Nordiskt Avantgardenätverk
Technology and the Avant-Garde, Stockholm, Nov 25-26.
Conference program


Conference program in pdf-format

Location:
Rooms "William Olsson" and "U 29"
Geovetarhuset at Frescati, Stockholm University.

Ambient art (displayed during the conference):

Staffan Larsson, Dept of Linguistics, Gothenburg university
Noises From the Reality-Machine
Bertrand Gondouin (and others), Mixnbrew Studios
Grains & Pixels


Friday, November 25

09.00-09.45 Coffee and registration

09.45-10.00 Welcome – Opening of the Conference

10.00-11.30 Keynote speaker: Douglas Kahn
Noise on Radio: The Unwitting Avant-garde of Engineers

11.30-11.45 Staffan Larsson & Bertrand Gondouin: presentations of artwork in the conference..

11.45-13.00 Lunch break

13.00-14.15 CHAIR: Tania Ørum

Bodil Børset, Institutt for nordistikk og litteraturvitenskap, NTNU, Trondheim.
Norwegian Radio Avant-Garde. New and old?
Sverdrup/Norheim: Her bor vi så gjerne (1963) and Fosse/Cranner:”Hertervig!” (2004)
(respondent Nils Olsson)

Torben Sangild, Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab, Københavns Universitet
The Distorted Voice – Music, Technology and Trauma
(respondent Staffan Larsson)

14.15-14.30 Coffee break

14.45-16.15 CHAIR: Benedikt Hjartarson

Sascha Bru, University of Ghent
»Technologos. The Palingenetic Universe of F.T. Marinetti»
(respondent TBA)

Trond Lundemo, Stockholm University
”For an ’Arrière-garde’”; Jean Epstein’s Theory of Art and Technology
(respondent TBA)

Johan Alfredsson, Dept of Comp Lit, Gothenburg:
Bengt Emil Johnson: After Concretism
(respondent Per Ringby)

16.30–17.00 Proceedings/årsmöte

19.00 Fylkingen: ReSurge (optional)

"Sound Structures" CD-release and concert. ReSurge is: Lisa Ullén: piano, Lars Bröndum: guitars and electronics, Ulf Åkerhielm: bass, Jonna Sandell: violin. Entrance: 60 kr.
Where: Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, T (Metro): Mariatorget


Saturday, November 26th

9.30-10.30 Sessions

Session A
CHAIR: Per Bäckström

Karl Hansson, Dept of Cinema Studies, Stockholm University
Fluxus Haptics – On Haptic Visuality and Visual Strategies of the Fluxus Movement
(respondent Troels Degn Johansson)

Professor Eva Lilja, Litteraturvetenskap Göteborg
& fil lic Lena Hopsch, Chalmers Arkitektur
Rythm Systems – Temporal och Spatial Aspects
(respondent Per Bäckström)

Session B
CHAIR: Marianne Ping-Huang

Simo Alitalo, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Sound Art, Music and Modes of Listening
(respondent Bodil Børset)

David A. Stefansson, University of Reykjavik
The Power of Limited Self Will – Cage's silence vs. Ghostigital's noise
(respondent Torben Sangild)

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-12 .00 Sessions

Session A
CHAIR: Per Ringby

Jyrki Nummi, Helsingfors
How to Become an Avant-Garde Artist? Monuments of Unageing Intellect in
M. A. Numminen’s Novel Helsinkiin
(respondent TBA)

Marianne Ølholm, Københavns universitet
E-Poetry – Literary Experiments in the Digital Medium
(respondent Kristin Veel)

Session B
CHAIR: Trond Lundemo

Erik Granly Jensen, Univ. of Copenhagen, Dept. of Comp. Lit.
Working Through Technology: Else Marie Pade
(respondent Eva Lilja)

Jan Løhmann Stephensen, Afd. for Æstetik & Kultur, Aarhus Universitet
Avant-Garde and the Technologies of the Self.
(respondent Jakob Staberg)


12.00-13.00 Lunch break

13.00-14.30 Keynote speaker: Lev Manovich

14.30-15.00 Coffee break

15.00-16.00 Sessions
CHAIR: Jenny Sundén

Lisa Otty, Edinburgh
"Out of the garbage into The Book": Avant-gardism and Andy Warhol's a: a novel
(respondent TBA)

Troels Degn Johansson, Ass. Prof, Centre for Design Research, København
Technology and the Immanent Avant-Garde of Superflex and Bourriaud
(respondent Lisa Otty)




19.00 Buffet @ Eyubi, Döbelnsgatan 45 Rådmansgatan
w/special guests:

• En halvkokt i folie