Questioning Aesthetics Symposium

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March 13, 2015

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium

March 13, 2015

9:30am-5:30pm
308A Doe Library
History of Art Department, UC Berkeley

Free and open to the public

Watch Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here!


In conjunction with the launching of the second, fully revised and expanded six volume edition of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (July 2014), the Arts Research Center will co-host a full day symposium on Friday, March 13, 2015, looking at aesthetics as both the subject and object of critique, and as a way to explore and expand new forms of aesthetics research in many disciplines.


Topics and Speakers

9:30am: Introductions

Arts & Humanities Dean Anthony Cascardi and the George C. and Helen Pardee Professor of History of Art Whitney Davis

10am-12pm: When Is Art Participatory?

Shannon Jackson (UC Berkeley), Moderator
Grant Kester (UC San Diego)
Dee Hibbert-Jones (UC Santa Cruz)
Ted Purves (California College of Art)
Susanne Cockrell (California College of Arts)
Jen Delos Reyes (Artist, Educator and community arts organizer)

12-1pm: Lunch

1-2:45pm: When is Computing Aesthetic?

Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), Moderator
Edward Shanken (U Washington)
Sharon Daniel (UC Santa Cruz)
Eric Paulos (UC Berkeley)

3-5pm: When Is Art Contemporary?

Julia Bryan-Wilson (UC Berkeley), Moderator
Richard Meyer (Stanford)
Jeffrey Skoller (UC Berkeley)
SanSan Kwan (UC Berkeley)

5pm-5:30pm: Symposium Wrap-Up

Led by Encyclopedia of Aesthetics Editor Michael Kelly


Questioning Aesthetics Symposium Part 1

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium Part 1

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium Part 2

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium Part 2

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium Part 3

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium Part 3