Sept. 6, 2019 – Arts Technology Research Lab (ATRL), Trinity College Dublin听TERROR ON TOUR is an international and interdisciplinary network of scholars, artists and activists whose research and work engages with the multiple manifestations of terror in our epoch: from climate change to mass extinction; from the so-called refugee crisis to climate refugees; from cyber crimes to governmental mass surveillance. After four successful conferences at the University of Roehampton, UK (2015), the University of Chichester, UK (2016), the University of Innsbruck, Austria (2017), and at HEAD-Gen猫ve/Geneva School of Art and Design (2018) – TERROR ON TOUR 2019 invites engagement with conceptual, artistic, philosophical, political, social, spatial iterations of听Nothing to Declare听in a one-day colloquium event at ATRL, Trinity College Dublin.听For this one-day colloquium, we encourage scholars, artists and activists to consider听Nothing to Declare听as an interdisciplinary and trans-cultural apparatus whose strategic functions must be unveiled. Any apparatus 鈥榠s always inscribed into a play of power, but it is also always linked to certain limits of knowledge that arise from it and, to an equal degree, condition it.鈥� (Michel Foucault) The apparatus can be summarized in three main points: 鈥榓) the apparatus is a heterogeneous set that includes virtually anything, linguistic and nonlinguistic, under the same heading: discourses, institutions, buildings, laws, police measures, philosophical propositions. The apparatus itself is the network that is established between these elements; b) the apparatus always has a concrete strategic function and is always located in a power relation; c) the apparatus appears at the intersection of power relations and relations of knowledge.鈥� (Giorgio Agamben)听We invite proposals for original papers, provocations, interventions, performances and visual projects (art installations, video-essays, screenings, etc.)听dealing with, but not limited to, the relationship between the apparatus听Nothing to Declare听and the following questions:听1)听听听听Agencies of听Nothing to Declare听鈥� Language: what does it mean to 鈥渄eclare nothing鈥�? Is it ever possible to 鈥渄eclare nothing鈥�? What is the 鈥渘othing鈥� of such a declaration? Is this a negative declaration manifesting silence? What is the power of silence in the 鈥渘othing鈥� that is declared?2)听听听听Topographies of听Nothing to Declare听鈥� Space / movement: are there designated spaces where听Nothing to Declare听should be performed? (i.e. airports, check points or border customs). What are the agencies, movements and/or obstacles that operate within these designated spaces? How do the operations and behaviors, in such designated spaces, translate into a normalized modus operandi?3)听听听听Temporalities of听Nothing to Declare听鈥� Time / historical memory: what are the听ways in which the struggles of 鈥榟istorical memory鈥� traverse bodies and spaces over time. What is erased, forgotten, or completely repressed听in the manufacturing of 鈥榟istorical memory鈥�?听Please note that the above questions are intended to be illustrative and by no means exhaustive, for proposals to be presented in a spirit of respectful conviviality, intellectual exchange, and focused concern.听听Abstracts:Proposals for academic papers should be for 20-minute presentations. Papers should be original and neither under submission for publication, nor previously published. We warmly welcome proposals from projects that seek to develop innovative modes of presentation and participation.听Please email an abstract (max 250 words) with a short biographical note (max 100 words), plus details of institutional affiliation (if any) to the following dedicated email address:听Please write 鈥楾ERROR ON TOUR 2019鈥� as the email subject.听Deadline for Abstracts:Wednesday, 31st听July 2019. Notification of final decisions will be sent by Friday, 2nd听August 2019.听Logistics:There will be no registration fee for this event. All travel expenses and hotel costs will need to be covered by the participants (or their home institutions). Please note that the colloquium working language is English.听Sponsors:Nothing to Declare听is organized by TERROR ON TOUR, with the support of ATRL – Trinity College Dublin.听Organizing and Scientific Committee:Paul Antick ()听Gabriella Calchi Novati ()听Matthew Causey ()Andrew Wilford听()听References:Giorgio Agamben (2009),听What is an Apparatus?, Stanford: Stanford University Press: 2-3Michel Foucault (1980),听Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977, New York: Pantheon Books: 194-196.
On behalf of the organising committee.
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