{"id":23540,"date":"2026-01-20T12:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=23540"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:39:50","slug":"call-temple-university-repair-electronics-faire-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2026\/01\/20\/call-temple-university-repair-electronics-faire-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL: Temple University Repair Electronics Faire 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Call for Proposals: Repair Electronics Faire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temple University Libraries Loretta C Duckworth Digital Scholars Studio, in collaboration with the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Boyer College, and the Center for Humanities invite submissions for organizations to table, individual or group paper presentations, workshops, performances, and artworks for the Repair Electronics Faire<\/em> on April 9 and 10, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submissions are due\u00a0Sunday March 1st at 11:59 PM EST.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Link:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/airtable.com\/appVncyffpzmqjBYc\/pag90mKsm2MHntDXR\/form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please contact Hannah Tardie hannah.tardie@temple.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Year\u2019s Theme, Repair<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s theme follows the Electronics Faire founding principle that while the history of electronics is entangled with violence, manifold traditions of marginalized communities using electronics as a form of social relating, intimacy, and resistance continue to flourish. Following mending movements and care cultures, we invite scholars, artists, practitioners, and organizations to propose works that engage with repair as a maintenance protocol, cultural practice, and queer and abolitionist methodology. Our definition of repair follows Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick\u2019s analytic approach that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The desire of a reparative impulse, on the other hand, is additive and accretive. Its fear, a realistic one, is that the culture surrounding it is inadequate or inimical to its nurture; it wants to assemble and confer plenitude on an object that will then have resources to offer to an inchoate self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite submissions that focus on the technical aspects of repairing electronic media and objects and\/or radically imagine the myriad ways that electronic media can contribute to community, collective, and interpersonal repair. We welcome myriad interpretations and meditations on this theme. Proposals may engage with the following questions, or ask their own: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

–        What does a reparative impulse applied to electronic objects look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–        How can we design, invent, mend, and imagine electronic objects within a reparative politic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–        In what ways can we use, misuse, and reuse electronic objects to keep ourselves and our communities safe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–        In what ways do electronics facilitate community care?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Information: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a fully in-person event taking place on April 9th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup> at Temple University\u2019s Charles Library in Philadelphia, PA. Paper presentations will be recorded for online viewing after the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote Series: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop Instructors will be compensated with a $350 honorarium per workshop. Each workshop will be granted a budget of up to $150 for materials. Workshop sessions must be at least ninety minutes long and can be a maximum of four hours long. To preserve the intimacy and spirit of the event and our classroom sizes, some workshops will be capped at 8 participants each and some at 15. If your workshop requires a larger group, please indicate that on your application so we know what classroom size you will need. Keep in mind that a larger group will result in the same $150 materials budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lo-dB Restorative Performances (curated by Sandra James and Michelle Temple)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are looking for performers and instrument makers to play in our Low Decibel, restorative ensemble showcasing performances centered around this year\u2019s theme, Repair<\/em>. We are personally interested in repair as a way to acknowledge our music and music technology histories that are exclusive by nature; we welcome performances that work to repair social and political injustices. Repair can also refer to repurposed and reconfigured materials, works that specifically engage with reparative or healing work. Performances will close out the Electronics Faire on Friday, April 10th in the afternoon through the early evening on the library\u2019s roof terrace. Open to groups or solo artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Exhibition (curated by Ollie Goss and Hannah Tardie):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Electronics Faire affiliated exhibition is open to artists, crafts people, and practitioners working in a variety of mediums that specifically engage with this year\u2019s theme, Repair<\/em>. Repair can refer to repurposed and reconfigured materials, works that specifically engage with reparative or healing work, or other interpretations on the theme. This year\u2019s exhibition will be held at Ulises Bookstore and will feature an accompanying publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All submissions are due by March 1st, 2026, at 11:59 PM<\/strong>. <\/em>Please read about this year\u2019s theme and browse the bibliography before completing your submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repair Bibliography and Inspiration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A View of a Landscape<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Kevin Beasley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alt-Text as Poetry<\/a> Finnegan and Bojana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0100mant\u0113cay\u014dtl: And When it Disappears, it is Said, the Moon has Died<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Fernando Palma Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astra Urbanocena, <\/em><\/a>Kristof Kintera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audible Silence<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Ivana Dama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BADs Lab<\/em><\/a>, <\/a>CCAM Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art<\/a> Organized by Legacy Russell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dermasonic Grief<\/em><\/a> by Chrissy Brimmage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endogene Depression<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> David Vostell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glue-making and re-connecting<\/em><\/a> <\/a>by Dri Chiu Tattersfield,<\/em> Jeffrey Yoo Warren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guerrilla Frequencies<\/a>, Jordan Deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lubricate Coil Engine<\/a> Tabita Rezaire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homies Helping Homies<\/em><\/a>, Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If You Can Read This, Thank the Phoenicians<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Clare Koury<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Motion<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Will Toney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fix It <\/a>Hardware Repair Resource<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love, guilt and reparation, and other works, 1921-1945<\/em><\/a> by Melanie Klein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maintenance and Care<\/em><\/a> by Shannon Mattern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Machines<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Carl Craig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raving<\/em><\/a> <\/a>by McKenzie Wark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reimagining and Revealing Our Relationship with Machines through Mystical Practice<\/em><\/a> <\/a>by Aarati Akkapeddi,<\/em> Erica Kermani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relational Dance Dance<\/em><\/a> by Jackie Liu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prototipo 1.0_A (Tecnolog\u00edas de visi\u00f3n forestal)<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>miguel cinta robles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screaming Minerals,<\/em><\/a> <\/a>Ioana Vreme Moser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep Close and Fast<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Susan Philipsz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonic Liberation Devices,<\/em><\/a> by DJ LITA and collaborators<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Suits,<\/em><\/a> Nick Cave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry for Suffering,<\/em><\/a> <\/a>Lee Bul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street Artists\u2019 Realtime Bus Tracker,<\/a> Make It Weird and collaborator Bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar Power for Artists<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timelapse<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Sarah Sze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temple OS<\/em><\/a> by Terry Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home, Prospect,<\/em><\/a> by Zalika Azim,rafa Esparza, Dewey Tofoya, and curated by Miranda Lash and Ebony G<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transfer,<\/em><\/a> William Anastasi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Person Operating System Type 2<\/a> Martha Friedman and Susan Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untitled (Casual Power),<\/em><\/a> Julianna Huxtable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Musics<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> Yuko Mohri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

360 Virtual Exhibit of the Charles L. Blockson Collection<\/em><\/a> <\/a>by Jasmine Clark and collaborators<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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