Naslov
Discovering Dalmatia VI: Watching, Waiting – Empty Spaces and the Representation of Isolation; Split, 3-5 December 2020

Autori
Sardelić, Mirko

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ostalo

Godina
2020

Ključne riječi
Pandemic ; Isolation ; Photography ; Spaces

Sažetak
Across the globe, the year 2020 was unexpectedly marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first wave of the virus, the media was flooded with photographs of empty public spaces – spaces that had once been the locations of historic events, celebrations, protests, social gatherings, crowds of tourists – stirring up bittersweet emotions. On the one hand, these pictures are intensely beautiful. They recall artist’s books and historical photographer’s monographs whose authors took pains to produce scenes devoid of people (indeed, this booklet features photographs from a 1968 monograph dedicated to Diocletian’s Palace by Nenad Gattin). On the other hand, they remind us how important human interaction is for any given place. Confronted with the experience of uncertainty, we asked ourselves – can visualisations of empty spaces focus our attention on the act of waiting, can we learn more about, and from, this phenomenon? We therefore decided to organize an international conference entitled Watching, Waiting – Empty Spaces and the Representation of Isolation. This conference was inspired by the Institute of Art History’s project Exposition [Ekspozicija]. Themes and Aspects of Croatian Photography from the 19th Century until Today, which is financed by the Croatian Science Foundation. It also represents the sixth annual Discovering Dalmatia conference, a programme offering a week of events in scholarship and research. The experience of working on a project that brings together the work of experts in the fields of art history, ethnology, medicine, architecture, and others highlights the importance of a range of diverse approaches to the theme of this conference.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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