Small Forms
Aesthetics - Media - Modernity
Friday, September 9, 2022, A.D. White House
Saturday, September 10, 2022, A.D. White House
Sunday, September 11, 2022, Physical Sciences Building

The transatlantic research colloquium “Small Forms: Aesthetics—Media—Modernity,” a collaboration with the Graduiertenkolleg “Literatur- und Wissensgeschichte kleiner Formen” at the Humboldt University, Berlin will take place at Cornell University on September 9-11.

It is set up as an interdisciplinary investigation into the phenomenon of small forms. In addition to research reports and keynote addresses, it offers two reading seminars conducted by seasoned senior faculty. 

Links to the texts to be read in preparation are provided. In case you cannot access them, please contact Anne Chen at aac262@cornell.edu.

Sunday, September 11, 2022, A.D. White House

Small Forms and the Avant-Garde

10:00 – 11:30     READING SEMINAR: Montage, Cut-Up, Self-Imposed Constraints [LINKS]
Small Forms as Minor and Minimalist Forms 
John Hamilton (Harvard University)

11:45 – 12:30     Franziska Schweiger (Hamilton College)
A Minor Revolution: Hannah Höch’s Handarbeitskleinigkeiten

12:30 – 1:15    Small Forms and Art Brut
        
Chiara Sartor (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
Jean Dubuffet’s Jargon Texts, Art Brut Writings, and the ‘Raw’ Artist’s Book