Conference

Conference Bruce Nauman

FRIDAY 1 TO SATURDAY 2 JUNE, 2018

On 1 and 2 June 2018, Schaulager will host an international conference on the exhibition “Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts.” Experts will set forth their views on the artist’s oeuvre and open up diverse perspectives on his work, which to this day has lost nothing of its originality and topicality.


The conference will focus on fundamental questions, such as being an artist, and will explore artistic processes and working methods. For instance, Nauman’s work will be discussed against the backdrop of its sociocultural context and technological developments. His interest in and investigations of music, time, spatial experience and power structures offer new points of reference for current enquiries in art theory and criticism. Individual works will also be discussed such as the made-for-TV video Untitled (Flour Arrangements) (1967), which Nauman created together with his artist colleagues Peter Saul and William Allan.

Following the individual talks, a moderated round table conversation gives speakers the opportunity to engage in further discussion, and audience members an opportunity to participate. The focused and concentrated examination of Bruce Nauman’s oeuvre provides scholars as well as the general public with new inspirations and insights into the wide-ranging work of this artist.

The conference has been organized by Schaulager, Laurenz Foundation, Basel; in collaboration with eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image, University of Basel.

Videos of the conference

Eva Ehninger

“flaʊə(r)/ on the Floor and /ˈflaʊɚz/on the Table: Art on TV” (in English, 68 min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

Benjamin D. Piekut

“Bruce Nauman’s Sound Works: Music, Dance, Performance, Recording» (in English, 67 min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

Round Table Discussion

Moderated by Simon Baier
(In English, 52 Min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

Eric C.H. de Bruyn

“Running the Maze: Postwar Art and the Environments of Behavioral Control” (in English, 56 min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

Beatrice von Bismarck

“PAY ATTENTION” (in German, 47 min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

Robert Storr

“Setting a Good Example: Bruce Nauman in the Era of Misconceptualism” (in English, 49 min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

Round Table Discussion

Moderated by Markus Klammer (in English, 51 min.)
Conference Bruce Nauman, 1–2 June, 2018

PROGRAM

1.15 p.m.
Word of Welcome

1.45 p.m.
flaʊə(r)/ on the Floor and /ˈflaʊɚz/ on the Table: Art on TV
Eva Ehninger, Professorin für Kunstgeschichte der Moderne, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte (IKB) der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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2.45 p.m.
Bruce Nauman’s Sound Works: Music, Dance, Performance, Recording
Benjamin D. Piekut, Associate Professor, Department of Music at Cornell University
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3.45 p.m.
Coffee break

4.15 – approx. 5 p.m.
Round Table Conversation
Moderation: Simon Baier, Laurenz-Assistenzprofessor für zeitgenössische Kunst, Universität Basel

→ Website eikones
→ Simon Baier

10.30 a.m.
Word of Welcome

10.45 a.m.
Running the Maze: Postwar Art and the Environments of Behavioral Control
Eric C.H. de Bruyn, Professor für Kunstgeschichte, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
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11.45 a.m.
Between (Un-)Learning and Rehearsing: About Nauman’s Feedback on Feedback Culture
Sabeth Buchmann, Professorin für Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften am Institut Kunstgeschichte der Moderne und Nachmoderne, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien
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12.45–2.15 p.m.
Lunch break

2.15 p.m.
PAY ATTENTION
Beatrice von Bismarck, Professorin für Kunstgeschichte und Bildwissenschaften, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
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3.15 p.m.
Setting a Good Example: Bruce Nauman in the Era of Misconceptualism
Robert Storr, Artist, critic and curator; Professor of Painting and Printmaking at Yale University School of Art
more…

4.15 p.m.
Short break

4.45 – approx. 17.30 p.m.
Round Table Conversation
Moderation: Markus Klammer, Schaulager-Professor für Kunsttheorie, Universität Basel

→ Website eikones
→ Markus Klammer


Bruce Nauman and Basel

By the early 1970s, a number of Nauman’s early films, sculptures and drawings had already been acquired by the Kunstmuseum, then under the directorship of Franz Meyer, and by the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation.

Biography

Bruce Nauman was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1941; he grew up
near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has lived in New Mexico since
the late 1970s.

More Works

Your ticket for the Schaulager exhibtion “Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts” also includes one visit to the Kunstmuseum Basel Collection.

Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts

17 March to 26 August 2018
Schaulager presents a long overdue retrospective exhibition showcasing the work of one of the most important artists of our day.


All rights reserved. Without permission reproduction and any other use of the work besides the individual and private consultation are forbidden. All works: © Bruce Nauman / 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich