[spectre] SYMPOSIUM ON CRITICAL DOCUMENTS 15-17 SEP

[Geert Lovink]

> From: Iaspis <info at iaspis.com>
> Date: 3 July 2006 5:56:51 PM
> To: geert at xs4all.nl
> Subject: SYMPOSIUM ON CRITICAL DOCUMENTS 15-17 SEP
>
> Slowly learning to survive the desire to simplify:
> A symposium on critical documents
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> 15-17 September at Iaspis, Stockholm
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> Invited participants include Ronny Ambjörnsson (professor Department 
> of History, Umeå University), Matthew Buckingham (artist, New 
> York/Berlin/Malmö), Stefan Jonsson (writer, scholar and literary 
> critic at Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm), Åsa Linderborg (writer, 
> Stockholm) and Hito Steyerl (artist, film maker and writer, 
> Vienna/Berlin) 
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> Particpants from various fields such as art, film, media critique and 
> political theory will discuss the structure of narratives and the 
> construction of history in contemporary production within lensbased 
> media. What stories are not given space in today’s society and what 
> are the alternative strategies for the production of images? One of 
> the aims is to discuss the media’s increasingly monopolized picture of 
> reality, and to weigh it up against the art world’s present interest 
> in the political. But what are the possibilities and the risks of 
> using art as a way to satisfy a need for “critical documents”?
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> In light of today’s political and cultural climate, there is once 
> again a need to raise questions about how stories are constructed and 
> what effects they have. What are the rights and responsibilities of 
> the storyteller?
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> The symposium was initiated by Produktionsenheten (The Production 
> Unit). It is a collaboration between Produktionsenheten, Iaspis and 
> Nifca.
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> Produktionsenheten is a network for artists working with documentary 
> storytelling, media criticism and narrative experiments. The project 
> focuses on a critical analysis of history writing, and how narratives 
> and investigative journalism are used for political motives. 
> Produktionsenheten includes: Petra Bauer, Nanna Debois Buhl, Kajsa 
> Dahlberg, Johanna Gustafsson, Sara Jordenö, Conny Karlsson, Runo 
> Lagomarsino, Ditte Lyngkær Pedersen and Ylva Westerlund.
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> For more information and to register: at at iaspis.com, +46 8 402 35 77