08/02/2022
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Calling all decolonial artists!!
Decolonial Media Art Beyond 530 Years: the future-past vs. coloniality
The online event takes place April 29, 2022, at 20:00 GMT
Submit your presentation by April 1, 2022, at 12:59 PM PST
The ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community invites you to participate in the first SPARKS program dedicated to the topic of Decolonial Media Art. It is co-organized by Kathy Rae Huffman and Liliana Conlisk, DAC Committee members. SPARKS presentations consist of up to ten, 3-5-minute lightning talks followed by an inclusive discussion based on the topic. If you would like to participate, please fill out the proposal form below.
Description and Motivation: Current ideological shifts are guiding us into a greater consciousness around hidden and forbidden knowledge and marginalized wisdom. This is not new knowledge, but knowledge which has been subjected to the violence of supremacy and the impositions of Western European canonical traditions around the globe. For this SPARKS session, we seek digital media artists who center their work on decolonial problem- and community- centered, environmentally conscious, social justice-oriented practices, methods and content that pushes forward decoloniality and its purpose of global human liberation, equality, equity, environmental protection, respect, and validation of issues currently seen as marginalized, underrepresented, misunderstood, even forbidden.
Decolonial Media Art Beyond 530 Years is open to activists, scholars, artists, and other creators, especially those who would not usually define themselves as artists, but who produce knowledge in ways that invite the senses through visualizations, architecture, design, interdisciplinary installations, musical and dance performance or any other Indigenous, Afro-traditional, experimental, and/or innovative formats.
https://dac.siggraph.org/sparks-apr2022/
All proposals are due on April 1, 2022 at 12:59 PM PST. Your submission will be peer reviewed, and if accepted, you will receive notification by April 15, 2022. If you are working with a collaborator, the person who fills out the form is responsible for communicating with the organizers about the event, related permissions, and other aspects of the session. Final presentations should consist of approximately 10 slides and should be no longer than 5 minutes long. If accepted, final presentations should be sent to the facilitator by April 22, 2022. We look forward to your submissions.
SPARKS stands for Short Presentations of Artworks & Research for the Kindred Spirit, and it is a project of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community. SPARKS launched in January 2021 as a monthly, online program, designed to connect digital artists around the world in meaningful discussions on topics of concern. All SPARKS Zoom sessions are open to the public. Everyone is invited to attend the presentations free of charge and engage in the discussion!
Liliana Conlisk Gallegos is a transdisciplinary media artist, and associate professor of decolonial theory and media studies at California State University, San Bernardino. Kathy Rae Huffman is an independent curator who has worked with digital art and artists since the early 1980s.
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Moderated by Liliana Conlisk Gallegos and Kathy Rae Huffman Date/Time: Friday April 29, 2022 / 20:00 GMT **Sign Up to Join the Zoom Discussion** Description Coloniality refers to the colonial ideal…
