Conference: Imagining the Past - Day Two

De internationale conferentie Imagining the Past: Ken Russell, Biography and the Art of Making History wil aantonen hoe Russells werk ons helpt om te begrijpen hoe cinema verhalen over onszelf en de geschiedenis (re)construeert. De conferentie biedt analyses van Russells benadering van biografie, zijn documentaires over kunstenaars, en de langspeelfilms waarin hij de levens van kunstenaars op een creatieve manier herinterpreteert.

Participation is free but registration is required due to the limited seating capacities. Please confirm your participation at: russellconference@offscreen.be

IMAGINING THE PAST

Ken Russell, Biography, and the Art of Making History

Conference Programme – Day Two

10:00 Session 3: Devils Above! The Masterpiece in Context

10:00 Xavier Mendik: Ken Russell: Paracinema and Cult

10:30 Jamie Sexton: “The Devils” in Britain: Cult, Culture and Controversy

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Christophe Van Eecke: “The Devils” as Theatrum Mundi

12:00 Plenary discussion

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 Session 4: Phantasmagoria! Themes and Images

14:00 Kevin Flanagan: Russell’s Wartime Imagery

14:30 Jack Post: Altered Titles - Typography in Ken Russell’s Title Sequence for “Altered States” (1980)

15:00 Coffee

15:30 Pascal Vandelanoitte: “Mahler”: Musical Phantasmagoria

16:00 Dominique Nasta: Music and Mental Spaces: “Savage Messiah” and “Mahler” Revisited

16:30 Plenary discussion

17:00 Concluding Remarks: Christophe Van Eecke