Ohio State nav bar

"The Cave of Light: A Dark Symposium"

April 1, 2013
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Wexner Film/Video Theater, 1871 N High St

Date Range
Add to Calendar 2013-04-01 16:00:00 2013-04-01 18:00:00 "The Cave of Light: A Dark Symposium" The Cave of Light: A Dark SymposiumMonday, April 1, 2013 - 4:00pmWexner Film/Video Theater, 1871 N High StJosiah McElheny works with glass and light, shown in a museum of glass made by Peter Eisenman.Paul Scheerbart wrote a story about a cave of light that McElheny translated.Miguel de Cervantes wrote a story about a man made out of glass.Scheerbart wrote a short book about Cervantes.Jacques Derrida criticized Eisenman's glass house by quoting an essay by Walter Benjamin where he quotes Scheerbart.In an extraordinary séance, they all come together to sort it all out.Reception Following Sponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Humanities Institutehttp://www.wexarts.orghttp://huminst.osu.edu  Wexner Film/Video Theater, 1871 N High St Humanities Institute huminst@osu.edu America/New_York public

The Cave of Light:

A Dark Symposium

Monday, April 1, 2013 - 4:00pm

Wexner Film/Video Theater, 1871 N High St

Josiah McElheny works with glass and light, shown in a museum of glass made by Peter Eisenman.

Paul Scheerbart wrote a story about a cave of light that McElheny translated.

Miguel de Cervantes wrote a story about a man made out of glass.

Scheerbart wrote a short book about Cervantes.

Jacques Derrida criticized Eisenman's glass house by quoting an essay by Walter Benjamin where he quotes Scheerbart.

In an extraordinary séance, they all come together to sort it all out.

Reception Following cave of light

Sponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Humanities Institute

http://www.wexarts.org

http://huminst.osu.edu