Current PAA Europe
NEXT MEETING: 2008
Sketch of the nenna tree fern sculpture of the eastern part of the island Ambrym (Vanuatu) in the Ethnograpic Collections of the University of Ghent by Katrien Elsen. This sculpture will be in the exhibition in Brussels during PAA-E
PAA EUROPE 2008 ANNUAL MEETING
Wednesday, 29 - 31 October, 2008, in Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp, Belgium
Program
Held in conjunction with the temporary exhibition ‘Art of Oceania. Signs of Rituals, Symbols of Power’ (working title), that will be on view at the Espace Culturel ING, in Brussels.
On October 29, 2008, we will be invited to assist at the inauguration of the newly designed display of the South Pacific section at the Royal Museum of Art and History (KMKG/ MRAH). On October 30th we will visit the collections of Oceanic art of the Ethnographic Collections of the University of Ghent, and on October 31st we will be visiting the Oceanic section of the Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp. In addition to those visits, plenty of time will be given to the presentation of papers.
One subject of the papers at the annual PAA-E meeting, 2008, will focus on the representation and cultural significance of the human body in the art of pacific peoples. It will focus on the different ways the human body is represented, how it is used as a metaphor in the making of tools, architectural creations; and how it is transformed or mutates into to representations that combine both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic elements to create supernatural beings, etc. But also it may concentrate on how this representation influenced western artists who ‘borrowed’ formal qualities like expressive stylization for aesthetic reasons, and thereby transformed modern art.
Another subject centers on missions and visions in the display of Oceanic art. Ethnographic museums and cultural institutions tell various stories, which are being translated into the representation and exhibition of objects. We invite you to throw a light on approaches to the display works of art from Oceania. Ethnographic museums and exhibitions can stimulate the reproduction and continuation of traditions, and cultural institutions in the Pacific can play a major role by focusing on the dilemmas that occur in the representation and ethics of collecting and exhibiting. The dynamic character of this subject is an opportunity for different agents to engage in the same reflective field.
We will be delighted to have your participation through the presentation of a paper that explores some of the subjects or topics in relation to these themes. Please send your abstract (100-150 words) to the organizing committee by 15 April. When submitting your abstract, please specify which length you wish to present (20 or 10 minutes plus 10 or 5 minutes respectively for questions). Also, (Ph.D.) students are invited to bring along poster presentations to introduce their research.
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PAA-E Information
Please address questions, or suggestions regarding the program to the organizing committee:
Pauline van der Zee: Paulina.vanderZee@UGent.be
Frank Herreman: FHerreman.consult@Skynet.be
Bart Suys: b.suys@kmkg-mrah.be