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It's a Match! Petter Hellström and Toby Yuen-Gen Liang on Seeing Blank Spaces
Florence and online,
ITOrganisation: Lise Meitner Group “Coded Objects”Rather than lectures, this event series is a staged conversation, clash or celebration of two people with two distinct positions. Sometimes a blind date, sometimes a fierce competition, sometimes a surprising counterpart, or the perfect fit, in these matches the two speakers will first each present their perspective on a given theme or project, to then discuss divergences or conflations with the audience. From fiery disagreements to harmonious affirmations, the conversation series organized by the Lise Meitner Group “Coded Objects” aims to refract perspectives on historical narratives as well as reconstruct creative processes.
This session brings together two historians (Petter Hellström and Toby Yuen-Gen Liang), each of whom examines the relationship between knowledge and representation by analyzing the curious presence of blank space on geographical maps and architectural plans of Africa created between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Information and registration to be found here.Venue: Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut and OnlineTime schedule: 15.00
