An-Icon ERC project

🔍 Deadline Extended! 🔥
More time to join the conversation on how virtual worlds shape desire and intimacy! AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images announces an extended submission deadline for the special issue "Virtual S*x: P*rnography, Immersion and Erotic Environments," edited by Ihsan Asman, Giovanna Maina, and Roberto P. Malaspina.

🗓️ New deadline: April 30, 2025

👉 Submit your paper here: https://bit.ly/41kx9wk

𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲? 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆
Edited by Pietro Montani, and Andrea Pinotti

🗞️📯 The new issue of 𝘼𝙉-𝙄𝘾𝙊𝙉. 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 is out!

The growing and spontaneous proliferation of mixed forms such as Augmented Reality and Immersive Extended Reality is associated with the emergence of new affordances and unprecedented modes of interactivity. It is game on: this issue of AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images intends to contribute to a more precise delimitation of the field, addressing the challenges posed by interactivity in various operational domains, both in artistic and non-artistic contexts.

With the contributions of: Agnese Cebere, Andrea D’Ammando, Roberto P. Malaspina, Laura Marcolini, Martina Pace, Sofia Pirandello, and Pier Cesare Rivoltella.

Discover the issue here: https://bit.ly/3Xwj38G

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗔𝗩𝗘: 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗴𝗲
Curated by Michele Cometa, and Margherita Fontana

As imagined by Gene Youngblood’s Paleocybernetic Age, from the depths of painted caves to the immersive glow of VR headsets, the boundary between past and future collapses. AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images invites scholars, artists, and researchers to explore the intersections of prehistoric imagery and contemporary media. How do caves, both real and virtual, shape our understanding of image-making, immersion, and cultural heritage?

🌄 Submit your proposals here: https://bit.ly/4i1OWyf
📅 Deadline: September 1, 2025�
📩 More info at [email protected] and [email protected]

Img credits: frame from VR artwork "The Cave" (2022) by Adam Żądło and Jowita Guja. Courtesy the artists.