Spectral illusions

KINO EYE is a yearly two-day symposium uniting artists, academics and critics on a topic related to visual culture. This year's edition is about 'Spectral Illusions' and will take place at M HKA on November 11 and 12. KINO EYE #10 will feature panel and round table discussions, performances and demonstrations questioning the contemporary relevance of the phantasmagoria, hugely popular spectacles during the nineteenth century that used magic lanterns and other new technologies of the visible. Keynote speakers are Tom Gunning and W. J. T. Mitchell. With contributions and performances of CREW, Kurt d'Haeseleer Luca Scarlini, and others. For more information about the program: click here.

Practical details
Date: December 11-12, 2010
Venue: M HKA, Cinema Zuid, Lakenstraat 14, 2000 Antwerp
Tickets: 10 € (advance sale at booking office of Cinema Zuid or reservations via contact[@]visualpoetics.tk) - 15 € (doors) - tickets admit to all activities, including conference day and performances
For more information: contact[@]visualpoetics.tk

KINO EYE #10 is a coproduction of the Research Centre for Visual Poetics (Universiteit Antwerpen) & M HKA (Contemporary Arts Museum Antwerp) with the support of Ugent, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Law.