LIVES AND CAREERS OF ARTISTS AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES
The Department of Contemporary Art at the Russian Institute of Art History invites sociologists of art, art historians, cultural studies specialists, anthropologists, economists, philosophers, and psychologists of art to “Lives and Careers of Artists at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries,” an international scholarly conference that will take place on November 7–8, 2016, at the Russian Institute of Art History in St. Petersburg, Russia. The organizers envision the conference as a platform for an interdisciplinary discussion of the place of artists and the artistic professions in the modern world. Having evolved over the centuries from craftsmen and court servants to scholars, geniuses, and popular idols, professional artists nowadays often find themselves on the margins of a “creative” consumer culture. Their professions have not only been bent out of all recognition but have also been rapidly vanishing amidst the cultural industries and the current socio-economic challenges of our time.
We will examine the current state of the profession in a variety of art fields, from literature, fine art, music, theater, and cinema to new forms of artistic production still in the midst of professionalization and legitimation.
During the two-day conference, the organizers would like to focus on the following issues:
1. Successful careers in art at the turn of the millennia
2. Theoretical approaches and methods of studying the careers of contemporary artists
3. Artists and the market: from ideology to economic diktat
4. The role of cultural mediators and institutions in the lives and careers of artists
5. Family and gender as factors in professional change
6. Regional features in the careers of contemporary artists
7. Recruitment and education in the development of contemporary artists
8. Artists and audiences in an age of creative consumerism
9. Societal censorship and its role in the lives of artists
10. Current mechanisms for engaging artists
11. The role of commodification and culture industries in the lives and careers of artists
12. Cross-cultural communication in the lives and careers of art workers
13. Artists and current religious culture
14. Russian artists abroad: strategies for adaptation and self-identification
15. The role of cultural, ethic, and national identity in the careers of artists
The conference
“The Lives of Artists in Modern Russia”
“The Post-Soviet Theater: Lives and Careers”
will feature two round tables:
We expect to publish the proceedings of the conference as a separate volume. The deadline for applications and paper submissions is September 20, 2016.
The conference languages are Russian and English. The maximum length of submitted papers is 12,000 characters, including spaces. Papers should be submitted in fourteen-point Times New Roman font with one- and-a-half line spacing. Charts and illustrations should be submitted in black and white. References to sources should be placed after the main body of the text under the heading “References.” They should be listed in alphabetical order and numbered. When references are mentioned in the main body of the text, their numbers in the “References” list and relevant page number(s) should be indicated, e.g. [1, p. 277]. The organizing committee reserves the right to reject submissions if they do not correspond to the topics as listed, above, and the stated requirements for submitting papers. Decisions to accept papers for the conference program will be made known no later than October 20, 2016.
Please send your application forms and paper submissions to culturalindustries@hotmail.com, c/o Prof. Marina Maguidovitch, Chair, Department of Contemporary Art, Russian Institute of Art History.
Organizing Committee Contact Information
Prof. Marina Maguidovitch, organizing committee chair; email: culturalindustries@hotmail.com
Dr. Igor Vdovenko, organizing committee deputy chair, Senior Researcher, Department of Contemporary Art, Russian Institute of Art History; email: igor_vdovenko@mail.ru
Telephone:
+7 (812) 314-4136
Mailing Address: RUSSIA 190000 St. Petersburg, St. Isaac’s Square, 5, Department of Contemporary Art, M.L. Maguidovitch
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Опубликовано: 7 November 2016