International Conference: "Concepts and Aesthetics: New Tendencies in Glass Art (20th–21st centuries)".

Organizers: Vitrocentre and Vitromusée Romont, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, LE STANZE DEL VETRO.

Keynote Speaker: Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg (Hares Green, Wales).

The conference is organized in conjunction with the exhibition "Iconic Pieces. Verres emblématiques de Venise", shown at Vitromusée Romont from 16 September 2023 to 14 January 2024, which discusses the creation of iconic pieces and their impact on subsequent tendencies in glass art. Modern and contemporary glass has experienced a multifaceted development from the revival of Murano’s traditional glass techniques at the end of the 19th century to the present day. The conference will examine the artistic movements prevailing during that period and frame modern and contemporary glass art as a global phenomenon.

Programme

22 September 2023, Hôtel de Ville de Romont, Rue du Château 112

9.30 Opening Remarks
Francine Giese (Vitrocentre & Vitromusée Romont), David Landau (LE STANZE DEL VETRO), Sibylle Walther (Vitrocentre Romont)

9.45 Keynote Lecture and Book Presentation
Chair: David Landau (LE STANZE DEL VETRO)

Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg (Hares Green, Wales)

11.00 Coffee break

CHANGING PERCEPTIONS
Chair: Francine Giese (Vitrocentre & Vitromusée Romont)

11.30 Re-inventing Glass Art: the Role of International Exhibitions
Ariane Varela Braga (Vitromusée Romont)

12.00 From pedestal to wall – on the positioning of works of art in glass
Sven Hauschke (Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg)

12.30 Lunch

THE AESTHETICS OF GLASS
Chair: Ariane Varela Braga (Vitromusée Romont)

14.00 From bottle to vase and vessel. The Verrerie artistique of Saint-Prex: development of a creative identity
Sibylle Walther (Vitrocentre Romont)

14.30 Different trends in times of crisis in Murano
Rosa Barovier Mentasti (Independent glass historian)

15.00 Opportunities and challenges in the development from industrial glass to Studio Glass and New Glass in Scandinavia
Kaisa Koivisto (Former curator at the Finnish Glass Museum)

15.30 Coffee Break

NEW CONCEPTS, NEW MEANINGS
Chair: Sibylle Walther and Sarah Tabbal (Vitrocentre & Vitromusée Romont)

16.00 The Power of Glass
Jessamy Kelly (Edinburgh College of Art) and Sarah Rothwell (National Museums Scotland)

16.30 Situating Contemporary Middle Eastern Glass Art in Socially Critical Practice
Charlotte Bank (University of Kassel)

17.00 Through the Lens of Glass. Alexander Kluge Films Glass Art by Kerstin Brätsch
Anja Isabel Schneider (UCLM/ARTEA)

18.00 Opening of the exhibition “Iconic Pieces. Verres emblématiques de Venise”

23 September 2023, Vitromusée Romont

10.00-11.00 Guided tour through the exhibition “Iconic Pieces. Verres emblématiques de Venise”
Ariane Varela Braga (Vitromusée Romont)

Information and Registration
Participation free of charge, registration is required by September 15, 2023 at infovitrocentre.ch