National Conference of Art History in Finland
From Material to Immaterial: Art Historical Practices in the Contemporary World
University of Turku (Sirkkala Campus, Kaivokatu 12, access via Sirkkalankatu) 28–29 November, 2019
Final Program
Thursday 28 November 9:30–10:00 Registration; coffee and tea
Foyer Area for Auditorium Janus
10:00 Opening Words Tutta Palin, University of Turku Welcome The Society for Art History in Finland Foyer Area for Auditorium Janus
10:15–12:15 Sessions 1 and 2
Session 1: Networks, Relations, and (Im)materialities
Chair: Katve-Kaisa Kontturi, University of Turku
Auditorium Janus
Kaija Kaitavuori (University of Helsinki; Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki): Artwork as a Network of Relations Anastasia Philimonos (University of Edinburgh): (Im)materiality as a Class Relation: An Analytical Tool for Art History Jane Vuorinen (University of Turku): Rethinking Questions of Materiality in Contemporary Digital Photographic Art Antje Kempe (University of Greifswald): Out of the Flow: Questioning the Reproducibility of Time-Based Art
Session 2: Material Genealogies of Art and Design
Chair: Tutta Palin
Auditorium Hovi
Adriana Kapsreiter (Bauhaus Archive): From Immaterial to Material: An Art Historical Genesis of the Bauhaus Design Icons
Marja-Terttu Kivirinta (University of Helsinki): From Material to Immaterial: Representations of Glass Design of the 1950s
Carl Schmitz (independent scholar): “Analysis Should Precede Synthesis”: Catalogues Raisonnés and Comparative Art History at a Discothèque
12:30–13:00 Visit to the Turku Cathedral, guided by Visa Immonen, Professor of Archaeology, University of Turku 13:00–14:00 Lunchtime
14:00–15:45 Keynote Speech Chair: Tutta Palin Auditorium Janus
Dan Karlholm (Södertörn University): From Material to Immaterial and Back Again? Reflections on Anthropocene Art History
15:45–16:00 Coffee and Tea
16:00–17:30 Session 3: Space, Magic, Infinity Chair: Riikka Stewen, University of Turku Auditorium Janus
Barbara Oettl (University of Regensburg): Art in(to) Space: Now You See Me // Now You Don’t
Lauri Ockenström (University of Jyväskylä): Fresh Approaches to Age-Old Evidence? – Medieval Image Magic as an Art
Historical Source in Warburg and Today
Altti Kuusamo (University of Turku): How the Metaphysical Views of Giorgio de Chirico’s Paintings Lead Us on the Brink of Synesthesia?
18:15–19:30 Reception at the Turku Art Museum (Aurakatu 26) Welcome
Prof. Jaakko Suominen, Dean of the Humanities, University of Turku Kari Immonen, Director, Turku Art Museum
Friday 29 November 9:00–11:45 Sessions 4 and 5
[Coffee break 10:30–10:45]
Session 4: Organic Processes
Chair: Roni Grén, University of Turku
Auditorium Janus
Jing Yang (University of Jyväskylä): Chinese Art in the Age of the Anthropocene: Zheng Bo’s Plant-Politics Discourses Tiina Salmia (University of Turku): Marcello the Dog as a Family Member: More-Than-Human Family in Elina
Brotherus’s Self-Portraits from the Series Carpe Fucking Diem
Agata Stronciwilk (Jan Dlugosz University): Meaningful Taste: The Ephemerality in Food Art
[Coffee break]
Ina Jessen (University of Hamburg): The Last Trace of Life: Contemporary Art between Materiality and Immateriality Ari Tanhuanpää (Finnish National Gallery): “All the Leaves in the World”: The Subjectile as a Problem
Session 5 (in Finnish): Paikantumisia
Chair: Johanna Frigård, University of Turku
Auditorium Hovi
Leena-Maija Rossi (University of Lapland): Diskursseista representaatioon, performatiivisuudesta intersektionaalisuuteen – visuaalisen kulttuurin tutkimusta tekstien ja kuvien seassa
Riikka Haapalainen (Aalto University): Transsituationaaliset esineet ja asiat osallistavassa taiteessa Tiina Lamminen (University of Lapland): Materiaalisuus, maisemallisuus ja maalaaminen
[Coffee break]
Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja (University of Lapland): Nils-Aslak Valkeapään kuvataide – alkuperäiskansatutkimus, saamen tutkimus ja taiteen tutkimus kohtaavat
Nina Kokkinen (University of Turku) & Marja Lahelma (University of Helsinki): Salattu, piilotettu, näkymätön? Näkökulmia taiteen ja esoteerisuuden tutkimukseen
11:45–12:00 Coffee and Tea
12:00–13:30 Keynote Speech Chair: Katve-Kaisa Kontturi
Auditorium Janus
Lynn Turner (Goldsmiths, University of London): In Lieu of Conclusion: Cardio-Pedagogy in Derrida and White God
13:30–15:00 Lunchtime
15:00–17:00 Session 6: Art Historical Practices Today Chair: Tutta Palin, University of Turku Auditorium Janus
Rahma Khazam (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): Material or Immaterial? Mapping the Physicalization of the Digital
Kukka Paavilainen (Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki): Visual Sources Proved the Identification of Marionette Puppets behind Thesleff’s Wood Engraving
Carlos Idrobo (University of Turku): The Hermeneutical Value of Bodily Experiences for Art History Research: Reflections Outside the Paint Box of Art Historical Practice
Helena Sederholm (Aalto University): Thinking with Scientists 17:00 Closing Words
18:00-19:00 Visit to the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art (Itäinen Rantakatu 38)