{"id":190,"date":"2023-02-02T12:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T04:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automationcultures.com\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:15:34","slug":"conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/automationcultures.com\/?page_id=190","title":{"rendered":"CONFERENCE 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To register<\/em> for the conference, click here.<\/a><\/h2>\n

To view the online Conference Programme Booklet<\/em> (including abstracts and bios), click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]AUTOMATION CULTURE: INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN AUTOMATION, ART, AND LIVING SYSTEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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17-19 November 2023, University of Western Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Day 1 \u2013 Friday 17th<\/sup> November (UWA School of Design)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
9:45<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/p>\n

&Coffee\/tea<\/p>\n

@Cullity Gallery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:15<\/strong><\/td>\nOpening and Welcome to Country<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 1.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anthropomorphic Automaticity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Catie Gressier<\/p>\n

@Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nChris Danta (ANU)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Dear AI Reader: Nonhuman Perspective and Evolutionary Thinking in the Human-Machine Relation\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nRobert Briggs (Curtin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Ghosts in the Animal-Machine\u2019<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nMatthew Chrulew (Curtin) <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Animal Machinations\u2019<\/p>\n

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12:00<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 1.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unruly Vital Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Elizabeth Stephens (UQ)<\/p>\n

@Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nChristopher O\u2019Neill (Monash)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Recuperating the Ambivalent Biometric Trace of the Child and the Corpse\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nJimi DePriest (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Biomimicry in Automated Warfare\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n\u00a0Sarah Collins (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Performing Automation’<\/p>\n

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14:30<\/strong><\/td>\nAfternoon Tea<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 1.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRoom A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking, Communication, Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Pia van Gelder (ANU)<\/p>\n

@Nelands Seminar Room<\/td>\n

Room B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Automating Biological Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Cristin Millett (Penn State)<\/p>\n

@Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nLottie Sebes (Berlin University of the Arts)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Speaking Machines: Wearing the Skin of Synthesised Voice\u2019<\/p>\n

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Rachel Ankeny (Uni Adelaide)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Selecting a Chassis in Synthetic Biology: The Challenges of and Lessons Learned from Model Organisms\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nDavid Friedrich (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018From Gold to Naughtiness: Disclosing the Nature of the Cochlear Implant via the Sound Installation \u201cNaughty Box\u201d<\/td>\n

Oron Catts (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The Myth of Reaching Abundance without Consequence through Metabolic Rift Technologies\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kirill Postoutenko (<\/strong>Bielefeld University<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Automatism in Language and Society: Humans as (Non-)Trivial Machines\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Antti Tenetz<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Machina Naturae: Exploring convergence of AI, Biological Systems, and Space Technologies in Speculative Futures\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16:30<\/strong><\/td>\nCoffee\/Tea Break<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00<\/strong><\/td>\nKeynote \u2013 Gunalan Nadarajan (University of Michigan)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Mea Culpa<\/em>: Automation, Agency and Accountability\u2019<\/p>\n

Chair: Ionat Zurr (UWA)<\/p>\n

@Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

18:00<\/strong><\/td>\nReception<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ Cullity Gallery<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Day 2 \u2013 Saturday 18th<\/sup> November (Before lunch at UWA School of Design; after lunch in Perth CBD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
8:30<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/p>\n

&Coffee\/tea<\/p>\n

@Cullity Gallery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 2.1<\/p>\n

@ Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nPanel: Anna Munster (UNSW), Zoe Horn (ICS\/WSU), Liam Magee (ICS\/WSU), and Ned Rossiter (ICS\/WSU) <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Automated Images, Images of Automation: Logistical Forms, Machine Imaginaries, and the Geopolitics of Automation\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:30<\/strong><\/td>\nMorning Tea<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 2.2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRoom A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Infrastructures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Santiago Renteria Aguilar (UWA)<\/p>\n

@Nedlands Seminar Room<\/td>\n

Room B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Automation and Art Making<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Mark Andrejevic (Monash)<\/p>\n

@ Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nAndrew Hutcheon (ECU)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The banana trick: \u201cborrowing\u201d subcultures and supermarket automation in contemporary capitalism\u2019<\/td>\n

Paul Boy\u00e9 (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The vibe of \u201csomething automated\u201d: questioning the recent use of AI tools in contemporary art making\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nLibby Young (USyd)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Tracing the Personal in Personal Data\u2019<\/td>\n

Jan De Pietro (Griffith)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018What If?\u2019 Questions: the scientific thinking behind creative work and why it matters in the Age of AI\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nMerve (Mercy) Akdogan and Selin (Cation) Sahin (MIT)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Reflective Infrastructural Relations: AI as Automated Illusion, Identity and Labor\u2019<\/td>\n

Tina Stefanou (Uni Melb)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Agripoet(h)ics: What is an Artist supposed to do with all this?\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:30<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch, and Travel to Perth Cultural Centre, CBD<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00-16:00<\/strong><\/td>\nPolicy Workshop: Strategising Cultural Interventions on AI, Automation and Drones<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conversation Starters: Julia Powles, Ionat Zurr, and Jenny Judge (Uni Melb)<\/p>\n

Co-Hosted by the UWA Tech & Policy Lab<\/p>\n

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@ WA State Library: Great Southern Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

17:00<\/strong><\/td>\nKeynote \u2013 Stelarc<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Animating the Body: From the Involuntary to the Automated\u2019<\/p>\n

Chair: Oron Catts (UWA)<\/p>\n

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@ Art Gallery of WA, Theatrette<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

18:00-19:30<\/strong><\/td>\nReception <\/strong><\/p>\n

@ Art Gallery of WA, Rooftop<\/p>\n

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Day 3 \u2013 Sunday 19th<\/sup> November (UWA Conservatorium of Music) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
8:30<\/strong><\/td>\nCoffee\/tea<\/em><\/p>\n

@Music Common Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9<\/strong>:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRoom A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sound, Music, and Machine Listening<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Anna Munster (UNSW)<\/p>\n

@Callaway Auditorium<\/td>\n

Room B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Automating Futures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Laurent Shervington (UWA)<\/p>\n

@Tunley Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSantiago Renteria Aguilar (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Dadamining Soundscapes: Found Sound in Environmental Sonic Analytics\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Stephanie Morissette (UMich)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Speculative Paleontology: From Future Synthetic Biology Artifacts\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nPia van Gelder (ANU)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Sticks and Strings, Circuits, Worms and Earth: Divination or Automation in Music Composition Practices\u2019<\/p>\n

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Tom Smith (RMIT)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Quantitative Collapse\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSamuel Beilby (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Noise within Ecosystems of the Automated Worksite and the Automated Artwork\u2019<\/td>\n

Vladimir Todorovi\u0107 (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Algodreams: algorithmic visions for the future\u2019<\/p>\n

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10:30<\/strong><\/td>\nMorning Tea<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00<\/strong><\/td>\nKeynote – Carolyn Pedwell (University of Kent)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The Intuitive and the Counter-Intuitive: AI and the Affective Ideologies of Common Sense\u2019<\/p>\n

Chair: Elizabeth Stephens (UQ)<\/p>\n

@ Callaway Auditorium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:00<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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13:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 3.2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRoom A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Automated Bodies and Biopolitics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: David Friedrich (UWA)<\/p>\n

@Tunley Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n

Room B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Automating Care\/Control<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Paul Boy\u00e9 (UWA)<\/p>\n

@Eileen Joyce Studio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nAgatha Okon (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Automation with Non-human Animals\u2019<\/td>\n

Mark Andrejevic (Monash)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Mass Customized Culture and the Recession of the Social\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nDonna Franklin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Speculations of Reanimation, techno-body ecosystems, bio-political care\u2019<\/td>\n

Ionat Zurr (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Automated Wombs\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nCristin Millett (Penn State)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Ex-Utero: Reproductive (De)Evolution\u2019<\/td>\n

Elizabeth Stephens (UQ) <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018\u201cArtificial Mothers\u201d and the Strange History of Incubator Baby Shows\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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14:30<\/strong><\/td>\nClosing Roundtable Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oron Catts (UWA), Sarah Collins (UWA), Elizabeth Stephens (UQ), Ionat Zurr (UWA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ Tunley Lecture Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

15:00<\/strong><\/td>\nClose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]CALL FOR PAPERS & PROPOSALS<\/p>\n

Automation Culture:
\nIntersections between Art, Automation, and Living Systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n

17th-19th November 2023
\nThe University of Western Australia, Perth.
\nKeynotes: Prof. Gunalan Nadarajan<\/a> (University of Michigan), Carolyn Pedwell<\/a> (University of Kent) Stelarc<\/a>.
\nCFP Submission Deadline: March 6th, 2023<\/p>\n

Since the dawn of mechanical automation there has been a desire to explore the creative potential of automated processes. Some of the most note-worthy examples of clockwork automata from the eighteenth century are figures who are made to perform \u2018creative\u2019 tasks, such as drawing, writing poetry, or playing a musical instrument. Even earlier, mechanical fountains depicted birds singing and in more recent times we see an interest in AI-generated art, or AI\u2019s seemingly creative approach to games such as chess.<\/p>\n

These fascinations are based on the assumption that automation is framed and usually discussed in the realm of the non-living that attempts either to emulate\/mimic life-like properties such as movement, the appearance of sentiency\/creativity, and metabolism, or express mechanic qualities that goes beyond the abilities of the living. When these categories are hybridised, troubled or blurred, automata seem both remarkable and unsettling.<\/p>\n

This conference discusses thought experiments and case studies which metaphorically and literally transgress the relationship between art, automation and living systems (human and non-human), focusing on processes of automation in food systems, care-giving, judgement, and labour. By troubling the categories of art and automation, can we change the way we approach the increasing automation of life and culture?<\/p>\n

The event will include papers, performances, workshops, and roundtables.<\/p>\n

Topic areas may include but are not limited to:
\n\u2981 Animal Studies
\n\u2981 Biological Arts & Biodesign
\n\u2981 Biopolitics
\n\u2981 Cultural Studies and Literary Studies
\n\u2981 Economic History
\n\u2981 Environmental Humanities, Posthumanism and Extinction Studies
\n\u2981 Feminist, Queer, Race, Post-Colonial and Disability Studies
\n\u2981 History of (Life) Science
\n\u2981 History of Aesthetics
\n\u2981 Indigenous Futurisms
\n\u2981 Law and Technology studies
\n\u2981 Media Studies
\n\u2981 Musicology and Theatre and Film Studies
\n\u2981 Non-Human Biopolitics & Bioethics
\n\u2981 Philosophy and Ethics
\n\u2981 Political Theory and Political Philosophy
\n\u2981 Robotics and Computer Science
\n\u2981 Science, Technology and Society studies
\n\u2981 Science Fiction and Speculative Fabulations
\n\u2981 Synthetic Biology
\n\u2981 Transhumanism and AI<\/p>\n

Abstract word limit maximum 300 words (2100 characters including spaces).
\nSubmissions to Sarah Collins: sarah.collins@uwa.edu.au<\/a> by March 6th, 2023<\/strong>. Presenters will be notified within three weeks past the deadline.<\/p>\n

Programme Committee: Oron Catts, Sarah Collins, Elizabeth Stephens, Ionat Zurr.<\/p>\n

This conference is a part of a project exploring the cultural and intellectual history of automated labour, with support from the Australian Research Council[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]Conference Accommodation Suggestions:<\/p>\n

There are several options for accommodation which are close to University of Western Australia.<\/p>\n

First is UWA’s official short stay options, which are found on the website: https:\/\/www.uwa.edu.au\/study\/student-life\/accommodation\/short-stays<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the colleges (St Cats) is closed at the moment for renovations so spots might be limited in the remaining places.<\/p>\n

Outside of UWA, Kenata on Fairway is a good budget friendly option: https:\/\/kenata-fairway.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, another suggestion is to find a hotel in the CBD area. Buses to and from UWA are available from Elizabeth Quay Bus Station, specifically routes 950, 23, 102, 107 which run every 5 minutes during peak times.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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