"Spaces"
Perspectives from Art and Science

International Conference, June 14 – 15, 2012

Organization:

University of Regensburg
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Birgit Eiglsperger, Art Education
Board of advisors: Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee, Prof. Dr. Petra Jansen, Prof. Dr. Alf Zimmer

Expected audience (Conference delegates: ca. 180 including 30 presenters)
Conference Language: German and English (International Day)

Agenda (pdf)

AGENDA OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Content and Focus

"Spaces" is an international conference which combines different perspectives from Art and Science by offering high profi le events, presentations, interactive art activities and exhibitions.
The focus of the project is Space. Interaction with our world requires constant adjustments. To attempt to understand this process we want to explore how our perception of space interacts with our spatial cognition to affect our behavior and our interaction with others. Spatial cognition is concerned with the acquisition, organization, utilization, and revision of knowledge about spatial environments. The research focus of several disciplines in humanities and science involves the representation of spatial relations and spatial reasoning.
We redesign, reshape, build up, and reinvent our perception of the space around us in order to navigate our day-to-day activities. To address the many ways we can defi ne this perception, we have brought together people from different disciplines, including: Architecture, Fine Arts, Art History, Sports Science, Mathematics, and Psychology. We believe that each of these disciplines can contribute a unique perspective to our project.
By bringing these areas together we strive to inspire interdisciplinary research between Art and Science to investigate the perception of space through visualization, communication, and experimentation. Spaces aims to bring together experts in the following areas: Spatial Perception (visual, auditory, tactile, and multimodal), Spatial cognition ,virtual spaces, Movement in space, Urban Design, Spatial Art (design of form and space), Spatial Aesthetics and Perceptual Development.

Spaces Events

International Conference
Lectures in auditorium and accompanying exhibition in the conference rooms of the
Thon-Dittmer-Palais, Haidplatz, in downtown Regensburg
June 14th: Lectures in German
June 15th: Lectures in English
June 14th and 15th; Registration required; costs are € 15 to € 20

Art Exhibition "Spaces"
Location: The Städtischen Galerie im Leeren Beutel (A City Art Gallery)
Content: Works by the students and teachers of the Institute for Arts Education
of the University of Regensburg
Opening: Friday, May 3th, 7:00pm with introductions by
Dr. Reiner Mezer, Prof. Dr. Birgit Eiglsperger, and Prof. Dr. Alf Zimmer
Closing: Friday, June 15th,  7:00pm
Opening of an outdoor gallery "fênetres imaginées" on Ostengasse by Fanny Jacquier
May 4th to June 17th, Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 am to 4:00pm

"fenêtres imaginées – Bilder im Außenraum"
16th June to 15th July
blindfenster.de

Student Competition: “Forwards, Backwards, Sideways, and Across:
The Human Figure in Three Dimensions in plastic”
Location: The arts and Crafts Association of Regensburg
Opening and awards: Sunday, June 10th at 11:00am with an introduction by Prof. Dr. Birgit Eiglsperger and award ceremony, Entrance free
Lecture in the Exhibition: Thursday June 14th by Prof. Dr. Axel Büther, Entrance free
Tours and art activities for school groups: Mornings of June 13th to 15th
(for Registration contact: Ricarda.Goppel-Hirmer@psk.uni-regensburg.de)
June 10th to the 17th, Tue to Fri 11:00 am to 6:00pm, Sat & Sun 10:00am to 6:00pm 

Exhibition: “Spaces in Regensburg”
Photographs by Andy Scholz (Essen, Germany)
Location: Sigismund Chapel
Date: June 14th to 17th , 11:am - 6:00pm
June 20th and 21st, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Entrance free
www.andyscholz.com
info@andyscholz.com

Performance: “Games of Space- Spaces for Games”
Public performance by the students of the Institute of Art Education, directed by Susan Carl
Location: Haidplatz
Rehearsal: June 10th, 2:00pm to 6:00pm, Entrance free
Performance: June 14th, 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Entrance free
www.susanne-carl.de
www.rotenase-clowntheater.de

Musical Cathedral Tour
With Mons. Schrüfer and Cathedral organist Professor Franz Josef Stoiber
Location: Regensburg Cathedral
Date: June 14th, 7:30pm
Entrance free

Activity (by demand)
“Light Action on Haidplatz” with students of the Burg Giebichenstein
Kunsthochschule Halle headed by Prof. Dr. Axel Büther
Location: Haidplatz
buether@farbe-licht-raum.eu
www.farbe-licht-raum


“Tourdersinne”- A mobile science edutainment: a public exhibition
with Illusion of Motion, Distortion, Pattern Recognition, Tactile Safety and Size Constancy
June 14th and 15th
10am - 6pm
Entrance free
mitschke@turmdersinne.de
www.turmdersinne.de


Long term exhibitions:
“Fragment”
works by Hermann Leber
Location: Art Gallery of the University of Regensburg
Opening: July 5th 2012, 6:00pm
July 5th to the 21st
Entrance free


“Habitats”
an exhibition by Students of Fine Arts, Aesthetic Education and Arts Education 
as part of the “100 years of the Stadtamhof parish” Jubilee, at the School of Church Music
Opening: November 8th, 7pm
November 9th - December 2nd
Entrance free

Further exhibitions are currently being planned.