Under the title Peaks and Edges of Contemporary Arts, the Foundation Destellos invites proposals to the first International Conference of Aesthetics, to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 22 - 24 October 2009, by composers, musicologists, performers, video artists, organizers of concerts and other artistic events, who want to present propositions linked to aesthetic, philosophic and practice aspects of digital arts. The conference is framed into the XII Journeys of Aesthetics and History of the Theatre of Mar del Plata, organized by the Group of Research in Aesthetics (GIE) and supported by the University of Mar del Plata and the National Council of Scientific and Technologic Research (Conicet).

The suggested areas of interest include:

Description of creative process
Theories on Aesthetics
The performer and the interpretation of contemporary music
Aesthetics of image in relation with sound
Aesthetics of collaborative projects of creation in the net
The function of sound in installations
The relation of public with multimedia arts
Analysis of electroacoustic and multimedia works

250-word abstracts are to be sent electronically to info@fundestellos.org by 15 July 2009.

For details, please see www.fundestellos.org