Sara Perry (University of Southampton) s.e.perry@soton.ac.uk
Ian Kirkpatrick (University of Southampton) iankirkpatrick@shaw.ca
OUTPOST
Curators: Ian Kirkpatrick & Sara Perry
University of Southampton
18-19 April 2011
Deadline for proposals: 23 March 2011
Poster presentations have become ubiquitous features of archaeological conferences, acting simultaneously as informational, decorative, architectural, and ritual devices. In their supposed succinctness they can persuade, deceive and mystify – whilst employing image and text to compress vast quantities of data into highly conventionalized fields of vision. As archaeological tools they can stand unaccompanied by their author as the sole representative of an idea or body of research, or can be used in tandem with performance as a form of prop or mobile stage-set.
OUTPOST examines the possibilities of this genre as an intermediary between information and art, monument and meaning. It seeks innovative and creative interpretations of the archaeological poster presentation which push the boundaries of this format, both physically and conceptually.
We invite artists and academics to respond to this call for posters/artworks as a means to invite discussion and debate about the form, function and future of this frequently overlooked sub-genre of the archaeological intellectual toolkit.
Please send a 50-200 word artistic statement for the creation of an A0 or other-sized/shaped poster presentation and CV, to Ian Kirkpatrick or Sara Perry by 23 March 2011.
Final decisions will be made by 25 March 2011.
http://www.viarch.org.uk/2011-outpost.asp
OUTPOST is one component of the larger Visualisation in Archaeology (VIA) project, sponsored by English Heritage. (See our previous archaeolog post on VIA here.) VIA offers a ‘space’ for scholars and practitioners to examine and showcase high-quality research on visual creation, circulation and consumption in archaeology and across the sciences and humanities. Since its launch in 2007, VIA has engaged over 200 professionals from around the world in critically exploring the production, the form and the organisational power of images, and in re-thinking the boundaries of that exploration. OUTPOST will feature alongside VIA’s culminating international conference at the University of Southampton on 18-19 April 2011. For more details on the conference or the project overall, please contact Sara.
http://www.viarch.org.uk/2011-outpost.asp