Semiperipherality

Thursday, March 3rd

14.30–14.45 h – Opening

14.50–16.10 h – Session 1

Moderator: Zanna Gilbert (Getty Research Institute)

Karen Benezra (Leuphana University): Popular Art, or, the Folklore of the Future

Rafael Cardoso (UERJ / FU Berlin): The Trouble with modernismo: the Centrality of a Term Imported from the Periphery

16.30–17.50 h – Session 2

Moderator: Eric de Bruyn (FU Berlin)

Klara Kemp-Welch (Courtauld Institute): Countercultural Misunderstandings and Alternatives to the Alternative

Luke Skrebowski (University of Manchester): Ian Burn’s Itineraries: On Conceptual Art in the World System

Friday, March 4th

14.00–16.00 h – Session 3

Moderator: Ileana L. Selejan (Decolonizing Arts Institute, University of the Arts London)

Gabriel Zacarias (UNICAMP / Universität Hamburg): Semiperipherality in Postwar Europe: The Multiple Geographies of the Situationist International

Teresa Kittler (University of York): Modern / Early Modern Connections: Battisti / Celant

Sérgio B. Martins (PUC-Rio / FU Berlin): Negative Art for a Negative Country: Underdevelopment Inside Out

16.20–17.20 h – Session 4: Artist’s Talk

Matheus Rocha Pitta (Artist, Berlin): Eye for an Eye

Discussant: Mela Dávila (Independent curator and researcher, Hamburg)

All times are in Central European Time (CET) / UTC+01

supported by: Alexander von Humbold-Stiftung and Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)