Vytautas Magnus University together with the NGO “Sviesos rastas” is organizing an international conference VISUAL SOCIETIES in the framework of the first international festival of photography in Lithuania on September 18, 2004. The conference is inviting members of academic community interested in visual communication and image-based research, also image producers, agents, museum curators, gallerists etc. to explore the increasing role of visual communication, image consumption and manipulation in contemporary social world.

Proposals are invited on the following topics:
 image-based research and teaching
 the role of photography in visual communication
 social, economic and aesthetic issues of image production
 privacy and authorship in audiovisual representations
 photography in contemporary art
 development of the image of an artist
We welcome proposals on the topics mentioned of up to 250 words together with the registration form to be submitted to Kristina Juraite, conference coordinator, by September 5, 2004. The working language of the conference is English.

Registration form should include the following:
 First name
 Family name
 Academic title
 Institution, position
 Address
 Telephone
 Fax
 Email
 Title of the proposed presentation
 Short summary of the presentation (up to 250 words)
 Technical requirements for your presentation, eg. equipment, software etc.

For further details about the conference and festival activities, please visit the website: www.light.lt or contact Kristina Juraite at kristina@light.lt

We look forward to hearing from you!

Kristina Juraite
Lecturer, Department of Sociology
Vytautas Magnus University
Phone/fax: +370 37 330312
Email: kristina@light.lt


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