CONF: Perception machines (Geneva, 29-30 May 2015)

Perception machines – May 29 – 30, 2015
Université de Genève, Uni Dufour, salle 408
PROGRAM
Vendredi / friday 29/05/2015
9h30
bienvenue / welcome: Marie Theres Stauffer, Stefan Kristensen
Présenation / chair: Stefan Kristensen, Université de Genève
9h45
Holle Rössler, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolffenbüttel:
Spectacular Disappointment. On the Perception of Machines in the History and Historiography of Theatre
10h30
Julia Zons, Universität Konstanz:
Qui a tué le beau monstre noir? Vom Leben und Sterben des Pantelegraphen (1855-1867)
11h15 pause / break
11h45
Philip Ursprung, ETH Zürich:
Two-way Mirror: Seeing and Acting with Dan Graham
12h30 pause midi / lunch break
Présenation / chair: Ileana Parvu, Haut Ecole d’Art et du Design, Genève
14h30
Guillaume Sibertin-Blanc, Université de Toulouse:
Désir et perception chez Deleuze et Guattari
15h15
Bianca Westermann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum:
The biomorphic automata in the 18th century
16h00 pause / break
Présentation / chair: Dario Gamboni, Université de Genève
16h30
Marie Theres Stauffer, Université de Genève:
La reconstruction de machines catoptriques. L’intérêt et ses défis
17h15
Felix Thürlemann, Universität Konstanz:
Le miroir-transparent chez Lee Friedlander ou l’alternative rendue simultanée
Samedi / saturday 30/05/2015
Présentation / chair: Brenda Edgar, Université de Genève
9h30
Veronica Peselmann, Freie Universität Berlin:
The Kaiser-Panorama. Mobilizing spaces of perception in the late 19th century
10h15
Benoît Turquety, Université de Lausanne:
Machines imageantes, machines-images
11h00 pause / break
11h30
Stefan Kristensen, Université de Genève:
Les « machines à influencer » entre esthétique et psychopathologie
12h15 pause midi / lunch break
Présentation / chair: Marie Theres Stauffer, Université de Genève
14h00
Nina Zschocke, ETH Zürich:
Machines, instructions, skills, rewards. Jon Kessler’s «The Web» (2012) and the production of perception in the 21st century
14h45
Dieter Dietz, EPF Lausanne:
Immersive devices. The expanded eye in space
15h30 clôture du colloque / closing remarks

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