[spectre] CFP: Expanded Visualities: Photography and Emerging Technologies

[Joanna Zylinska]

6th International Conference of Photography & Theory (ICPT2022)

*EXPANDED VISUALITIES: PHOTOGRAPHY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES**
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17-19 November, 2022
Nicosia, Cyprus

Organizers: International Association of Photography & Theory [IAPT] and 
CYENS Centre of Excellence

http://www.photographyandtheory.com

*Confirmed Keynotes*:

Prof. Joanna Zylinska
Assoc. Prof. Jahna Otterbache

Emerging technologies have had a significant impact on photographic 
representations, as well as on the production, distribution and 
reception of photographic images. Technologies such as 360-degree 
photography have expanded the photographic frame and have provided the 
stage for VR and AR applications. Drones and satellite images have 
contributed to new visualizations of experiences, understandings and 
documentations of spaces. Machine-made images such as synthetic images, 
GANs, and Deep Fakes have entered our visual landscape and have 
complicated our relationship with reality. As a result of these 
developments, relevant issues of ethics, agency and power, have equally 
become more urgent than ever.

The conference aims to address questions relevant to the ways in which 
emerging technologies, such as 360 photography, artificial intelligence, 
machine-made images, augmented reality, satellites, drones, etc. 
influence photographic practices and potentially expand contemporary 
visualities.  Can such technologies “expand” or “limit” the photographic 
vision and frame? And if so, what are the socio-political, aesthetic, 
and ethical implications of the use of such technologies in relation to 
photographic practices? How do emerging technologies impact on our 
relationship with photographic images, and on the medium of photography 
in general?

We are looking for papers with a critical perspective that address, but 
are not limited to, the following topics:

Expanded visualities
Immersive photographic environments (360-degree photography, VR/AR/MR)
(Art) historical takes on new photographic visualities
The reception of machine-made images/photographs
The effect of emerging technologies on the photographic image
Archiving the digital
Big data and photography
Drone photography/ Satellite images and representations of 
landscape/geography
Redefining vernacular photography
New forms of protest through photography
Emerging technologies and art practices
Camera-less photography
Photographic art practices that use emerging technologies
The future of documentary photography
Authenticity, sales, and Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Revisiting social networks, representation and archives
Ethical and socio-political issues
The biases and politics of algorithms
The ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine-made images
Power structures in new visualities
The agency of the photographer/artist
Deep fakes and their creation, distribution and reception
Social uses and controlling photographs
Relationship between truth, authenticity and representation
Democracy, participation and social engagement

We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations from various 
disciplines, such as: photography, art history and theory, visual 
sociology, anthropology, museology, computer sciences, philosophy, 
ethnography, education, cultural studies, visual and media studies, 
communications, and fine and graphic arts.

To propose a paper, please submit a 450-word abstract (including 
references) through our online submission system, no later than April 
30th, 2022.

To access our submission system please follow this link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icpt2022

Submitted proposals will go through a blind peer-reviewing and authors 
will be notified of the acceptance of their proposals by July 1st, 2022. 
Send questions and queries to: icpt2022 at cyens.org.cy

Important Dates
Deadline for submission: April 30, 2022
Notification of authors: July 1, 2022
Deadline for early registration: September 3, 2022
Deadline for late registration: November 5, 2022
Conference: November 17 – 19, 2022

We plan for the ICPT2022 to be a physical conference. Please keep this 
in mind when you submit your abstract. If changes must occur due to the 
pandemic, we will notify you in due course.

-- 
Joanna Zylinska
Professor of Media Philosophy + Critical Digital Practice
King's College London
Department of Digital Humanities

http://www.joannazylinska.net

LATEST:
Beyond Machine Vision: How to Build a Non-Trivial Perception Machine:
http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Trans36_01_zylinska-1.pdf

1000 Words: Writer Conversations on Photography:
http://www.1000wordsmag.com/joanna-zylinska/
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