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Subject: [artbox] CALL FOR PAPERS: SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage
From:    "Dessy Gavrilova" <dgavrilova la redhouse-sofia.org>
Date:    Tue, December 2, 2008 14:53
To:      "ARTBOX group" <artbox la groups.cult.bg>
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CALL FOR PAPERS
SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage

Proposals for papers are invited from art historians, curators and
artists that examine the art and visual culture of Eastern Europe and
beyond in both historical and contemporary contexts. Papers are sought
for the SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage, which will be held at
the Courtauld Institute of Art in London on Friday 27 February 2009.

This SocialEast Seminar considers the involvement of art during the Cold
War with espionage, both on the level of international exchange and in
specific national contexts. It deals with attempts within the Eastern
Bloc to monitor artists through surveillance and networks of informers,
the role of art espionage as an instrument of Sovietisation, and the
methods used to control the involvement of artists in the international
art world.  There will also be discussion of the parallel role of
Western organisations in activities from cultural espionage to the use
of art as a propaganda weapon. The seminar will also consider artistic
responses to the phenomenon of spying and the wider legacy of artistic
espionage for the topography of contemporary art.

To suggest a paper for the SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage,
please send a 200 word proposal and biographical note to Dr. Reuben
Fowkes by email to info la socialeast.org

The deadline for submitting a proposal is Monday 22 December 2008.


For more information see: http://www.socialeast.org