We would like to call your attention to the international conference WerkStattWissen – The Work of Art: Material and Technology in Sources and Workshop Practice which will take place from 31 May to 2 June 2017 at Bern University of Applied Sciences. The conference is part of the SNF project New Approaches to Art Technological Resources and sets out to evaluate a wide array of art technological sources. Internationally renowned researchers and emerging scholars will present and discuss problems of the reception of art technological sources, of practical knowledge and workshop practice as well as the applicability of sources in the field of conservation and restoration. The three-day internati
At the 16th and 17th March 2017, the research group Materialized Identities ran its second of a number of workshops on the topic of how objects were capable to generate group identities, subjectivity, and emotional atmospheres in the early modern period. The workshop took place in Bern and Zurich. Its intention was to conflate hands-on sessions in museums and discussions of theoretical texts alike. The two days of enlightening discussions started with a visit of the Bernisches Historisches Museum which currently runs the exhibition Mercenary, Iconoclast, Dancer of Death: Niklaus Manuel and the Reformation Period. By focusing on Niklaus Manuel (1484–1530), the workshop started with an insight
