Betreff: Das Skulpturale im (post-)digitalen Zeitalter
Datum: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:54:02 +0100
Von: Mara Johanna <mara.koel...@googlemail.com>
Symposium: "The sculptural in the (post-) digital age"
1 July 2020 (Central Institute for Art History, Munich)
Submission deadline: 21 July 2019
Digital technologies have profoundly impacted the arts expanding the
field of sculpture and the sculptural. A number of theoretical
approaches discuss the implications of so-called 'Aesthetics of the
Digital', referring above all to screen-based phenomena. Art history,
however, continues to pay little attention to sculptural works that are
conceived and 'materialized' using digital technologies. This is
surprising given that computers became an artistic medium in 1950s, CNC
technology was used as early as the 1960s and 3D scanning and printing
processes in the 1980s. The symposium aims to discuss current research
perspectives on historical and contemporary sculptural phenomena, and in
particular how digital technologies configure the understanding of
sculpture and the sculptural.
The following questions serve as guidelines and outline the topics to be
discussed: How are concepts of monumentality and site-specificity
altered, when sculptures easily circulate as files online and can be 3D
printed at any time? If artists now model their sculptures with
software, how can we make sense of their spatiality, plasticity and
materiality? When an object can no longer be grasped based on a tactile
sense, but via the sense of sight, which modes of perception are
addressed? How can we think of an object that arises from an algorithm
and appears as pixels on a screen without sharing the same spatial
conditions as the viewer? How do we experience objects that only become
visible through a QR code or app? What ontological status do such
computer-aided works possess that can be experienced both physically
(for example 3D printing) and virtually (on screen)? How can we
interpret concepts of authorship in times of digital coproduction and
artificial intelligence? Which forms of participation or interaction
does the respective interface address? How does this experience affect
the "aesthetic border”? Through systematic, interdisciplinary and
historical examination, the symposium aims to contribute to discussions
on sculpture and the sculptural in the age of (post-) digital. Its goal
is to advance reflections on the artistic medium for our technological
present.
The symposium will take place on 1 July 2020 at the Central Institute
for Art History in Munich and is organised by Ursula Ströbele (Study
Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Central Institute for Art
History, Munich) and Mara-Johanna Kölmel (Institute for Art History and
Philosophy, Leuphana University, Lüneburg).
We invite proposals for presentations of 30 minutes in German or English
(max 2000 characters, including spaces), a short CV and the contact
address until July 21, 2019 to u.stroeb...@zikg.eu and
mara.koel...@googlemail.com. The conference language is German and
English. Participants will be reimbursed for accommodation and travel
expenses in the amount of a second-class or economy-class train or plane
journey within Europe, subject to funding approval. We ask our speakers
to prioritize traveling by train.
Contact person: Ursula Ströbele (ZI München) und Mara-Johanna Kölmel
(Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg).
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