[spectre] Fwd: CALL FOR ARTISTS, CCS Conference @ Goldsmiths

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: Sukanya Deb <suku.deb at gmail.com>


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*CALL FOR ARTISTS*

Against the Slow Cancellation of the Future

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*15th-16th June 2017*

by the Centre for Cultural Studies

Goldsmiths, University of London

New Cross, SE14 6NW London

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*_DEADLINE: 26th May 2017_*

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/‘The long dark night of the end of history has to be grasped as an 
enormous opportunity (…). In a situation in which nothing can happen, 
suddenly anything is possible.’ /

*– Mark Fisher*

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The anti-disciplinary conference organised by the MA students of the 
Centre for Cultural Studies (CCS) is engaging this year with the spectre 
of futurities. We are not so presumptuous as to declare the slow 
cancellation of the future to be a completed process. Indeed, it is 
perhaps in the very moment at which we accept the definitive conclusion 
of this project that the future truly ceases to exist. And this is 
precisely why we meet: to discuss what we might do - as activists, 
thinkers, artists, groups and initiators - against the slow cancellation 
of the future.

Parallel to the talks, we are organising an exhibition and screening 
space that will be open to audiences during the conference days. Due to 
the anti-disciplinary approach that we have chosen, we question the 
classical academic format and instead wish to explore a continuum 
between theory and practice. Art remains one of the three methods to 
engage with chaos (cf. Deleuze & Guattari); hence, within the framework 
of the conference, we encourage artists to engage with the topic and its 
ramifications through the medium(s) of their preference (digital, 
performances, installation etc).

Our frame of reference is Franco “Bifo” Berardi’s 'slow cancellation of 
the future', which we in the same breath proclaim our opposition to. 
Mark Fisher reminds us that its meaning “is not only that sense of 
termination, but [also] the gradual nature of it”; the future not having 
been unashamedly ripped from our grasp, but rather stolen away silently, 
piece by piece in an almost imperceptible and seemingly unalterable way.

The conference is broadly divided into the following categories:

- Confiscated Futures
- Futures of the Past
- The Worst of All Possible Futures

- Alternative Futures

We encourage you to engage with the above topics, but the ramifications 
could be further extended. You can submit up to three artworks but all 
won't necessarily be chosen.

If you are interested in participating, please complete the form 
attached and send it to *artsccsconf at gmail.com 
<mailto:artsccsconf at gmail.com>*, attaching a brief cv/ intro about 
yourself and a short cover letter (less than 500 words for each work), 
describing the work(s) proposed and explaining how and why it resonates 
with the topic of the conference (if available please attach an 
image/video/audio file thereof).

*DEADLINE: 26th May 2017*

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Please find the application form attached.


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*Art SubCommittee*
*MA Conference 2017*
*Centre for Cultural Studies*
*Goldsmiths, University of London*
*Twitter: **@CCSConference17 * <https://twitter.com/CCSConference17>


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