Conference "Light"
2015
Conference "Light"
20.-21.03.2015, 10am - 6pm
Joanneum District, Auditorium
Joanneumsviertelplatz
8010 Graz
Free entry
The subject of Light is a seminal one for the future of our society. The revolutions in electric light technology also permit a responsible handling of natural resources so as to balance energy production, light pollution, health risks, and economic advantages. The exhibition will be accompanied by aninternational conference exploring the subject of light in cultural history and art, biology, architecture and technology. The key theme is light pollution. How can we manage the illuminated environment in an ecologically sensible, economically efficient, and aesthetically convincing way?
Timetable + Videos
Friday, 20.03.2015
11:00 Start of conference, Joanneum District, Auditorium
Welcome by Provincial Councillor for Cultural Affairs Dr. Christian Buchmann, Peter Pakesch, Elisabeth Fiedler
11:15 Serge Lemoine, Musée Grand Palais, Paris
Title: Light in the arts of 20th century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSE5jI3LBHQ
12:00 Anselm Wagner, Institute of Architectural Theory, Art and Cultural Studies, TU Graz
Title: Monitoring. On the Cultural History of Artificial Light since Industrialization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTLIBoavYuk
12:30 Break
14:00 Käthe Klappenbach, Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
Title: The Light of Power. Illuminations and Candlesticks of the Prussian Emperors in its European context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MZtPVjJcMQ
14:45 Siegrun Appelt, artist, Vienna
Title: Slow Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syzJMGJOGqA
15:30 Maximilian Moser, Medical University Graz
Title: Time Emitter. The Doings and Sufferings of Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhtW72hXrfw
16:15 Final discussion, hosted by Sabine Flach
Saturday, 21.03.2015
10:00 Start of conference, Joanneum District
10:15 Birgit Schulz, head of Space and Light Laboratory, TU Graz
Title: Light and Space. The LightLab of the Institute for Spatial Design at TU Graz
11:00 Brian Cody, Institute of Building and Energy, TU Graz
Title: Light and energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhtW72hXrfw
11:45 Klaus Kada, Graz, architect
Thema: Light and architecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfsm0Omg_nU
12:30 Break
14:00 Bernhard Inninger, Urban Planning Graz
Title: Light in the city of Graz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcQiNaSDbsU&feature=youtu.be
14:45 Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska, University of Wismar, Faculty of Architecture and Design
Title: Who stole the Milky Way? Light pollution and its impact on urban and natural environments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3oyYYhWvzE
15:30 Anna Wirz-Justice, Psychiatric University Clinic Basel
Title: Light and Psyche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oVu1IDhfHw&feature=youtu.be
16:15 Charlotte Remé, Ophthalmology, ETH Zürich
Title: Eye and vision: the bright and the dark side of light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Y7_oKeiR0
17:00 Summary, hosted by Sabine Flach
17:45 End of the conference
The international conference takes place within the exhibition "Light" that shows three works of Siegrun Appelt, Joseph Kosuth and Michael Schuster in public space.
Art in Public Space
Marienplatz 1/1
8020 Graz, Österreich
T +43-316/8017-9265
kioer@museum-joanneum.at
- licht symposion konzeption.pdf
- licht symposion konzeption en.pdf
- licht symposium zeitplan en extern.pdf
- licht symposium zeitplan extern 2 .pdf