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Kaleidosco

pes

andC

acophonies

ContemporaryRese

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andHeard

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2009

The

Univers

ityofEdinburgh

Programme2009

December1st,2009

.StCeciliasHall


2/141Tableofcontents

Introduction

2

Inform

ation

4

time

table

5

ConcertHall

6

Laig

hRoom

8

talks

11

posters

18

26

LucyMontague

Theory&praxis:aninvestigation

intotherelationship

betweentheoriesinurbandesignandu

rbandesignpractice

AgnsPatuano

Healthandgardens:Fromtheoryto

practice

Naturalelementsandsettingshavebeenproved

tohaveapositiveinfluenceonhumanhealthand

well-being.Throughthe

exampleofAnneRibes

andhertherapeuticgar

densinFrenchhospitals,

this

presentation

inte

nds

to

clarify

various

theoriesandhypothesis

ontheeffectsofnatural

environmentandoutlineafewdesignprinciples

forhealingparksandou

tdoorspaces.

DesignedbyAgnsPatuan

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PrintedatECA

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4/143andweinvite

youtoparticipateasavis

itorthroughcontribu-

tingyourown

thoughtsandfeelingsabou

ttheseprojects.Our

title,Kaleidosc

opesandCacophonies,evo

kesasenseofanas-

semblageoffragmentswhichwehopeyouwillf

indthought-pro-

voking,andsincethestructureofthecon

ferencewillo

bviously

makeitimpossibletotakeinthetotalityofthemanydirectionsof

enquiryrepres

ented,wewouldencourage

youtoconstructyour

ownprogramm

eoutofthepresentationso

noffer.

Wewo

uldliketothankProfessor

RichardCoyne,Ka-

renLudke,DrSophiaLycouris,DrKate

OveryandProfessor

RichardWilliamsfortheirinspirationandguidanceinpreparing

andproducing

thisconference;andMartinePugh,whotookon

theonerousta

skofoverseeingeveryaspe

ctofitsorganisation.

24

14:00-15:00

NoemiGarciaDiaz

Tofindavoiceonautobiographicaldocumentary-DVD

Mar

tineFoltierPugh

Objectsofsatire

Takingaspremisethatobjects,likepeople,haveabiographyandaso-

ciallifeandthat

satireisatraitofhumannaturea

ndsocialinteraction,this

presentation,su

pportedbysomecase-studies,willinvestigatetheideathat

objectsandthin

gscanalsohaveaninclination

towardssatireatcertain

stagesoftheirlife.

AmyThomas

Aspectsofthesocialwithincontemporaryart

GerardByrne

Kentigern:Celebratingasixth-centurysaintintwenty-first

centuryScotland

Myposterwillattempttoelucidatethechallen

ges/difficultieswhichthe

authorfacedinpreparingasungliturgicalOfficeinhonourofStKentigern,

seventhcentury

bishop,andpatronofthecityofG

lasgow.Theprojectwas

bynatureinter-disciplinary,requiringthecompilertoworkwithinthedisci-

plinesofmediaevalmusic,Latinphilology,transla

tion,poetryandliturgy.

CristianoAgostino

UsamaruFuruyaandthenewtradit

ionofauteurmanga

TherehasbeenaresurgenceinthepastdecadeofJapanesecomics

that,eschewing

theescapistnatureusuallyassociatedtothemedium,go

backtothemoresociallyandculturallycommittedworksofthesixtiesand

seventies.They

doso,however,bydiscardingan

overlydramaticandse-

riousapproach,

choosinginsteadparadoxandironyasculturalweapons.

Acentralfigure

inthistrendisUsamaruFuruya.


5/1423X

avierCon

tier

Educationabindingsocialnarrative.

.H.EsraOs

kay

HouseinVisualArts

Myresearchw

illbeacontextualreviewoftheu

seofhouseincontempo-

raryart.Anespeciallyfavoredsiteforuncannyd

isturbancesasAnthony

Vidlercallsit,thehousebecomesameanstoplayatthethresholdoffa-

miliarandunfamiliar.TheworksofGregorSchn

eider,RachelWhiteread,

KurtSchwitters

andDorisSalcedowillbeexamplestoinvestigatethepos-

sibilitiesofhouseinthisresearch.

JulieGasp

ard

Ritualsandp

racticesofdeath

PanosKom

patsiaris

Originsande

ffectivenessofaffirmativeta

cticsin

contemporaryart

Aikaterini

Antonopoulou

Livinginsecondlifeversusactingin

flashmob:Exploringthesenseofplace

throughvirtualandurbangames

Thisprojecte

mploysadigitalgameandanur-

banactioninanattempttoexplorethesenseof

placeanddefineplaceness.Itaimsatexplai-

ningthewayth

atthesetwopracticesoperate,in

whatwaythey

createatensionbetweendigital

andphysicalp

laceandhowtheymayserveas

amediumtostudytheindividualsexperiences

andbehavior.

4

Inform

ation

Registration:9:00

Breaks(LaighRoom):10:40-11:00

15:00-15:20

Lunchbreak:13:00-13:55

Endsat16:30


6/145tim

etable

22

G

eorgiaMavrakou

Fragm

entsofthedomestic

scenery

12:00-13:00

MattOzga-Lawn

Revealingdesign:adialogicapproachthroughexhibition

methodology

Thefocusisan

explorationofparticulardesignm

ethodologiesandmedia,

withatitscore

theconceptoftheexhibitionofthedesignprocessitself

asanentity,reactingtoandintegratedwiththe

designoutputsthatare

resolvedfromit.Themanifestationandinteractionwiththedesignprocess

itselfviathevar

iedmediaofdevelopedinstallatio

nenvironmentsishoped

tocreateadialo

guethatwillcontributetoarchitec

turaloutputsthatarenot

acompression

orrepresentationofaprocessbutratherpartofawider,

transient,iterativecollectionofnarratives,ideasa

ndmeanings.

KlasHyllen

Atherapeuticthesa

urusforthearchitect

Acitydevelop

sdynamically,similarinnatureto

thehumanpsyche,whe-

repastexperien

cesshapeyourpresentidentity.Tojuxtaposetheindividual

selfwiththeco

llectivecityisapsychoanalytica

lprocesscomparableto

puttingthecity

onthecouch.Thistherapeuticapproachexposesthehis-

toryofknowledgeinfull,providingremarkableins

ightintotheun-foldingof

humaninteractionthroughtime.

Theproblematicuponthedomesticspaceaims

torevealtheattributesthatenablethehometo

beconvertedintoastere

otypicalformationwithin

ourcontemporarysocietyspractices.Inorderto

studythehomelyexperience,thescenographic

conceptisproposed.Thehomeasanempty

platformwillaccepteachcharacteristic,soasto

drawamentalcollageof

thedomesticscenery.


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1:00-12:00

SalomeSh

ahzad

Formulatingappropriatequalitativemethodologiesto

researchindividualcontroloverthetherm

alenvironmentin

workplaces

RichardAs

hrowan

Digitalexperimentsininformation

theoryappliedtomovingimageart

(Installation)

The

worka

pplies

a

variety

ofreductive

abstractionproc

essestoapieceofhighdefinition

digitalfilmedfo

otage,usinginformationtheory

definitionsofinformationcontenttodrivethe

reductiveproce

ss.Theseexperimentsinvolve

reductionsincolour,pixelsandtimeandhow

this

affectstheir

corresponding

quantitive

informationcon

tent,measuredusingtheH264

compressionpr

ocess.

YudaHo

Visualizingth

ecity:space,architectureandvisualart

Withmorean

dmoreexperimentsinarchitectureandvisualartinrecent

years,architect

sandvisualartistsdemonstratethatthenewpossibilityof

urbanlifestyle.Thisresearchwillreferencethehistoricaldevelopmentof

urbanscreensa

ndinvestigatetheirexistinguseinordertobetterunderstand

howtheyarecu

rrentlyusedandexplorethenewpotentialofthesescreens

asanewinterm

ediabetweenpeopleandspace.

6

ConcertHall

09:30

C

HAIR

SueHawksley

ECAPhDstudent,danceartis

t,directorof

articulateanimalandabodyw

orktherapist

09:30

SPEAKER

ProfRichardCoyne

HeadoftheSchoolofArts,Cultureand

Environment,UniversityofEdinburgh

09:40

-10:00Te-JuChen

Thespiritofplaceandarchitecturalexperience

10:00

-10:20D

amienMcCaffery

TheMavenofaQuotation:culturalsearchand

re

scuefromHarrySmithtoDJ

Shadow

10:20

-10:40W

endyKirkup

Twoperspectivesonthespatialisationofartists

an

dexperimentalfilmpractice

s

10:40

-11:00M

ontasirAlabdulla

Cardependencyandvisualquality

11:00

-11:20LuisaChiavacci

Fragmentsoflandscape:therepresentationof

cu

lturallandscapeincontemp

oraryCalifornian

visualarts

11:20

-11:40H

ebaEl-Toudy

TitlesandattributesofSufifiguresintheislamic

ar

chitecturalinscriptionsofCa

iro

11:40

-12:00A

ndrew

Paterson

Thepaintedgazeinlateantiquedevotional

po

rtraiture

12:00

-12:20JananMustafa

Designthinkingandtheemergenceofdesign

so

lution


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osters

9:40-10:40

NeaEhrlich

Identitythrou

ghanimationasmetaphor

ormask

Mypresentationwillexploretherepresentationo

f

culturalidentity

throughcontemporaryanimation.

I

willanalysethe

characteristicsofanimationandits

affectonthevie

werthroughthethemeofmasking

.

Thegoalofmy

workistoshowanimationsvaried

waystoreflect

realityanditseventualinfluence

uponthisreality

,inconcernwithidentitypolitics.

Alexandra

Domeracki

Photographs

intheHenryDyer

collection:awesternersinterpretation

ofthejapane

sesocietyinthelate

nineteenthce

ntury

This

work

willdealwith

the

Japanese

photographsin

theDyerCollectionattheCentral

Library,Edinburgh.Thefactthattheyweretaken

byanAustrian

photographerrisesthequestion

ofthecharacteristicsofaWesternersapproach

towardsNinete

enth-CenturyJapanesesociety.

Thisworkwilla

lsotryandidentifythemarketfor

whichtheywere

producedandhowcompositional

choicesweremadetoattracttheseparticular

customers.

8

LaighR

oom

09:40

-10:40N

eaEhrlich

Id

entitythroughanimationas

metaphorormask

A

lexandraDomeracki

PhotographsintheHenryDyercollection:a

w

esternersinterpretationoftheJapanesesociety

in

thelatenineteenthcentury

B

ethLegg

TheexpressionofNordiciden

titywithinthe

contemporaryjewelleryofScandinavia

S

taceyHunter

Thedichotomiesofnewurba

nismandold

architecture:Towardsaneutralaccount

O

fitaPurwani

TheadaptationofEuropeane

lementsinthe

architectureofJavanesepalaces

R

ichardAshrowan

D

igitalexperimentsininforma

tiontheoryapplied

to

movingimageart-Installation

10:40

-11:00B

reak

11:00

-12:00S

alomeShahzad

Formulatingappropriatequalitativemethodologies

to

researchindividualcontroloverthethermal

environmentinworkplaces

Y

udaHo

Visualizingthecity:space,architectureandvisual

art


10/149

G

eorgiaMavrakou

F

ragmentsofthedomesticsc

enery

M

attOzga-Lawn

R

evealingdesign:adialogicapproachthrough

exhibitionmethodology

K

lasHyllen

A

therapeuticThesaurusforthearchitect

12:00-13:00

X

avierContier

E

ducationabindingsocialnarrative

A

ikateriniAntonopoulou

Livinginsecondlifeversusactinginflashmob:

E

xploringthesenseofplacethroughvirtualand

urbangames

J

ulieGaspard

R

itualsandpracticesofdeath

H

.EsraOskay

H

ouseinVisualArts:Artistplayinginthehouse

P

anosKompatsiaris

O

riginsandeffectivenessofa

ffirmativetacticsin

contemporaryart

13:00

-13:55L

UNCH

BREAK

14:00-15:00

N

oemiGarciaDiaz

T

ofindavoiceonautobiographicaldocumentary

D

VD

M

artineFoltierPugh

O

bjectsofsatire

A

myThomas

A

spectsofthesocialwithincontemporaryart

18

posters


11/1417

10

G

erardByrne

Kentigern:Celebratingasixth

-centurysaintin

tw

enty-firstcenturyscotland

C

ristianoAgostino

U

samaruFuruyaandthenew

traditionofauteur

m

anga

15:00

-15:20B

reak

15:20-16:20

C

arolineStanton

H

owtoassessandcommunic

atechangeswithin

ourlandscape

C

hrisFrench

C

opresenceandcross-cultura

lheterotopias:the

Live8concertsassocialaction

S

oumyaThomas

U

nderstandinguserneeds:Architecture+Autism

L

ucyMontague

Theory&praxis:aninvestigationintothe

re

lationshipbetweentheories

inurbandesignand

urbandesignpractice

A

gnsPatuano

H

ealthandgardens:Fromthe

orytopractice


12/1411

talks

16

.

RocioVonJungenfeld

FramingSpa

ce:ontheillusionof

preservation

Focusingonthevisualperceptionoftactile

space.Whenaspace

ispresentedonaflat

imageitsperceptionisremediatedandadialogue

betweenlayersandsp

aceoccurs.Twoworks,

onebyGerhardRichterandanotherbyThe

BoyleFamily,willbeus

edtoreflectonhowaflat

mediacouldcontaintheexperienceofspace15:40

JordanMearns

Caged

nightingales:thefeminizatio

nofdomesticmusic

makingineighteenthcenturybritishart

Ineighteenth

centuryBritaindomesticmusicmakingwasincreasingly

seenasapartic

ularlyfeminineaccomplishmentbecomingapopularsub-

jectforportraits.Accordinglydepictionsofmalea

ndfemalemusiciansde-

velopeddistinct

characteristics.Asfemaleperform

anceaffordedanoppor-

tunitytoenact

sexualavailabilityandanexcusetogaze,thespectacle

oftheaccomplishedfemalebecamesimultaneouslyasiteofconsiderable

anxietyandpleasure.

16:00


13/1415S

hih-MeiL

ee

Textthein

kofthepopularculture

Withtheadve

ntofthedigitalera,theusageoftexthasintroducedanew

paradigm.Inthispaper,Iwillelaborateonhowthechangeoftexttrends

canreflecttheexistingculture.Theapproachwillbebasedoncomparing

textualpractice

sofuserswithdifferentculturalbackgroundstoexamplfy

thisstatement.

14:40

JanaKova

cova

Presentsitua

tionofmedievalprimary

sourcesofHungarianprovenance

Focusofthis

shortdiscussionishowhistoric

al

eventsfromthe

endofmedievalperioduntiltoday

havecontribute

dtothestateofpreservationan

d

distributionofm

edievalvisualandwrittensources

ofHungarian

provenance.And

whatareth

e

implicationsofthissituationformodernresearch.

15:00

VictoriaGair

AubreyBeardsleyinthe1960s

AubreyBeard

sley(1872-98)wasoneofthemo

stubiquitousandcontro-

versialartistsofthe1890s.Inthe1960sand70s,hisworkwasre-exami-

nedbyarthisto

rians,influencedartistsanddesig

ners,(andagainbecame

ubiquitousand

controversial).Thispaperwillanalysethecausesandef-

fectsoftheresu

rgenceofinterestinBeardsleysartduringthisperiod.

15:20

12

Talks

Te-JuChen

Thespiritofplaceandarchitecturalexperience

Theworldwearelivinginnowisanunpreceden

tedlyhomogeneousone.

Thusthe2008ICOMOSassemblyfocusedonthespiritofplace,howto

preserveitandhowtorefineit.Thisessayaimstoreflecthowthespiritof

placeresponds

topeoplespsychologicneeds,an

d,howpeoplesexpecta-

tionandreprese

ntationreactandreconstructthe

shapingofplace.9:40

DamienMcCaffery

Themavenofaquotation:culturalsea

rch-and-rescuefrom

Harry

SmithtoDJShadow

10:00

WendyKirkup

Twoperspe

ctivesonthespatialisationofartistsandexperi-

mentalfilmpractices

Movingimag

earthasadenseandheteroge

noushistory,withsome

accountsarguablyhavingbeenarticulatedmorefullythanothers.Thispre-

sentationwillreflectontwofilmmakingpracticesfromthe1960sandearly

70sandseekto

identifypointsofsimilarityandof

differenceinapproaches

toproductionan

dframesofreference.

10:20

MontasirAlabdulla

Cardependen

cyandvisualquality

Significance

ofusingdynamicimagesinassessingthevisualqualityof

urbanstreetsin

car-dependentsocieties

10:40


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