51ÁÔÆæ

April 23-25, 1992

with Herbert Blau, Edward Buscombe, Philippe Dubois, Tom Gunning, Miriam Hansen, Lynne Kirby, Patricia Mellencamp, Patrice Petro, Griselda Pollock, Eric Rentschler, Allan Sekula, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Sally Stein, John Tagg, Linda Williams, and Charles Wolfe

This conference explored the relationships among film, photography, and historical changes in modes of looking and perception. It was the first film conference held at the Center since 1982. The book, Fugitive Images: From Photography to Video emerged as a result of this conference.

Thursday, April 23

2:00 – 2:30 pm
Welcome: Kathleen Woodward (51ÁÔÆæ)

Histories of Looking: Theories of Perception

2:30 – 3:30 pm
Linda Williams (UC-Irvine)

4:00 – 6:00 pm
Tom Gunning (SUNY-Purchase)

6:00 pm
Reception

8:00 – 9:30 pm
Griselda Pollock (University of Leeds)

Friday, April 24

Visual Economies

10:00 am – 12:00
Allan Sekula (California Institute of Art)
Herbert Blau (51ÁÔÆæ)

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Philippe Dubois (Université de Liège, Université de Paris III)

Disputed Histories

3:30 – 5:30 pm
Sally Stein (UC-Irvine)
Charles Wolfe (UC-Santa Barbara)
Patricia Mellencamp (51ÁÔÆæ)

7:00 – 9:30 pm
Screening of films by Tracey Moffat (Australia)
and Laleen Jayamanne (Sri Lanka)

Saturday, April 25

Anatomies of the Visible

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Abigail Solomon-Godeau (UC-Santa Barbara)
Lynne Kirby (Independent Television Service)

Imagining the Nation

1:30 – 3:30 pm
Eric Rentschler (UC-Irvine)
Edward Buscombe (British Film Institute)

Negativity and History (between Photography and Historiograghy)

4:00 – 6:00 pm
John Tagg (SUNY-Binghampton)
Miriam Hansen (University of Chicago)

Discussants: Dudley Andrew, Ben Brewster, Eduardo Cadava, Lea Jacobs, Andrew Martin, Linda Mizejewski, Roswitha Mueller

Conference Organizer: Patrice Petro (51ÁÔÆæ)
Conference Coordinator: Carol Tennessen (51ÁÔÆæ)