BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news314@eikones.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251016T105250 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251023T000000 SUMMARY:Chemical Histories of Photography DESCRIPTION:What does the photographic image share with synthetic dyes\, fe rtilizer\, and pharmaceuticals? Inspired by the city of Basel’s position as a global center of the chemical industry\, this symposium investigates photography's chemical relations\, tracing the networks shaped by materia l resources\, industrial infrastructure\, and scientific expertise\, as we ll as the ecological legacies of photographic production. The symposium wi ll conclude with an artist talk and workshop led by photographer and rese archer Alice Cazenave (Goldsmiths\, University of London)\, an advisor to the UK-based collective Sustainable Darkroom and current Ansel Adams Fello w at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.\\r\ \n\\r\\nThursday\, October 23\\r\\n Visit to the Fotosammlung Ruth und Peter Herzog at the Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron Kabinett with cu rator Michalis Valaouris (for invited participants\, 4:00–5:00 pm) Opening Remarks (6:00–6:20 pm) Session 1: Industrial Ecologies (6:20 –7:50 pm) “Daughter of Coal\,” Michelle Henning (University of L iverpool) “Chemical Image Factories: The Case of Cibachrome\,” Steph an Graf (Photo-Fribourg) Apéro (7:50 pm) \\r\\nFriday\, October 24\\ r\\n Coffee and Pastries Session 2: Colonial Chemistry (10:00–11:30 pm ) “Chemical Frontiers: Photography\, Fertilizer\, and Settler Coloni alism\,” Siobhan Angus (Carleton University) “‘Ego Ipso.’ Herman n-Kummler-Frey’s Brazilian Photographs between Chemical History and Colo nial Image Production\,” Denise Bertschi (Collegium Helveticum) Lun ch (12:00–1:30 pm) Session 3: Chemical Images (2:00–3:30 pm) “P hotography’s Metabolism: Eastman Kodak’s Petrochemical Turn\,” Kevin Hong (Yale University) “Color Sells: The Art and Techniques of Advert ising Photography\,” Estelle Blaschke (University of Basel) Coffee Break (3:30–4:30 pm) Artist Talk (4:30–6:00 pm): “Here Many Wor lds Collide: Toxic Affinities of Photographic Silver\,” Alice Cazenave ( Goldsmiths\, University of London) Apéro (6:00–6:45 pm) \\r\\nSatu rday\, October 25\\r\\n Chemigram Workshop for Invited Participants (10:0 0–12:30 pm) \\r\\n\\r\\nImage: Hans Hinz\, Ciba Farben\, undated\, chrom ogenic print. Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt. X-ALT-DESC:

What does the photographic image share with synthetic dyes\, fertilizer\, and pharmaceuticals? Inspired by the city of Basel’s positi on as a global center of the chemical industry\, this symposium investigat es photography's chemical relations\, tracing the networks shaped by mater ial resources\, industrial infrastructure\, and scientific expertise\, as well as the ecological legacies of photographic production. The symposium will conclude with an \;artist talk and workshop led by photographer a nd researcher Alice Cazenave (Goldsmiths\, University of London)\, an advi sor to the UK-based collective Sustainable Darkroom and current Ansel Adam s Fellow at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizo na.

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Thursday\, October 23

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Friday\, October 24

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Saturday\, October 25\n

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Image: Ha ns Hinz\, Ciba Farben\, undated\, chromogenic print. Staat sarchiv Basel-Stadt.

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