2nd Annual Stone Summer Theory Institute
Event Type:
WorkshopSunday, July 13, 2008 12:46pm - Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:00pm
2nd Annual Stone Summer Theory Institute
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 13-19
This
year's event is focused on fundamental questions: What makes visual
objects different from written ones? What are images? What are
pictures? The art world depends on these ideas, and yet they are rarely
theorized.
Join
us for a week of public lectures, panel discussions, and films, with a
group of twenty international experts. Tickets are available on the
website (www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org) or at the door, and all tickets are half-price for students.
The
Stone Summer Theory Institutes, funded by Howard and Donna Stone, are
intensive, week-long events, which bring together the world's foremost
scholars to address unresolved issues in art theory. The series is
unique in an art school; the only events like these are held at Cornell
and Yale. Each year the events bring over 30 international scholars,
artists, curators, and critics.
The
public events center on a week of intensive discussion -- the scholars
read about 800 pages of texts in preparation for the event -- and the
results are summarized in a public roundtable at the end of the week.
Throughout the week there are public lectures and screenings. The
entire week is audiotaped, transcribed, and published as a book. The
books we produce will ultimately involve over 500 contributors from
over 50 countries.
All information about the faculty, the event, tickets, and the entire series of five Stone Summer Theory Institutes is at www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org
For questions, please email conference@stonesummertheoryinstitute.org