We are plea­sed to an­noun­ce the third edi­ti­on of the Fri­bourg Work­shop in Aes­t­he­tics & Cri­tique that will take place on 27-28th May 2021. The title of the work­shop is „Thin­king in Pan­de­mic Times“, and we have the plea­su­re to wel­co­me Jean-Luc Nancy and Wil­li­am John Tho­mas Mit­chell as our keyno­te spea­kers.

Mo­re­o­ver, there will be panel dis­cus­sions with Vin­cent Baudril­ler, Julie Be­au­vais, Ales­san­dro Ber­ti­net­to, Georg Ber­tram, Ni­co­las Brul­hart, Da­ni­el Feige, Dario Gen­ti­li, Lydia Goehr, Vin­zenz Hedi­ger, Va­nes­sa Lemm, Marta Ponsa, Eliz­a­beth Po­vi­nel­li, Sara Ram­s­haw, Bas­ti­an Zim­mer­mann, Sla­voj Žižek.

De­tai­led pro­gram of the work­shop:

Thurs­day 27 mai 2021

14h00 – Ou­ver­tu­re (Em­ma­nu­el Alloa)

14h30-16h30 – Con­ta­gi­on as a Me­ta­phor

DARIO GEN­TI­LI (Uni­ver­sità Roma Tre): From con­ta­gi­on to con­ta­gi­on, from cri­sis to cri­sis
VA­NES­SA LEMM (Dea­kin U, Mel­bourne): Con­ta­gi­on and Com­mu­ni­ty of Life
ELIZ­A­BETH PO­VI­NEL­LI (Co­lum­bia U, NYC): Cu­mu­la­ti­ve and Co­m­ing Ca­ta­stro­phes. Fee­ling & Fi­gu­ring the Dif­fe­rence
SLA­VOJ ZIZEK (Birk­beck Col­le­ge Lon­don): Non-Thin­king in Pan­de­mic Times

17h00-18h30 – WJT MIT­CHELL (Chi­ca­go): Pre­sent Tense 2020. An Ico­no­lo­gy of Time

Fri­day 28 mai 2021

9h30-12h00 – Is there Art Be­hind the Screen ? Vir­tua­li­zed Aes­t­he­tic. Prac­tices in Pan­de­mic Times.

VIN­CENT BAUDRIL­LER (Théâtre Vidy)
MARTA PONSA (Jeu de Paume, Paris)
NI­CO­LAS BRUL­HART (Fri Art, Fri­bourg)
VIN­ZENZ HEDI­GER (Frank­furt/M)
BAS­TI­AN ZIM­MER­MANN (Mu­nich/Ber­lin)
JULIE BE­AU­VAIS (SONIC MAT­TER Zü­rich)

14h00-15h30 – JEAN-LUC NANCY (Stras­bourg): Être soufflé

15h45-18h – In Un­cer­tain Times. On Im­pro­vi­sa­tio­nal Prac­tices.

DA­NI­EL FEIGE (ABK Stutt­gart): The Aes­t­he­tic Tem­po­ra­li­ty of Mu­si­cal Im­pro­vi­sa­ti­on
LYDIA GOEHR (Co­lum­bia U, NYC): IMPUT — UN­TIT­LED
ALES­SAN­DRO BER­TI­NET­TO (U To­ri­no): Aes­t­he­tics of Im­pro­vi­sa­ti­on as Ar­tis­tic Gram­mar of Con­tin­gen­cy
GEORG BER­TRAM (FU Ber­lin): Im­pro­vi­sa­ti­on as Pa­ra­digm of Art?
SARA RAM­S­HAW (U Vic­to­ria, Ca­na­da): Jus­ti­ce as Im­pro­vi­sa­ti­on.

You’re cor­di­al­ly in­vi­ted to join this event on­line. For re­gis­tra­ti­on and Zoom link, plea­se con­tact: chris­toph.haff­ter@nullunifr.​ch

With best re­gards,

Em­ma­nu­el Alloa, Chris­toph Haff­ter and Ari­an­na Sfor­zi­ni