Eighteenth International Conference on The Image, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, 13-15 October 2027

Eighteenth International Conference on The Image, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, 13-15 October 2027

Founded in 2010, The Image Research Network is brought together around a shared interest in the nature and function of image making and images. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

The Eighteenth International Conference on The Image
will address the following annual themes and special focus:

2027 Special Focus—Images After the Real: Synthetic Media, Networked Circulation, and Artificial Meaning

Theme 1: Synthetic Images and the New Realism
Theme 2: Authorship, Aesthetics, and Computational Creativity
Theme 3: Networked Circulation and Visual Publics
Theme 4: Evidence, Ethics, and Visual Harm