ESSCS visits “Beyond Paradise” at SMBA
As part of the Amsterdam 2008 session, the participants of the European Summer School in Cultural Studies have visited the SMBA exhibition Beyond Paradise, curated by Delphine Bedel and Ayako Yoshimura, in collaboration with Jelle Bouwhuis. The visit included a session with the curators in which they explained the motivation behind the exhibition: “The starting point of this exhibition stems from the paradox that tourism still involves romantic, if not paradisiacal imagery, whereas the tourist experience is actually shattered by all kinds of forces that haunt our daily lives: commercialism, gentrification, the complex entanglement of migration and tourist destinations, war, and fear of terrorism.” Beyond Paradise runs until 7 September 2008.
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As part of the Amsterdam Museum Night (3 November 2007), a debate took place at SMBA about contemporary iconoclasm, focusing on the use of images in the public domain by highly diverse social groups such as Christians, Muslims, and feminists. How does iconoclasm relate to image censorship and normative standards? Can we actually speak of iconoclasm in the age of information? Moderated by Pieter Hilhorst, the panel included Afshin Ellian (professor of law, philosopher, and poet), Yves DeMaeseneer (theologian connected to the Leuven university), Stine Jensen (literature studies and author connected to the Free University, Amsterdam), Jaap Kooijman (Media and Culture studies connected to the University of Amsterdam), Sven Lütticken (art critic connected to the Free University, Amsterdam) and Peter Jan Margry (historian/antropologist connected to the Meertens Instituut). Click