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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-AT link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR PROPOSALS to host the 11th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology: Re: 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Media Art Histories Board invites applications to host the 11th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology. Organizations interested in hosting the 2025 conference are encouraged to consult the "Guidelines" on the MAH International website, prior to making the bid (see below). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The international conference series, which was developed in 2004, Menaggio, Italy has been held in several international venues around the globe including Banff 2005, Berlin 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool 2011, Riga 2013, Montreal 2015, Krems/Vienna 2017, Aalborg 2019, the significant MediaArtHistories stream during CIHA 2022 in Sao Paulo and will continue this fall in Venice 2023. The call for proposals to host the 11th international conference is now open until June 1st, 2023. The conference series aims to engage the growing community of scholars from a range of disciplines including art history, contemporary art practice, art theory, history of science, history of technology, media studies, image science, visual studies, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, sound studies, computer science among others to develop and share new research and scholarship in the intersecting fields of the histories of media art, science and technology. The host of the conference in 2025 will have the opportunity to continue to build on the impressive history of the conference series. Proposals with engaging digital participation, inventive solutions for ecological sustainability and quality presence from the Global South & North are highly encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>MISSION CONFERENCE SERIES <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, this conference series on the Histories of Media Art discusses … the history of media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art. Numerous individuals and institutions collaborate to produce the international art history conference series covering art and new media, art and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to contemporary art.“ (MAH Board)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>GUIDELINES, SELECTION CRITERIA AND DEADLINES Proposals to host the conference will include the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1. Proposed Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>2. Proposed Venues (including information on number, capacity and AV and network capabilities of spaces) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>3. Rationale for hosting the conference <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>4. Host Local Organizing Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>5. Relevant previous experience (e.g., committee members, experience in hosting conferences, events, etc.) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>6. Publicity Plan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>7. Funding / Sponsorship plan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>8. Preliminary Budget<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Those interested in making a bid to host the conference can download GUIDELINES here </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org/call-for-proposals-host-reconf"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.mediaarthistory.org/call-for-proposals-host-reconf</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Deadline for final submission of proposals: June 1st, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>MAH Advisory Board’s decision for the 2025 Host will be announced summer 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>***********************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>MediaArtHistory Board (Steering Committee) Andreas BROECKMANN (Leuphana Universität, DE), Andres BURBANO (Universidad de los Andes, CO), Sean CUBITT (University of Melbourne, AU), Oliver GRAU (Chair, Soc. for MediaArtHistories), Inge HINTERWALDNER (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE), Erkki HUHTAMO (University of California, US), Machiko KUSAHARA (Waseda University, JP), Katja KWASTEK (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL), Gunalan NADARAJAN (Ann Arbor School of Art&Design, US), Chris SALTER (Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, CH), Paul THOMAS (University of New South Wales, AU)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Media Art Histories Honorary Board:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Rudolf ARNHEIM†, Linda HENDERSON (2005-2018), Douglas KAHN (2005 – 2018), Martin KEMP (2005 – 2018), Tim LENIOR (2005-2016), Douglas DAVIS†, Jasia REICHARDT, Itsuo SAKANE, Peter WEIBEL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>MAH Headquarters Director: Wendy COONES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please do not hesitate to contact MAH HQ at coordination(at)mediaarthistory.org if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>MEDIA ART HISTORIES PLATTFORM </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.mediaarthistory.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>LIVERPOOL DECLARATION: </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Univ.-Prof. a.D. Dr. habil. Dr. hc Oliver Grau<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Director ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) </span><a href="http://www.virtualart.at"><span lang=EN-US>www.virtualart.at</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Head International Society for MediaArtHistories (MAST) Vienna/Berlin </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistories.org"><span lang=EN-US>www.mediaarthistories.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Elected Member ACADEMIA EUROPAEA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-grau-9429665/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-grau-9429665/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Academia.edu </span><a href="https://ae-eu.academia.edu/OliverGrau"><span lang=EN-US>https://ae-eu.academia.edu/OliverGrau</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>RECENT CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>Inge Hinterwaldner & Oliver Grau (Eds.): Retracing Political Dimensions: Strategies in Contemporary New Media Art, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>Hava Aldouby (Ed.): Shifting Interfaces: An Anthology of Presence, Empathy, and Agency in 21st-Century Media Arts, Leuven University Press 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>Morten Søndergaard (Ed.): RE:SOUND 2019 – 8th International Conference on Media Art, Science, and Technology, Aalborg 2019, DOI:10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.0<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>Oliver Grau (Ed.): MediaArtHistories, Korean Translation by Colorbox, FUSE Art Project, Publisher: Duran Kim, Seoul, Dec. 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>Oliver Grau (Ed.): Digital Art through the Looking Glass: New strategies for archiving, collecting and preserving in Digital Humanities, Krems/Wien/Hamburg 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>