Sixième congrès de l’EAM
(Réseau européen de recherche sur l’avant-garde et le modernisme) :
Réalismes de l’avant-garde / Realism(s) of the Avant-Garde and Modernism
Münster, Allemagne, 5-7 septembre 2018.
The avant-gardes of the 20th century defined themselves, and are defined by us, essentially by their relations to various concepts of realism.
(1) Mostly, they distinguish themselves eagerly from the realisms of the 19th-century.
(2) Nevertheless, they often claim some kind of truth or higher realism – super-realism – for themselves, claiming to have access to some primary reality that cannot be presented in traditional arts.
(3) These super-realisms are in turn challenged by movements such as New Objectivity, Magic Realism, or different varieties of political popular art, which in their turn claim to be more realistic than the supposedly outmoded avant-gardes.
(4) Even the neo-avant-gardes and other movements from the second half of the 20th century to the present day have to deal with concurrent varieties of ‘realism‘ (just think of Mario Amaya calling Pop ‘the New Super Realism’).
Our conference will discuss the different concepts of realism formulated by and against the avant-gardes and the different relations to reality generated in arts and media. ‘Realism’, in this respect, may refer to techniques (‘prijom’) as well as discourses, the representation of (e.g. scientific or esoteric) knowledge, but also to political ideologies or practical applications.
Keynote speakers include Timothy J. Clark (Berkeley/London) and Helmut Lethen (Vienna/Linz).
We welcome contributions across all areas of avant-garde and modernist activity: art, literature, music, architecture, film, artistic and social movements, lifestyle, television, fashion, drama, performance, activism, design and technology.
Call for proposals
You may submit a proposal as a CHAIR or as an INDIVIDUAL.
1) You may propose to be the CHAIR of a PANEL. A PANEL consists of three or four speakers. One of the speakers is the CHAIR who makes the submission and supplies the details and proposals of all of the proposed participants. You may also submit a double or triple panel. Panels should not consist only of graduate students.
2) You may submit an INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL without specifying a panel and the organisers will assign your paper to a panel if accepted.
3) Please submit your proposals in word format only to Prof. Moritz Baßler (eam2018@uni-muenster.de). Closing date for applicaitons is 15 February 2018. Further information can be found on the conference webpage (https://www.uni-muenster.de/Kulturpoetik/eamconference.
Les réponses parviendront avant le 15 mars 2018.
Les langues officielles du congrès sont l’anglais, le français et l’allemand.