Session: Time and Space Concepts in Postwar Art

Larisa Dryansky, Université Paris – Sorbonne; and Melissa Warak,
University of Texas at Austin; email:Larisa.dryanskyparis-sorbonne.fr
and Melissa.warakgmail.com

This session focuses on experiments with space and time in postwar
art. Spatio-temporal concerns in this context were not only tied to
formal issues such as the relation of artworks to their environment
and the breaking down of the separation between painting, sculpture,
and time-based arts, nor—in the case of time—were they entirely
subsumed under the question of technological acceleration. They also
attested to a dismantling of the conceptual categories of space and
time in line with contemporaneous scientific and philosophical shifts.
This panel seeks to recover the complexity of the investigations of
space and time in postwar art through trans-disciplinary approaches.
Papers may address topics such as the impact of scientific sources,
the influence of musical serialism and uses of time on the visual
arts, and expanded cinema and early video art’s attempts to provide
new perceptions of space-time.

Please submit a one to two page double-spaced proposal, letter of
interest, CV, and contact information to both melissa.warakgmail.com
and larisa.dryanskyparis.sorbonne.fr