Track 03
Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0):
Art, Cyberphysics, Automated creativity.
Track chair Bassam Hussein (International University of Beirut)
New technologies of smart spaces started what is agreed to be called the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” IR 4.0 this has changed ways of lives, work and relationship among people. Because of cyber-physical systems, smart spaces and the Internet of Systems was introduced in industries and workplaces, connect machines and people, visualize chains of production and make autonomous choices.
This revolution has tremendous effects on all disciplines in sciences and the art. It is disrupting all production modes in industries around the world and causing big changes in a non-linear way at unparalleled speed.
Papers under this topic would explore the modes of production before and after the 4th industrial revolution, the implication of smart spaces on human communication and social interrelation. They can explore the new methods and practices in art and media under the effects of Cyberphysics, Automated creativity and artificial intelligence modes of production.
POM Beirut Tracks
(based on the call for topics)
Based on the first call for topics, the call is now open for individual submissions within the following tracks:
01.Track: Arab revolutions: Refugees, Communication technology, Mobile connectivity.
02.Track: Terrorism machines: Art production, Sociopolitical implications.
03.Track: Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0): Art, Cyberphysics, Automated creativity.
04.Track: The Battlefield of Vision: Perceptions of War and Wars on Perception.
05.Track: Internet of things: Dystopian Artificial Intelligence, Black Boxes.
06.Track: Living machines: Wars within living organisms.
07.Track: Artificial intelligence for art AIA: Computational creativity, Neural networks, Simulating human activity.
08.Track: Permanent Telesurveillance: Privacy, data protection, panopticon.
09.Track: The Politics of Evidence: Refugees, Frictions, Sound-representation.
10.Track: Body-politics of the machines: Troubles WITH/IN/OUT art, body, perception, politics, and technology.
11.Track: The Ecosystem Analogy: Machinery of Nature, Borrowed landscapes, Anthropology of the near.
Submission information
last updated January 8th, 2019
Notification of acceptance will be announced by the end of March 2019.
Individual proposals should consist of a 300-word abstract.
All submissions will be reviewed, according to the highest international academic standards.
Submitters should also upload a short bio file, no longer than a ½ page per person.
Please note that there will be a conference fee payable by all participants and delegates of the conference (Fees and packages will be announced in January 2019).
POM Beirut 2019 committees
last updated January 8th, 2019
POM Series executive committee
Dr. Morten SØNDERGAARD and Dr. Laura BELOFF.
POM Beirut 2019 Steering Committee
Dr. Morten SØNDERGAARD, Dr. Laura BELOFF, Dr. Hassan CHOUBASSI, Mr. Joe ELIAS, and Mrs. Sahar CHARARA.
POM Beirut 2019 Organizing Committee
Dr. Hassan CHOUBASSI, Mr. Joe ELIAS, Mrs. Sahar CHARARA, Dr. Fadi YAMMOUT, Dr. Walid RAAD, Ms. Fatima ABOU NASSIF, and Mr. Tarek Mourad.
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