[spectre] The Pleasure of Light invite

[nina czegledy]

Dear All,

you are most welcome to join us
-please post widely the announcement
best
nina



Announcement.
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Apologies for cross posting.


We are pleased to announce the upcoming opening of

The Pleasure of Light,
György Kepes and Frank J. Malina
at the intersection of Art and Science

an exhibition and conference at the Ludwig Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.

The Pleasure of Light exhibition and conference aim to present
the pioneering interdisciplinary concepts of György Kepes and
Frank J. Malina through the course of their lives, creations and
enduring influence. Simultaneously we wish to chart the
intersection of art, science and technology, particularly in the
last century.
Nina Czegledy and Rona Kopecky, Project Curators.


The Pleasure of  Light exhibition opens on

September 2nd 2010 at 8 pm by

Prof. Dr. Michael Punt,
Transtechnology Research, University of Plymouth, UK,
Editor in Chief, Leonardo Reviews


Please join us on  September 3, 2010 for

The Pleasure of  Light  conference,
a collaboration between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study, The French Institute
Budapest and the Ludwig Museum- Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest

Date:		September 3, 2010
Location:		Auditorium (1st floor) 
Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, 
Budapest.
		Palace of Arts, Komor Marcell u. 1 Budapest, H-1095, Hungary
		The conference will be held in 
English with simultaneous translation into 
Hungarian.
		FREE

Welcome	Nina Czegledy and Rona Kopeczky

Schedule:
10.00 	Introduction: Miklos Peternak, chair
	Professor, Intermedia Department, Hungarian University of Fine Arts

10.15	Keynote: Roger Malina, astronomer, editor
	Intimate Science; Frank Malina and Gyorgy Kepes

	Invited speakers:
11.00	Annick Bureaud, director Leonardo/OLATS
	40 Years later, The Legacy of the Journal Leonardo

11.30	Mrs. Nicholas Schoffer, artist, 
Co-founder & President of the ANSI.  Association
	Internationale des Amis de Nicolas Schöffer

12.00         Martha Blassnigg, media 
anthropologist, Research Fellow, University of 
Plymouth
	Delightful(l) Mind: Toward an Anthropology of Light

12.30	Gabor Zemplen, historian of science, 
Budapest University of Technology and
        	Economics, fellow, Budapest Collegium Institute for Advanced Study
	Exciting interactions in the history of light and color theories

13.00  	Buffet lunch provided

14.00  	Introduction:  Ivan Almar, chair
	Fellow, Budapest Collegium, Institute for Advanced Study

14.15  	Keynote: Oliver Botar, art historian, 
professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
	The Nexus of Science, Art and Technology: György Kepes’ New Landscape

Invited speakers:
15.00	Norbert Kroo, physicist, Vice President, Hungarian Academy of Science
	Some ideas on science and arts

15.30	Attila Csaji, laser and hologram artist
	In the spirit of Gyorgy Kepes

16.00	Michael Punt, Transtechnology Research, University of Plymouth,
         	Editor in Chief Leonardo Reviews
	Grinding A Ridge: The Subversive Pleasure of Artificial Light

16.30	Keiko Prince, artist, fellow, Center of Advanced Visual Studies MIT
	KEPES Beacon

Closing Overview:
17.00	Arnauld Pierre, art historian, Sorbonne University, France

17.30	Coffee break

17.45	Closing discussion

18.30	ends










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