HFBK

In the realm of all PhD programs of HFBK Hamburg we cordially invite to the conference on the topic of „Representation and Presence“.

What is art doing between representation and presence? What are its performativity and agency? Who speaks? Who acts? What counts as history, as art, as society? Which identities and exclusions are constructed in the process — and which counter-positions emerge?

PhD fellowswill reflect on questions of artistic representation (Darstellung), historical representation, and political representation (Stellvertretung). Contributions may address crises of representation and post-representational approaches in the sciences, the arts, and social movements, or a crisis of presence within the ongoing dynamics of neoliberal transformation and claims to immediacy.

The aim of the event is to initiate a discussion about research projects and to facilitate an exchange among doctoral students at the HFBK Hamburg.

Program:

10:00–10:15 Welcome!

10:15–11:00: Maria Ignatenko: „The Surface of the Cinematic Work as a Form of Presence“, moderated by Richard Magee

11:00–11:45: Pablo Torres Gómez: „Vibratile Grammars for Earthbound Becomings“, moderated by Ruxin Liu

11:45–12:30: „Ruxin Liu: I have a friend…“, moderated by Pablo Torres Gómez

12:30–13:30: Lunch break

13:30–14:15: Helene Kummer: „Animal Bodies Carry Stories“, moderated by Nina Bruchhaus

14:15–15:00: Richard Magee: „When Jimmie Durham built a Neolithic VideoTotem in 1988 Derry“, moderated by Maria Ignatenko

15:00–15:30: Coffee break

15:30–16:15: Michal Baror: „GHOSTING. Ethical Reflections and Artistic Interventions in the ethnographic photographic collection“, moderated by Filipe Lippe

16:15–17:00: Filipe Lippe: „To Violate Representation to Liberate the Collective Subject: A Critical Reflection in Times of Negative Expectations“, moderated by Michal Baror

17:00–17:45: Nina Bruchhaus: „Wer spricht im Bild? Farbe als Erkenntnisform bei Hilma af Klint“, moderiert von Helene Kummer (in German)

18:00: Dinner

Organized by the department of Theory & History and the PhD in Art Practice program.