PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE - PROGRAMME 9-11 July 2019 FILM #FP2019 Conference Director Dr Dario Llinares Conference Committee Dr Lucy Bolton Dr William Brown Dr Holly Chard Dr Ewan Kirkland Dr Matilda Mroz Dr Patricia Prieto Blanco Dr David Sorfa Conference Assistants Laura Williams Alison Monge And all of the Southcoast Conferences team Venue: Grand Parade Campus & Edward St Campus, University of Brighton Keynote Lectures: Sallis Benney Lecture Theatre, Grand Parade Campus Panel Presentations: Edward Street Campus ES102, ES103, ES105, ES309, ES305 Catering and Coffee: Grand Parade Café and Edward St Floor 1 Scan QR codes with your phone for Online Maps: Online Details: CONTENTS 01 WELCOME 2 02 CAMPUS MAPS 3 03 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 4 04 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE 6 05 TIMETABLE – TUESDAY 9 JULY 8 TIMETABLE – WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 10 TIMETABLE – THURSDAY 11 JULY 12 06 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 14 07 ABSTRACTS 17 1 It is an honour to welcome you to the 12th annual Film-Philosophy Conference at the University of Brighton. Ever since I was asked to take on the directorship of the conference I have been working with a kind of trepidatious excitement in bringing so many fantastic colleagues the south coast to share their research. Myself, the conference committee and the organisation team have been working really hard to create a fantastic experience over the three days. This would not have been possible however without the amazing breadth and quality of submissions we have had. I’m very much looking forward to listening to as many papers as possible. I would like to thank the conference committee for their support, particularly during through the initial selection process. With of 260 initial abstracts, programming was an extremely difficult task, both in terms of quantity and the high level of submissions we received. I specifically want to thank David Sorfa whose collaboration and counsel has been an anchoring point for me through the organisation process. Obviously the conference is focus of your time here, however I hope you have a chance to get out and explore Brighton. There is wealth of attractions to go visit: the Brighton Palace Pier for some old school British Seaside entertainment, the narrow streets of The Lanes offer plethora of cool shops, cafes and artwork, the Royal Pavilion designed by John Nash is based on Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture, and Fabrica Art Gallery currently features an exhibition by sculptor Susie MacMurray. Of course, for those of you who have booked we will be going to the fabulous i360 for the conference dinner. Anyone who suffers from vertigo may have to forego the initial ‘flight’ however. Myself, Neil Fox (Falmouth University) and Kat Zebecka (University of Edinburgh) are going to be taping some audio for a special edition of The Cinematologists Podcast . This episode will be released in September and if you would like to be involved by giving us a short interview about your research, please let one of us know. I hope you all have an amazing conference. Please don’t hesitate to ask me or any of the conference team for any further help or advice you might need. Dario Llinares Conference Director 01 WELCOME WELCOME 01 2 GRAND PARADE The conference will be held at the University of Brighton City Campus using spaces in both Grand Parade and Edward Street buildings. The buildings are a short 10 minute walk away from each other and directional signage will map out the route. EDWARD STREET FIRST FLOOR WALKING DIRECTIONS TO EDWARD STREET Leaving Grand Parade through the quad exit: Walk through the gate and turn left to the top of EDWARD STREET THIRD FLOOR Grand Parade Mews. Turn right onto William Street. At the end of William Street, turn left onto Edward Street. Leaving from the main entrance of Grand Parade: turn left and follow Grand Parade towards the seafront. The Pavilion will be on your right hand side, at the lights, turn left up Edward Street. 02 CAMPUS MAPS MAPS CAMPUS 02 3 Registration: On the first morning registration will take place outside the Sallis Benney lecture theatre (Grand Parade Campus). For the rest of the conference the registration desk will be in Edward Street campus where the Panel Sessions are taking place. Tuesday Night Drinks reception: Tuesday evenings drinks reception will take place in Grand Parade Café. The evening will feature a book launch: Visionaries: Thinking Through Female Filmmakers hosted by Edinburgh University Press. During the reception we will also announce the winner of the 2019 Film-Philosophy Annual articule award. The nominees, in alphabetical order, are: Max Bowens, ‘“The Flesh of The Perceptible”: The New Materialism of Leviathan’ Catherine Constable, ‘Surfaces of Science Fiction: Enacting Gender and “Humanness” in Ex Machina’ Jenny Gunn, ‘Deleuze, Žižek, Spring Breakers and the Question of Ethics in Late Capitalism’ John Charles Hill, ‘The Creaturely Life of Carol Reed's Cities: Eric Santner and Walter Benjamin’ Gordon Sullivan, ‘“We Do Not Look At Them As They Really Are”: Technics and Photogénie in Jean Epstein's Film-Philosophy’ Wednesday Conference Dinner: The conference dinner will take place at the amazing British Airways i360 restaurant which is along the seafront about 20mins walk from Grand Parade Campus. The dinner starts at 7:30pm but I will be setting off from Grand Parade at 7:00pm so anyone who wants to can meet me there and we can walk together. Audio recordings: During the conference we intend to record interviews will delegates for a special edition of The Cinematologists Podcast, the will come out after the conference. Myself and Dr Neil Fox will be conducting short interviews with delegates who are interested is discussing your work for the episode please let either myself or Neil know. 03 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL 03 4 Twitter: We would really like to see some interaction on social media regarding the conference. We will have some screens around the venues with the conference Twitter feed on display. The conference Hashtag is #FP2019 so please add this to any messages you post. Panel Sessions: All the panel sessions will take place in the Edward Street Campus. All the rooms in Edward Street are equipped with Audio/Visual projectors run on a P/C system. There is also the facility to connect laptops (MAC and PC) via VGA and HDMI (It’s a good idea to bring your own MAC adaptor). Please go to the panel you are speaking at 15mins early to check that your presentation works whether you are bringing a flash drive or presenting from your own Laptop (especially if you are running clips) – There will be tech assistants on hand to help with any issues. Chairs, please also arrive early for your sessions to introduce yourself to the speakers. Please keep your presentation under 20mins so there is time for questions (chairs, please endeavour to keep people to time). If any of you have a last-minute problem and you need to cancel, please let me know as soon as you are able. 03 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL 03 5 TUESDAY 9 JULY 11:00 – 12:30 Keynote 2 – Andrew Klevan: 09:30 – 10:15 Registration Ordinary Language Film Grand Parade Building Studies 10:15 -10:30 Welcome Introduction Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Helen Kennedy, Dario Llinares Parade Building (University of Brighton) and 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch David Sorfa (University of Grand Parade Café Edinburgh) 13:45 – 15:15 Panel Session E Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Edward Street Rooms Parade Building 15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:45 Keynote 1 - Janet Harbord: Edward Street First Floor Film as a Training for 15:45 – 17:15 Panel Session F Neurotypical life Edward Street First Floor Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand 17:15 – 17:30 Coffee to go Parade Building Collect from Edward Street to 11:45 – 13:00 Lunch take to Grand Parade Grand Parade Café 17:30 – 18:45 Keynote 3 - Victor Fan: Time 13:00 – 14:30 Panel Session A (see page 8-9 and Nothingness: Image and for panel information) Temporality through the Lens Edward Street Rooms of Buddhism 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Edward Street First Floor Parade Building 15:00 – 16:30 Panel Session B 19:30 – 23:00 Conference Gala Dinner Edward Street Rooms British Airways i360, Brighton 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break Seafront Edward Street First Floor 17:00 – 18:30 Panel Session C THURSDAY 11 JULY Edward Street Rooms 09:00 – 09:30 Arrival coffee 19:00 – 20:30 Drinks Reception and Book Edward Street First Floor Launch 09:30 – 11:00 Panel Session G (see page 12 Film-Philosophy Annual -13 for panel information) Article Award Edward Street Rooms Book Launch: Visionaries: 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break Thinking Through Female Edward Street First Floor Filmmakers (Edinburgh 11:30 – 13:00 Panel Session H University Press) Edward Street Rooms Grand Parade Café 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Grand Parade Café WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 14:00 – 15:15 Keynote 4 - Jane Stadler 08:00 – 09:00 Arrival coffees Deepfakes, Bad Actors, and Edward Street First Floor Synthespians: Ethics and 09:00 – 10:30 Panel Session D (see page Embodiment Technologies 10-11 for panel information) Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Edward Street Rooms Parade Building 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break 15:15 – 16:00 Closing Remarks – Dario Grand Parade Café Llinares Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand 04 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE 04 PROGRAMME Parade Building 6 06 DAY BY DAY TIMETABLES 7 TUESDAY 9 JULY MORNING Room 09:30 – 10:15 – 10:30 10:30 – 11:45 11:45 – 13:00 – 14:30 10:15 13:00 Sallis Welcome Introduction Keynote 1 Chair Lucy Bolton Helen Kennedy (Head of Janet Harbord: Film as a Benney School of Media,