A call goes out for papers for the first international Illustration Symposium in Cardiff. With Cardiff School of Art and Design at the Wales Millennium Centre and Chapter Arts.

In association with Material Ludlow & Carnaby Street, and the Courtyard Press.

Shadow Play: Alchemy, Redolence and Enchantment
2nd – 4th November 2010

Please propose papers around the following themes, and be bold, like Vasilisa;

Alchemy*, Redolence** and Enchantment***

Be prepared to go beyond with Alchemy – do not be wary of conjuring with Redolence or enrapturing through Enchantment. A call for papers asks for submissions of abstracts exploring these themes, but is also open to papers, which may be a contrast, to debate or discover new ground not yet considered. The point of the symposium is not only to celebrate, talk about, and bring illustrators together but to also invite artists, writers, musicians, actors, playwrights,

storytellers, architects, and filmmakers to offer their views, ideas, and possibilities for illustration, and for content. Illustration is, after all, about everything, and in looking at the themes of Alchemy, Redolence and Enchantment, there may be other factors which can add to this, open up questions for debate and further research.

As the first symposium, and the beginning of research into illustration in Cardiff this symposium seeks to find new areas for enquiry and dig deeper into areas which already exist, but particularly and initially, illustration for a growing audience and the space between literature and illustration, the frission, both sexual and teenage, of text and image and
what happens in ones imagination.