Fwd: CFP: Society for Animation Studies

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

Any of those you working on anime may be interested in this conference, 
especially since the focus is on Asia Pacific animation:

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From: Richard J. Leskosky <rleskosk at staff.uiuc.edu>

                         Annual Conference

The Society's annual conference has been held every year since 1989, when
it was hosted by the UCLA Animation Workshop in cooperation with the UCLA
Film & Television Archive; the 10th anniversary conference was held in
August 1998 at Chapman University, in Orange, California (check out the
Schedule of Presentations). In between, conferences have been held at
various locales around the United States, as well as in Canada, England
and Holland.

The 11th Society of Animation Studies Conference will be held in
Brisbane, Australia in August or October 1999. The exact date is to be
confirmed, but it will be timed to coincide with the Third Asia Pacific
Triennial exhibition of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery
and is being organized by Keith Bradbury of Griffith University/Queensland
College of Art. (The 12th annual conference is scheduled to be held in
November 2000 in Belgium.)

                           Call for Papers

The theme of the Brisbane conference is "Animation: Contexts and
Identities."  Lateral interpretations of the theme are welcomed and
especially those that focus on Asia Pacific animation, but others will be
equally considered. Papers might focus on animation as an extension of and
as dependent upon the establish industries of comics, films, fine arts,
advertising, music, television and popular entertainment, academia. Other
papers might discuss the evolution of animation genres, or, what
histories of animation as histories of labour/technological development/
production in different countries tell us about animation industries.
To what extent does animation contribute to the construction of national 
and
cultural identities? How effective has animation been in voicing
social/cultural issues (health, abuse, addiction, sexuality, gender,
racial diversity, urbanisation, etc). Is animation able to represent
these issues? Yet again you might discuss animation as a means of
storytelling -- what stories, what contexts, whose aesthetics -- or as
big business, or propaganda. How have animated films been circulated and
distributed and to what effect? etc. . . .

Proposals should contain a 50 word summary and a 250 word abstract
outlining the main focus.  The last day for expressions of interest in
presenting a paper will be 26 February 1999 and replies will be made
by 26 March 1999.

       Submissions can be sent to:

              Keith Bradbury
              Griffith University
              Queensland College of Art
              P.O. Box 84
              Morningside, Q4170 Australia
              fax: (61) 7 3875 3199
              kbrad at squirrel.com.au

                           Other Conference Events

A related program of events at Brisbane is still in the planning stages,
but which will likely include screenings of Asia Pacific animation, 
student
films from around the world, and perhaps restored prints of Walter 
Ruttman's
abstract animation.


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