Facultad de Artes Plásticas y Audiovisuales (ARPA-BUAP)
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Call for papers
XI International Conference of Art and Media:
Media Week 2026
Defacement and Creation
April 20-24, 2026
Format: Hybrid
Languages: English-Spanish-French
Description:
The Media Week at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas y Audiovisuales of BUAP is a transdisciplinary space for dialogue, reflection, and creation concerning art and media. Each year, the event seeks to foster encounters between researchers, professionals, artists, and students in an international context through conferences, exhibitions, and workshops.
In 2026, the Media Week will address the theme “Defacement and Creation,” defined as the deliberate disfigurement or alteration of a previous form of representation. Following Dr. Paul Majkut’s interpretation in his book Smallest Mimes, the event aims to explore how new media transform and deform previous ones, generating unprecedented creative possibilities.
This edition will honor Dr. Majkut, recognizing his intellectual legacy, his ethics of shared knowledge, and his constant drive for innovation. The conference will be held in a hybrid format, featuring in-person and virtual activities including keynote lectures, contributed paper sessions, and specialized workshops.
Objective:
The event aims to provide a space for transdisciplinary discussions on art and media to identify the structural “defacement” or distortion inherent in all media. Specifically, it seeks to examine how the material limitations of media, inherent flaws, technical imperfections, or errors corrupt the original intention and, paradoxically, act as fundamental catalysts for innovation, reinterpretation, and the emergence of new forms of art and communication.
Important Dates:
Submission deadline: February 1, 2026
Results announced from February 15, 2026
Event dates: April 20-24, 2026
Thematic Areas
TOPIC: Defacement and Creation
Art and Media
– Theoretical and Critical Media Studies
– History and Epistemology of the Art-Technology Relationship
– Contemporary Art and Mixed Reality
– Time, Space, and Technological Materiality
– Globalization, Media, and Cultural Practices
– Art, Technology, and Education
– Science, Art, and Interdisciplinary Creation
Participation Options
In-person: Presentations of up to 20 minutes, grouped into thematic sessions with a Q&A session.
Remote: Synchronous presentation (20 minutes) via videoconference.
Workshops: Proposals with a maximum duration of two hours, including a methodological description and learning objectives.
Participation Guidelines:
Presentations or workshops may be delivered in either an in-person or remote synchronous format.
Individual or co-authored submissions are accepted (maximum three authors).
Presentations must have a maximum duration of 20 minutes.
All proposals will be evaluated through a double-blind peer review process.
Submission of Proposals
CFP
The abstract should have a maximum length of 300 words and include four keywords.
The Accepted proposals will be presented during Media Week 2026.
Contact:
media.week@correo.buap.mx
Organizing Committee::
ARPA Media LAB
Gabriela Farías Islas, Víctor A. Ruíz Ramírez, M. Beatriz Bernábe Loranca, Daniel Herrera Romero , Tanit G. Serrano Arias, Martha Erika Mateos Genis, Mónica Olea Amezcua, Adriana Durán Guerrero, María Luisa Solís Zepeda, Ricardo Cartas Figueroa, Amanda Rosa Pérez Morales, Araceli Toledo Olivar, Yonatan Puón Castro, Eloísa Sheng-li Chilián Herrera.