Dealine: 21 Feb. 2021
Keynote Speakers and Artists:
Isabel Capeloa Gil
João Pedro Rodrigues
José Bértolo
Margarida Medeiros
Noé Sendas
Ulrich Baer
Some artworks, from cinema to visual arts and photography, have absorbed phenomena like ghosts, zombies, illness, death, spectra, apparitions, and another kind of “in-between” states of being. This kind of liminality is a way of bringing forward in our historical present its profound ambiguity. Images are ontologically problematic in their approach to reality. They are always a representation of a time and space, and their manipulation puts into question their indexicality. This liminality of ghosts, spectra and apparitions is also a way of analyzing the complexity of our historical present, in both its linearity and a cross-over of past, present and future. Therefore, these “in-between” states discuss issues of the traumatic past, as are empowerments to change the future. That is, the traumatic past haunts the historical present demanding new ways of knowing the world and history that will transform power structures.
This seminar aims to map and discuss contemporary manifestations in art & cinema of these phenomena.
We welcome papers on the following topics:
• critical theory on spectrology, haunting and ghosts;
• cinema and visual arts that incorporate or relate to ghosts, zombies or dead people;
• spaces of liminality in cinema and contemporary art;
• artworks that use spectrology, haunting and ghosts as means to speak trauma;
• alternative uses of narrative dealing with these “in-between” states;
• how certain images haunt the historical present;
• uncovering archives.
Guidelines for submissions:
The proposals should be comprised of an abstract (about 300 words), a biographical note (about 100 words), 4-6 keywords and contact and affiliation information of the author(s). The proposals should be sent in a single word document (.doc or .docx). All submissions should be sent to springseminar.arts@porto.ucp.pt
Organizing Committee:
Nuno Crespo
Daniel Ribas
Scientific Committee:
Avery Gordon (Birkbeck, University of London)
Carlos Natálio (Catholic University of Portugal)
Clara Rownlad (IELT - NOVA FCSH)
Elisabete Marques (University of Porto)
Filipa Rosário (University of Lisbon)
Joana Rafael (Higher School of Arts of Porto)
Maria Coutinho (Catholic University of Portugal)
Maria Mire (Ar.Co)
Pedro Alves (Catholic University of Portugal)
Sérgio Dias Branco (University of Coimbra)
Teresa Castro (University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3)
Tiago Baptista (Portuguese Cinematheque – Museum of Cinema )
