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Keynote Speakers

• Professor Johanna Drucker, University of Virginia, USA
• Professor Teal Triggs, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.

The visual form of language is fundamental to a wide range of disciplines and critical perspectives beyond the accepted parameters of graphic design and typography. These range from the use of language in fine art contexts: sculpture, site-specific projects and installations, to experimental writing, concrete poetry, artist’s books and other forms of visual text, and from time based media and digital environments to the letter crafts of calligraphy and lettercutting. While experimental work in this area forms a visual and literary continuum that can be traced through the twentieth century, its practitioners comprise disparate and autonomous communities of practice. The conference is designed to generate dialogue and collaboration across a range of disciplines which share a preoccupation with the visual aspect of written language. It will examine the current state of this field in practice, theoretically and in relation to wider social and cultural contexts.

The projected programme of symposia and workshops is to comprise five one-day events at locations in the UK, USA, Ireland and Poland, beginning with a one-day symposium in Cambridge on September 12, 2009. The programme will conclude with a three-day conference in Cambridge in July 2011.

Call for Papers
Papers will be of 30 minutes in length with 10 minutes allotted for discussion. Abstracts should be in the region of 250 words and in the case of practitioners include examples of work. It is intended that a referred anthology of papers and related material from the Beyond the Margins events, will be published in 2011.

For further details on the events and submission of abstracts, contact the organisers: Will Hill at will.hill@anglia.ac.uk and Dr. Ian Horton at i.horton@lcc.arts.ac.uk

Deadline for submissions: 1st May 2009

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