INTER[SECTIONS] Architecture, City and Cinema.

07/05/2013. School of Architecture at the University of Porto. [POR] Portugal.
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN. The international conference INTER[SECTIONS], to be held at the School of Architecture at the University of Porto, will focus on the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image, offering a forum for scholars, practitioners and the public. Cinema and architecture's association has been the subject of scholarly investigations for some time, but rarely have the different ways to approach this theme been brought together in a multidisciplinary debate that examines the depiction of the city through cinema and the role of films as a reflection, commentary and experimental laboratory for architecture.

Ruptura Silenciosa from School of Architecture at the University of Porto. has organized this conference has been called INTER[SECTIONS], and held in the Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Oporto the great school by Alvaro Siza, on the river Douro), on 11, 12 and 13 September next, participating in its "keynote speakers" with the most recognized global research on the relationship between architecture, film and city: Dietrich Neumann (Brown University), François Penz (Cambridge University), Richard Koeck (Liverpool University) y Steven Jacobs (Gante university).

No other method of visualization matches the power of ‘moving images’ to represent architectural and urban spaces as ‘lived’ and ‘inhabited’. Through the use of space, time, mise-en-scène, characters and plot, film can be seen as a medium that condenses important debates on architecture and urban life. Moving images also have the capacity of generating ‘a sense of place’, a phenomenon that is not only related to the shape and form of the physical reality of the space filmed, but also to our experienced and haptic connection to the use of light, sound, music and narrative structure.

They invite participants to submit proposals for either papers or panels not exceeding 1.500 characters (including spaces) or 240 words, considering topics such as Urban Cinema, City Symphonies, Space and Politics in Cinema, Spatial Identity on Screen, Spatial Narratives or Architect(ure)s in Film. We particularly welcome contributions on the presence of urban and architectural themes in cinema and the role of film in the construction of spaces.

SCHEDULING

Deadline for the submission of abstracts for panels/papers.- 10th June 2013
Notificacion of acceptance of Abstracts for Panels/Papers.- 30th June 2013
Deadline for submission of final papers.- 30th August 2013
Deadline for early bird registration.- 30th August 2013
Conference.- 11th, 12th and 13th September 2013

VENUE

The international conference INTER[SECTIONS] will be held at the School of Architecture at the University of Porto. Keynotes will be presented at Fernando Távora Auditorium and sessions at Building E.

Faculdade de Arquitectura. Universidade do Porto. Rua do Golgota, 215. 4150-755 Porto. Portugal.

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