| IN DISCUSSION
Incorporation: Consumption Beyond the Gaze
A collaboration between The Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and the Université de Fribourg
Saturday, April 22, 2023
9:15 AM to 4:45 PM, In person only
The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
The James B. Duke House
1 East 78th Street
Schedule
9.15-9.30
Welcome: Finbarr Barry Flood, The Institute of Fine Arts & Jérémie Koering, University of Fribourg
9.30-9.45
Jérémie Koering, University of Fribourg, “Internal love : Artemisia and the incorporation of Mausolus”
9.45-10.00
Dominic-Alain Boariu, University of Fribourg, “Drinking Disorder in Exodus 32:20”
10.00-10.15
Questions
10.15-10.30
Khaled Malas, New York University, “‘Except the Affliction of Death’: Expectations and Limitations of Consuming the Meccan Landscape”
10.30-10.45
Lyla Halsted, Duke University, “Breathing Bakhūr: A Medieval Islamic Incense Burner for Protection and Prophylaxis”
10.45-11.00
Finbarr Barry Flood, The Institute of Fine Arts, “Between Memorization and Digestion: Knowledge Transmitted and Embodied”
11.00-11.15
Questions
11.15-11.45
Coffee
11.45-12.00
Fabio Spadini, University of Fribourg, “Do not eat it or the magical amulet won't work!”
12.00-12.15
Salih Cholakkalakath, New York University, “"Sacred Ink"; the Materiality of Talismanic Fluids in Islamic Healing Practices”
12.15-12.30
Helina Gebremedhen, New York University & Cleveland Museum of Art, “Ingesting the Unviewable: Practices and paradoxes of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tabot”
12.30-12.45
Questions
12.45-2.00
Lunch (catered for speakers)
2.00-2.15
Michele Bacci, University of Fribourg, “Incorporation and Excorporation in the Embodied Experience of Holy Sites”
2.15-2.30
Vesna Scepanovic, University of Fribourg, “Dynamics of Corporeal Apprehension of Site-Bound Sanctity: The Case of Medieval Dalmatia”
2.30-2.45
Alexandre Varela Exposito, University of Fribourg, “Physical Exchange with Holy Bodies in the Syriac Tradition of Tur 'Abdin”
2.45-3.00
Hiba Abid, New York Public Library, “From al-Sifa to al-Ru’ya: Production, Ingestion, and Activation of the Prophet Muhammad’s Images in the Maghrib”
3.00-3.30
Questions
3.30-3.45
Tiziana Ryter, University of Fribourg, “Visceral Perception: Cannibalistic Images in Surrealism”
3.45-4.00
Julia Gelshorn, University of Fribourg, “Don’t look, swallow! Incorporating the Real in Contemporary Art”
4.00-4.45
Questions and closing discussion