Sacred Arts: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Artistic Expression and Ritual on May 11-12, 2024 in London, United Kingdom
- Event Type: Conference
- Presentation: Hybrid
- Website URL: https://labrc.co.uk/2024/02/09/sacred-arts/
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Venue: Birkbeck, University of London
- Date: May 11-12, 2024
- Organization: London Arts-Based Research Centre
- Conference Tags: religious diversity spiritual accomplishments visual anthropology visual arts arts and humanities anthropology comparative literature multidisciplinary interdisciplinary theology spirituality religious and secular comparative religion religion religious studies
The London Arts-Based Research Centre
Presents:
Sacred Arts: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Artistic Expression and Ritual
Birkbeck, University of London
May 11-12, 2024
May 11 will be at Birkbeck (for both in-person and online presentations)
May 12 will be held fully online.
Registration fees (for both attendees and presenters):
In-person participation: £165
Virtual participation: £90
Call for Papers
Ever since the dawn of time, there has been an art-based approach to spirituality. People have created and developed ritualistic relationships with artefacts in order to help them understand, express, and communicate with the divine. From jewellery to iconography, music, garments, sculptures, architecture, incense, and more, these objects of art have encapsulated and preserved religious symbols and traditions over many generations.
This conference aims to bring together researchers, postgraduate students, and creatives interested in the role that religious artefacts and rituals can play in our perception of the sacred. In this transdisciplinary forum, we will be sharing ideas relating to all aspects of art and the divine, especially regarding matter, materials, and materiality in religious cultures throughout the ages. Art is associated with religious traditions around the world, and sacred objects/artefacts (such as icons, sculptures, jewellery, garments, architecture, etc.) have the capacity to depict and describe archetypal, spiritual concepts and religious content through matter. We would like to explore topics revolving around the connection between religions and material culture, especially in observing the relationships between people and sacred artefacts, whether these relationships are of spiritual, informative, creative, scientific or ekphrastic nature.
We would like to explore the following questions: How can religious artefacts shape our understanding of the divine? What type of ekphrastic responses may be generated between different mediums of religious art? What factors come into play in the making and development of iconography and other art of religious significance? How can archaeological findings tell us more about the history of the sacred in our psyche?
We welcome 15-minute presentations of either academic or creative form.
Central topics include, but are not limited to:
Iconography: process, meaning, making, and using
Calligraphy
Ekphrastic responses to sacred art (such as icons)
Art-based rituals in spiritual practice
Cross-cultural interactions and influences
Archaeological discoveries through these artefacts
Modes of interaction between different cultures/faiths in the creation and use of artefacts with religious significance
Spiritual architecture
Special processes and techniques in iconography
Renovation of artefacts
Sacred music
Food in religious practice
Religious sculpture
Classicism and neo-classicist approaches to religion through art
The Renaissance
Religious symbols in art of ancient civilizations
The contemporary use of ancient religious symbols in art, fashion, and rituals
Comparative religion
Religious manuscripts
Interdisciplinary conversations
Consciousness and the imaginal realm
Archetypal expressions
Spiritual symbolism
Mythology as methodology
Alchemical symbolism
Held at the University of London, Birkbeck (as well as online), this two-day hybrid conference will take place on 11-12 May, 2024. The first day, May 11 will be at Birkbeck (for both in-person and online presentations), and the second day, May 12 will be held fully online.
Presenters may either share academic papers and/or creative work (poetry, prose, photography, music, painting, etc.), as we highly encourage arts-based research, as well as research which stimulates reflection on creativity, image, symbol and archetype. Please fill out our proposal form on https://forms.gle/4sEr597f8ZPB6AJZ6 by April 1, 2024. We will be announcing our plenary speakers and the full programme of the conference will be ready after the presenters are selected.
Registration fees:
In-person participation: £165
Virtual participation: £90
Name: London Arts-Based Research Centre
Website: http://www.labrc.co.uk
Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ
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