As their website states:
“New Craft – Future Voices is an international conference and exhibition organised to encourage debate surrounding the future of craft. It seeks to expose and articulate craft issues currently being investigated via doctoral research, post-doctoral research and craft practitioners, and to document new ways of questioning and disseminating the dialogue of craft practice.
New Craft – Future Voices will explore the relation between skills, intellect and culture within the individual vision of crafts practitioners.”
I’m lucky to be participating in the conference’s exhibition and it’s worth checking out their website at www.newcraftfuturevoices.com as they had an interesting submissions process wherein you had to post your submission to their website and undergo a very public review process. While it was a bit unsettling, it was a great experience to participate in as you were able to read the other submissions and gain valuable insight into the range of theorectical research being undertaken internationally. Should be a great conference as a result.
The conference will be held July 4th to 6th, 2007 at the University of Dundee in Scotland. There is also a related blog site – www.craftresearch.blogspot.com worth a read.
