fermentative Systems. - Track 09 Unhearing Bodies: Life as Transduction. -Track 10 (Open Track) Speculations and Culturing Immature Ideas. How can we reformulate the critical relationship between humans and machines from experimental artistic and scientific perspectives? How can we cultivate alternatives to dominant modes of thought in an era of crisis, marked by intensifying geopolitical conflict and economic inequality? Addressing these questions under the theme of Culturing Transduction, POM Fukuoka 2027 examines how processes of transformation across life, sound, and food might be reimagined, and how these processes shape artistic creation, cultural production, and perception. As the first POM to be held in East Asia, this theme brings these three domains into dialogue while drawing on the distinctive facilities of the venue, Kyushu University Ohashi Campus, including the Biofood Lab and the Acoustic Research Center. More information can be found on the conference website: https://pom-conference.org/fukuoka-2027/ Applicants are invited to submit an abstract of up to 500 words under one of the conference tracks by 30 August 2026. Submissions that do not specify a track will be assigned by the conference organizers to the most appropriate one. All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work as part of the conference program. Submission platform https://pom-conference.org/submit/ Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to register for the conference in order to present their work. Following the conference, they will also be invited to submit a full paper of up to 4,000 words, including references. Further details and a formal call for papers will be announced in due course. *Please note that POM is unable to provide financial support for travel, accommodation, registration, or other participation-related expenses. JO Kazuhiro & POM Fukuoka 2027 Committees --------- JO Kazuhiro, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Acoustic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University 4-9-1, Shiobaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 815-8540