[csaa-forum] cfp: art and terror

[Melissa Gregg]

Call for Papers: ART AND TERROR

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) Volume 5.2, December
2004 [forthcoming]

Terror has been a longstanding theme in art, from Michelangelo, Goya and
Picasso, to Jeff Wall, Susan Norrie and Shirin
Neshat. Since 9/11, terrorism has prompted renewed interest in terror,
inciting debate about its cultural significance and
relationship to visual art. This issue of ANZJA invites essays that
touch on the broad theme of terror. It might cover art
historical work that focuses on periods ranging from Ancient Greek, 15th
Century Renaissance to Romantic, or modernist to
cross-cultural contemporary. It might also encompass art theory that
intersects with psychoanalysis, philosophical aesthetics,
politics, film history, cultural studies or postcolonial studies.
Questions addressed might include: How is terror visualized or
conceptualized in particular historical conditions such as war, rape,
famine, disease and ‘natural disaster’? Does terror affect
the critical function of art? What are the specifically visual
strategies, affects and artistic modes employed by artists to depict
terror, conflict, violence and pain?


In addition, the editors welcome papers and reviews outside the theme,
in any area of art, art history and visual culture.

Guidelines for submissions available from:
The School of Art History, Cinema, Classics and Archaeology
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010 Australia
Email: anzja-editor at unimelb.edu.au
Website: www.artjournal.net

Length of papers: up to 6,000 words
Length of reviews: up to 1,500 words
Submissions deadline: June 30th 2004

About the Journal:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) is a refereed journal
of the Art Association of Australia and New
Zealand (AAANZ) – the only one of its kind in this region. The Art
Association of Australia was founded in 1974 and in 1999
was extended to include New Zealand. It is a professional body
representing art historians, critics, curators, artists and students
in Australia and New Zealand. Recent themed issues of ANZJA have
included 'Art and Ethics' (2004), 'Indigenous Art'
(2003), 'Globalization' (2002) and 'Affect and Sensation' (2001–2),
featuring writers such as Leo Bersani, Okwui Enwezor, Jill
Bennett, Ian McLean, Ernst van Alphen and Geoffrey Batchen.