List members,

In regards to Dr. Bacci's conference announcement,
I am pleased to know that such a conference that values the
senses in relation to the arts is happening.  I'm sorry to see that
kinesthesia/haptic as senses are missing, as the art forms of
dance and architecture will not be adequately represented at
the conference.

The "arts" are often defined as a general term which refers to the 
"visual"
arts, while dance is left out.  If we turn to the history of aesthetic 
categorization, beginning
in the 17th century (according to both German and English aesthetics 
texts), we
see that dance often falls between the cracks of categories termed 
"spatial" (painting
and sculpture) and "temporal" (most often, poetry and music).  As 
Herder himself
has been cited as saying, "I meant to include dance, but just didn't 
have the time..."

Issues of being a body unreflectively rather than reflecting on the 
Being of a body is often the culprit,
but surely we have come further since then.  Architecture is similar 
story, somewhat
related, as the buildings we occupy are often taken for granted and the 
haptic sense (of
sensing space, which includes audition and kinesthesia and may be a 
form of synesthesia) is covered
over by especially the visual.  Certainly, there is much to say around 
the politics of visuality, especially
within the problematics of print text cultures that value the 
objectification of experience (see Jonathan Crary, et al).

I welcome dialogue around these and related subjects.

Jeff Friedman, B. Arch, Ph.D.
Department of Dance
Rutgers University
On Friday, October 13, 2006, at 04:03 AM, Zoë Fitzgerald-Pool wrote:

> posted on behalf of Dr Francesca Bacci
>> [http://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/staff/Bacci_Francesca.htm]
>> >University of Oxford, History of Art
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would be grateful if you could circulate the following conference
>> announcement on your list. Thank you.
>>
>> >Making art of sense, making sense of art: An international research
>> symposium.
>> >
>> >27 - 29 October 2006
>> >Department of History of Art, Oxford University and Science Oxford
>> >
>> >Convened by the Centre for Visual Studies, Oxford University and the
>> >Institute for Historical and Cultural Research, Oxford Brookes
>> >University
>> >
>> >The conference brings together scientists, art historians, curators
> and
>> >artists working on the question of the role of the senses in the
>> >creation and reception of art. An international group of invited
>> >speakers will present their research in five sessions on Touch,
>> >Audition, Smell and Taste, Vision and Synaesthesia.
>> >
>> >The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition featuring
> artworks
>> >that explore and exploit sensory stimuli.
>> >
>> >For further information:
>> >http://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/events/ArtSensesWebPage.htm
>> >or email [log in to unmask]
>>
>> >Dr Francesca Bacci
> [http://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/staff/Bacci_Francesca.htm]
>> >University of Oxford, History of Art
>> >Littlegate House, St. Ebbe's, Oxford OX1 1PT
>> >Tel: +44 (1865) 286844       Fax: +44 (1865) 286831
>
>> --
>> Dr Francesca Bacci [http://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/staff/Bacci_Francesca.htm]
>> University of Oxford, History of Art
>> Littlegate House, St. Ebbe's, Oxford OX1 1PT
>> Tel: +44 (1865) 286844       Fax: +44 (1865) 286831
>
>
> Zoë Fitzgerald-Pool
>
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