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CAA Special Session:
"ECOART:The Ethics and Aesthetics of Sustainability"
| Location: | Illinois, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2009-08-31 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-06-23 |
| Announcement ID: |
169309 |
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Call for Papers: Northern California Art Historians,
College Art Association 98th Annual Conference, Wednesday, February 10- 13, 2010, Chicago
The current wave of interest in the concept of “sustainability” calls for reflection on the specifically aesthetic implications of this wider social movement. This panel seeks to historicize and theorize the intersections between aesthetic practices and such ethical imperatives as environmental responsibility, ecological balance, biological diversity, recycling of waste, and environmental justice. What are the historical precedents for such intersections? How can one begin to discuss the aesthetics of sustainability beyond “content” for art or “function” for design? Is the aesthetic merely a means to an end – raising “awareness” or drawing consumers toward “eco-friendly” design – or can a more structurally necessary connection be established between particular forms of aesthetic experience and particular modalities of sustainable practice? How might one begin to distinguish an aesthetic of sustainability from an aesthetic of consumerism or commodity fetishism? Topics might include: the role of the sublime in 19th century romantic representations of nature; ecological and organic metaphors in early 20th century architecture and design; earth art of the 1970’s; contemporary, site-specific art or design that seeks actively to change environmental behavior; or theoretical reflections on the tensions between aesthetic autonomy and aesthetic interestedness in the values of sustainability.
Please send a one page abstract, CV, and letter of interest to:
Anthony Raynsford (NCAH Submission)
School of Art and Design
College of Humanities and the Arts
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0089
Submission deadline: August 31st, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: September 30th, 2009
Full Draft of Paper Due: December 15th, 2009
Note: Presenters must be members of the College Art Association by the time of the conference in February.
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Anthony Raynsford (NCAH Submission)
School of Art and Design
College of Humanities and the Arts
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0089
Email: anthony.raynsford@sjsu.edu
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