Light, Space and Contemporary Art
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Program
June 7th
LIGHT AND SPACE: HISTORIES
10.00: Registration, coffee, and croissants
10.30-10.45: Welcome by Marie Nipper
MAPPINGS
10.45 – 11.15: Matthew Simms – Light and Space: a Conversation
11.15 – 11.25: Q&A
11.25 – 11.45: Lucy Bradnock – The L.A. art scene in 1970s
11.45 – 11.55: Q&A
11.55 – 12.15: Robin Clark – The long tail of the comet: Perceiving light and space in Southern California and beyond
12.15 – 12.25: Q&A
12.25 – 13.15: Lunch
WOMEN OF LIGHT AND SPACE
13.15 – 13.35: Elizabeth Gollnick – Women artists of light and space
13.35 – 13.45: Q&A
13.45 – 14.05: Elyn Zimmerman – Practice in focus
14.05 – 14.15: Q&A
14.15 – 14.35: Natalia Krawczyk – On Susan Kaiser Vogel: woman, artist, and mason
14.35 – 14.45: Q&A
14.45 – 15.05: Lita Albuquerque – Practice in focus
15.05 – 15.15: Q&A
15.15 – 17.30 Possibility of seeing the exhibition Light & Space
June 8th
LIGHT AND SPACE ART: CONTEMPORARY ART
10.00 – 10.30: Arrival, coffee, croissants
10.30 – 10.45: Welcome by Malene Vest Hansen
NEW PERCEPTIONS AND SPATIALS EXPERIENCES
10.45 – 11.15: Dawna Schuld – Perception and aesthetic experience since the 1960s
11.15 – 11.25: Q&A
11.25 – 11.45: Mónica Bello – Art, science and technology, new experiences, and ecosystems.
11.45 – 11.55: Q&A
12.00 – 12.45: Lunch
INSTITUTIONAL FORMATS AND EXHIBITIONS
12.45 – 13.10: Ruth Kissling & Kristina Leipold – Robert Irwin at LAS
13.10 – 13.20: Q&A
13.20 – 13.40: Maria Kappel Blegvad – The Dome at ARoS
13.40 – 13.50: Q&A
13.50 – 14.20: Break
ART & ARCHITECTURE
14.20 – 14.40: Lawrence Weschler – On Robert Irwin
14.40 – 14.50: Q&A
15.00 – 16.00: Online lecture by Juhani Pallasmaa – Alvar Aalto’s painterly and atmospheric light – spatial, haptic and emotive illumination
16.00 – 16.15: Q&A
Copenhagen Contemporary and the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at University of Copenhagen are inviting to a two-day international symposium in June 2022 focusing on the American Light and Space movement and its impact on European contemporary art. The dates are June 7-8.
The conference is held in conjunction with the exhibition Light & Space at Copenhagen Contemporary, which for the first time in Europe brings together a rich array of artworks from the American art movement known as Light and Space as well as contemporary European artists.
The symposium Light, Space and Contemporary Art wishes to highlight the groundbreaking practices of artists within the Light and Space movement and discuss their legacy in relation to younger contemporary artists.
Lectures will be given by Lita Albuquerque, Dawna Schuld, Elisabeth Gollnick, Matthew Simms, Mónica Bello, Elyn Zimmerman, Lucy Bradnock and others.
The conference is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Terra Foundation for American Art.
Information
When: 7-8. juni kl. 10-15
Where: Copenhagen Contemporary, Refshalevej 173A
Price: Tickets cost 200 DKK and includes catering (students are free).
Book your tickets at CC’s website here.
NB. All lectures will be held in English.
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