Aisthesis and the Common: Reconfiguring the Public Sphere
March 18-19, 2016
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
185, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Free and open to the public
Bilingual (French/English) interpretation available
Aisthesis and the Common: Reconfiguring the Public Sphere
proposes an interdisciplinary investigation into contemporary art’s renewed
engagement with the public sphere. Bringing together artists, designers, art
historians, curators, philosophers and media studies scholars, the colloquium
examines the place and role of aisthesis (αἴσθησις) -- the faculty of
perception by the senses and the intellect -- in emerging models of the public
sphere. With the working hypothesis that art offers a unique realm for the
configuration of public spheres today, the colloquium asks: How is the public
sphere rethought aesthetically (in terms of forms, media, materialities and
sensibilities) in contemporary art? And how does an artistic public sphere
succeed in permeating a political public sphere?
Keynote speakers (via Skype): Jean-Luc Nancy ●
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Rethinking the Common: Santiago Zabala ●
Pierre Dardot
Sound Atmospheres: Frances Dyson ● Caleb Kelly
Sculpting the Common: Nadia Myre ● Romeo
Gongora ●
Marjetica Potrč
Sharing Space: Nermin Saybasili ● John Paul
Ricco
Virtualized Spaces: Adriana de Souza e Silva ●
Gerard Goggin
The Digital Common: Dominique Cardon ● Dietmar
Offenhuber
Critical Cosmopolitanism: Nikos Papastergiadis ●
Marsha Meskimmon
Registration, program, livestream: www.aisthesis.ca
