INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Construction of Media-Authorships: History – Present – Future
June 2 – June 4, 2016, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Organizers: Angela Krewani (Marburg University), Christiane Heibach
(Regensburg University), Irene Schütze (Academy of Fine Arts, Mainz
University)
Location: Deutscher Sprachatlas, Pilgrimstein 16, 35037 Marburg, B 05,
Room 00/0010
Website: www.uni-marburg.de/MediaAuthorships
/Sampling, hacking, pirating, appropriating/ – these are only a few of
the manifold creative techniques that are part of contemporary artistic
practices. They are often inherently correlated to the use of digital
and networked media. These practices put in question the traditional
concept of art and literature as being a product created by
identifiable, personal author-geniuses. Nevertheless, individual
authorship is still the dominant concept in contemporary art production.
Despite several obituaries (e.g. by Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault),
the concept of the individual author never really died: artistic and
literary practices self-mystified the author, even in fields which
obviously rely on creative cooperations like film, theatre and
multimedia installations. Taking this seeming contradiction into
account, the conference turns both to historical as well as to current
artistic practices within various media and fields of communication.
If you want to participate in the conference, please register via eMail
at ann-marie.letourn...@staff.uni-marburg.de (subject line:
registration) before May 30th, 2016.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM*
*Thursday, June 2, 2016
12:30–12:45Welcome Dean of the Faculty
12:45–13:15Introduction
FIRST PART: HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE OF AUTHORSHIPS IN MEDIA
CONFIGURATIONS
MEDIA INTERFERENCES I: QUESTIONING AUTHORSHIP IN THE AVANT-GARDES
MODERATOR: CHRISTIANE HEIBACH (REGENSBURG UNIVERSITY)
13:15–14:00Anke Finger (University of Connecticut): Autopoietic
Processes within the Avant-Gardes: Fragmenting Authorship
14:00–14:45Julia Meer (Humboldt University, Berlin): The 'Bauhaus'
– a Trademark Without an Author? Some Remarks on the History of
Authorship in Design
14:45–15:15Coffee Break
MEDIA INTERFERENCES II: AUTHORSHIP IN FINE ARTS
MODERATOR: IRENE SCHÜTZE (ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, MAINZ UNIVERSITY)
15:15–16:00Hans Dieter Huber (Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart):
Artist, Author, Authenticity
16:00–16:45Barbara Stoltz (Florence): “Authorship" and the
Contemporary Production of Metal Art
16:45–17:15Coffee Break
MEDIA INTERFERENCES III: AUTHORSHIP IN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
MODERATOR: SOPHIE EINWÄCHTER (MARBURG UNIVERSITY)
17:15–18:00 Janet Robinson (Universtiy of Colorado, Boulder):
Television's Counter Models: HBO’s True Blood, FX’s American Horror
Story, and Netflix’s Orange is the New Black
18:00–18:45 Dietmar Kammerer (Marburg University): What If… Film
Auteurs Wore Tights?
18:45–19:15 Panel Discussion
19.30 Dinner/Snacks
20.30 Public Performance search lutz!/searchSonata 181
by Johannes Auer together with Christiane Maschajechi
Friday, June 3, 2016
CONTINUATION FIRST PART: HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
MEDIA INTERFERENCES IV: MULTI- AND DIGITAL MEDIA
MODERATOR: ANGELA KREWANI (MARBURG UNIVERSITY)
09:00–09:45 Ruth E. Iskin (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev):
Subversive Authorship in Contemporary Art: Geopolitics, Gender and Race
09:45–10:30 Annika Richterich (Maastricht University): Hacking
Authorship: Creativity and Accountability in Hacking Practices
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:45 Karin Wenz (Maastricht University): Cultural Citizen or
Author? User Generated Content and its Implications
11:45–12:15 Panel Discussion
12:15–14:15 Lunch
SECOND PART: PRESENCE AND FUTURE OF (NON)AUTHORSHIPS
MODERATOR: ANKE FINGER (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT)
MEDIA DIMENSIONS
14:15–15:00 Christiane Heibach (Regensburg University): Authorship,
Collectivity, Creativity and the Media
15:00–15:45 Vera Cuntz-Leng (Marburg University): Authors, Fans,
Pirates: Fan Practices and Authorship
15:45–16:15 Coffee Break
16:15–17:00 Angela Krewani (Marburg University): Urban Spaces, Locative
Media and Collective Authorships
17:00–17:45 Grischka Petri (Bonn University): Is Copyright Law the
Zombie of Authorship?
17:45–18:15 Panel Discussion
19:30 Dinner
Saturday, June 4
CONTINUATION SECOND PART: PRESENCE AND FUTURE OF (NON)AUTHORSHIPS
MODERATOR: VERA CUNTZ-LENG (MARBURG UNIVERSITY)
AESTHETIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
09:00–09:45 Rachel Mader (Luzern University): Communicative
Authorships. Remarks on Promises and Misunderstandings in Praticipative
Art Production
09:45–10:30 Irene Schütze (Academy of Fine Arts, Mainz University):
Concepts of Non-Authorship – in Conflict with the Art System?
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:45 Sally-Jane Norman (University of Sussex):
Who<=>Authors<=>You<=>Authors<=>Who
11:45–12:30 Johannes Bruder (Academy of Arts & Design, Basel): Deep
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