Join us for a scholar's day examining the lasting impact of the 1980s on today's world in conjunction with the exhibition 1985. Image-Worlds.
PROGRAMME
Read the abstracts here (in French only).
12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Round table 1
Facilitated by Christine Ross
Will Straw, Montréal Nightlife
Audrey Bartis, Fashion and Body Practices of the 1980s
Alex Noël, A Few Notes on AIDS and the Visual Arts
Bénédicte Ramade, Pioneering Ecological Practices in the 1980s
2:30 to 3 p.m.
Q&A and break
3 to 4 p.m.
Round table 2
Facilitated by Geneviève Marcil
Lisa Bouraly, Aurora Borealis and its Contemporary Resonance
Marie J. Jean, The Artist, Site Specificity and the Service Economy
Jean Gagnon, Vidéocaméléon
4 to 4:30 p.m.
Q&A and break
4:30 p.m.
Reading-performance
Éric Simon with Pierre Gauvin and Frank Martel
This event is possible though the financial support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the UQAM Connaissances en action programme and Faculty of Arts.
