Information about the latest changes to the program:
The lecture by Mr. Wojciech Sowała Strategies Of Animation.The Case Of Saint John The Baptist’s Head On The Platter scheduled for September 17 (Friday) at 10:40 will not take place due to reasons beyond our control. This lecture would be replaced by the speech of Dr. Daria Ivanova-Hololobova: Revival And Professionalization Of Vertep Puppet In The Activities Of The Agitation Puppet Theatre “Revolutionary Vertep” (1923-1925) which was originally planned for Sunday.
The lecture by Dr. Christophe Chaguinian Were There Articulated Christs Before The 14Th Century? scheduled for September 17 (Friday) at 13.40 will not take place due to reasons beyond our control. This lecture would be replaced by the speech of Anna Zakova: Animation Of Holy Week From Saint-Georges Monastery In Prague. From Repertory To Architectural Elements which was originally planned for Saturday. It means that the 8th session starts at 1:50pm.
The lecture by Dr. Elena Paroli From “Imago Loquens” To “Imago Eloquens”: The Animation Of Painting In Petrarch And Boccaccio, As A Form Of Mental Animation scheduled for September 17 (Friday) at 17:50 will not take place for reasons beyond our control. It means that the 5th session starts at 6:10pm.
Please note, that the Sunday schedule was updated. The final version is below.
WHAT DOES ANIMATION MEAN
IN THE MIDDLE AGES?
Theoretical and Historical Approaches
16th–19th September 2021
The conference is a cooperation between
The A. Zelwerowicz National Academy
of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Poland
and
The University of Bergen, Norway.
Conference organised by:
Kamil Kopania
Ph.D., The A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw
Branch Campus in Białystok, Poland
(https://atb.edu.pl/o-wydziale/pedagodzy/dr-kamil-kopania)
Henning Laugerud
Professor, Dr. Art., Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies
University of Bergen, Norway
(https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Henning.Laugerud)
The conference will run in a hybrid form. Members of the public who want to participate in it virtually, through Microsoft Teams, are kindly asked to contact Ms. Anna Lach: anna.lach@e-at.edu.pl
The conference will take place in Białystok at the: The A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw – Branch Campus in Białystok
H. Sienkiewicza 14,
15–092 Białystok, Poland
www.atb.edu.pl e-mail: sekretariat.fb@e-at.edu.pl
https://goo.gl/maps/hcfuKHoNqKeqPMSK9
Scientific committee:
Henrik von Achen, Professor, Dr. Art., Director of the University Museum, University of Bergen, Norway
Kristin Bliksrud Aavitsland, Professor, Ph.D., Director of The Norwegian Institute in Rome, Italy
Barbara Baert, Professor, Ph.D., Art History, Faculty of Arts, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Jørgen Bakke, Associate Professor, Dr. Art., Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen, Norway
Carla Maria Bino, Professor, Ph.D., Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy
Christophe Chaguinian, Associate Professor, Ph.D., College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of North Texas, USA
Peter Dent, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., Department of History of Art, University of Bristol, Great Britain
Rob Faesen, Professor, Ph.D., Department of History of Church and Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Cynthia Hahn, Professor, Ph.D., Medieval Art History, Hunter College, The City University of New York, USA
Hans Henrik Lohfert Jørgensen, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Culture – Art History, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Jon P. Mitchell, Professor, Ph.D., Social Anthropology, University of Sussex, Great Britain
David Morgan, Professor, Ph.D., Religious Studies & Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, USA
Salvador Ryan, Professor, Ph.D., Ecclesiastical History, Pontifical University St Patricks College, Maynooth, Ireland
Zuzanna Sarnecka, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Institute of Art History, University of Warsaw, Poland
Laura Katrine Skinnebach, Associate Professor, Ph.D., School of Communication and Culture – Art History, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Allie Terry-Fritsch, Associate Professor, Ph.D., School of Art – Art History, Bowling Green State University, USA
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:
September 16th (Thursday)
10.00 – 12.00 Registration
12.00 – 13.00 Opening session
Welcome speech from Head of The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw – Branch Campus in Białystok, Prof. Marta Rau
Welcome speech of Prof. Henning Laugerud – Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen, Norway
13.15 – 13.45 KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Prof. Hans Henrik Lohfert Jørgensen – Aarhus University, Denmark
Four Fundamental Concepts Of Animation – Mechanical And Organic, Supernatural And Phenomenological
13.45 – 14.00 Discussion
SESSION 1: FRAMEWORKS OF MOVEMENT
14.00 – 14.20 Dr. Kamil Kopania – The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw – Branch Campus in Białystok, Poland
What Does It Mean: Animation In The Middle Ages?
14.20 – 14.40 Jordan Koel – University of Michigan, USA
The Reciprocity Of Medieval Images: Interaction And Exchange With Medieval “Things”
14.40 – 14.50 Q&A
14.50 – 16.00 Lunch break
16.00 – 16.20 Dr. Michelle Oing – Stanford University, USA
Staging Signs of Life: Art, Theater, and the Animated Image
16.20-16.40 Dr. Mads Vedel Heilskov – The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
The Divine Interface: Surface Treatments of Medieval Movable Crucifixes
16.40 – 17.00 Q&A
SESSION 2: ANIMATION AND AGENCY
17.00 – 17.20 Prof. Jørgen Bakke – University of Bergen, Norway
Technological Animation Of Images And Byzantine Iconoclasm
17.20 – 17.40 Dr. Vladimir Ivanovici – University of Vienna / Universita’ della Svizzera Italiana, Mendrisio, Switzerland
Animating Disembodied Presence In Late Antique Martyria
17.40 – 18.00 Dr. Ruth Sargent Noyes – National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Re-Animating The Middle Ages: Manufacturing Corpisanti Roman Catacomb Relic-Sculptures And Early Modern Revivals Of Agentive Matter
18.00 – 18.20 Q&A
18.20 – 18.40 Dr. Alessia Zubani – University of Bologna, Italy
Technological Animation As Expression Of Caliphal Authority At The Abbasid Court
18.40 – 19.00 Laurens Hwai-Gi Tan – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Animation Within The West Javanese Wayang Golek As Bearer Of Life
19.00 – 19.15 Q&A
19.30 “HOW I UNLEASHED THE END …”
“How I Unleash the End …” is a stop-motion animation with live music performed by third-year students of The National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw – Branch Campus in Białystok. A short story revealing one of the possible scenarios of the end of the world. An attempt to answer such questions as What (or who) is death? What would make the world cease to exist? The answer to these puzzling questions will be given in a light, humorous and poetic way.
Authors of animations and music: Aleksandra Muszyńska, Karina Maria Giemza, Dawid Mkrtchyan, Maciej Grzegorczyk
Artistic supervision: Dr. Agnieszka Makowska
Duration: 15 minutes
19:45 END OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE
September 17th (Friday)
09.00 – 09.30 KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Prof. Carla Bino – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy
Screen, Window, Door. Three Devices To Understand Animation In The Middle Ages
09.30 – 09.45 Discussion
09.45 – 10.00 Coffee break
SESSION 3: MATERIALIZING THE MOVE
10.00 – 10.20 Dr. Laura Katrine Skinnebach – Aarhus University, Denmark
An Animated Saint – The Case Of St George In Sweden
10.20 – 10.40 Elisabeth Andersen – Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, Oslo, Norway
Motion And Emotion – Animated Angels In The Rite Of Baptism
10.40 – 11.00 Dr. Daria Ivanova-Hololobova– Kyiv National Kaparenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Ukraine
Revival And Professionalization Of Vertep Puppet In The Activities Of The Agitation Puppet Theatre “Revolutionary Vertep” (1923-1925)
Wojciech Sowała – Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Strategies Of Animation. The Case Of Saint John The Baptist’s Head On The Platter
11.00 – 11.20 Q&A
11.20 – 11.40 Dr. Zuzanna Sarnecka – University of Warsaw, Poland
Sculpture On The Move: Three-Dimensional Animation In Italian Late Medieval Home
11.40 – 12.00 Agnieszka Dziki – University of Warsaw, Poland
“I Carve My Figures Fine And Make Them Come To Life”. The Animation Of Late Medieval Kleinplastik
12.00 – 12.20 Diana Rafaela Pereira – CITCEM, University of Porto, Portugal
Enshrinement And Animation: Clothing Statues In Early Modern Portugal And Spain
12.20 – 12.40 Q&A
12.40 – 13.40 Lunch break
SESSION 4: ANIMATED CRUCIFIXES
14.00 – 14.20 Anna Zakova – Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic
Animation Of Holy Week From Saint-Georges Monastery In Prague. From Repertory To Architectural Elements Dr. Christophe Chaguinian – University of North Texas, USA
Were There Articulated Christs Before The 14Th Century?
14.20 – 14.40 Dr. María José Martínez Martínez – Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
The Santo Cristo De Burgos, Spain. An Articulated, Gothic Crucified With Great Devotional, Artistic And Anthropological Impact
14.40 – 15.00 Agata Stasińska – National Museum in Wrocław, Poland
Animated Sculpture Of The Crucified Christ From Oleśnica – A Unique Trace Of Late Gothic Piety In Silesia
15.00 – 15.20 Q&A
15.20 – 15.40 Coffee break
15.40 – 16.00 Dr. Alexandra R. A. Lee – New York University London, UK
Blood, Sweat And Tears: Animated Crucifixes And The Bianchi Devotions Of 1399
16.00 – 16.20 Vincenzo Amato – Independent scholar, restorer, Molfetta, Italy
The Dramatic Peculiarities Of The “Speaking” Crucifix From The Church Of Our Lady Of Sorrows In Norcia (Umbria, Italy): Comparison And Grouping Hypothesis Of Mechanical Tongue Animations Of German-Made Crucifixes In Italy, During The XV Century
16.20 – 16.40 Dr. Sara Carreńo – University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Materiality, Naturalism And Animation In The 14Th-Century Santos Cristos Of Ourense And Fisterra (Galicia)
16.40 – 17.00 Q&A
17.00 – 17.20 Coffee break
17.20 – 17.50 KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Dr. Peter Dent – University of Bristol, UK
“To Which The Crucifix Replied”: The Phenomenology Of The Animate Image
17.50 – 18.10 Discussion
SESSION 5: SHIFTING BETWEEN TEXTS AND IMAGES
17.50 – 18.10 Dr. Elena Paroli – ENS – École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
From “Imago Loquens” To “Imago Eloquens”: The Animation Of Painting In Petrarch And Boccaccio, As A Form Of Mental Animation
18.10 – 18.30 Dr. Joanna Sikorska – National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
Animated Printmaking: Critical Approach
18.30 – 18.50 Dr. Martin Roland – Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria
Performance And Image Cycles – How The Middle Ages Use The “Popular Style”
18.50 – 19.10 Q&A
19.10 – 19.20 Coffee break
19.20 – 19.40 Hartley Roxanne Miller – Independent Scholar, Bucharest, Romania
“Ces Ymages Bien Avisé”: The Texture Of Animation And Interpretation In Guillaume De Lorris’s Roman De La Rose
19.40 – 20.00 Prof. Nicola Pasqualicchio – University of Verona, Italy
Tervagant And Saint Nicholas. A Duel Between Images In Jean Bodel’s Li Jus De Saint Nicholai
20.00 – 20.15 Q&A
20.15 END OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE
September 18th (Saturday)
08.30 – 09.00 KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Dr. Amy R. Whitehead – Massey University, New Zealand
Marian Personhood And A Matter Of Power: Animism and The Dynamics Of Devotion In Andalusia, Spain
09.00 – 09.20 Discussion
SESSION 6: ENLIVENED BY THE LIGHT
09.20 – 09.40 Dr. Kaja Kollandsrud – Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway
The Holy Animated Through Light Embodied In Medieval Church Art
09.40 – 10.00 Prof. Barbara Schellewald, Dr. Peter Fornaro – University of Basel, Switzerland
Images And Their Animation/Vitalization Through Light In The Middle Ages
10.00 – 10.20 Dr. Vera Henkelmann – University of Erfurt, Germany
“And There Appeared A Great Wonder In Heaven” (Rev 12,1) – Staging The Maria Apocalyptica In The Late Medieval Church Interior By Means Of Chandeliers Of The Virgin Mary
10.20 – 10.35 Q&A
10.35 – 10.50 Coffee break
SESSION 7: MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ANIMATION
10.50 – 11.10 Eleonora Tioli – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy / University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Moving Images, Living Images. The Possibilities Of Miraculous Movement In The Middle Ages
11.10 – 11.30 Katharina Roßmy – Independent scholar, Munich, Germany
Mental Animation Of Early Pietàs
11.30 – 11.50 Kaja Merete Hagen – University of Oslo, Norway
“Protect Me And All Christian People From All That Can Harm Us”. Miraculous Crosses And Crucifixes In Late Medieval Norway
11.50 – 12.10 Dr. Lieke Smiths – Ruusbroec Institute, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Scripted Embraces: The Song Of Songs, Spiritual Role-Play And The Animation Of The Crucified Christ
12.10 – 12.30 Q&A
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
SESSION 8: ANIMATION AND SPACE
Lecture moved to Friday 13.30 – 13.50Anna Zakova – Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic
Animation Of Holy Week From Saint-Georges Monastery In Prague. From Repertory To Architectural Elements
13.50 – 14.10 Dr. Ferenc Veress – Szeged University, Hungary
Staging The Eucharist. Sacred Space And Liturgical Practices During The Celebration Of The Epiphany (6Th–15Th C.)
14.10 – 14.30 Dr. Maeve O’Donnell-Morales – University of Bristol, UK
Altarpieces As Aids To Animation: Marian Retables And Tabernacle Retables In Medieval Spain
14.30 – 14.50 Q&A
14.50 – 15.10 Helene Seewald – Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany
The Carved Altarpiece As A Projected Image: High Altar Retable In St. Nicolai Church In Kalkar
15.10 – 15.30 Prof. Cora Dietl – Universität Gießen, Germany
Animation As Means To Illustrate An Active Threat: Dragons In Fifteenth-, Sixteenth- And Twenty-First-Century Plays About St George
15.30 – 15.50 Dr. Letha Ch’ien – Sonoma State University, USA
Moving Pieces, Permanent Parts
15.50 – 16.10 Laura Stefanescu – University of Sheffield, UK
Animating Heaven In Fifteenth-Century Florence: From Theatrical Materiality To The Collective Imaginary
16.10 – 16.30 Q&A
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
SESSION 9: PAINTED ANIMATION
17.00 – 17.20 Dr. Heather A. Reid – Pacific Union College, California [retired Professor]
Animating Early Netherlandish Genre Painting With Strategically Placed Artists’ Signatures
17.20 – 17.40 Andrei Dumitrescu – New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania / Central European University in Vienna, Austria
The Virgin In The Whirling Star: Questions On The Performative Dimension Of Ecclesiastical Wall Paintings From Late 15Th – And Early 16Th-Century Moldavia
17.40 – 18.00 Dr. Yuko Katsutani – University of Strasbourg, France
The Function Of Images And The Memory Of A Place. Angel Musicians Vault Decorations At The End Of The Middle Ages
18.00 – 18.20 Maria D. Anghel – Central European University in Vienna, Austria
The Animated Man Of Sorrows: Staging The Bodily Presence Of Christ In 14Th- And 15Th-Century Wall Paintings From The Former Hungarian Kingdom
18.20 – 18.40 Q&A
C. 18.45: END OF THE THIRD DAY OF THE CONFERENCE
19.30 – 24.00 OFFICIAL DINNER
September 19th (Sunday)
SESSION 10: MOVEMENT REENACTED
10.00 – 10.20 Marta Soares – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Medieval Modern Puppets: Animation And The Medieval Imaginary In El Misterio De Los Reyes Magos And El Retablo De Maese Pedro
10.20 – 10.40 Francesca Cecconi – University of Verona, Italy
Playing (With) Puppets: Jigging Puppets From The Middle Ages To The 20Th Century
Lecture moved to Friday 10.40 – 11.00Dr. Daria Ivanova-Hololobova – Kyiv National Kaparenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Ukraine
Revival And Professionalization Of Vertep Puppet In The Activities Of The Agitation Puppet Theatre “Revolutionary Vertep” (1923-1925)
10.40 – 11.00 Dr. Karol Suszczyński – The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw – Branch Campus in Białystok, Poland
Thinking With A Figure – Different Ways Of Animating Sculptures Of Saints In Polish Puppet Theatre Of The End Of The 20Th Century
11.00 – 11.20 Dr. Małgorzata Dawidek – Slade School of Fine Art / University College London, UK
From Marginalia To The Democracy Of The Image. Mediaeval Manuscripts As An Interactive Tool For Contemporary Artistic Practice And Post-Research
11.20 – 11.40 Q&A
11.40 – 12.00 CLOSING REMARKS
12:00 END OF CONFERENCE
