Reminder: Embodied Spectatorship and Performance in Theatre and Visual Culture, 1780-1914
There Embodied Spectatorship and Performance in Theatre And Visual Culture, 1780-1914 Conference call for papers closes soon, so please consider submitting an abstract:
Throughout the long nineteenth century the ways in which spectators observed the world in which they lived and entertainments on offer changed radically. New modes of viewing were facilitated by innovative technologies that emerged in this period: a range of optical toys were produced, while developments in painting techniques contributed to new spectacular entertainments such as panoramas and dioramas, and new printing methods facilitated the circulation of images to a wider audience. These changes created opportunities for significant developments in theatrical performance. Images and motifs were frequently realised or remediated across different media, including the theatre, providing multivalent experiences for their audiences.
We invite papers and panels that consider embodied spectatorship and performance from a multiple range of perspectives, and in the widest possible terms. See https://theatreandvisualculture19.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/cfp-2020-conference/ to read the full call for papers and to find out more.
We anticipate this conference will be of particular interest to scholars from art history, visual culture, cultural geography, theatre history, dance history and those with an interest in curation.
Conference date: 23-26 June 2020
Conference location: University of Exeter
Organised by Kate Holmes, Kate Newey, Jim Davis and Patricia Smyth as part of the AHRC-funded ‘Theatre & Visual Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century’ project.
Dr Kate Holmes