Planetary Times: Reading the Earth and Stars │ Field methods for Narrating Geological & Cosmic Time
The workshop explores methods of narrating different modalities of (more-than-) planetary time through the interpretation of observations from astronomy, geology and soil studies. Through a series of talks, participatory experiments and collective discussions, the workshop aims to expand our understanding of planetary time through geohistories found below our feet and in surrounding materials, as well as cosmological histories found in the night sky. The Planetary Workshop Series is an integral part of the Planetary Scholars and Artists in Residence Program. Each semester, the visiting scholars and artists prepare a workshop of one or more days with reference to the Fellowship theme and their own focal points. The thematic orientation as well as the organizational design of the workshop are left entirely to the Fellows, and thus the Planetary Workshop Series features exciting content, creative formats, and unusual perspectives.
- https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns/veranstaltungen/seminar/planetary-times-reading-the-earth-and-stars
- Planetary Times: Reading the Earth and Stars │ Field methods for Narrating Geological & Cosmic Time
- 2024-11-28T13:30:00+01:00
- 2024-11-29T16:30:00+01:00
- The workshop explores methods of narrating different modalities of (more-than-) planetary time through the interpretation of observations from astronomy, geology and soil studies. Through a series of talks, participatory experiments and collective discussions, the workshop aims to expand our understanding of planetary time through geohistories found below our feet and in surrounding materials, as well as cosmological histories found in the night sky. The Planetary Workshop Series is an integral part of the Planetary Scholars and Artists in Residence Program. Each semester, the visiting scholars and artists prepare a workshop of one or more days with reference to the Fellowship theme and their own focal points. The thematic orientation as well as the organizational design of the workshop are left entirely to the Fellows, and thus the Planetary Workshop Series features exciting content, creative formats, and unusual perspectives.
28.11.2024 13:30 bis 29.11.2024 16:30 (Europe/Berlin / UTC100)
Physikalischer Verein (Frankfurt/Main) und Hermann Hoffmann Academy (Gießen)
Workshop Program
Thursday, November 28 | 13:30 – 19:00 | @ Conference room, Physikalischer Verein | Robert-Mayer-Strasse 2 | 60325 Frankfurt am Main
13:30 | Arrival & introductions by Lukáš Likavčan (philosopher), Aisling O’Carroll (designer & researcher in landscape architecture)
14:00 | Observatory tour by the representatives of the physics association
15:00 | Lecture & discussion: Orienting for Transitioning Times by Adriana Knouf (artist, writer, musician, xenologist; tranxxenolab)
16:00 | Coffee & tea break
16:30 | Screening & discussion: Cosmogony 1: Self-similarity of Models by András Cséfalvay (artist; AFAD Bratislava)
18:00 | Stargazing workshop with unplugged music performance by András Cséfalvay
19:00 | Group dinner
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, November 29 | 09:30 – 17:30 | @ Seminar room 024, Hermann Hoffmann Academy | Senckenbergstrasse 17-21 | 35390 Giessen
09:45 | Introduction by Aisling O'Carroll
10:00 | Soil chromatography workshop - part 1 by Danielle Hewitt (artist & historian; London Metropolitan University) - STEP 1&2 (40-45 minutes)
11:00 | Impulse talks: Reading Time beneath our Feet: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Danielle Hewitt: Soil Chromatography: Producing Images of and with the Soil
Marcus Fuchs (geomorphologist; JLU): How to Read Time in Sediments through Light
Jan Siemens (soil scientist; JLU): How to Assess the Impact of Time and Humans on Soils
13:00 | Lunch break
14:00 | Soil chromatography workshop - part 2
14:30 | Lecture & discussion (hybrid): Gaiagraphies: Inside the Critical Zones by Alexandra Arènes (landscape architect, researcher; IPGP Paris)
15:15 | Coffee & tea break
15:30 | Soil chromatography workshop - part 3
16:30 | Reflections on the two-day workshop & conclusion
** The event is realized under consideration of JLU's guidelines for more sustainable event management**