Ex//Immersio VII: Dialogues – Taking up the Thread

Ex//Immersio VII: Dialogues – Taking up the Thread

Ex\\Immersio is a series of international symposia launched in 2019 under the scientific and artistic direction of Prof. Sabine Breitsameter. Its aim is to foster a critical intellectual and artistic discourse on the buzzword ‘immersion’. This year’s topic is stepping out of insular world views.

12:00 Doors open

12:30 Greeting

12:40 Lecture 1 ( for the general public):
Lecture for the general public (in German and English)
Dr Judith Bihr (Biberach)
Rethinking Global Art. The Transcultural Turn in Art History

1.50 pm Interjection 1:
Avan-Nomayo Ikponmwosa (Frankfurt/Abuja)
Beyond the Gaze: Sonic Threads of Immersion
Reclaiming Dialogue through African Orality and Sound

14:00 Lecture 2:
Fadia Elgharib (Cairo/Berlin)
From the Arab Spring to the “Global Innovation Gathering”
A Career Journey from Cairo via Darmstadt to the World

15:15 Interjection 2:
Prof. Sabine Breitsameter (Dieburg/Berlin)
Why transculturality strengthens cultural identity
Some insights into the concept of “Leitkultur”

15.25: Lecture 3:
Dr Sarah Niazi (New Delhi/Leiden)
India in the world
Mapping early transnational film networks between India and Germany

16:10 Interjection 3:
Klaus Schüller (Groß Umstadt)
Filter Bubbles Don’t Burst
Media Aesthetic Education as a Method for Digital Empowerment
16:30 Final discussion with presenters and the audience