The Book as Such in the Russian Avant-Garde
Archival Program Information
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Symposium Schedule
Thursday, February 5, 2009
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall
Admission is free. Reservations are required.
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall
Admission is free. Reservations are required.
8:30–9:00 AM Check in and Coffee
9:00–9:15 AM
Welcome
Thomas Gaehtgens, Director, Getty Research Institute
Introduction
Nancy Perloff, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute
9:15–Noon
SEEING, READING, AND HEARING THE LANGUAGE OF THE BOOK
The Futurist Book as Uneasy Flâneur: Walking, Seeing, and Feeling the Modern City
Mark D. Steinberg, Professor of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Editor of Slavic Review
Freeing Russian Verse: Poetry and the Book as Such from Futurism to Neo-Futurism
Brian M. Reed, Associate Professor of English and Adjunct Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Washington
The Russian Avant-Garde Book as an Ideological Object: From Zaum' to Photomontage
Nina Gurianova, Assistant Professor of Russian, Northwestern University
Discussion
Moderated by Katja Zelljadt, Principal Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute
Noon–1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00–3:15 PM
TECHNIQUE, AESTHETICS, AND REPUTATION
Print/Type/Rhetoric: Values of Production in Russian Avant-Garde Books
Johanna Drucker, Bernard and Martin Breslauer Professor of Bibliography, University of California, Los Angeles
Framing Russian (and Ukrainian) Futurist Books: Historical Place and Historiography
Edward Kasinec, Curator of Slavic and East European Collections, New York Public Library; presentation coauthored with Robert H. Davis Jr., Librarian for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies, Columbia University (not present)
From Grids to Games: Cultures of Copying in the Decorative Art of Natalia Goncharova
Jane A. Sharp, Associate Professor and Research Curator, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
Discussion
Moderated by John Tain, Assistant Curator, Getty Research Institute
3:15–3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30–5:00 PM Roundtable
Moderated by Nancy Perloff, Getty Research Institute
Timothy Benson, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Craig Dworkin, Associate Professor of English, University of Utah
Éva Forgács, Art Historian, Art Center College of Design
Liz Kotz, Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside
9:00–9:15 AM
Welcome
Thomas Gaehtgens, Director, Getty Research Institute
Introduction
Nancy Perloff, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute
9:15–Noon
SEEING, READING, AND HEARING THE LANGUAGE OF THE BOOK
The Futurist Book as Uneasy Flâneur: Walking, Seeing, and Feeling the Modern City
Mark D. Steinberg, Professor of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Editor of Slavic Review
Freeing Russian Verse: Poetry and the Book as Such from Futurism to Neo-Futurism
Brian M. Reed, Associate Professor of English and Adjunct Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Washington
The Russian Avant-Garde Book as an Ideological Object: From Zaum' to Photomontage
Nina Gurianova, Assistant Professor of Russian, Northwestern University
Discussion
Moderated by Katja Zelljadt, Principal Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute
Noon–1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00–3:15 PM
TECHNIQUE, AESTHETICS, AND REPUTATION
Print/Type/Rhetoric: Values of Production in Russian Avant-Garde Books
Johanna Drucker, Bernard and Martin Breslauer Professor of Bibliography, University of California, Los Angeles
Framing Russian (and Ukrainian) Futurist Books: Historical Place and Historiography
Edward Kasinec, Curator of Slavic and East European Collections, New York Public Library; presentation coauthored with Robert H. Davis Jr., Librarian for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies, Columbia University (not present)
From Grids to Games: Cultures of Copying in the Decorative Art of Natalia Goncharova
Jane A. Sharp, Associate Professor and Research Curator, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
Discussion
Moderated by John Tain, Assistant Curator, Getty Research Institute
3:15–3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30–5:00 PM Roundtable
Moderated by Nancy Perloff, Getty Research Institute
Timothy Benson, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Craig Dworkin, Associate Professor of English, University of Utah
Éva Forgács, Art Historian, Art Center College of Design
Liz Kotz, Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside