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

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

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

12:00 Doors open

12:30 Uhr Greeting words

12:40 Lecture 1 (for the general public):
Vortrag für die allgemeine Öffentlichkeit (auf Deutsch und Englisch)
Dr. Judith Bihr (Biberach)
Globale Kunst neu denken. Der transkulturelle Wandel in der Kunstgeschichte/Rethinking Global Art. The Transcultural Turn in Art History

13:50 Interjection 1:
Avan-Nomayo Ikponmwosa (Frankfurt/Abuja)
Beyond the Gaze: Sonic Threads of Immersion
Reclaiming Dialog through African Orality and Sound

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

15:15 Interjection 2:
Prof. Sabine Breitsameter (Dieburg/Berlin)
Why transculturality strengthens cultural identity
Some spotlights on 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 audience