BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13083-9b4b5dcbe7a9199a4796f0673e54259f@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260417T114631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T133000 SUMMARY:The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Vance Byrd DESCRIPTION:\nVance Byrd is a Presidential Associate Professor of German ic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania\, where h e holds a secondary appointment in History of Art. His teaching and rese arch focus on literature in German\, visual culture\, and print culture since the nineteenth century. His research has been supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Hu manities\, the National Humanities Center\, and the Getty Research Insti tute.\n\nIn literature\, film\, and museum exhibitions\, the description s of sound and audio recordings help us imagine how violent episodes fro m history were experienced. These sounds also shape our relation to the past. This talk focuses on the Ukrainian artist collective Open Group’s films Repeat After Me (2022\, 18 min.) and Repeat After Me II  (2024\, 3 5 min.)\, which currently are on view in the Polish Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. These films show Ukrainian refugees displaced by the R ussian invasion who imitate the sound of weapons systems intended for us e against tanks and military personnel rather than against civilian popu lations. I will examine how the call-and-response structure—the exhibiti on visitors are asked to repeat the sounds uttered by the Ukrainian refu gees in these films—is a form of participatory memory work. By calling o n visitors to produce acts of witnessing and judgment in the Polish Pavi lion\, Open Group’s films immerse the visitors in sonic memories of warf are and forces them to take sides on victimhood and guilt as well as dem ocratic values. To listen and then repeat after the war refugee’s testim onial has the potential to become a powerful act of empathy and politica l solidarity\, which will help us think together about the possibilities for coming to terms with the past and present at art exhibitions though the interrogation of sound and visual culture.\n\nFor more details: htt ps://events.la.psu.edu/event/cmlit-luncheon-series-vance-byrd/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Vance Byrd is a Presidential Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds a secondary appointmen t in History of Art. His teaching and research focus on literature in Ge rman, visual culture, and print culture since the nineteenth century. Hi s research has been supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Founda tion, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Center, and the Getty Research Institute.

In literature, film, an d museum exhibitions, the descriptions of sound and audio recordings hel p us imagine how violent episodes from history were experienced. These s ounds also shape our relation to the past. This talk focuses on the Ukra inian artist collective Open Group’s films Repeat After Me (202 2, 18 min.) and Repeat After Me II  (2024, 35 min.), which curr ently are on view in the Polish Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Th ese films show Ukrainian refugees displaced by the Russian invasion who imitate the sound of weapons systems intended for use against tanks and military personnel rather than against civilian populations. I will exam ine how the call-and-response structure—the exhibition visitors are aske d to repeat the sounds uttered by the Ukrainian refugees in these films— is a form of participatory memory work. By calling on visitors to produc e acts of witnessing and judgment in the Polish Pavilion, Open Group’s f ilms immerse the visitors in sonic memories of warfare and forces them t o take sides on victimhood and guilt as well as democratic values. To li sten and then repeat after the war refugee’s testimonial has the potenti al to become a powerful act of empathy and political solidarity, which w ill help us think together about the possibilities for coming to terms w ith the past and present at art exhibitions though the interrogation of sound and visual culture.

For more details: https://events.la. psu.edu/event/cmlit-luncheon-series-vance-byrd/

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