{"646355":{"#nid":"646355","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Unmasking Masks","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnmasking Masks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a one-day livestream event on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EApril 16, 2021\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;that brings together artists, curators, anthropologists, and researchers from across the Southern U.S., France, and Mexico to explore the varied aspects of masks and their unsettling contemporariness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought masks, and masking, to the forefront of our daily rituals. Masks belong to the history of medicine and pandemics. They are also intrinsically linked to the funeral rites of all human communities (we can think of the skull of Jericho or the Roman imago)\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;considered to be at the origin of the visual representation. In the nineteenth century,\u0026nbsp;the craze for celebrity death masks led, for example, to the massive reproduction of funeral casts. The\u0026nbsp;current\u0026nbsp;pandemic\u0026nbsp;strongly reflects that of\u0026nbsp;the Spanish flu that followed the First World War.\u0026nbsp;It\u0026nbsp;was also followed by a collective obsession\u0026nbsp;with\u0026nbsp;masks of all kinds (casts and facial prostheses to remake\u0026nbsp;disfigured\u0026nbsp;faces, gas masks as the attribute of the\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;carnival\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;civilized\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;according to the surrealist Georges \u202fLimbour, African masks claimed by the avant-garde, masks of otherness studied by rapidly developing ethnography ...\u202fetc).\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMasks both invite and resist interpretation.\u0026nbsp;They\u0026nbsp;encompass modern and contemporary modes of representation, and yet, at the same time, reactivate past elements and memorial practices.\u0026nbsp;More than simple tools of simulation and concealing, the practices that surround them might reveal a commonality of the human condition. They have kept being appropriated and re-appropriated, and might even serve as documents and metaphors of colonial and postcolonial domination. Masks are always situated at the intersection of an anthropology of the gaze, a phenomenology of the visible, and a material history.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnmasking Masks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is precisely located at such a crossroad, exploring, through a wide range of events (dialogues with artists and curators, talks, screenings) the manifold aspects of masks and their unsettling contemporariness.\u0026nbsp;How\u0026nbsp;does one\u0026nbsp;consider the mask? Is it a simple object of art intended for decoration?\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;museum exhibitions? an institution? A ritual? How does it fit into the anthropology of death and the history of medicine and disease? What links does it have with the theory of the visual?\u0026rsquo;\u202fWhat does it say about the necessary decolonization of the arts?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREGISTER\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tX9E8X\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3tX9E8X\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EImage\u0026nbsp;\u0026copy; Bellamy\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEvent Itinerary\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E8:00 AM ET Introduction\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E8:15 AM ET\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/events\/13052-masks-carnival-perspectives\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMasks and\u0026nbsp;Carnival Perspectives\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRobert Barsky, Caryl Emerson,\u0026nbsp;Martin Eisner\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E9:15 AM\u0026nbsp;ET\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/events\/13053-masks-medicine\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMasks and\u0026nbsp;Medicine\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBeth Conklin, Vincent Bruy\u0026egrave;re, Louise Shaw\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10:30 AM\u0026nbsp;ET\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/events\/13054-masks-thinking-images\u0022\u003EMasks and\u0026nbsp;Thinking Images\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRaymond Bellour, St\u0026eacute;phanie Boulard, Claude Dessimond, Anne-Ga\u0026euml;lle Saliot, Erhard Stiefel, Marie Vialle\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBreak\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1:30 PM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EET\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/events\/13055-masks-decorative-mutant-objects\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMasks: From Decorative to Mutant Objects\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nEmmanuelle Cherel, Lauren Tate Baeza,\u0026nbsp;Maurita N. Poole\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3:00\u0026nbsp;PM\u0026nbsp;ET\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/events\/13056-perspectives-latin-america\u0022\u003EPerspectives from Latin America\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPedro Lasch, C\u0026eacute;sar Martinez Silva, Caroline Perr\u0026eacute;e,\u0026nbsp;Esther Gabara\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4:30\u0026nbsp;PM\u0026nbsp;ET\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EConclusion\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis event is presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Atlanta, Duke University, Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nwith support from\u0026nbsp;the Institut Fran\u0026ccedil;ais,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;the Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire (France), Les Ma\u0026icirc;tres d\u0026#39;Art (France),\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u200b Descripto-Universit\u0026eacute; Polytechnique Hauts-de-France,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;Atlanta\u0026nbsp;Global\u0026nbsp;Studies\u0026nbsp;Center \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta), the High Museum of Arts \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;Atlanta,\u0026nbsp;Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;CEMCA (Mexico).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join artists, curators, anthropologists, and researchers from across the Southern U.S., France, and Mexico to explore the varied aspects of masks and their unsettling contemporariness."}],"uid":"35116","created_gmt":"2021-04-12 02:33:36","changed_gmt":"2021-04-12 02:33:36","author":"aozkan30","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-04-16T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-04-16T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-04-16T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-04-16 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-04-16 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-04-16 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"646354":{"id":"646354","type":"image","title":"UnmaskingMask","body":null,"created":"1618194341","gmt_created":"2021-04-12 02:25:41","changed":"1618194341","gmt_changed":"2021-04-12 02:25:41","alt":"","file":{"fid":"245358","name":"UnmaskingMask.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/UnmaskingMask.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/UnmaskingMask.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":94653,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/UnmaskingMask.jpg?itok=0xDE6RCh"}}},"media_ids":["646354"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/frenchculture.org\/events\/13051-unmasking-masks","title":"Unmasking Masks webpage"}],"groups":[{"id":"612000","name":"Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC)"},{"id":"611608","name":"Global Media and Cultures (GMC)"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESt\u0026eacute;phanie Boulard, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAssociate Professor of French\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector, French Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty Affiliate of the Atlanta Global Studies Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esboulard3@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}