Past events
Being on the Border
History and Theory of Cut in Humanities and Social Sciences
26-29 November, 2019 - Lucca, Italy
History and Theory of Cut in Humanities and Social Sciences
26-29 November, 2019 - Lucca, Italy
(https://lynxwinterschool.imtlucca.it)
Keynote Speakers
The Photographic Cut and Cutting Practices in a Photo Archive, Costanza Caraffa (Head of the Photo Library, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Italy)
The Functioning of the Notion of Cut: Some Examples from Classical Antiquity, Maria Luisa Catoni (Director of the Research Unit LYNX Center for the Interdisciplinary Analysis of Image, Professor at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Cut, Splice, Montage. Materiality and Meaning, Barbara Flueckiger (PI ERC Advanced Grant “FilmColors. An Interdisciplinary Approach”, Professor at Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich)
Workshops
From Expanded to Cyber: de-framing and re-framing practices for archaeological reconstructions and cinematographic screens
Dr. Rossella Catanese and Dr. Riccardo Olivito
Voyage en Italie: Photography and Cultural Heritage in Italy
Dr. Linda Bertelli and Agnese Ghezzi
Panels
Case-study based contributions addressing any of the following areas or interrelation among them:
The history of the use of cut in different artistic practices (from drawing to engravings, from photography to cinema)
The history and theory of the frame
The history and the theory of the processes of institutionalisation in cultural heritage
The different meanings of centre and margins in cultural heritage
Thursday, November 28
Ruskin 200, “Unto this Last”. Memories on John Ruskin
Argomentare per immagini: l’attualità di John Ruskin
(in partnership with University of Florence, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, University of Verona, The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre, University of Lancaster, and SIRA - Società Italiana per il Restauro dell’Architettura)