Call for papers Scenari 10, Mimesis (original) (raw)

The issue of Scenari #10 is dedicated to posthuman theory and art, and aims to bring together a series of researches both on concrete artistic practices and completely theoretical reflections that will focus, though not exclusively, on the following topics: - What are the conditions of possibility of a posthuman art? In what sense can one speak of a posthuman art? What is its ethical / aesthetic relevance today? - Art and technology, and artistic practices of the living: Origins and developments. - Posthuman art and the problem of the medium: technology and the living, as “medium” (Krauss 1999 [2005]) and not as mere material supports. - Posthuman art and activism: ecology, antiespeciesism, biocentrism, feminism, eco-feminism, cyber-feminism, hackerism. The risk of “pedagogism” (Zylinska 2009, Wolfe 2009) and "melodrama" (Wolfe 2009). - The construction of subjectivities, art and the posthuman (Caronia 1996, Hayles 1999, Galati 2017). - Problems of criticism, curatorship and exhibition display (Deseriis-Marano 2008, Galati 2017). Proposals should be sent to redazione@mimesis-scenari.it and need to include: - title and abstract (max 500 words); - 5 keywords; - brief bio; - email address. Deadline for submitting proposals: November 5th 2018 Notification of acceptance: November 12th 2018 Deadline for submitting full article (max 40.000 characters): March 18th 2019