Edited volumes by Francine Giese
Visualising the Middle Ages, 13, 2021
Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe examines key aspects related to the reception of Ibero-... more Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe examines key aspects related to the reception of Ibero-Islamic architecture in medieval Iberia and 19th-century Europe. It challenges prevalent readings of architecture and interiors whose creation was the result of cultural encounters. As Mudéjar and neo-Moorish architecture are closely connected to the Islamic world, concepts of identity, nationalism, religious and ethnic belonging, as well as Orientalism and Islamoscepticism significantly shaped the way in which they have been perceived over time. This volume offers art historical and socio-cultural analysis of selected case studies from Spain to Russia and opens the door to a better understanding of interconnected cultural and artistic phenomena.
Contributors are (in order of appearance) Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga, Michael A. Conrad, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Elena Paulino Montero, Luis Araus Ballesteros, Ekaterina Savinova, Christian M. Schweizer, Alejandro Jiménez Hernández and Laura Álvarez Acosta.
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to glass... more We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to glass art and questions surrounding the virtual reproduction, copying and authenticity in the digital age.
Dialogo artístico durante la Edad Media Arte islámico -arte mudéjar, 2020
Fruto de la colaboración entre Casa Árabe y las universidades de Córdoba y Zúrich, se publica el ... more Fruto de la colaboración entre Casa Árabe y las universidades de Córdoba y Zúrich, se publica el volumen "Diálogo artístico durante la Edad Media. Arte islámico-arte mudéjar ", como resultado del seminario internacional que tuvo lugar en Córdoba en noviembre de 2016.
Con el objetivo de analizar, compartir y divulgar tanto los resultados, como los proyectos y propuestas recientes en el estudio del pasado islámico y mudéjar de la Península, los coordinadores de la iniciativa, los profesores Francine Giese y Alberto León-Muñoz, convirtieron a Córdoba en el eje científico central por dónde deben ineludiblemente pasar estos y otros debates (de diálogo) sobre el pasado islámico y mudéjar, tanto de la Península Ibérica como de la totalidad del Mediterráneo medieval.
Fruto de este trabajo y del esfuerzo de todos y cada uno de los participantes, nos es grato presentar esta publicación, como una muestra más del compromiso de Casa Árabe como centro estratégico de las relaciones de España con el mundo árabe. Un punto de encuentro donde los distintos actores e instituciones, privadas y públicas, del ámbito de la empresa, la educación, el mundo académico, político y cultural, dialogan, interactúan, establecen líneas de cooperación y emprenden proyectos conjuntos.
Los artículos reunidos en este volumen, como bien ponen de manifiesto los coordinadores del mismo, nos ofrecen una “visión complementaria” en un contexto de necesaria “colaboración interdisciplinaria entre la arqueología y la historia del arte” llegando a cubrir “gran parte de la compleja realidad poliédrica del arte y la arqueología islámica y mudéjar”.
Coordinadores:
Francine Giese y Alberto León-Muñoz.
Autores:
Basarrate, Íñigo; Casal García, María Teresa; Fairchild Ruggles, Dede; Gámiz Gordo, Antonio; Giese, Francine; González Gutiérrez, Carmen; Haedong Kim, Robin; León-Muñoz, Alberto; Marcos Cobaleda, María; Özkan Altýnöz, Meltem; Romero-Camacho, Isabel Montes; Ruiz Souza, Juan Carlos; y Valor Piechotta, Magdalena.
See, https://www.casaarabe.es/eventos-arabes/show/novedad-editorial-dialogo-artistico-durante-la-edad-media-arte-islamico-arte-mudejar
Brill, 2019
This volume offers a collection of essays that examine the mechanisms and strategies of collectin... more This volume offers a collection of essays that examine the mechanisms and strategies of collecting, displaying and appropriating islamic art in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many studies in this book concentrate on lesser known collections of islamic art, situated in Central and Eastern Europe that until now have received little attention from scholars. Special attention is dedicated to the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels, whose important, still largely unstudied collection of islamic art is now being preserved at the Bernisches Historisches Museum, Switzerland.
Contributors to the volume include young researchers and established scholars from Western and Eastern Europe and beyond: Roger Nicholas Balsiger, Moya Carey, Valentina Colonna, Francine Giese, Hélène Guérin, Barbara Karl, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Agnieszka Kluczewska Wójcik, Inessa Kouteinikova, Axel Langer, Maria Medvedeva, Ágnes Sebestyén, Alban von Stockhausen, Ariane Varela Braga, Mercedes Volait.
Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe. The Photobook, 2019
Articles by Francine Giese
D’UNE RIVE À L’AUTRE : PATRIMOINES CROISÉS MÉLANGES EN L’HONNEUR DE LEÏLA EL-WAKIL, 2018
International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 2019
In the nineteenth century, the display of Islamic art and furniture was not only integrated into ... more In the nineteenth century, the display of Islamic art and furniture was not only integrated into ethnographic collections and international exhibitions, but also formed an essential part of the home of amateurs as well as of the political, social, and cultural elites. Private collections accounted for an important step towards the valorization and reception of Islamic art in the west. This article examines the display strategies
of collections located at the crossroads between private and public space by closely examining two style rooms integrated in private museums – the Stibbert collection in Florence, Italy, and the Moser collection in Neuhausen, near Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Both collectors had first-hand experience of the Orient due to their travels, with Stibbert focusing on al-Andalus and Moser on Central Asia, which inspired them to build up extensive art collections. The examples illustrate the importance of transnational relations for the establishment and display of collections that re-contextualized objects by presenting them within seemingly authentic oriental atmospheres specifically created for this purpose.
Conferences by Francine Giese
Die dritte Ausgabe der Schweizer Tagung für Historismus widmet sich den technologischen und typol... more Die dritte Ausgabe der Schweizer Tagung für Historismus widmet sich den technologischen und typologischen Innovationen, zwei entscheidenden Themen in einem Jahrhundert, das durch die fortschreitende Industrialisierung und den gesellschaftlichen Wandel geprägt war.
Die Konferenz bietet die Gelegenheit, die Forschung zu diesen beiden Themen in der Schweiz zu erneuern und zu vertiefen. Bevorzugt werden unveröffentlichte oder wenig erforschte The- men und Überlegungen zur Architektur und zum Kunstgewerbe des «langen 19. Jahrhunderts» in der Schweiz.
Provenance research is not only a central field of museum activity, but has also increasingly bec... more Provenance research is not only a central field of museum activity, but has also increasingly become the focus of academic research. Since the 2018 report edited by Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr on the restitution of African artworks from French collections, provenance studies have expanded to include an important new aspect: the question of provenance in colonial contexts. The workshop will provide insights into ongoing research and open the discussion to a wider audience.
The workshop held at the University of Zurich will address the challenging conservation status of... more The workshop held at the University of Zurich will address the challenging conservation status of orientalising architecture and the extensive losses of these monuments during the th century by discussing elected case studies from Switzerland and Europe
The conference held at the University of Zurich focuses on the orientalising architectural tradit... more The conference held at the University of Zurich focuses on the orientalising architectural tradition of Switzerland. This monumental heritage that in the course of the 20th century largely felt into oblivion, not only testifies to the global networking of Swiss architects and commissioners in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, but also highlights the importance of architectural academies and schools of arts and crafts, as well as national and international exhibitions, for the diffusion of new trends. In addition to the presentation of selected contributions from Switzerland, case studies from Europe will also be examined.
The Swiss Orient traveler Henri Moser Charlottenfels (1844–1923) is considered one of the pioneer... more The Swiss Orient traveler Henri Moser Charlottenfels (1844–1923) is considered one of the pioneering 19th-century amateurs of Islamic Art, because of his activity as collector and exhibitor. His continuously growing collection had made Moser famous from 1876 onwards through much-noticed traveling exhibitions in and outside of Switzerland. His collection was later displayed permanently at the widely known private museum he established in 1906 at the Charlottenfels Castle near Schaffhausen.
Through his 1914 donation to the Bern Historical Museum, Moser assured that after his disappearance the Orientalische Sammlung Henri Moser Charlottenfels (Oriental collection Henri Moser Charlottenfels) of over 4000 objects would remain available to the public in an exhibition hall specially built for that purpose. The conference wants to present Henri Moser and his collection in an international context. Does Moser’s activity of collecting and exhibiting Islamic art reflect a widespread tendency of his period? How have strategies of presentation, re-contextualisation and didactics changed since the 19th century? To what extent have private collections influenced the making of Islamic departments in national museums? And which role did private collectors such as Moser play in transmitting and appropriating Islamic art and architecture in the West during the 19th and early 20th century?
In view of the current international globalisation debate this three-day conference intends to fo... more In view of the current international globalisation debate this three-day conference intends to foster a re-interpretation of the Alhambra. Topics like the positioning of the Nasrid architecture in a global Islamic context, the phenomenon of cultural exchange on the Iberian Peninsula, the controversial debate of Orientalism after Said’s Orientalism (1978) or the political instrumentalisation of architecture will be the centre of attention.
Exhibition by Francine Giese
CALLS by Francine Giese
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to the d... more We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to the decorative arts of the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on material aspects and local practices. The 19th century witnessed an unprecedented disassembly of historical interiors in the cultural centers of the region, be it Cairo, Damascus or Istanbul. Dismounted architectural elements such as wood panels, ceilings, domes, marble incrustations, tiles, stucco glass windows or textiles reached the West via collectors or the art market, leaving behind a fragmented cultural heritage. This trend followed profound changes in the
International Conference
Original or Copy: Virtual Reproductions and the Question of Authenticit... more International Conference
Original or Copy: Virtual Reproductions and the Question of Authenticity
Vitromusée Romont, August, 28, 2021
Organizers: Vitrocentre & Vitromusée Romont, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Le Stanze del Vetro
Keynote Speaker: Adam Lowe (Factum Foundation)
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to glass art and questions surrounding the virtual reproduction, copying and authenticity in the digital age. It will be held at the Vitromusée Romont (Switzerland), the Swiss Museum for Stained Glass and Glass Art, on August 28, 2021. The conference is jointly organized by the Vitrocentre and Vitromusée Romont, the Institute of Art History of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Le Stanze del Vetro. It will take place in conjunction with the exhibition “Interconnectées : Venise et Romont en dialogue” co-organized by the above mentioned institutions and shown at Vitromusée Romont from August 29, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
International Conference, Zurich, May 14-15, 2020
Organizers: Sandra Gianfreda (Kunsthaus Züri... more International Conference, Zurich, May 14-15, 2020
Organizers: Sandra Gianfreda (Kunsthaus Zürich), Francine Giese (Universität Zürich), Ariane Varela Braga (Universität Zürich) and Axel Langer (Museum Rietberg Zürich)
Venue: Museum Rietberg Zürich / Kunsthaus Zürich
bfo-Journal, 2019
Call for proposal for the 2019 issue (deadline April 15) of the bfo-Journal, a yearly, multilingu... more Call for proposal for the 2019 issue (deadline April 15) of the bfo-Journal, a yearly, multilingual, peer-reviewed open access journal hosted on bauforschungonline.ch. We are inviting paper proposals, which address the question of the contemporary and future use of religious spaces in Europe.
As established religious protestant and catholic communities, especially in Western Europe, decline, many traditional spaces of gathering like churches, chapels, cathedrals and monasteries are opening their premises to new communities, other, e. g. post-migrant congregations or even different religions, invite additional social and cultural uses of their spaces or are transformed entirely into museums, hotels, community centers, amongst other. How do these challenges affect the architecture and what questions and problems do these processes pose to architectural and art historical conservation?
At the same time, expositions like the Vatican Chapels, the Vatican's contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018 on Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, as well as the rise of multifaith spaces or prayer rooms reflect the vibrant contemporary interest in creating architectures that hold spiritual value, often even beyond a clear confessional or even religious affiliation.
The 2019 issue invites proposals that critically analyze, reflect and question one or both of these contemporary dynamics and their effects on existing religious spaces, as well as on the creation of new spaces today. Specific case studies are just as welcome as theoretical reflections on these transformation processes. Possible topics amongst other are the re-use of religious spaces from a sociological or anthropological perspective; the architectural adaptation and transformation of religious spaces by different religious communities or for non-religious purposes; the challenges of architectural conservation in case of dynamically used historical religious spaces; new concepts of alternative sacred or spiritual spaces; investigations into new spatial, architectural and material propositions.
Exhibitions by Francine Giese
Exhibition at the Vitromusée Romont (21 June 2020 - 28 February 2021)
Curator of the section "Thé... more Exhibition at the Vitromusée Romont (21 June 2020 - 28 February 2021)
Curator of the section "Théorie de la couleur"
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Contributors are (in order of appearance) Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga, Michael A. Conrad, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Elena Paulino Montero, Luis Araus Ballesteros, Ekaterina Savinova, Christian M. Schweizer, Alejandro Jiménez Hernández and Laura Álvarez Acosta.
Con el objetivo de analizar, compartir y divulgar tanto los resultados, como los proyectos y propuestas recientes en el estudio del pasado islámico y mudéjar de la Península, los coordinadores de la iniciativa, los profesores Francine Giese y Alberto León-Muñoz, convirtieron a Córdoba en el eje científico central por dónde deben ineludiblemente pasar estos y otros debates (de diálogo) sobre el pasado islámico y mudéjar, tanto de la Península Ibérica como de la totalidad del Mediterráneo medieval.
Fruto de este trabajo y del esfuerzo de todos y cada uno de los participantes, nos es grato presentar esta publicación, como una muestra más del compromiso de Casa Árabe como centro estratégico de las relaciones de España con el mundo árabe. Un punto de encuentro donde los distintos actores e instituciones, privadas y públicas, del ámbito de la empresa, la educación, el mundo académico, político y cultural, dialogan, interactúan, establecen líneas de cooperación y emprenden proyectos conjuntos.
Los artículos reunidos en este volumen, como bien ponen de manifiesto los coordinadores del mismo, nos ofrecen una “visión complementaria” en un contexto de necesaria “colaboración interdisciplinaria entre la arqueología y la historia del arte” llegando a cubrir “gran parte de la compleja realidad poliédrica del arte y la arqueología islámica y mudéjar”.
Coordinadores:
Francine Giese y Alberto León-Muñoz.
Autores:
Basarrate, Íñigo; Casal García, María Teresa; Fairchild Ruggles, Dede; Gámiz Gordo, Antonio; Giese, Francine; González Gutiérrez, Carmen; Haedong Kim, Robin; León-Muñoz, Alberto; Marcos Cobaleda, María; Özkan Altýnöz, Meltem; Romero-Camacho, Isabel Montes; Ruiz Souza, Juan Carlos; y Valor Piechotta, Magdalena.
See, https://www.casaarabe.es/eventos-arabes/show/novedad-editorial-dialogo-artistico-durante-la-edad-media-arte-islamico-arte-mudejar
Contributors to the volume include young researchers and established scholars from Western and Eastern Europe and beyond: Roger Nicholas Balsiger, Moya Carey, Valentina Colonna, Francine Giese, Hélène Guérin, Barbara Karl, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Agnieszka Kluczewska Wójcik, Inessa Kouteinikova, Axel Langer, Maria Medvedeva, Ágnes Sebestyén, Alban von Stockhausen, Ariane Varela Braga, Mercedes Volait.
Articles by Francine Giese
of collections located at the crossroads between private and public space by closely examining two style rooms integrated in private museums – the Stibbert collection in Florence, Italy, and the Moser collection in Neuhausen, near Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Both collectors had first-hand experience of the Orient due to their travels, with Stibbert focusing on al-Andalus and Moser on Central Asia, which inspired them to build up extensive art collections. The examples illustrate the importance of transnational relations for the establishment and display of collections that re-contextualized objects by presenting them within seemingly authentic oriental atmospheres specifically created for this purpose.
Conferences by Francine Giese
Die Konferenz bietet die Gelegenheit, die Forschung zu diesen beiden Themen in der Schweiz zu erneuern und zu vertiefen. Bevorzugt werden unveröffentlichte oder wenig erforschte The- men und Überlegungen zur Architektur und zum Kunstgewerbe des «langen 19. Jahrhunderts» in der Schweiz.
Through his 1914 donation to the Bern Historical Museum, Moser assured that after his disappearance the Orientalische Sammlung Henri Moser Charlottenfels (Oriental collection Henri Moser Charlottenfels) of over 4000 objects would remain available to the public in an exhibition hall specially built for that purpose. The conference wants to present Henri Moser and his collection in an international context. Does Moser’s activity of collecting and exhibiting Islamic art reflect a widespread tendency of his period? How have strategies of presentation, re-contextualisation and didactics changed since the 19th century? To what extent have private collections influenced the making of Islamic departments in national museums? And which role did private collectors such as Moser play in transmitting and appropriating Islamic art and architecture in the West during the 19th and early 20th century?
Exhibition by Francine Giese
CALLS by Francine Giese
Original or Copy: Virtual Reproductions and the Question of Authenticity
Vitromusée Romont, August, 28, 2021
Organizers: Vitrocentre & Vitromusée Romont, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Le Stanze del Vetro
Keynote Speaker: Adam Lowe (Factum Foundation)
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to glass art and questions surrounding the virtual reproduction, copying and authenticity in the digital age. It will be held at the Vitromusée Romont (Switzerland), the Swiss Museum for Stained Glass and Glass Art, on August 28, 2021. The conference is jointly organized by the Vitrocentre and Vitromusée Romont, the Institute of Art History of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Le Stanze del Vetro. It will take place in conjunction with the exhibition “Interconnectées : Venise et Romont en dialogue” co-organized by the above mentioned institutions and shown at Vitromusée Romont from August 29, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
Organizers: Sandra Gianfreda (Kunsthaus Zürich), Francine Giese (Universität Zürich), Ariane Varela Braga (Universität Zürich) and Axel Langer (Museum Rietberg Zürich)
Venue: Museum Rietberg Zürich / Kunsthaus Zürich
As established religious protestant and catholic communities, especially in Western Europe, decline, many traditional spaces of gathering like churches, chapels, cathedrals and monasteries are opening their premises to new communities, other, e. g. post-migrant congregations or even different religions, invite additional social and cultural uses of their spaces or are transformed entirely into museums, hotels, community centers, amongst other. How do these challenges affect the architecture and what questions and problems do these processes pose to architectural and art historical conservation?
At the same time, expositions like the Vatican Chapels, the Vatican's contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018 on Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, as well as the rise of multifaith spaces or prayer rooms reflect the vibrant contemporary interest in creating architectures that hold spiritual value, often even beyond a clear confessional or even religious affiliation.
The 2019 issue invites proposals that critically analyze, reflect and question one or both of these contemporary dynamics and their effects on existing religious spaces, as well as on the creation of new spaces today. Specific case studies are just as welcome as theoretical reflections on these transformation processes. Possible topics amongst other are the re-use of religious spaces from a sociological or anthropological perspective; the architectural adaptation and transformation of religious spaces by different religious communities or for non-religious purposes; the challenges of architectural conservation in case of dynamically used historical religious spaces; new concepts of alternative sacred or spiritual spaces; investigations into new spatial, architectural and material propositions.
Exhibitions by Francine Giese
Curator of the section "Théorie de la couleur"
Contributors are (in order of appearance) Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga, Michael A. Conrad, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Elena Paulino Montero, Luis Araus Ballesteros, Ekaterina Savinova, Christian M. Schweizer, Alejandro Jiménez Hernández and Laura Álvarez Acosta.
Con el objetivo de analizar, compartir y divulgar tanto los resultados, como los proyectos y propuestas recientes en el estudio del pasado islámico y mudéjar de la Península, los coordinadores de la iniciativa, los profesores Francine Giese y Alberto León-Muñoz, convirtieron a Córdoba en el eje científico central por dónde deben ineludiblemente pasar estos y otros debates (de diálogo) sobre el pasado islámico y mudéjar, tanto de la Península Ibérica como de la totalidad del Mediterráneo medieval.
Fruto de este trabajo y del esfuerzo de todos y cada uno de los participantes, nos es grato presentar esta publicación, como una muestra más del compromiso de Casa Árabe como centro estratégico de las relaciones de España con el mundo árabe. Un punto de encuentro donde los distintos actores e instituciones, privadas y públicas, del ámbito de la empresa, la educación, el mundo académico, político y cultural, dialogan, interactúan, establecen líneas de cooperación y emprenden proyectos conjuntos.
Los artículos reunidos en este volumen, como bien ponen de manifiesto los coordinadores del mismo, nos ofrecen una “visión complementaria” en un contexto de necesaria “colaboración interdisciplinaria entre la arqueología y la historia del arte” llegando a cubrir “gran parte de la compleja realidad poliédrica del arte y la arqueología islámica y mudéjar”.
Coordinadores:
Francine Giese y Alberto León-Muñoz.
Autores:
Basarrate, Íñigo; Casal García, María Teresa; Fairchild Ruggles, Dede; Gámiz Gordo, Antonio; Giese, Francine; González Gutiérrez, Carmen; Haedong Kim, Robin; León-Muñoz, Alberto; Marcos Cobaleda, María; Özkan Altýnöz, Meltem; Romero-Camacho, Isabel Montes; Ruiz Souza, Juan Carlos; y Valor Piechotta, Magdalena.
See, https://www.casaarabe.es/eventos-arabes/show/novedad-editorial-dialogo-artistico-durante-la-edad-media-arte-islamico-arte-mudejar
Contributors to the volume include young researchers and established scholars from Western and Eastern Europe and beyond: Roger Nicholas Balsiger, Moya Carey, Valentina Colonna, Francine Giese, Hélène Guérin, Barbara Karl, Katrin Kaufmann, Sarah Keller, Agnieszka Kluczewska Wójcik, Inessa Kouteinikova, Axel Langer, Maria Medvedeva, Ágnes Sebestyén, Alban von Stockhausen, Ariane Varela Braga, Mercedes Volait.
of collections located at the crossroads between private and public space by closely examining two style rooms integrated in private museums – the Stibbert collection in Florence, Italy, and the Moser collection in Neuhausen, near Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Both collectors had first-hand experience of the Orient due to their travels, with Stibbert focusing on al-Andalus and Moser on Central Asia, which inspired them to build up extensive art collections. The examples illustrate the importance of transnational relations for the establishment and display of collections that re-contextualized objects by presenting them within seemingly authentic oriental atmospheres specifically created for this purpose.
Die Konferenz bietet die Gelegenheit, die Forschung zu diesen beiden Themen in der Schweiz zu erneuern und zu vertiefen. Bevorzugt werden unveröffentlichte oder wenig erforschte The- men und Überlegungen zur Architektur und zum Kunstgewerbe des «langen 19. Jahrhunderts» in der Schweiz.
Through his 1914 donation to the Bern Historical Museum, Moser assured that after his disappearance the Orientalische Sammlung Henri Moser Charlottenfels (Oriental collection Henri Moser Charlottenfels) of over 4000 objects would remain available to the public in an exhibition hall specially built for that purpose. The conference wants to present Henri Moser and his collection in an international context. Does Moser’s activity of collecting and exhibiting Islamic art reflect a widespread tendency of his period? How have strategies of presentation, re-contextualisation and didactics changed since the 19th century? To what extent have private collections influenced the making of Islamic departments in national museums? And which role did private collectors such as Moser play in transmitting and appropriating Islamic art and architecture in the West during the 19th and early 20th century?
Original or Copy: Virtual Reproductions and the Question of Authenticity
Vitromusée Romont, August, 28, 2021
Organizers: Vitrocentre & Vitromusée Romont, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Le Stanze del Vetro
Keynote Speaker: Adam Lowe (Factum Foundation)
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to glass art and questions surrounding the virtual reproduction, copying and authenticity in the digital age. It will be held at the Vitromusée Romont (Switzerland), the Swiss Museum for Stained Glass and Glass Art, on August 28, 2021. The conference is jointly organized by the Vitrocentre and Vitromusée Romont, the Institute of Art History of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Le Stanze del Vetro. It will take place in conjunction with the exhibition “Interconnectées : Venise et Romont en dialogue” co-organized by the above mentioned institutions and shown at Vitromusée Romont from August 29, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
Organizers: Sandra Gianfreda (Kunsthaus Zürich), Francine Giese (Universität Zürich), Ariane Varela Braga (Universität Zürich) and Axel Langer (Museum Rietberg Zürich)
Venue: Museum Rietberg Zürich / Kunsthaus Zürich
As established religious protestant and catholic communities, especially in Western Europe, decline, many traditional spaces of gathering like churches, chapels, cathedrals and monasteries are opening their premises to new communities, other, e. g. post-migrant congregations or even different religions, invite additional social and cultural uses of their spaces or are transformed entirely into museums, hotels, community centers, amongst other. How do these challenges affect the architecture and what questions and problems do these processes pose to architectural and art historical conservation?
At the same time, expositions like the Vatican Chapels, the Vatican's contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018 on Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, as well as the rise of multifaith spaces or prayer rooms reflect the vibrant contemporary interest in creating architectures that hold spiritual value, often even beyond a clear confessional or even religious affiliation.
The 2019 issue invites proposals that critically analyze, reflect and question one or both of these contemporary dynamics and their effects on existing religious spaces, as well as on the creation of new spaces today. Specific case studies are just as welcome as theoretical reflections on these transformation processes. Possible topics amongst other are the re-use of religious spaces from a sociological or anthropological perspective; the architectural adaptation and transformation of religious spaces by different religious communities or for non-religious purposes; the challenges of architectural conservation in case of dynamically used historical religious spaces; new concepts of alternative sacred or spiritual spaces; investigations into new spatial, architectural and material propositions.
Curator of the section "Théorie de la couleur"