Colloque : « Before the Sight. Material, Medial, and Discursive Arrangements of Picture Perception » (Bielefeld, 9, 10 et 11 mai 2019)
The perception of pictures is never unconditioned, but rather closely connected with practices that constitute, adjust, and manipulate its perceptibility. The process of seeing is also linked to actions that activate and control specific functions and meanings of images. Such arrangements can be of manifold nature: frames, neighboring objects, and spatial contexts shape the view as well as institutional structures, conventions, routines or discursive enclosures. All these adjustments are due to certain practices; they cannot be traced back to intentional decisions alone, but often owe their existence to situational contingencies or the pragmatic necessity of arrangement. In three sections, the conference is dedicated to the differentiation of (im-)material, . . . → En lire plus
