The Photographic Universe: A Conference
The Moon, Lunar Orbiter 1, NASA, 1966.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 –Thursday, March 3, 2011
9:00 am–6:00 pm
FREE
Theresa Lang Center
The New School
55 W 13th Street
New York, New York
The Photography Program in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons the New School for Design, The Aperture Foundation, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and The Shpilman Institute for Photography have joined forces to organize The Photographic Universe: A Conference, a unique two-day symposium that will bring together a range of leading practitioners, scientists, theoreticians, historians, and philosophers, drawing from the faculty at Parsons, professionals in the science and technology fields, as well as prominent experts from external institutions, to consider and reflect on current discussions in photography at a pivotal moment in its history.
The unique format of the conference will consist of one-on-one conversations between two individuals from disparate professional and research backgrounds. Each speaker will present a ten-minute presentation on the subject of photography, followed by twenty-minute dialogue responding to each other’s presentation. Each day will conclude with a Keynote lecture by a prominent expert in the field.
Wednesday, March 2 – Art & Philosophy
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Coffee & Bagels
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
Charlotte Cotton with David Reinfurt
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Andrea Geyer with Susie Linfield
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Walter Benn Michaels with James Welling
2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Penelope Umbrico with Anne Collins Goodyear
3:45 PM-4:45 PM
Susan Meiselas with Chris Boot
Thursday, March 3 – Science & Technology
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Coffee & Bagels
10:15 AM-10:15 AM
Richard Benson with Frank Cost
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Simone Douglas with Michael T. Jones
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Anthony Aziz with Douglas Lanman
2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Wafaa Bilal with Virgina Rutledge
3:45 PM-4:45 PM
Trevor Paglen with Julia Bryan Wilson
5:00PM-6:30PM
Closing reception
Tags: Andrea Geyer, Anne Collins Goodyear, Anthony Aziz, Charlotte Cotton, Chris Boot, David Reinfurt, Douglas Lanman, Frank Cost, James Welling, Julia Bryan Wilson, Michael T. Jones, Penelope Umbrico, Richard Benson, Simone Douglas, Susan Meiselas, Susie Linfield, the New School for Design, The Shpilman Institute for Photography, Theresa Lang Center, Trevor Paglen, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, Virgina Rutledge, Wafaa Bilal, Walter Benn Michaels
