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Deep Fakes

Art and Its Double

9.3.2022 | 17:30accessibility.time_to19:30

with Sarah Kenderdine, Patrick Michel, Michel Al Maqdissi, Andrea Balbo, Benno Widmer, Emma Sebastiani, Jenny Maggi and Muriel Siki

The starting point for this focus event is the Deep Fakes: Art and Its Double exhibition at the EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne.

The exhibition poses crucial questions about the potency of digital replicas to absorb audiences in enduring emotional encounters with universal art treasures.

At the centre of the discussion is the Temple of Baalshamin in Syria, which was destroyed by the Islamic State during the war. It was excavated and researched in the 1950s by the Swiss archaeologist Paul Collart. At the event, experts will talk about the meaning of virtual and real reconstructions and their significance for the people of Syria.

Entrance is free and a reservation is mandatory.

The event is being held by University of Lausanne, EPFL Lausanne and the Zurich Center for the Study of the Ancient World.

Due to official orders, participation in this event is only possible for vaccinated or recovered persons with a Covid certificate recognised in Switzerland. Please show your certificate together with an official ID and your ticket at the entrance. Children and young people up to 16 years of age are excluded. For your safety, masks are compulsory for visitors aged 12 and over.

Further information

Entry 17:00 Uhr

National Museum Zurich | Auditorium Willy G. S. Hirzel

Wheelchair accessible

This event is in the past.

Sarah Kenderdine

Sarah Kenderdine is a professor of Digital Museology at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, since 2017. She leads the laboratory for experimental museology (eM+), exploring the convergence of aesthetic practice, visual analytics and cultural data. Kenderdine develops interactive and immersive experiences for museums and galleries, often employing interactive cinema and augmented reality.

https://www.epfl.ch/labs/emplus/

Patrick Michel

Patrick Michel has a Ph.D. in Assyriology at the University of Geneva in 2012. Former member of the Swiss Institute in Rome. President of the Members of Swiss Institute of Rome. Member of the Scientific Committee of ALIPH.
M. Michel currently leads the Collart – Palmyre Project as Senior Lecturer at University of Lausanne. He also holds a Diploma of Art Law at the University of Geneva.

Michel Al Maqdissi

Dr. Michel Al Maqdissi is researcher in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, Musée du Louvre and former Director of Archaeological Studies and Excavations, Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums, Syria.

Andrea Balbo

Dr. Andrea Balbo joined ALIPH, the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas, in 2019, following 25 years of engagement in the cultural heritage sector. Core interests include linkages between climate change, conflict, and heritage, as well as documentation and ICT for cultural heritage protection.

Benno Widmer

Benno Widmer is art historian (M Arts, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London), lawyer and mediator.
Since 2014 he directs the Museums and Collections of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture.
Benno Widmer teaches "Art & Law" topics at the Universities of Lyon III and Vienna.
Benno Widmer was a member of the Ethics Commission of ICOM Switzerland, INTERPOL's Art Crime Expert Group and represents the Federal Office of Culture in the museum related bodies and commissions of UNESCO.

Emma Sebastiani

Emma Sebastiani ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin bei InZone, einem Programm der Universität Genf, das innovative Ansätze für die Hochschulbildung in von Konflikten und humanitären Krisen betroffenen Gemeinschaften entwickelt.
Emma hat einen Master-Abschluss in Konferenzdolmetschen von der Universität Genf und ist derzeit für die englisch- und französischsprachigen Programme von InZone verantwortlich. Sie koordinierte die Workshop-Reihe über das Erbe von Palmyra, die für syrische Flüchtlinge im Lager Azraq in Jordanien konzipiert wurde.
Als praktizierende Konferenzdolmetscherin ist sie eine der Mitverfasserinnen des Rapid Response Module for Humanitarian Interpreting und arbeitet derzeit an der Entwicklung von Schulungsressourcen für humanitäre Dolmetscher in Flüchtlingslagern.

Jenny Maggi

Jenny Maggi ist Dozentin und Forscherin am Institut für soziologische Forschung (ISR) der Universität Genf. Zuvor war sie wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Schweizerischen Forum für Migrations- und Bevölkerungsstudien (SFM) der Universität Neuchâtel. Ihre aktuelle Forschung konzentriert sich auf transnationale Migration, Diaspora, nachhaltige Entwicklung, soziale und kulturelle Identitäten und Staatsbürgerschaft. Sie unterrichtet visuelle Anthropologie und visuelle Soziologie am Institut für Soziologie (Universität Genf) und hat eine Reihe von Dokumentarfilmen über Migration gedreht.

Muriel Siki

Muriel Siki is a Swiss-based Swiss-American bilingual journalist, TV producer, and conference moderator. She was previously a newsreader and general assignment reporter for the RTS (French-speaking Swiss television).
She grew up in Seattle and studied at the University of Washington and Boston University. She worked for several years in the US as a journalist before moving to Geneva where she anchored a daily noontime talk show.
She regularly moderates conferences for different government agencies, NGO’s and private companies and continues to regularly produce reports for the RTS.