Imaging history, photography after the fact

February 18th, Sint-Lukas, Brussel

Organized within the framework of the practice-based artistic
research project "(in)site, site-specific photography revised",
Bruno Vandermeulen & Danny Veys

09:00 - 09:30
Welcome

09:30 - 09:45
Opening: Willem Degreef, Director Hogeschool Sint-Lukas,
Brussel

09:45 - 10:00
Visual presentation: Influences for (in)Site Photography &
Imaging History

10:00 - 10:30
Prof. Helen Westgeest (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
Photography Bridging Great Distances in Time
and Place

10:30 - 11:00
Dr. Iro Katsaridou, Museum of Byzantine Culture,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Anastasia Kontogiorgi, Hellenic Ministry of
Culture and Tourism, Athens, Greece
Commodifying Classical Antiquity: Greek
photography and archaeological ruins

11:00 - 11:15
Visual presentation: (in)Site: site-specific photography
revised

11:15 - 11:45
Giovanni Fragala, Istituto per i beni archeologici e
monumentali - CNR, Italy
The photographer, the criminal and the archaeologist:
Perspectives and suggestions for a syntax for
archaeological photography.

11:45 - 12:15
Pool Andries, Director FotoMuseum Antwerp, Belgium

Lunch

13:15 - 13:45
Prof. Benjamim Picado, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil)
From Instantaneity to the State of Affairs: landscape and
stability in the visual discours of photojournalism

13:45 - 14:15
Dr. Hendrik Gustafsson, University of Bergen, Norway
Confronting Absence: Imagination and Excavation

14:15 - 14:30
Visual presentation: Bart Michiels, The course of history

14:30 - 15:00
Dr. Peter Muir, Manchester Metropolitan University, MIRIAD, UK
The Writing on the Wall

Break

15:30 - 16:00
Prof. Marjan Sterckx, University College Limburg, Belgium
Dr. Leen Engelen, University College Limburg, Belgium
Remembering Edith and Gabrielle. The picture
postcard as photographic lieu de mémoire

16:00 - 16:30
Dr. Bruno Notteboom, Ghent University, Belgium
Public and private histories. Charles Buls’
travel photography around 1900

16:30 - 16:45
Visual presentation: Karin Borghouts

16:45 - 17:15
Prof. John Welchman, University of California, San Diego,
USA
History and Time in the American Vernacular: Mike Kelley's Day
is Done

17:15 - 17:30
Closing word

18:00 - 19:30
Opening exhibition "Dit is ons huis (van jullie)", curated
by Peter Verhelst

20:00 - 21:30
Lecture and visual presentation: Carl De Keyzer (Magnum) on
his new project Congo

The partners of the project are: K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Arts; Hogeschool
Sint-Lukas, Vakgroep Kunsten; Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project;
Lieven Gevaert Centre for Photography and Visual Studies; Fotomuseum
Antwerpen; Stad Leuven
(in)Site is funded by the Institute for Practice based Research in the Arts
of the Assosciation of the KULeuven, IvOK
This conference is made possible with the support of the Lieven Gevaert
Leerstoel