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Utrecht Media and Performance Research Seminar
The Humanities Department at Utrecht University organizes a series of seminars throughout the year in which researchers from the department exchange knowledge and expertise, read and discuss texts and present research projects.
2009/2010: Oh My God, is this live?!
This year's Seminar entails a new series of discussions about the concept of liveness, presence and mediatization in debates about new and transforming media and performance technologies and practices.
In five sessions we will discuss key publications on notions of liveness, presence, mediatization, aura, dis/appearance, and the relationship between public and private spaces.
dates: January 29, February 26, March 26, May 7, June 4
time and place: 2.30 - 5.00, Janskerkhof 13, 0.06 (OGC),
January 29: Machines and Programmes – a double bill
Paper presentation by Mirko Tobias Schaefer
Field trip to the exhibition Opening: The Show by Maurice Bogaert in the Centrum Beeldende Kunst Utrecht (CBKU). The exhibition opens at January 28 with a screening of art video’s ("Scotty, What About the Beamer?"). During the seminar, the artist Maurice Bogaert will show us around and explain his work.
February 26: Installation and Apparition
Guest: Laurent Liefooghe
Liefooghe, Langsdorf and Sickle (re)created the apparatus of the Pepper’s Ghost illusion and explored its potential for creating a performance, the result of which will be presented in theater Huis aan de Werf on February 2, 20.30h. They now offer the installation to other artists to create performances with. The first one to explore the potential of the Viewmaster is Inari Salamvaari and her performance will be shown on the same day as our Seminar, February 26 (again 20.30h in Huis aan de Werf).
During our seminar session, Laurent Liefooghe will present and discuss the Viewmaster project
March 26: Cross Cultural Perspecitves and the Haptic
Paper presentations by Bernadette Papenburg and Patrick Eiselohr
May 7: Broadcasting and Communication
Paper presentations by Judith Keibach, Imar de Vries
June 4: Liveness, surveillance and discipline
Paper presentations by Dana Mustata, Sudha Rajagopolan
Next to the seminar meetings, three Salons followed by several events during Springdance, will address the issue of liveness at the intersection of dance and new media.
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Related links
• You may find actual information about this seminar on the Humanities Department's website
www.mcwutrecht.org
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For more information concerning this seminar, contact N.Verhoeff@uu.nl
Archive
Each year a different topic is explored. In 2007/2008 the seminars explored theoretical explorations of the concept of 'dispositif' and the program was aimed at comparing dispositifs. In 2008/2009 the seminar focused on performativity and locatedness of media and performance technologies and practices. Presentations by various scholars alternated with discussion of key publications on issues of performativity, locatedness and space, including work by authors like Giuliana Bruno, Judith Butler, Jonathan Culler, Michel de Certeau, Michel Foucault, Dorreen Massey, John McKenzie, Nigel Thrift. |
