BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news358@medienwissenschaft.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251015T095049 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251023T000000 SUMMARY:Chemical Histories of Photography DESCRIPTION:What does the photographic image share with synthetic dyes\, fe rtilizer\, and pharmaceuticals? Inspired by the city of Basel’s position as a global center of the chemical industry\, this symposium investigates photography's chemical relations\, tracing the networks shaped by materia l resources\, industrial infrastructure\, and scientific expertise\, as we ll as the ecological legacies of photographic production. The symposium wi ll conclude with an artist talk and workshop led by photographer and rese archer Alice Cazenave (Goldsmiths\, University of London)\, an advisor to the UK-based collective Sustainable Darkroom and current Ansel Adams Fello w at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.\\r\ \n\\r\\nThursday\, October 23\\r\\n Opening Remarks (6:00–6:20 pm) Ses sion 1: Industrial Ecologies (6:20–7:50 pm)  “Daughter of Coal\, ” Michelle Henning (University of Liverpool) “Chemical Image Factori es: The Case of Cibachrome\,” Stephan Graf (Photo-Fribourg) Apéro (7:50 pm) \\r\\nFriday\, October 24\\r\\n Coffee and Pastries Session 2: Colonial Chemistry (10:00–11:30 pm)  “Chemical Frontiers: Photog raphy\, Fertilizer\, and Settler Colonialism\,” Siobhan Angus (Carleton University) “‘Ego Ipso.’ Hermann-Kummler-Frey’s Brazilian Photog raphs between Chemical History and Colonial Image Production\,” Denise B ertschi (Collegium Helveticum) Lunch (12:00–1:30 pm) Session 3: Ch emical Images (2:00–3:30 pm)  “Photography’s Metabolism: Eastma n Kodak’s Petrochemical Turn\,” Kevin Hong (Yale University) “Colo r Sells: The Art and Techniques of Advertising Photography\,” Estelle Bl aschke (University of Basel) Coffee Break (3:30–4:30 pm) Artist Ta lk (4:30–6:00 pm):  “Here Many Worlds Collide: Toxic Affinities o f Photographic Silver\,” Alice Cazenave (Goldsmiths\, University of Lond on) Apéro (6:00–6:45 pm) \\r\\nSaturday\, October 25\\r\\n Chemig ram Workshop for Invited Participants (10:00–12:30 pm) \\r\\n\\r\\nImage : Hans Hinz\, Ciba Farben\, undated\, chromogenic print. Staatsarchiv Bas el-Stadt. X-ALT-DESC:

What does the photographic image share with synthetic dyes\, fertilizer\, and pharmaceuticals? Inspired by the city of Basel’s positi on as a global center of the chemical industry\, this symposium investigat es photography's chemical relations\, tracing the networks shaped by mater ial resources\, industrial infrastructure\, and scientific expertise\, as well as the ecological legacies of photographic production. The symposium will conclude with an \;artist talk and workshop led by photographer a nd researcher Alice Cazenave (Goldsmiths\, University of London)\, an advi sor to the UK-based collective Sustainable Darkroom and current Ansel Adam s Fellow at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizo na.

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Thursday\, October 23

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Friday\, October 24

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  • Coffee and Pastries
  • Session 2: Colonial Chemistry (10:0 0–11:30 pm) \;
  • Lunch (12:00–1:30 pm )
  • Session 3: Chemical Images (2:00–3:30 pm) \;
  • Coffee Break (3:30–4:30 pm)
  • Artist T alk (4:30–6:00 pm): \;
  • Apéro (6:00–6:45 pm)
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    Saturday\, October 25

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    Image: Hans Hinz\, \;Ciba Farben\, undated\, chromogenic print. Staa tsarchiv Basel-Stadt.

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