Announcement: 04.–06.02.2026 Conference »Figurations of Force in the Avant-Gardes between 1900 and 1940«

30 January 2026

The emphatic evocation of ›forces‹ can be regarded as one of the defining features of avant-garde movements—both within and beyond Europe—between 1900 and 1940. Bringing together case studies from a range of disciplines, this conference seeks to explore the diverse artistic strategies and forms through which notions of force were articulated in art and literature. Focusing on aesthetic figurations of force provides an opportunity to re-examine avant-garde conceptions of force beyond their explicit programmatic invocation and to shed light on previously unobserved historical and systematic interferences and transitional phenomena that cross linguistic, geographical, and disciplinary boundaries.

Conference »Figurations of Force in the Avant-Gardes between 1900 and 1940«

Conception: Caroline Adler, Adrian Renner, Julia Soytek

Date: February 4–6, 2026
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, room 1021, 20354 Hamburg

Please register to participate via email to imaginarien.der.kraft"AT"uni-hamburg.de.

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