About the Symposium
Presentation
As part of the research partnership in intermedial studies between Aix-Marseille University and the University of Edinburgh, this symposium brings together researchers, doctoral students, and artists to strengthen scientific exchanges and give new impetus to research in intermediality. By focusing on the links between intermediality and the city, this event aims to explore how the mixing of media forms leads to a multimodal and relational reading of the urban space.
Organization
This symposium is organized by LERMA (Aix-Marseille University) and the MSc "Intermediality: Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue" (University of Edinburgh), under the direction of Sébastien Lefait and Ruth Menzies.
Thematic Areas
- Future(s) of the city, cities of the future
- City policies: intermediality, creativity, innovation
- The palimpsest city / the "world-city"
- Urban soundscapes
- Urban utopia / dystopia
- Textures and fabric of the city
- Filming, writing, photographing the city
- From the museum in the city to the museum-city
Detailed Program
Thursday, 4th September
9h-9h05 Welcome & Introduction (Sébastien Lefait & Ruth Menzies)
PANEL 1 (chair: Sébastien Lefait)
9h05-9h30 Marion Schmid & Paul Leworthy (University of Edinburgh), « Passés et avenirs de la ville intermédiale: temporalités, confrontations, opportunités »
9h30-9h45 Questions and discussion
PANEL 2 (chair: Ruth Menzies)
9h45-10h10 Fabien Arribert-Narce (University of Edinburgh), « Les villes intermédiales de Michaël Ferrier »
10h10-10h35 Sarah Tribout-Joseph (University of Edinburgh), « Le vivre-ensemble: la représentation de la banlieue de François Maspero et Anaïk Frantz à Alice Diop »
10h35-10h50 Questions and discussion
PANEL 3 (chair: Fabien Arribert-Narce)
11h10-11h35 Benoît Tane (AMU), “From book to walls. Writing on the city”
11h35-12h00 Déborah Prudhon (AMU), “Intermediality and the City: Navigating Myth and Media in Punchdrunk’s Kabeiroi”
12h00-12h15 Questions and discussion
PANEL 4 (chair: Emmanuelle Lacore-Martin)
13h30-13h55 Matthis Hervieux (University of Edinburgh), “Jardins de rue au Japon (2010): Michel Butor and Olivier Delhoume Growing a Photo-text”
13h55-14h20 Karine Bigand (AMU), “Photographing post-conflict Northern Ireland”
14h20-14h35 Video: photography project in Northern Ireland
14h35-14h50 Questions and discussion
Special Event 📅
16h00: Visit to the Cézanne exhibition at the Musée Granet
Friday, 5th September
PANEL 1 (chair: TBC)
9h-9h25 Emmanuelle Lacore Martin (University of Edinburgh), « « Au commencement, il y a la ruine » : Lire la spectralité de la ville en ruines de Frankétienne [Une étrange cathédrale dans la graisse des ténèbres] avec Derrida »
9h25-9h50 Sara El Majad (AMU), « La construction antagonique des villes de Détroit et de Tanger dans Only Lovers Left Alive de Jim Jarmusch »
9h50-10h15 Seyf-el Islam Nader (AMU), “Intermedial Eco-cosmopolitanism: Imagining the Globalized Palimpsest City through Blade Runner”
10h15-10h30 Questions and discussion
PANEL 2 (chair: Marion Schmid)
10h50-11h15 Martin Knust (Linnaeus University, Växjö), “The Sound of the Dead City: Bruges in Opera and Film Music”
11h15-11h40 Tom Routledge (AMU), “Urban Rhythms: The Role of Female & Non-Binary Artists in Shaping the Future of British Rap and its Cityscapes”
11h40-11h55 Questions and discussion
PANEL 3 (chair: TBC)
14h00-14h25 Marc Calvini-Lefebvre (AMU), Mapping Memorials to Women
14h25-15h00 Questions, discussion and concluding remarks
Speakers
Information about our distinguished speakers will be available soon.
Practical Info
Symposium Venue
Aix-Marseille Université
Campus Schuman, 29 Av. Robert Schuman
13100 Aix-en-Provence
Accommodation
Aix-en-Provence offers a wide range of accommodation options. We recommend booking in advance, especially as September is a popular time to visit.
For convenience, you may wish to stay near the Schuman Campus or in the historic city center (Centre Ville), which is a short bus ride or a pleasant walk from the venue. We will provide a list of suggested hotels shortly.
