2D/3D. producing illusion will be held at mala voadora (Porto, Portugal), between the 27th and 28th of May 2021. This conference is an initiative of mala voadora, and the research units of the University of Minho Lab2Pt (Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory) and NIEP (Research Center in Performative Studies).
We can consider the invention of perspective as a defining feature of “European art”. This Cartesian device for space representation and consideration was crucial for the development of the continent's art, architecture and scenography for several centuries, and its products were one of the cultural marks of European expansionist policy. The construction of mimetic images has undergone considerable changes with the invention of photography, film and digital tools. The illusionist suggestion of three-dimensionality seems to have taken on a new meaning now, when most of us spend the day looking at monitors and screens, in a curiously similar situation to the public who, following the invention of perspective, has seen theatre through a big window called "proscenium”. On the other hand, within the scope of artistic practices, the modalities of representation have deviated from mimicry in favour of admittedly “wrong” games, or meta-representation. The tools of representation have changed, the nature of images has changed, but the will to illusion is maintained, thickened, or countered with calculated ingenuity. In this sense, the 2D / 3D congress is not limited to perspective (between its invention in fifteenth-century Italy and what it entails in new technologies), aiming to include a wide variety of representation systems that somehow compete with the production of illusion. Around this thematic core, and extending its scope to all areas of image and space production, we intend to consider the following themes:
perspective and epistemology/ontology
uses of Perspective Illusion
perspective and set design
illusion and delusion through the techniques of representation
illusion and new technologies
calculated disobedience to the rules of representation
the analogue after the digital
illusion and its cultural contexts
Call for Presentation Proposals
SELECTION PROCESS
Speakers at the 2D/3D . producing illusion conference will be selected by the Scientific Committee (Hanneke Grootenboer, Jacob Gaboury, João Cabeleira and José Capela) on the basis of abstracts submitted in response to the present call for proposals. Acceptance will be based on the appropriateness for the event; originality of topic; whether the topic is accessibly only to specialists or can be appreciated by a wider audience; how developed the research appears to be. All accepted abstracts will be collected in a book published by Lab2PT that will be distributed later on.
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY
Submission of an abstract is not a guarantee of acceptance at the conference.
The author submitting an abstract automatically grants permission for that abstract to circulate among members of the Scientific Committee. The conference chairs guarantee that the abstract will not be used for any purpose other than review and selection.
Authors of accepted abstracts must guarantee their participation at the conference.
After acceptance authors will be expected to re-format their abstracts for publication as instructed.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Cover sheet with the following information:
— full name and surname;
— title or profession (Professor, Doctor, Architect, Independent Scholar, etc.);
— affiliation (if applicable);
— physical and e-mail address;
— title of proposed presentation;
— category of research (see below);
— 5 keywords;
— abstracts must be in English, no more than 500 words and 1 image.
— curriculum vitae: brief biographical note, no more than 200 words.
WHEN TO SUBMIT
Submissions will be accepted from 2nd of November 2020 until the 31st of January 2021. No abstracts will be acknowledged before 2nd of November 20 or accepted after 1st of February 2021, unless an extension of the deadline is specifically announced.
CATEGORIES OF RESEARCH
The following categories of research are intended to facilitate the review work of the Scientific Committee. Please indicate the category that you believe best describes your research:
— perspective and epistemology / ontology
— uses of Perspective Illusion
— perspective and set design
— illusion and delusion through the techniques of representation
— illusion and new technologies
— calculated disobedience to the rules of representation
— the analogue after the digital
— illusion and its cultural contexts
— other (please provide 2 keywords).
Registration
Notice of acceptance 1st of March 2021
CONFERENCE FEE
For presenting authors there are no registration or publication fees. Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to cover their own travel expenses to the conference venue.
The early registration period for the conference runs from 1st until 30th of April 2021. Registration fee 70.00€.
The late registration period runs from 1st until 27th of May 2021. Registration fee 90.00€.
The registration fee indicated does not include lunches. IT includes access to conferences, coffee breaks and certificate of participation. Registration is completed through the following email address andreiabento@malavoadora.pt providing name, nationality, email, along with a copy of the bank transfer invoice to the bank account
IBAN: PT50 0035 0250 00006975230 85.
VENUE
mala voadora
Rua do Almada, 277-283
4050-038 Porto, Portugal
CONTACTS
SECRETARY
Lab2PT / Escola de arquitectura da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800–058 Guimarães, Portugal
t +351 253 510 526
t +351 253 601 756