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University of Warsaw
Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition
in Poland and East-Central Europe (OBTA)
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University Institute of History of Art
Christian East College
organize 2 -7 June 2008
in Dominicans Monastery on Służew in Warsaw
International Humanistic School connected with the scientific conference
e mail: ikona.dzis@gmail.com
ICON TODAY
International Humanistic School (MSH) and connected with it conference ICON TODAY want to pose a question on Byzantine’s tradition presence in current culture. Which elements of that tradition are or might be important for contemporaneity?
In that context appears question about the icon. Icon for many years has been attracting attention of scholars, theologians, Byzantine and culture researchers as well as artists and plenty of layman-admirers. In the last two decades in many countries of Europe and the world, also in Poland independently from Scientific Centers for Byzantine Researches arising courses and seminars about history and theology of icon painting, independently from art academies, workshops and courses of icon painting are being created. Also independently from scientific researches, popular science books about icons, manuals of icon-writing and icon painters statements are being published. Interest in icon on various culture levels and in diverse social and geographical circles, widely goes beyond frontiers of Byzantine-Ruthenian culture and Eastern Church’s rite. Contemporary icons more and more appear in churches of different denominations, in galleries and private apartments.
How far is interest on icon connected with discovering Byzantine tradition and spirituality of Eastern Church? Is increase of interest on icon just a transitory tendency or has a profounder ground and, if it is so, what sort of ground is it? What icon has to hand down to contemporary man? Does it have anything to communicate to a contemporary artist? What is the role of icon in the context of culture relationships between West and East?
Iconographical canon is inseparably connected with icon issue. What is the Byzantine understanding of icon canon? What is the relation between icon canon and modern paradigm of artistic freedom? Does canon have anything to offer for contemporary art?
Lot of these questions go beyond frontiers of particular science fields and by touching contemporaneity, get on ground of existential issues. Our purpose is to make the meeting point for scholars of various fields interested in the phenomenon of Icon - from historians and art historians through culture researchers to philosophers, theologians and artists working as icon writers. To participate in the conference we invited icon painting researchers representing various humanistic subjects and Icon-writer artist.
2-7 June 2008. International Humanistic School.
Part one. Lectures. 2-4 June
Daily 3-4 lectures focused on theological and philosophical grounds of Byzantine art, selected aspects of icon’s history and iconography as well as contemporary icon-writing practice. Listeners of school are young research workers and last year students of universities from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Lectures are open for public.
Part two. International Scientific Conference. 5-7 June.
Each conference day is composed of two sessions with 2-3 lectures delivered by researchers and artists as an introduction to panel discussion. Subjects of sessions:
Human studies toward issues of Byzantine culture;
Contemporary icon-writer toward tradition (artists statements);
Contemporary icon painting toward tradition (researchers statements);
Contemporary sacred art toward canon;
Summary, conclusions, perspectives.
Invited guests will take part in panel discussion, apart from lecturers. Discussion is open for public.
4 June 2008. 5 Pm
Opening of exhibition ICON TODAY
Exhibition will depict contemporary icons from Poland, Greece, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary.
Following the Conference ICON TODAY there will be the second part of International Humanistic School dedicated to illustrious humanist, philologist and culture researcher SERGEY AVERINCEV. One of the subjects of the conference will be “Averincev as interpreter of Byzantine tradition”. Lectures: 9-12 June 2008. in conference hall of OBTA (Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition in Poland and East-Central Europe of University of Warsaw).
