The Real and the Intermedial

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The Real and the Intermedial
The Real and the Intermedial
The Real and the Intermedial
10 September 2015

XVI. International Film and Media Studies Conference in Transylvania. October 23-24 2015. Sapientia University. Cluj-Napoca.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Following up on the themes introduced in our previous conferences dedicated to "film in the post-media age", the "cinema of sensations", "rethinking intermediality in the digital age", and "figurations of intermediality in film", we invite you to address one of the most puzzling phenomena of contemporary media and film: the intertwining of the illusion of reality with effects of intermediality, connecting the experience of a palpable, everyday world with artificiality, abstraction and the awareness of multiple mediations. While on an ontological level the concept of the "real" has been radically challenged by the advent of digital technology in photography and the movies, we find that new, audiovisual media have also effectively reshaped our sense of reality, and have expanded the areas of our sensual reach into the world. In our post-postmodern age, the question of the "real" is back with a vengeance regarding all aspects of media. The digital image, as a "graphic mode" has not only brought back painting reinstating "the ‘artist' as the source and origin of the movie" (T. Elsaesser), but in cinema, television and new media, we also have diverse and astonishing examples in which hypermediacy fulfils "the desire for immediacy" (J. D. Bolter), and we see productive intersections between the emphasis on the senses, on the physical-biological, socio-political "reality" of existence and conspicuous, intermedial stylization.
The photo-graphic effect of stillness in the moving image and its fundamental relation to indexicality is exploited to the full in the so-called "slow cinema" canon, as we see in the breathtaking films of Pedro Costa, Abbas Kiarostami, Béla Tarr, Alexander Sokurov, Lav Diaz, for example. Or we may think of cases in which painterly images of ethereal beauty are created alongside violent, shockingly naturalistic scenes in the films of Carlos Reygadas, Kim-Ki Duk, etc. Jean-Luc Godard's new movie, Goodbye to Language, a bold incursion into the use of 3D, renders scenes of nature and the texture of everyday things in vivid, artificial imagery. (Even the recent teaming up of David Attenborough and Björk for such a new media Gesamtkunstwerk experiment as Biophilia, emphasizes this duality.)
Cultural differences, subjectivity, a sense of history and place are often articulated through techniques of intermediality in avant-garde experiments, documentary practices or fiction films alike. As a rule, the "haptic" image can be seen as the gateway to a myriad of connections between cinema and the other arts. In certain cases, a reflexive foregrounding of mediality and constructedness has become not an instrument of ironic detachment but of a search for authenticity: all of which may also bring into focus the co-experience of "the real" with the "intermedial".

We are especially interested in the following topics (but welcome any paper that proposes a relevant approach to either keywords of the conference):

  • "Reality effect", hybridity and media reflexivity in film, television, and new media.
  • Intermediality and inter-sensuality in film: e.g. the represented and sensed body as a site of intermedial relations, haptic "texturality" and interartiality.
  • Figurations of intermediality as imprints of (and meditations upon) history and time, cultural and personal identity.
  • "Analogue" versus "digital" viewed in terms of the "real" versus the "intermedial".
  • Painterly stylization and "reality effect" in slow cinema.
  • Inflections of realism and intermediality within the post-communist cinema of Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Magical realism in world cinema.
  • The merging of the "representation" and the "real" within the rhetoric of intermedial cinema (e.g. the tensions underlying "poetic realism", techniques of figuration and disfiguration, the various forms of media collage or the tableau vivant in cinema).
  • Intermediality theorized or analysed from the perspective of phenomenological or postphenomenological points of view.

Confirmed keynote speakers

  • LÚCIA NAGIB, Professor of Film, Director of the Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures, University of Reading, Director of International Engagement, Department of Film, Theatre and Television, editor of Impure Cinema: Intermedial and Intercultural Approaches to Film (2013), Theorizing World Cinema (2012), Realism and the Audiovisual Media (2009), author of World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011), as well as several seminal articles on Brazilian, German, French, and Japanese cinema.
  • LAURA MULVEY, Professor at the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck, University of London. Her major works include: Fetishism and Curiosity: Cinema and the Mind's Eye (2013), Visual and Other Pleasures (2009), Death 24x a Second: Stillness and the Moving Image (2006), together with groundbreaking articles on narrative film, feminist film theory, the aesthetics of stillness in the moving image, etc. She is also a prominent avant-garde filmmaker, who co-wrote and co-directed several experimental essay films.
  • JÜRGEN E. MÜLLER, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Bayreuth, author of Intermedialität, Fromen moderner kultureller Kommunikation (1996), editor of Digital Media and the Expansion of the Arts (2006), Intermédialité et socialité. Histoire et géographie d'un concept (2007), Media Encounters and Media Theories (2008), and articles on the history and theory of intermediality, and digital media.

Extended deadline for the submission of proposals: June 30, 2015.

Conference programme

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Children from kindergarten visiting the Department of Environmental Science
Children of Reformed Church High School kindergarten from Cluj-Napoca visited the Department of Environmental Science on 17th July.

Mediterranean fieldwork – Greece (May 22-31, 2015)
This year on the fieldwork organized by the Department of Environmental Science in Greece participated students from the Department of Horticulture from Tg. Mureș.

The 11th Edition of the Carpathian Basin Conference on Environmental Science
Between the 6th and 9th of May 2015 the 11th Edition of the Carpathian Basin Conference on Environmental Science took place in Pécs.

Study trip to Budapest
Between May 5-9, 2015, we, the students of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the Sapientia University, took part on an annual study trip to Budapest.

Trip to Răchițele and Pietrele Albe
In the middle of October we organized a trip in the Apuseni Mountains to the Pietrele Albe (meaning White Rocks) which lay under the barren Vlădeasa peak.

XV. Film and Media Studies Conference inTransylvania
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Ancient wood-pastures in Transylvania
Our Department in cooperation with the Film, Photography, Media Department and with the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj-Napoca made a movie about the exceptional value of the wood-pastures of Transylvania.

Field works in the Hășmaș Mountains, 2014
Between 13th and 16th of July our students together with those from the University of Szeged participated at field works in the Cheile Bicazului – Hășmaș National Park.

Field trip in Greece 2014
This year the field works in Greece were organized in cooperation with the Horticulture Department of the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu Mureş.

Waste Management Internships on the Garbage Dump of Pata Rât
The students of the 3rd year of the Department for Environmental Science participated on a field trip at the garbage dump of Pata Rât, in the neighbourhood of Cluj-Napoca.

Fieldtrip and teambuilding at Sandulesti
The sunny weekend between 8-10 November offered a great opportunity to organize our traditional initiating and teambuilding fieldtrip for students of the Environmental Science Department.

Basic First Aid – presentation
On 15 November students and teachers of the Department of Environmental Sciences had the opportunity to attend a presentation.

Donation of books from Mr. Guha Péter
The vice-President of the Helvetia-Hungaria Association from Switzerland made his donation on July 30, 2013.

The Ninth Edition of the Conference “Environmental Science in the Carpathian Basin”
This year the Ninth Edition of the Conference “Environmental Science in the Carpathian Basin” organised by the University of Miskolc in cooperation with the Sapientia University, took place on 13–15 June.

About the Study Trip in Greece
The field trip of the Environmental Studies specialisation has ended.

Launching the project “Fanatele Clujului Nature Reserve - an ignored treasure”
The Green Transylvania Association in partnership with the Enviro Scientia Association, ERKE - Transylvanian Lightpainters Association and the Tree of Life Association is launching the project “Fanatele Clujului Natural Reserve - an ignored treasure”, founded by the MOL Romania and the Environmental Partnership Foundation.

Report of a field trip to Brad2013. április 16-án reggel a Környezettudomány szak II. éves hallgatói elindultak Brád (eredeti nevén: Fenyőfalva) irány
In the morning of the 16th of April, 2013, the students of the 2nd year of the Department of Environmental Sciences visited the city of Brad under the supervision of Szende Tonk, lecturer of the faculty.

Individual Carreer Counseling
Career Office provides free advice to our students.

The Science Has Moved to Satu-Mare
Two teachers from the specialization Environmental Science held a presentation at the Reformed High School.

Workshop: Discourse Technics
The next workshop organised by the Career Counseling Office will be held on April 12 and 13, 2013 at 3 p. m.

Scientific prezentation at the Andrei Mureşanu Highscool, Dej City
On February 26th three lecturers of the Environmental Science Departament gave prezentations on "Great Explosions" with the aim of popularizing science.

Preparatory Courses
For specialization Film, Photography, Media, preparation courses will take place on April 14, 2013.

International Photo Contest
The photo contest is being organised for the second time. This year's topics are: Noise, Emotions.

International Field Trips
The study trip was organised between December 11-13, 2012 on itinerary Pécs–Bátaapáti–Paks by the Department of Environmental Science.

Trip to Apuseni Mountains
In the middle of November students and professors of Environmental Science were engaged in a study tour.

The Sixth FFeST Student Film Festival
On this edition will attend more than 80 films from 7 countries.

"Academic Evening" with Kovács Zoltán Csongor
The discussion was held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 from 7 pm in Óváry hall.

Current Political Issues in the United States of America
American lawyer Jeffrey C. Rubenstein will present the current situation of domestic and foreign policy of the United States.

Trip to Sănduleşti
The second field trip to Sănduleşti was organised by the Departament of Environmental Studies, and it took place in the middle of October.

International Conference at the End of the Week

Film of Sensations Conference

"Academic Evening" with Barna Mezey, PhD
The discussion was held on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 4 p. m. in Óváry hall.

Academic Evening with Dorottya Andrási, PhD
The discussion was held on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 in Óváry hall and starts at 6 p.m.

Elections in Slovakia
The fifth meeting of the Sapientia–Jakabffy Club was held Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in hall Óváry.

"Academic Evening" with Kriszt Éva, PhD
The discussion was held on Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Óváry hall and started at 6,30 p.m.

Diaspora and Assimilation
Discussion entitled "Diaspora and assimilation. A Debate Model" will be held Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 18 p. m.

The Effects and Consequences of the Economical Crisis II
The fourth meeting of Sapientia-Jakabffy Club was held Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 15 in room Óváry.

The Effects and Consequences of the Economical Crisis
The third meeting of Sapientia-Jakabffy Club was held Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 15 in room Óváry.

2012 Admission Dates
Important dates for the admission are:

The Transition from the Old to the new Civil Code
The first public presentation organised by the Institute of Juridical Sciences in the new academic year will take place on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from 6 o'clock in the main building of the University.

Results of the Workshop Participation
Below you can watch the shorts created during the Szőts István workshop in Miskolc, Hungary. Entries will be seen soon wathable on DVD also.

Vacancy
Faculty of Sciences and Arts of the Sapientia University organises competition for cleaner position.

At the Ist NGO Fest
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Law on Sapientia University
In summer 2010 students can gain admission to the specialization of Law of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts.

Ferdinandy at Sapientia
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E-Transylvania Caravan at the Sapientia

Days of the Open Gates on Sapientia University
The Faculty of Sciences and Arts of the Sapientia University, organised the Days of the Open Gates between 3 to 8 May 2010. It can be said that the organizers tried to be as interactive as possible, so the programs organised by various departments were not focused on certain days of activities, but rather during the whole week.

We Are Cooperating with the University of Szeged
Cooperation agreement was signed with the University of Szeged, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Department of Ecology. Cooperation has resulted in expansion of science and to promote the development of the bachelors and the graduates.

From Sapientia to Brussels
Fourty students hit the road at dawn towards Brussels on 18 April. The one-week trip was organised for students from Sapientia University, specialising in International Relations and European Studies. The purpose of the study trip was to present the EU bodies.

Specialty Accredited
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"Academic Evening" with Nagy Ágnes
The discussion will be held on Monday, April 26, 2010 in Óváry hall and will start at 6 p.m.

Songs at Sapientia
The opening of the exhibition called "Songs" will take place on March 18, 2010 from 5 p. m. in the main building of the Sapientia University (str Matei Corvin nr. 4).

Zádor Anna Award for Our Professor
Lupescu Radu, PhD won the award for young historians of architecture created by Anna Zádor Foundation of Hungary.

Commemorative Board for Prince Bocskai
The unveiling of the commemorative board in memory of Prince Bocskai took place Saturday, February 27, 2010 starting at 12 p.m. in the main building of the University.

Wreaths to the Prince
To commemorate the memory of the Transylvanian prince the Protestant Theologic Institute and Istvan Bocskai Association of Hungary have organised a festive event on February 19, 2010.

The Membership is Official
The Faculty of Sciences and Arts of the Sapientia University is now an official member of ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research).

Very Short Films Festival
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The European Union and Social Challenges of Our Time
The European Studies Department of Sapientia University organizes a scientific conference on the subject of "EU and social challenges of our time" which starts on December 4, 2009 at 16 o'clock in Room Óváry, central building of the University. The review of three books will be part of the event.

The Third Edition of FFeST Has Ended
Student Film Festival "FFeST, organized in cooperation of three universities in Cluj (Babeş-Bolyai University, Sapientia University and University of Art and Design) although it started slow, had an unexpected presence.

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