Call for Proposals: SAS Conference 2016

School of Art, Design & Media – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Suggested Topics

The conference invites proposals on a wide range of animation topics for papers (20 minutes presentations) and micro-talks (5 minutes). Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Asian and Western animation history
Global animation production and practice, artistic approaches, concepts and techniques in animation
Cross-cultural collaboration and adaptation, animation and representation of national identity
Animation production (e.g. industrial contexts, auteurial production, practice and process, artistic methodolgy)
Transcultural aspects of the animation production process
Globalization and animation, artistic fusion concepts
Interdisciplinary studies between animation and related fields
Integration of theory and practice in animation research
Animation and natural sciences
Animation and the Gothic, animated fantasy and science fiction
Adaptation for animation
Animated documentary, animation and journalism
Expanding animation-new forms of animation, hybridity of media, convergence of forms
Experimental animation and visual music
Bridging analog and digital, artistic innovation through new approaches
Animation on the web-new animated forms using Internet technologies, micro narratives, animated gifs and ultra short formats
Animation and gaming
Beyond the event (e.g. archiving animation, local/national/international preservation initiatives, the scholarly community)

All further information on how to submit a proposal is available here: http://sas2016.adm.ntu.edu.sg/call-for-proposals/