2/26/2016 This conference announcement just taught me a new origami-related word: katagami. These textile stencils provide many of the patterns we've all admired on origami paper. Even if few of us will get to the conference, the list of speakers and organizers is surely the place to start with any questions about the sources of particular designs.
I bet the talks will be a visual feast! Karen Karen Reeds, co-ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group. Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/ [email protected] http://arthist.net/archive/12295 Katagami in the West (Zürich, 18-19 Mar 16) University of Zurich, March 18 - 19, 2016 International Symposium: Katagami in the West March 18-19, 2016 Organizer Prof. Hans B. Thomsen, Section for East Asian Art History, University of Zurich The purpose of the symposium is to look at the phenomenon of Japanese katagami textile stencils from various angles. Through discoveries in the last decade, thanks to the pioneering work of Akiko Mabuchi, Yuki Ikuta, and others, we have come to understand that the historical relationship between katagami and the western world has been profound, both in number and in the intensity of their receptions. Nonetheless, during much of the 20th century katagami have been almost entirely neglected by western curators and scholars, as hundreds of thousands continue their sleep in museum storages. One of our purposes is to resurrect this forgotten relationship and to understand the extent of katagami collections in the West and their receptions by western artists and designers. Website http://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/chairs/ostasien/Aktuelles/Katagami.html Symposium program Friday 18th March 9:00 – 9:20 Registration 9:20 – 9:30 Welcome from the Organizer Prof. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) with Natasha Fischer-Vaidya, lic. phil. (Section for East Asian Art, UZH) 9:30 – 11:15 Panel 1: Katagami and European Art Currents Chair: Marie Kakinuma, lic. phil. (Institute of Art History, University of Zurich) 11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 Panel 2: Ryūkyū Bingata and Basel Katagami Chair: Brigitte Huber, lic. phil. (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 15:45 Panel 3: Research Topics in European Katagami Studies Chair: Xenia Piëch, M.A. (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) 15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break 16:15 – 18:15 Panel 4: Katagami and Textile Research in Japan Chair: Dr. Khanh Trinh (Curator, Museum Rietberg, Zurich) 18:15 – 18:30 Short break 18:30 – 18:45 Welcoming Speeches Masaki Shiga, Charge d'ʹAffaires, Embassy of Japan in Switzerland Prof. Dr. Thomas Hengartner (Vice-Dean for Research, Humanities Division, University of Zurich) Thomas Isler, President, Zürchersche Seidenindustrie Gesellschaft 18:45 – 19:30 Keynote speaker Yuki Ikuta (Mie Prefectual Art Museum) Katagami: Beyond Rationality and Anonymity 19:30 ~ Reception (Foyer West) Saturday, 19th March 9:00 – 10:30 Panel 5: Katagami Collections and Receptions in Switzerland I Chair: Natasha Fischer-Vaidya, lic. phil. (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break 10:30 – 11:00 Panel 6: Katagami Collections and Receptions in Switzerland II Chair: Anna Hagdorn, M.A. (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Panel 7: European and Japanese Connections in Katagami Research Chair: Prof. Dr. Birgitt Borkopp-‐‑Restle (The Werner and Margaret Abegg-‐‑Chair for the History of Textile Arts, University of Bern) 15:15 – 16:00 Workshop and coffee break Moderator: Prof. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) Workshop on the Topic of Archiving Katagami: Problems with Cataloguing, Describing, and Storing Large Katagami Collections 16:00 – 17:30 Panel 8: An European Case Study: The German Textile Museum, Krefeld Chair: Prof. Dr. Bettina Gockel (Institute of Art History, University of Zurich) 17:30 – 18:30 Panel 9: European Collections and Receptions Chair: Alina Martimyanova, M.A. (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) General information Friday, 18th March 2016, KOL-F-118, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich Saturday, 19th March 2016, KO2-F-152, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich Contact email [email protected] Website http://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/chairs/ostasien/Aktuelles/Katagami.html The symposium will take place at the University of Zurich main building (Zentrum) on The symposium is free and open to the public, no registration is necessary. Sponsors The symposium is made possible by the generous support of Zürcherische Seidenindustrie Gesellschaft (Zurich Silk Association) Toshiba International Foundation National Museum of Japanese History (Rekihaku) National Institutes for the Humanities University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe ------------------------------ *Reference:* CONF: Katagami in the West (Zürich, 18-19 Mar 16). In: H-ArtHist, Feb 24, 2016 (accessed Feb 26, 2016), <http://arthist.net/archive/12295>. Karen Reeds [email protected]
