Exploring the relation between ethnography and contemporary arts
Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October 2015
at Beursschouwburg (Brussels)
A selection of partners from Brussels and Ghent join hands for a two-day symposium about the relation between anthropology and contemporary (audio)visual art and the many forms in which art can present itself today. We zoom in on our hyper-diverse society in which different generations, age groups, communities and people with different habits live together. In what way does art connect these generations and communities—on a journey through time and across borders? We introduce a series of artist talks by international makers and offer time to view their work. How does one capture people, communities and evolving landscapes on camera with respect and integrity? What does it mean to ‘do’ anthropology in a time of superdiversity?
We introduce a series of artist talks by international makers and offer time to view their work.
How does one capture people, communities and evolving landscapes on camera with respect and integrity? What does it mean to ‘do’ anthropology in a time of superdiversity?
With among others Wapke Feenstra (NL), Alexis Destoop (BE), Leora Farber (ZA), Le Peuple qui Manque (FR), Angela Olga Anderson, Fiona Tan (NL, o.v.), Britt Hatzius (UK), Mekhitar Garabedian (SY/BE) and Genevieve Yue (US).
Wednesday 28/10/2015
- 9u30-10u – Registration & Coffee
- 10u-10u15 – Introduction colloquium and overview Day 1 (Kris Rutten)
- (A) 10u15-12u00 – Opening lecture Genevieve Yue (Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, New York) – DOCUMENTARY’S OUTSIDES: SCENES OF ENCOUNTER IN CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM Moderator: An van. Dienderen
- 12u-13u30 – Lunch
- (B) 13u30-15u15 – PERFORMATIVITY (panel discussion + screenings)
Alexis Destoop – Britt Hatzius – Angela Olga Anderson
Moderator: Ive Stevenheydens - 15u15-15u30 – Coffee
- (C) 15u30-17u15 – IDENTITY (panel discussion + screenings)
Mekhitar Garabedian – Meggy Rustamova – Pieter Geenen
Moderator: Pieter Van Bogaert
- 18u – 21u – Nocturne at Argos: Pieter Geenen – THIS LAND IS MY LAND. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND + Opening KOEN THEYS & GÜLSÜN KARAMUSTAFA – MYSTIC TRANSPORT
Thursday 29/10/2015
- 9u30-10u – Registration & Coffee
- 10u – 10u15 – Introduction colloquium and overview Day 2 (Kris Rutten)
- (D) 10u15 – 11u45 – Opening lecture Leora Farber
(Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, University of Johannesburg) BEYOND THE ETHNOGRAPHIC TURN: (RE)-CONCEPTUALISATIONS OF, AND APPROACHES TO, SELFHOOD AND OTHERNESS IN THE DIS-LOCATION/RE-LOCATION PROJECT
Moderator: Kris Rutten - 12u – 13u30 – Lunch
- (E) 13u30-15u15 – STORYTELLING – Anja Dornieden & Juan David Gonzales Monroy – Eleonore de Montesquiou – Wapke Feenstra
Moderator: Els Opsomer - 15u15 – 15u30 – Coffee
- (F) 15u30 – 17u15 – SOUNDIMAGECULTURE AS PRACTICE -Presentation of projects and output of the artistic workspace SIC
Laurent Van Lancker, Miguel Peros dos Santos, An van. Dienderen and Susanne Weck - 17u15-17u45: Closing remarks (Kris Rutten)
- 17u45-19u: Closing reception
Symposium organised by SoundImage Culture (SIC), KASK-School of Arts Ghent, Beursschouwburg, UGent, Platform 0090, LUCA School of Arts – campus Sint-Lukas Brussels, Argos – Centre for Art and Media and deBuren.