CALL FOR PAPERS
Cumulus Russia 2022: Un/Touchable: New meanings and values
Phygital Conference [Physical and digital]
June 13-18, 2022
https://cumulusrussia2022.org
Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 15, 2022
Scholars, designers, and the creative community of Russia invite you to join discussions on the “Un/Touchable: New Meanings and Values” Official Cumulus Conference. Let’s investigate the notions of tactility, tangible aesthetics, proprioception, and haptic visuality together! The phygital conference will take place in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and online in June 2022 hosted by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg University and HSE Art and Design School (National Research University ‘Higher School of Economics’).
Today, when transdisciplinary research fields are gaining momentum, we want to explore the problem of haptic space and tactile touch through the optics of the new scientific discourse. We are convinced that ‘grasping experience’ in contemporary art and design represent new forms of optic and tactile space, which attracts more and more research interest.
The haptic form of perception and haptic aesthetic of the modern time deconstruct our previous knowledge and open new horizons in the research of haptic images in art and design.
The body memory bolsters actualisation of the secondary aesthetic forms and tactile metaphors, which fact, in our opinion, pushes the boundaries of the art and design and creates new optics for a modern researcher.
Visual references to touch and tactile articulation in art and design reveal new sides to the sight and sensory system modes. It reshapes classic narratives and approaches to morphological text analysis.
We invite the design community to share their research that explores all forms of tactility at different scales and dimensions, including but not limited to interfaces, surfaces, virtual and mixed spaces, materials, etc. Submission deadline for abstracts is January 15, 2022.
CONFERENCE TRACKS
Spaces, Senses, Skins: Reinvention of the Tactile in Art and Design
Practices Hosted by HSE University
[https://cumulusrussia2022.org/3/]
Proprioception. Displacement
Hosted by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
[https://cumulusrussia2022.org/4/]
Digital Imitations. Material Extensions
Hosted by St. Petersburg University
[https://cumulusrussia2022.org/5/]
KEY DATES
2021 November, Launch of the Call For Papers
2022 January, 15 Deadline for Paper Abstract
2022 March, 10 Notification of acceptance of Paper Abstract
2022 April, 15 Deadline for Full Paper Submission
2022 May, 15 Notification of acceptance of Full Paper
2022 May, 30 Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submission
REGISTRATION DEADLINES
2022 January, 10 Early Bird Registration
2022 May, 1 Regular Registration
2022 June, 13 Late Registration
CONFERENCE DAYS
2022 June, 13 Day 1 (Moscow, HSE University), Cultural Program
2022 June, 14 Transfer from Moscow to St Petersburg
2022 June, 15 Day 2 (St. Petersburg, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University)
2022 June, 16 Day 3 (St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg University)
2022 June, 17 Cultural Program (St Petersburg)
2022 June, 18 Cultural Program (St Petersburg)
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