Other Worlds: Octopuses in Interdisciplinary Perspective

Mit Beiträgen von: Burton Nitta (Künstler*innenkollektiv, London), Patricia Ribault (Humboldt Universität Berlin [tbc]), mOwson & M0wson (Künstler*innenkollektiv, Melbourne),  Felix Mark (Alfred-Wegener Institut, Bremerhaven [tbc]), Hörner/Antlfinger (Künstler*innenkollektiv, Köln), Chelsea Harry (Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT), Felix Sattler (Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt Universität Berlin), Jennifer Mather (University of Lethbridge, AB), Jayson Semmens (University of Tasmania), Sidney Carls-Diamante (Universität Konstanz), Otto Latva (University of Turku), NEOZOON (Künstler*innenkollektiv, Berlin/Paris) Mike Singe (Künstler, Hobart), Christie Oliver-Hobley (University of Sheffield), Toby Juliff (University of Tasmania), Martin Ullrich (Hochschule für Musik, Nürnberg), Madison Bycroft (Künstler*in, Marseille).

Programmablauf (Konferenz in englischer Sprache)

30 October 2020 (all times: CET)
18:30-19:00 Welcome: Organizing Committee
19:00-19:45 1st Section: Bodily Configurations
“Altered Ways of Being”, Burton Nitta, London, UK
“From Form to Formlessness”, Patricia Ribault, Humboldt University, Berlin, GER
Alexander Ziegler, University of Bonn, GER
19:45-20:15 Discussion 1
20:15-20:30 Break
20:30-21:30 2nd Section: Alternating Encounters
“The Giant Squid: The Creation of Monster”, Otto Latva, University of Turku, FIN
“The Decline and Fall of Evelyn Waugh's Octopuses”, Toby Juliff, University of Tasmania, AUS
“What Lies at the Heart”, Rachel Bailey, University of Tasmania, AUS
“‘I’d like to be under the sea’: In Search for Octopus Soundscapes”, Martin Ullrich, Nuremberg University of
Music, GER
21:30-22:00 Discussion 2
22:00-22:10 Break
22:10-22:40 Keynote: “What is the World Like for an Octopus?”

Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge, AB, CAN
22:40-23:30 Podium Discussion, Jennifer Mather, Jayson Semmens (University of Tasmania, AUS), Sidney Carls-Diamante (University of Konstanz, GER)

Day 2, 31 October (all times: CET)
18:30-19:30 3rd Section: Living With

“Visiting Octopus: Seeing Through Glass Clearly”, Hörner/Antlfinger, artist collective, Cologne, GER
“Thriving in Context: The Octopus World”, Chelsea Harry, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA
Clip from Movie: “Oh Brother Octopus”, Florian Kuhnert, Acadmy of Media Arts Cologne, GER
“Octopuses and Other Sea Beings in Brazilian Literature: Animal Agency in João Guimarães Rosa's Aquário (Nápoles)”, Ana Carolina Torquato, FAE Centro Universitário, Curitiba, BRA
19:30-20:00 Discussion 3
20:00-20:10 Break
20:10-21:10 4th Section: Motives of Alterity
“Cephalization”, NEOZOON, Berlin, Dresden, GER
“Searching for Octopuses in the Amazon”, Mike Singe, Hobart, AUS
“feeler: Octopus Motherhood and Meat”, mOwson & M0wson, Melbourne, AUS
“Towards an animal-inclusive ethics/aesthetics of alterity, via Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds”, Christie Oliver-Hobley, University of Sheffield, UK
21:10-21:40 Discussion 4
21:40-22:00 Break
22:00-22:30 Performance Lecture: “Ten Tickles (my fancy)”, Madison Bycroft, Marseille, FRA
22:30-23:00 Closing Remarks