The rationale of the conference is to explore how the different arts translate across disciplines and to establish exchanges that will allow arts disciplines to engage with contemporary debates and concerns in a non-hierarchical way.

16 Wednesday

9.30 – 10.00 – Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Nicola Foster)

10:00 to 11:00: 3 papers -15 min each, 5 min Q and A

Medium Specificity - Chair Dr. Flavia Loscialpo with Laura Leahy

• One Medium Through Another: Displacement and Criticism in October Matthew Bowman, University of Suffolk

• Table for five. Moncomble Philippine , Architect

• The Plurality of Plasma: BioArt as Translation Medium Blue Grindrod , Designer, multimedia artist

11:00 to 11:15 Discussion

11:20- to 12:20 : 3 papers - 15 min each, 5 min Q and A

Activism – Performance – Chair Dr. Tom Slevin with Maja Hill and Denise Clarke

• History, translation and critical dissensus: Exploring the political potential of artist residencies in museums Alex Reynolds ,Poole Museum, Dorset

• One000plateaus: cross-disciplinary happenings and the radical ontology of utopian poetics Roy Hanney, Solent University

• The activation of performance art works as a translation process Daniela Felix Martins and Bianca Tinoco ,University of Brasília(UnB)

12:20 to 12:40 Discussion

14.00 – 15:20: 4 papers 15 min each, 5 min Q and A

Translation across mediums – Dr. Atsu Ito with Matthew Keehan and Emma Justice

• Translating from one art to another, Richter’s trans-artistic landscape Anthi-Danaé Spathoni, Centre Pompidou, Paris

• From Canvas into the Theatre Magritte – The Cloud Man Zsanett Lengyel, University of Pécs, Hungary

• Abanindranath Tagore’s Khuddur Jatra: a creative adventure at the crossroads of modernity Rupsa Kundu, Art historian

• Reference, Figurativity, and Performativity: Translational Poetics of Marina Abramović “Seven Easy Pieces” Egri Petra, University of Pécs, Hungary

15:25 – 15:55 Discussion

16:00 – 17:00 Keynote speaker Nicky Marsh Professor of English Studies, Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton

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