HEAD – Genève, Room Georges-Addor, Building E, Avenue de Châtelaine 5, 1203 Genève, Free entry
International Study Day with the support of SNF, Swiss National Science Foundation
Ways of Making. The Artist's Hand in Conceptual Practices
“The hand means action: it grasps, it creates, at times it would seem even to think.” It is unlikely that by restricting the scope that was until then attributed to the execution of artworks, artists from the 1960s intended to forsake this reflection on the hand which art historian Henri Focillon lauded in a text dating back to 1934. Rather, their declarations address artistic making when it does not coincide with manual labour. Shouldn’t we ascribe to the hand what is usually considered as the “conception” of the work? Conversely, aren’t there some art practices considered as conceptual even though they rely on manual labour and craftsmanship?
10:00
Accueil des participants
Julie Enckell Julliard, responsable du développement culturel, HEAD – Genève
Mot de bienvenue / Welcome
Ileana Parvu, historienne de l’art, professeure HEAD – Genève
Introduction
Kim Charnley, art historian and philosopher, Senior Lecturer and MA Programme Leader, Plymouth College of Art
Revisiting Skill in Conceptual Art: the 'Aesthetics of Administration' and Ian Burn
12:00 Pause / Break
Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, artist, Professor of Art at Baruch College, The City University New York
Ersatz: Manual Reproductions of Industrial Products
13:15 Déjeuner / Lunch
Modération / Session Chair : Valérie Mavridorakis ; historienne de l’art, professeure, Sorbonne Université, Paris
14:30
Anna Lovatt, art historian, Assistant Professor of Art History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Drawing Degree Zero
Lindsay Aveilhé, editor, Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings Catalogue Raisonné Artifex Press, New York
At the Discretion of the Drafter: Making Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings
16:30 Pause / Break
Pierre Leguillon, artiste, professeur, HEAD – Genève
Handling as Learning
Fin de la journée / End of the programme
Concept et organisation
Jean-Marie Bolay
Bénédicte le Pimpec
Valérie Mavridorakis
Ileana Parvu