Artistic presentation and defence of the PhD
'Between Me and You. On the attitude of the audio documentary maker'
by Katharina Smets.
15:00 - 15:45 BETWEEN ME AND YOU
'Between Me and You. On the attitude of the audio documentary maker' is the essay Katharina Smets wrote based on four years of artistic research and conversations in documentary art. Together with sound artist and musician Inne Eysermans, Katharina Smets will present a lecture performance incorporating her thought process and experiences.
Language: English
Location: Witte Zaal - deSingel
15:45 - 16:00 FROM ENCOUNTER TO STORY
Yelena Schmitz was taught Audiostorytelling by Katharina Smets in the Word Art course. In those classes, she developed a great love for audio documentaries. Yelena looks back and looks ahead to what role audio plays in her writing in the meantime. Her teacher made her reflect on how encounters shape us and can lead to stories.
16:00 - 16:30 BREAK
Location: Witte Foyer
16:30 - 18:30 PHD DEFENCE
Promotors:
Timmy De Laet (chair, University of Antwerp)
Clara van den Broek (supervisor Royal Conservatoire Antwerp)
Luk Van den Dries (supervisor, University of Antwerp)
Pascal Gielen (Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts)
Martine Huvenne (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent)
Pim Verhulst (member individual doctoral committee, University of Antwerp)
External jury members: Katía Truijen and Karen Werner
Location: Witte Zaal - deSingel
Language: English
The research was conducted under the title 'The auditory imagination' between 2017 and 2020 at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (AP Hogeschool, Research Group Performance Practice in Perspective) and Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (University of Antwerp).
illustration (c) Randall Casaer