Samstag/Saturday, 19. Juli 2025, 12.30 – 17.00
Gabriele von Fechenbach-Saal, Museum Dieburg
Symposium:
Ex\\Immersio VII: Dialogs – Taking up the Thread
Moving out of established confines
Ex\\Immersio is a series of international symposia that was launched in 2019 under the scientific and artistic direction of Prof. Sabine Breitsameter. Its aim is a critical intellectual and artistic discourse on the buzzword “immersion”. This year’s topic is stepping out of hermetic world views.
12:00 Doors open
12:30 Greeting words
12:40 Lecture 1 (for the general public):
Vortrag für die allgemeine Öffentlichkeit (auf Deutsch und Englisch)
Dr. Judith Bihr (Biberach)
Globale Kunst neu denken. Der transkulturelle Wandel in der Kunstgeschichte
/ Rethinking Global Art. The Transcultural Turn in Art History
13:50 Interjection 1:
Avan-Nomayo Ikponmwosa (Frankfurt/Abuja)
Beyond the Gaze: Sonic Threads of Immersion
Reclaiming Dialog through African Orality and Sound
14:00 Lecture 2:
Fadia Elgharib (Cairo/Berlin)
From Arab Spring to “Global Innovation Gathering”
A Career Journey out of Cairo via Darmstadt into the World
15:15 Interjection 2:
Prof. Sabine Breitsameter (Dieburg/Berlin)
Why Transculturality Strengthens Cultural Identity
Some Spotlights on the Concept of “Leitkultur”
15.25: Lecture 3:
Dr. Sarah Niazi (New Delhi/Leiden)
India in the World
Mapping Early Transnational Film Networks Between India and Germany
16:10 Interjection 3:
Klaus Schüller (Groß Umstadt)
Filter Bubbles Don’t Burst
Media Aesthetic Education as a Method for Digital Empowerment
16:30 Final discussion with presenters and audience
With special thanks to Museum Schloss Fechenbach and the city of Dieburg.
Contact: <kulturforschung.fbmd@h-da.de>