Studienprojekte 2015

XIII MAGIS – Gorizia International Spring School | Gorizia, March 20-24, 2015

The XIII MAGIS – International Spring School, organized by the University of Udine in collaboration with its network of partners– the Universities of Amsterdam, Birkbeck-University of London, Bochum, Fachhochschule Potsdam, Frankfurt, Liège, Malta, Milano-Cattolica, Paris III, Paris-Est-Marne-la-Vallée, Pompeu Fabra-Barcelona, Potsdam, Pisa, Sunderland and CineGraph/CineFest-Hamburg, GRAFICS/Université de Montréal, Associazione Culturale Maiè – is articulated in the following sections:

Cinema & Contemporary Visual Art The Cinema & Contemporary Visual Art section aims at increasing and deepening the dialogue between artists and scholars that have characterized the previous editions of the MAGIS ­ Gorizia International Film Studies Spring School. The Section intends to encourage the discussion on artistic practices and their analysis in the academic field, the ways in which artists narrate their work and their interpretation from the perspectives of art history and current art. The program will be articulated in master classes held by authors, curators, cultural operators, archives and managers of arts centers, and through talks and lectures delivered by scholars, along with screenings, exhibitions and performative events.

Post-cinema: The Border Within II – The Body, the Power, the Media The section aims at investigating the body¹s contemporary status in the realm of new media, such as the videogames, the transmedia platform, the social networks, the other internet features. It also aims at analysing the body in the realm of those old visual media, which are influenced by the postmedial condition, with specific attention to the innovations generated by technological shifts. Our main focus is on the constant transformation process the concept of body is going through within the realm of contemporary media products. This year we would like to understand how the processes of the power pass through the bodies, and how the medial condition influences this ones.

Porn Studies: Cartography of Pornographic Audio-visual The Porn Studies section aims at analyzing the distinguishing features of national pornographies and the glocalization processes through which particular national pornographic practices are translated into transnational forms. Mindful of these methodological assumptions, the section intends to encourage the following perspectives of study: 1. National and/or regional industries and economies; 2. National and/or regional styles and genres; 3. National legislative systems and censorship; 4. National and/or regional audiences and modes of consumption; 5. National and/or regional ³auteurs² and stardoms; 6. Glocalization processes: from local to global and vice versa.

The Film Heritage Previously known as Multiple and Multiple Language Versions (2003-2005) and as Re-animated Cinema (2006-2009), since its establishment ­ in 2010 with the help and collaboration of many european institution ­ the Film Heritage section is focused on issues about film history, media archaeology, media technologies, and film preservation and presentation, linking together different institutional players around Europe (universities, independent scholars, archives, museums, curators, laboratories). The section is organized by University of Udine – La Camera Ottica Film and Video Restoration, CineGraph/Hamburg, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam & University of Potsdam (European Media Studies), and King¹s College, London. In the last years the section stressed the Institutionalization of Film Cultures (Film Heritage 2012), the Accessibility Policies (Film Heritage 2013), and The Non-Access / Blocking Access / Disabling Access issues (Film Heritage 2014).

Kooperation & Koordination:
Prof. Dr. Jan Distelmeyer