Graduate Student Organization - Stony Brook

The First Annual Philosophy and Art Conference: VEILS, will take place at Stony Brook Manhattan on March 28 - 29th, 2008. We are thrilled to announce that Professor Rosalind Krauss (Columbia University) will deliver the keynote address on March 28th, in the evening. Her talk will be titled "The Parergon's Veil." 

Desiring dialogue between the worlds of art and philosophy, this conference investigates the relationship between creative activity and theoretical endeavor as they bear upon the notion of veils. Invoking “veils,” we gesture toward perception and materialization through method, space and presence, hiddenness, mechanism, expressivity, feeling, purpose and meaning. How are these elements significant in the movement of art and philosophy? How do different media map the horizon of truth in art? Are art and theory more or less veiled in relation to each other? Does contemporary culture stand in need of greater or fewer, more opaque or more transparent veils? How does engaging the trope of veils contribute to the dialogue between aesthetic theory, artistic practice, and art criticism?

More information can be found at www.philosophyartconference.org .