Screen Studies in the Age of Extended Reality and Synthetic Media

An international conference hosted by School of Creative Arts (TCD) as part of the Irish Research Council Laureate Award project “From Cinematic Realism to Extended Reality: Reformulating Screen Studies at the Precipice of Hyper-reality” (2022-2026).

Since early cinema, filmmakers and theorists have been preoccupied with conventions of realism and its reliance on both analogue technologies (camera and film strip) and creative choices. Though extended reality and synthetic screen technologies are largely driven by computing and the tech industries, their design and use build on a much longer history of media technologies and, as such, can intersect meaningfully with existing screen theories and critical approaches to screen aesthetics, narrative and audience consumption. This conference will thus consider how approaches from screen studies, media history and cultural studies can guide a more critical and humanistic development of these technologies and their associated media.

Dates: Tuesday 4th - Wednesday 5th June 2024 
Venue: The Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Institute, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland 
Organisers: Jennifer O’Meara (jennifer.omeara@tcd.ie); James Denis Mc Glynn (james.mcglynn@tcd.ie), Department of Film, School of Creative Arts, Trinity. 

Please see further details here.

Please let us know if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: jennifer.omeara@tcd.ie