Questioning Aesthetics Symposium. Arts Research and Aesthetics

Barcelona, 20-22 de junio de 2017. Jèssica Jaques y Gerard Vilar organizan junto con la EINA, Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, esta edición del QAS, que trata sobre “Arts Research and Aesthetics”. Con el apoyo de Fundació Banc de Sabadell y de Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation.

QUESTIONING AESTHETICS SYMPOSIUM: ART RESEARCH & AESTHETICS
La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (La Rambla, 99)
Barcelona
June 20-22, 2017

Free & Open to the Public

PROGRAM/

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

9:00 AM—Introductions:
Valentín Roma, Director of La Virreina centre de la Imatge
Jèssica Jaques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Gerard Vilar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Michael Kelly, UNC Charlotte & Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation

9:30 AM—11:30 AM
Moderator: Jèssica Jaques
Speakers:
Constanza Mendoza, “Art Research, or How Not To Be An Artist”
Josep Perelló, “Sciences and Arts Research”
Lara Baladi, “History, Archiving, & Art”

11:45 AM—1:45 PM
Moderator: Luís Guerra
Speakers:
Laura Benítez Valero, “Aesthetics of Immanence: Diffractive Research and Ontological Indeterminacy”
Henk Slager, “Reclaiming Aesthetics”
Juliane Rebentisch, “Artistic Research and Aesthetic Autonomy”

1:45 PM—3:15 PM – Lunch

3:30 PM—5:30 PM
Moderator: Tània Costa
Speakers:
Alex Arteaga, «Understanding: On the Cognitive Function of Aesthetic Practices”
Theresa Schubert, “Matter as Constitutive Matter—Making Art with the Living”
Mika Elo, “Artistic Research Syndrome”

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

9:30 AM—11:30 AM
Moderator: Gerard Vilar
Speakers:
Susanna Hertrich, “Altering Perceptions”
Dieter Mersch, “Art and Reflexivity”
Tracie Costantino: “Aesthetic Reflection and Research in Art and Design”

11:45 AM—1:45 PM
Moderator: Pol Capdevila
Speakers:
Aslı Çavuşoğlu, “A Proposition: Reconciliation through Plant/Insect Encounters”
Juan Canela, “Spells, Lectures, Stones and Storms: The Place of Research in a Curatorial Project Related with Magic, Ritual, and Nature”
Sarah Cunningham, “?”

1:45 PM—3:15 PM — Lunch

3:30 PM—5:30 PM
Roundtable
Moderators: Jèssica Jaques, Michael Kelly, Gerard Vilar
Speakers: All Symposium Participants

Thursday, June 22, 2017

La Recerca Artística Catalunya: Problemes i Propostes

10:00 Presentació de CAiRE i Taula Rodona (Institucions): Tere Badia, Valentín Roma, Alicia Vela, Roc Parés, Pau Alsina, Gerard Vilar, …

12:00-14:00 Taula rodona (Artistes): Connie Mendoza, Àlex Arteaga, Luís Guerra,…

Pausa per dinar

16:30-18:30

Discussió Final i Conclusions