Conference
Space, Site, Installation. Philosophy, art theory and art practice
23-24 March 2022 – University of Padova
Venue: Palazzo Bo, Via VIII Febbraio, 2, Padova, Italy
Online streaming: Zoom, see below
Contacts: spacesiteinstallation@gmail.com
Wednesday 23 March
Aula Nievo, Palazzo Bo, Via VIII Febbraio, 2, Padova
Zoom: https://unive.zoom.us/j/81548088701?pwd=ZmtPTDlTczZ3WTgwWG9YMjBCaVQwdz09
Meeting ID: 815 4808 8701
8.30-9.00 Registration
Session 1
Chair: Elisa Caldarola, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
Online chair: Matteo Savoldelli, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
9.00-10.30 Keynote talk
Jason Gaiger, University of Oxford
The One and the Many: Huyghe’s Untilled
10.30-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-11.30 Eleen Deprez, University of Oxford (remote talk)
A Digital Visit: Online Exhibitions and Virtual Space
11.30-12.15 Madeleine Kennedy, University of Oxford
Borrowed Time: the Exhibition as Necessarily Time-Specific
12.15-13.00 Emine Hande Tuna, University of California, Santa Cruz
Apt Perception, Aesthetic Engagement, and Installation Art
13.00-14.45 Lunch break
Session 2
Chair: Gabriele Tomasi, University of Padua
Online chair: Matteo Savoldelli, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
14.45-16.15 Keynote talk
Ken Wilder, University of the Arts, London
Framing Installation Art
16.15-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.15 Shelby Moser, Azusa Pacific University
The Places and Spaces of Locative-Specific Art
17.15-18.00 Fabio Bacchini, University of Sassari
Site-Specificity and Site-Specific Works of Art
18.00-18.45 Nick Lambrianou, Birkbeck, University of London
Matter in the Wrong Place: A Public Object on the Move
20.00 Conference Dinner, Dante alle Piazze, Via Manin, 10, Padova (speakers only)
Thursday 24 March
Archivio Antico, Palazzo Bo, Via VIII Febbraio, 2, Padova
Zoom: https://unive.zoom.us/j/89441787588?pwd=WTdpdm9saUJpTHFQRE53NnRyT3drQT09
Meeting ID: 894 4178 7588
Session 3
Chair: Gemma Argüello Manresa, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Online chair: Matteo Savoldelli, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
9.00-10.30 Keynote talk
Elena Tavani, University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Dynamics and Statics in Site-Specific Installation
10.30-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-11.30 Deniz Güvensoy, University of The Applied Arts, Vienna
Installation Art between Concepts and Affects: Rethinking ‘Art without Space’
11.30-12.15 Jonida Gashi, Academy of Albanian Studies, Tirana
Politics of Installation: Three Case Studies
12.15-13.00 Eva Frapiccini, Fine Arts Academy, Palermo
Creating Archival Installations and the Physical Engagement of the Viewer in the Era of the Internet
13.00-14.45 Lunch break
Session 4
Chair: Fabio Bacchini, University of Sassari
Online chair: Matteo Savoldelli, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
14.45-16.15 Keynote talk
Elisa Caldarola, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
On the Role of the Public in Installation Art
16.15-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.15 Andrea Maistrello, independent scholar
Is That (a Medium of) Art? On Installation as an Artistic Medium
17.15-18.00 Gemma Argüello Manresa, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Installation art and public art. Reflections about site-specificity
Registration:
Conference attendance is free. If you wish to attend the conference in person we kindly ask you to register in advance, sending an email to spacesiteinstallationATgmail.com by March 20th 2022, with the following information:
– Name, Surname
– Academic affiliation (if any)
– email addres
– any special request
In order to enter university premises in Padova, you’ll need to show a valid vaccination or Covid-19 recovery certificate.
Organizers: Elisa Caldarola (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice), Matteo Savoldelli (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice), and Gabriele Tomasi (University of Padova)
Programme committee: Sondra Bacharach (Victoria University of Wellington), Elisa Caldarola (University of Padova), Frida Carazzato (Museion Foundation, Bolzano), Deborah Perron Tollefsen (University of Memphis), Letizia Ragaglia (Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz), Gabriele Tomasi (University of Padova), Kenneth Wilder (University of the Arts London).
The conference is funded by the University of Padua through the initiative “Supporting TAlent in ReSearch@University of Padua” – STARS Grants (Starting Grant 2018-2020, APAI – “A Philosophy of Art Installation”, P.I. Dr. Elisa Caldarola).
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