This conference will investigate the intersections of art\, morality\, and politics\, with particular focus on the shifting dynamic between these cultural and social forces over the last fifty years. Throughout the twentieth century\, the de-functionalization of art seen in radical practices such as Dada and Fluxus\, along with the secularization of its institutions and the affirmation of its transgressive role\, have loosened the ties between art and traditional notions of morality. Even the aestheticised Kantian ideal of a community of taste has been abandoned\; it seems that art\, alongside morality and politics\, no longer congregate around a shared political project of emancipation.
\nThe recent cases of censorship (Larry Clark\, at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and David Wojnarowicz at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington in 2010)\, of vandalism motivated by active fundamentalism (Andre Serrano&rsquo\;s Piss Christ destroyed in Avignon\, France\, 2011)\, and the vitality of self-righteous lobbying groups against art\, suggest that the interactions between these three spheres are neither clearly defined nor consistently controlled.
\nThis conference seeks to explore the ambiguous\, yet constant\, connections between the potential influences of art and the norms or authorities that engage with it. We will question both aesthetic autonomism and moralism in relation to art. Can art be defined as a closed field structure? Should it be assessed on its own criteria regardless of political or moral values or should it be constrained by them?
\nWithin the political sphere\, the logic of cultural policy (through curatorial choices of museums\, the distribution of grants\, public commissions\, etc.) reinforces the dependency of artists on the State\, and pits freedom of creation against the preservation of public interest. With these considerations in mind\, the spaces of art become charged: is the museum to be considered as part of the public space\, and thus be subjected to the rules of social life\, or can it be a reserved space\, an area for allowed transgression? New technologies add another and more complex arena in which to consider these questions\, straddling public and private\, virtual space partly escapes legislation and forcibly raises the question of what is visible and presentable.
\nReflection on the epistemological divides separating art\, morality\, and politics\, allows for a redefinition of the ongoing cultural dialogues which constitute contemporary thought. The analysis of the intersections of these three cultural notions will further understanding of the role each of them has in the community\, and contribute to philosophical discourse regarding the renewal of their respective stakes in this new century.
\nProgramme
\nVendredi 1er Juin
\n09h00 &ndash\; 9h30 \;: Accueil des participants
\n09h30 &ndash\; 10h30 : Confé\;rence introductive\, amphi. S3
\nNoë\;l Carroll\, Temple University (US)
&ldquo\;Humor and Morality&rdquo\;
10h30 &ndash\; 11h00 \;: pause
\nAtelier 1 &ndash\; Les fonctions de l&rsquo\;art : autonomisme\, moralisme et immoralisme esthé\;tiques \;
(11h00 &ndash\; 12h30) &ndash\; amphi. S3
Pré\;sident de sé\;ance: \;Ruwen Ogien
Alessandro Giovannelli\, Lafayette college (US)
&ldquo\;A Defense of radical Moralism&rdquo\;
Roberto Merrill\, University of Minho (Portugal)
&ldquo\;How immoral is aesthetic immoralism?&rdquo\;
Rafe McGregor\, University of York (UK)
&ldquo\;Moralism\, Autonomism or Immoralism? Why it doesn&rsquo\;t matter&rdquo\;
12h30 &ndash\; 13h30 \;: Dé\;jeuner
\nAtelier 2 &ndash\; Juger de l&rsquo\;art \;
(13h30 &ndash\; 15h00) &ndash\; amphi. S3
Pré\;sidente de sé\;ance : Emmanuelle Glon
Bence Nanay\, \;University of Antwerp (Belg.)\, University of Cambridge (UK)
&ldquo\;Aesthetic education and Perceptual Learning&rdquo\;
Jolanta Nowak\, \;University of Melbourne (Australia)
&ldquo\;Autonomism / Moralism : The confrontation between Morality and Art in Art criticism&rdquo\;
Tania Perlini\, Université\; Paris-Ouest-Nanterre (France)\, UQAM (Canada)
&ldquo\;Une Esthé\;tique de l&rsquo\;indé\;cidabilité\;&rdquo\;
15h00 &ndash\; 15h30 \;: Pause
\nAtelier 3 &ndash\; L&rsquo\;art face à\; l&rsquo\;institution \;: ré\;sistances \;? coopé\;rations \;?
(15h30 &ndash\; 17h00) - \; amphi. S3
Pré\;sident de sé\;ance : Federico Tarragoni
Vangelis Giannakakis\, \;University College Dublin (UCD)
&ldquo\;Multiples\, particules et matiè\;re sombre \;: l&rsquo\;art moderne comme porteur d&rsquo\;une pensé\;e et d&rsquo\;une expé\;rience alternative et critique &rdquo\;
Jonathan Maho\, \;Université\; Paris VII-Diderot (France)
&ldquo\;Le \;Piss Christ \;d&rsquo\;Andres Serrano et l&rsquo\;avè\;nement des Culture Wars&rdquo\;
Lé\;a Valette\, Université\; Paris-Ouest-Nanterre (France)
&ldquo\;La critique de gauche face à\; l&rsquo\;institution des thé\;â\;tres publics&rdquo\;
Atelier 4 &ndash\; Oeuvre et praxis
(15h30 &ndash\; 17h00) - \; salle \;201
Pré\;sident de sé\;ance : Julien Verhaeghe
Matthew Rowe\, \;University of York (UK)
&ldquo\;Transparency\, moralism and exploitation&rdquo\;
Erin Bradfield\, \;Vanderbilt \;University (US)
&ldquo\;The liberatory Potential of aesthetic Subscultures&rdquo\;
Jonathan James\, University of Newcastle (Australia)
&ldquo\;The Role of artistic Printmedia in the Occupy Wall St movement&rdquo\;
17h00-18h00: Sé\;ance plé\;niè\;re\, amphi. S3
\nCarole Talon-Hugon\, Université\; de Nice (France)
&ldquo\;Edification versus Exercice de la sagacité\;. Maniè\;res classique et contemporaine de penser l&rsquo\;efficacité\; é\;thique de l&rsquo\;art&rdquo\;
\;Samdei 2 Juin
\n9h30 &ndash\; 10h30 \;: Sé\;ance plé\;niè\;re\, amphi. S2
\nChristian Ruby\, Revue \;Raison Pré\;sente
&ldquo\;L&rsquo\;exercice de la parole dans la trajectoire du spectateur&rdquo\;
10h30-11h00 \;: Pause
\nAtelier 1 &ndash\; Art et pouvoir politique
(11h00 &ndash\; 12h30) &ndash\; amphi. S2
Pré\;sident de sé\;ance : \;Roberto Merrill
Jason Miller\, \;Rice University of Houston (US)
&ldquo\;The shifting Politics of Art: Plato\, Schiller\, and Ai Wei Wei&rdquo\;
Luis Crespo Andrade\, University of Lisboa (Portugal)
&ldquo\;The Will of Gray&rdquo\;
\;Davor Dzalto\, \;Fordham \;University (US)
&ldquo\;Irresponsible Art &\; Aesthetics in the service of Power&rdquo\;
\;Atelier 2 &ndash\; The Paradigm
(11h00 &ndash\; 12h30) &ndash\; Salle \;201
Amanda Beech \;et al.
\;Suhail Mailk\, Goldsmiths College (UK)
&ldquo\;Indeterminability and the Spirit of New Capitalism&rdquo\;
Amanda Beech\, University of Kent (UK)
&ldquo\;Sanity Assassin&rdquo\; Art and Destruction&rdquo\;
Matthew Poole\, University of Essex (UK)
&ldquo\;The Idiot Paradigm&rdquo\;
12h30 &ndash\; 13h30 : Sé\;ance plé\;niè\;re\, amphi. S3
\nMatthew Kieran\, University of Leeds (UK)
&ldquo\;Creativity and Well-Being&rdquo\;
13h30 &ndash\; 14h30 \;: Dé\;jeuner
\nAtelier 3 &ndash\; Imagination esthé\;tique\, imagination morale
(14h30 &ndash\; 16h00) &ndash\; amphi. S2
Pré\;sident de sé\;ance : Thibaud Zuppinger
\;Kateri Lemmens\, \;Université\; du Qué\;bec à\; Rimouski (Canada)
&ldquo\;La sagesse de la fiction&rdquo\;
Mé\;lissa Thé\;riault\, \;Collè\;ge Montmorency \;(Canada)
&ldquo\;É\;thique et fiction&rdquo\;
Thomas Seguin\, \;Université\; Paul Valé\;ry de Montpellier (France)
&ldquo\;Pour une esthé\;tique de l&rsquo\;expé\;rience&rdquo\;
16h00 &ndash\; 16h30 \;: Pause
\n16h30 &ndash\; 17h30 \;: Confé\;rence de clô\;ture\, amphi. S2
\nRuwen Ogien\, CNRS (France)
&ldquo\;Les limites morales et mentales de l&rsquo\;art&rdquo\;
Fee
\nThe conference fee is 50 &euro\; and can be paid in cash at the conference desk.
\nAccommodation
\nInformation on accommodation can be found on the conference&rsquo\;s webpage. For additional information\, please write to Pauline Colonna d&rsquo\;Istria (p.colonnadistria@hotmail.fr)\, or Florian Gaité\; (florian@floriangaite.fr)\, or Roberto Merrill (nrbmerrill@gmail.com)
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