TAG: NAME WRITING IN PUBLIC SPACE
A CONFERENCE ABOUT TAGGING, IN HISTORY AND TODAY CATHOLIC PRIVATE UNIVERSITY LINZ MAY 16 & 17, 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Tag Conference welcomes again scholars and independent researchers to discuss the mysteries of tagging of all eras, from historical name-writing to contemporary urban signatures.
This new instalment of our world-leading event is hosted by the Catholic Private University of Linz, Austria, located in the old city close to the Danube.
After seven years of work and two outstanding events last year in New York and Hamburg, the Tag Conference Linz 2024 provides a new and exciting opportunity to push forward the study of graffiti in its own terms.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Participation in the conference is free. The Tag Conference encourages applications from non-scholars who conduct informal or independent research on tagging of any era.
OUR POSTER BOY RETURNS
Exactly 199 years ago Joseph Kyselak passed through Linz. That famous trip took him through many European provinces and was recounted in the book he published four years later. Our poster for this conference shows a detail from the landscape of Linz as portrayed in a lithography dated in 1825.
In celebration of this 199th year anniversary we are honoured to bring back the Austrian tagging legend and poster boy from the Tag Conference’s 2017 founding instalment at the Freie Universität in Berlin.
JUMP TO MUNICH FOR THE UNLOCK BOOK FAIR
The Unlock Book Fair is a unique international meeting for graffiti book lovers. It was founded in 2016 as the Tag Conference’s team flagship event.
A new Unlock Book Fair will take place in Munich, under three hours away from Linz, on the weekend right after the conference. Staying in Linz for the Friday night allows for an early jump to Munich next morning without missing a bit of the action at Unlock.
Don’t miss the chance to access the cutting edge of independent graffiti publishing from across the world at Unlock’s trademark feast of graffiti books and zines. The event features a groundbreaking program of events about graffiti including talks, screenings and book launches.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
The call for papers is open until the 26th of February 2024. Send abstracts to thetagconference@gmail.com.
Abstracts must be under 1.500 characters long. The submission must include a brief description of the author’s research background and a few low resolution pictures (below 2MB total) illustrating the subject of study.
Abstracts must be written in English. Presentations will be delivered in English.
The list of accepted abstracts will be communicated by March 2nd, 2024. Each presentation will be allocated a slot of at least 30 minutes including Q&A.
Alternative presentation formats such as panel debates, artist discussions, photography or video will be considered.
Authors of accepted papers can choose to stay at the university’s on-site accommodations for a reduced price of 40€ per night, breakfast included. A complimentary grill dinner will be offered to all speakers on Thursday afternoon at the cozy university garden.
READ THE FULL CALL FOR PAPERS
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