VSAC 2018: Visual Science of Art Conference 2018 Narodni Dom building, located in the centre of Trieste in via Fabio Filzi 14. Trieste, Italy, August 24-26, 2018

VSAC 2018 Call for Abstracts

Welcome to VSAC 2018, the Visual Science of Art Conference where different communities (e.g. visual artists, vision scientists, art historians, philosophers) meet and exchange ideas, findings and experiences concerning the visual arts. It is the ideal place to debate issues, to advance novel hypotheses, and to set the grounds for innovative collaborations. The VSAC invites all people that connect visual perception with the arts (e.g., empirical, experimental, philosophical, historical, phenomenological, computational approaches).

Abstract submission for VSAC 2018 is now open.

Submission Guidelines

• The word limit for all abstracts is 200. 
• All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by members of the VSAC 2018 Scientific Committee. 
• Information about registration will be posted on the conference website asap. 
• Participants can be the first author only of one abstract.
• All accepted abstracts will be published as conference proceedings in the journal Art & Perception (ISSN: 2213-4905).

IMPORTANT DATES

• The conference will be held in Trieste (Italy) on August 24-26, 2018.
• The second extended deadline for abstract submission is May 15, 2018.
• A notification for first authors will be provided by May 30, 2018.
• All first authors with accepted abstracts should be registered to the conference by May 30, 2018.

TOPICS

VSAC 2018 Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Arts for social commitment
• The museums of the future
• Science & Arts
• Visual illusions
• Arts education
• New media, technologies, and the Arts
• Definitions of Arts
• Arts theory and history
• Accessibility and inclusivity of the Arts

One of the key goals of this conference is to foster collaboration between industry and academia. Participation of researchers and developers from industry and posters/demonstrations reporting on joint work between industry and academia are welcome.

TYPE OF SUBMISSION

There are three types of submissions.

1. POSTERS
   This year, VSAC will again include poster/demonstration sessions in order to create a platform to present and discuss works in progress, demonstrations of new applications or techniques, research demonstrations, upcoming research challenges, future directions, and novel approaches in the field of art research, art production, and art fruition.
    
2. TALKS
    
3. ART WORKSHOPS
   VSAC 2018 will include for the first time "Art Workshops" in order to explore the intersection between Art and Science in a novel, fascinating way through a collaboration between two experts. The Art Workshops formula works as follows: 1) An Artist will present their piece of artwork or performance to the audience; 2) A selected Vision Scientist will then discuss what just happened on stage. The Artist submitting an Art Workshop has to specify in the Abstract description form the name of the Vision Scientist that will discuss their performance. Alternatively, the Vision Scientist submitting an Art Workshop has to specify in the Abstract description form the name of the Artist(s) that will present their piece of artwork or performance.

Please specify in the Abstract description if your contribution is intended as Poster, Talk or Art Workshop.

Contacts

All questions about submissions should be emailed to cfa@vsac2018.eu
You can find more about VSAC 2018 on our website http://www.vsac2018.eu