Events

CIVA 2011 Biennial Conference

Matter & Spirit: Art and Belief in a Digital Age

Digital information and the hard and soft technologies that support it are transforming contemporary life. The 2011 Christians in the Visual Arts biennial conference will explore the ways in which these technologies enhance and challenge our understanding of art and belief. This exploration will be framed by an examination of how matter and materiality shape our understanding of both art and faith. Following an arc built around the major acts of the biblical narrative, our keynote sessions explore three major themes:

Why Matter Matters: Technology and the Created Order
The Problem of Matter: Technology and the History of Art-Making
The Future of Matter: Technology, Art-Making, and Hope

To dig more deeply into these themes, two plenary panels and six conference tracks will consider the character of material reality, its relationship to the spiritual, and the particular implications within a variety of discipli