28.-30. April 2024
»Die Geschichte der Bilder in den Blick nehmen«
Celebrating Werner Nekes' 80th Birthday
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Collection Werner Nekes / co-owned by UzK/DFF/FMP
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Collection Werner Nekes / co-owned by UzK/DFF/FMP
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Collection Werner Nekes / co-owned by UzK/DFF/FMP
Werner Nekes was born on April 29, 1944. As a filmmaker and collector, he spent his entire life pursuing the question: »What did really happen between the images?« In his search for answers, he not only created a multi-layered and extensive cinematic œuvre, but also assembled a unique collection of over 25,000 objects that reflect the history of seeing since early modern times.
With his films and exhibitions, Werner Nekes has explored the forgotten terra incognita of a history of seeing and brought it back into our consciousness. The conference Die Geschichte der Bilder in den Blick nehmen celebrates Werner Nekes' 80th birthday by exploring these perspectives and furthermore addresses future questions and approaches within a discussion of international scholars. The conference will be held in German and English.
The conference is made possible by the generous support of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
Registration Form (German version)
Schedule PDF (German version)
Brochure PDF (German version)
Sunday, 28.04.2024 - SCHLOSS WAHN
from 4pm | OPEN HOUSE
Presentation of Selected Objects from the Werner Nekes Collection
5-5:30pm | WELCOME
5:30-7pm | LECTURE
SIEGFRIED ZIELINSKI (Berlin)
Werner Nekes - A Magical Cosmos of Images - Prospective Archaeology of Cinema
7-9pm | RECEPTION
Monday, 29.04.2024 - FRITZ THYSSEN STIFTUNG
9-10:30am | KEYNOTE
NELE WYNANTS (Antwerp)
Unveiling the Vanishing Lady Illusion: Intersections between Theatre Studies and Media Archaeology
10:30-11am
COFFEE BREAK
11-12.30am | PANEL: FILMING AND EXPERIMENTING
MICHAEL WEDEL (Potsdam)
Between the Images of the New German Cinema: Uliisses and the State of Things around 1980
KRISTINA KÖHLER (Cologne)
Seeing and Doing. On the Gestural Program(s) of Werner Nekes' Experimental Films
HENRIKE OKRENT (Potsdam)
On the Pedagogical Potential of Media Magica for Early Childhood Education
12:30-2pm
LUNCH BREAK
2-3:30pm | KEYNOTE
MARY TON (Urbana-Champaign)
Media Archaeology in the Age of AI
3:30-4pm
COFFEE BREAK
4-5:30pm | PANEL: COLLECTING, RESEARCHING, EXHIBITING
MARTIN LOIPERDINGER (Trier)
Chromatropes and Dissolving Views – Cinema Before Cinema in the Werner Nekes Collection
STEFANIE PLAPPERT (Frankfurt/Main)
...Back to the Future! Exhibiting the Werner Nekes Collection
ERKKI HUHTAMO (Los Angeles)
The Logic of Scollecting
Monday, 29.04.2024 - KARL-RAHNER-AKADEMIE
8-9:30pm | SPECIAL: LATERNEN-SHOW
BERND SCHOLZE (Bensheim-Auerbach)
An Evening Reminiscent of the Art of Hand-Painted Magic Lantern-Slides
Tuesday, 30.04.2024 - FRITZ THYSSEN STIFTUNG
9-10:30am | KEYNOTE
KRISTINA KLEUTGHEN (St. Louis)
Looking and Lenses: Early Modern Chinese Optical Devices and Print Culture
10:30-11am
COFFEE BREAK
11-12:30am | KEYNOTE
ANURUPA ROY (New Delhi)
Traditional Indian Puppet Theater and the »Dying Art«-Dichotomy
12:30-1:30pm
LUNCH BREAK
1:30-3:30pm
ROUNDTABLE