Seminars
February
The Singular, part I
Tuesday 05 February 2008
15:00 Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
March
The Singular, part II
Tuesday 04 March 2008
15.00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
April
The Singular, part III
Tuesday 01 April 2008
14:00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
May
The Dual, part I
Tuesday 06 May 2008
14:00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
June
The Dual, Part II
Tuesday 03 June 2008
14:00h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
July
The Dual, Part III
Wednesday 02 July 2008
14:00 auditorium
September
The Multiple, Part I
Tuesday 09 September 2008
17h30 room 204
November
The Universal, Part I
Tuesday 04 November 2008
15:00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
December
Versus Laboratory 2008 final triple session: Alliez, Riha, multiple, universal
Monday 01 December 2008 - Sunday 02 November 2008
Auditorium
January
Versus Laboratory 2009 Presentation - Matter Matters
Thursday 15 January 2009
13h45 Jan van Eyck Academie
February
Negation/Consistency 1
Thursday 05 February 2009
1030h-1230h auditorium
March
Negation/Consistency 2
Wednesday 11 March 2009
1030h-1230h auditorium
April
Negation/Consistency 3
Thursday 09 April 2009
1030h-1230h auditorium
May
Matter/Knowledge 1
Thursday 21 May 2009
14h-16h RM 204
June
Imagination/Dialectic 1
Sunday 14 June 2009
14h-18h RM 204
September
Imagination/Dialectic 2
Thursday 03 September 2009
14h-15h Auditorium
October
Stasis/Rupture 1
Thursday 08 October 2009
14h Auditorium
November
Stasis/Rupure 2
Thursday 05 November 2009
14h
December
Stasis/Rupture 3
Tuesday 01 December 2009
14h
February
Historical contingency/Subjective necessity
Wednesday 03 February 2010
10h30-12h30 Auditorium
March
Sociological reflexivity/Philosophical reflexivity
Thursday 04 March 2010
14h Auditorium
Imagination/Dialectic 1
Sunday 14 June 2009
14h-18h RM 204
In the June session of Versus Laboratory, we will collaborate with the Fine Art department to investigate the problems posed by contemporary materialism, which traverses the two domains of art and theory. The invited speaker, Dariush Moaven Doust, will present his recent work on the contemporary conjunction between imagination and dialectics, a conjunction shared by art, art theory and philosophy. Starting from the status of the notion of imagination ('Einbildung') in contemporary materialism, two historical modes of materialism related to artistic practice will be detailed. In the first mode, dialecticism, imagination is conceived as an object of art mediating between an immanent movement and its subject. In the second mode, also called critical materialism, imagination is assimilated in the materialism of capitalist social relations, hence being defined as a restless visual surface.
Against this background, Versus Laboratory addresses two questions. First, it takes a look at the notion of imagination as an inevitable but problematic fundamental term for a dialectical materialism that surpasses these two modes of reductionism. Secondly, it investigates the relevance and modalities of a materialist imagination for radical artistic practice. Dariush Moaven Doust will conduct a series of studio visits on June 13th and will give a presentation on 'Imagination and Dialectic' the day after. At this extended session of Versus Laboratory, researcher Fine Art Nicholas Matranga is invited to speak on the work Proposal for a Monument at Anartica [sic] of Robert Smithson. This session of Versus Laboratory will thus be an opportunity to allow a convergence between theoretical and artistic practice through a series of presentations and discussions.
texts:
Jacques Ranciere, The Future of the Image, excerpt. link.
Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, excerpt. link. link.
Robert Smithson, Enthopy and the New Monuments. link.