International Academic Conference on Animated Film
Galeria Bielska BWA, ul. 3 Maja 11, 43-300, Bielsko-Biała, Poland

11-13.09.2015

The international academic conference „Twisted Dreams of History. Subversiveness and Deformation in Animated Film from V4 Countries" will take place on September 11th -13th in Polish city Bielska-Biała located on the borderland between Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The event that is widely and freely open for the public will be attended by the group of sixteen scholars from Poland, Hungary, Russia, Czech Republic, China and Italy invited to ponder over animated film in the context of the subjects that have always been swept under the rug of the mainstream culture.
In the course of 20th and 21st century, the medium of animated film has become specialized in portraying the dissident realm of intimate obsessions, obscure perversions and mighty rebellions - motives which have always functioned as stirring wheels of censorship and propaganda as well as sponsorship and media interest. Tragic history of the region, its political transformations full of suspense and sudden switches as well as outstanding scholar traditions bring another perspective onto animation art from Visegrad countries. Their social structures and models of identification are rooted in fragile compromises between the state of dependency and fight for liberation, technological and economic modernizations versus centralized stagnation, avant-garde art and progressive intellectual movements as opposed to conservative approach towards art, lifestyle, civil society, science and humanities. The concept of Visegrad as „another European conjunction" would not exist without geographical and discursive references to Western European cultural traditions. This most fascinating cultural pattern of art entangled with politics has become a starting point for deliberations that will be conducted in Bielsko-Biała.
Academic patron: Mediterraneum The International Center for Studies and Research (Pedagogical University in Krakow)

Organizers: Bielska Gallery BWA (Bielsko-Biała) in partnership with Pastiche Filmz (Olomouc), Anca NGO (Bratislava), MANIFESZT - Professional & Interest Association of Hungarian Makers of Animated Films (Budapest) and Italian Cultural Institute in Krakow

Conference Committee: Prof. dr hab. Alicja Helman (Jagiellonian University, Krakow); Prof. Marcin Giżycki (Rhode Island School of Design; Katowice School of Technology), Prof. Paola Brsitot (Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna); dr hab. Stefan Bielański, prof. UP (Pedagogical University of Krakow); dr hab. Rafał Syska (Jagiellonian University, Krakow); Bogusław Zmudziński, Ph.D (AGH University of Science and Technology); Brigitta Iványi-Bitter, Ph.D. (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest); Ugo Rufino, Ph.D. (Italian Cultural Institute in Krakow); Michał Bobrowski, Ph.D. (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)

Passive participants can be provided with confirmation of attendance on the condition of participating in all conference panels

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME >>

Project supported by International Visegrad Fund



All the events are free of charge
Lectures will be held in English and Polish, presence of the translator (English/Polish) is provided
Animated film screenings with Polish and English subtitles

More details and full programme available on:
www.stoptrikiff.eu/animatedfilmfromv4countries www.facebook.com/groups/twisted.dreams.v4animation/

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