Extended Deadline CFP IFM conference 31/1/2022 Themes: Interactive Epistemology, Listening, and Ecomedia (June 8-10) Interactive Film & Media Conference in cooperation with the BMBF funded project "Digital Documentary Practices" invites academics and practitioners to explore the definitions, terms and epistemic conditions of interaction, interactivity and deep listening in ecomedia.
Deadline: 31.01.2022
Title: Call for Participation IFM conference Interactive Epistemology, Listening, and Ecomedia
Event type: Conference
Event category: Funded project
Organiser: BMBF research project Digital Documentary Practices
What are the interactive film and media epistemological contributions to contemporary art and media fields? How do/might interactive technologies, practices, experiences invite, or indeed, demand revised modes of listening? How might taking seriously the work of listening (as a form of attending to) open onto more generous ways of knowing, practicing, and being in an era of socio-ecological crisis?
In cooperation with the BMBF funded project "Digital Documentary Practices", IFM Interactive Film and Media International Conference invites academics (faculty, researchers, and Ph.D. students) and practitioners (filmmakers, artists, VR and game designers, and media producers) to explore the definitions, terms, and practices to frame the conditions of interaction and interactivity in three strands: epistemology, listening, and ecomedia. Interactivity is omnipresent. From cultural production (games, films, books), audience perception (streaming, virtual reality, real-time), intellectual publications (news, hypertexts, social media), and virtual world economy (cryptocurrency), we are witnessing a shift in all levels of cultural production.
As a result, interactivity gains more space and conceptual independence with specific terminology, questions, promises, and challenges. Moreover, interactivity is growing as an academic discipline, field of study, and area of research in several spheres. What are the interactive film and media epistemological contributions to contemporary art and media fields? How do/might interactive technologies, practices, experiences invite, or indeed, demand revised modes of listening? How might taking seriously the work of listening (as a form of attending to) open onto more generous ways of knowing, practicing, and being in an era of socio-ecological crisis? Due to what can be diagnosed as deep mediatization--the ubiquity of media in every sphere of life--current modes of thought, behaviour, and culture are becoming increasingly interactive. The inclusion of interactivity in film and media marks a turning point contributing to the development of education and the epistemological repercussions in contemporary cultural practices, activism, and social engagement.
