Welcomes You to Beyond the image – cartoons as sources to history
26-27 March at the Museum of Work, Norrköping
The third conference, Beyond the image - cartoons as sources to history, arranged by the Nordic Network for the Arts of Political Cartoon will illuminate the political cartoons as witnesses of societal changes throughout history.
The cartoonists make their images for an immediate communication with the readers. In order to capture the audience the subject matters have to relate to national as well as global news feeds.
The cartoonists have just a few seconds to capture the reader. Without the accuracy the cartoon has no edge, without the satirical sharpness the audience’s eyes will not be fixed on the image and the moment of connection is gone.
As a result of this close relationship between the cartoonist and the people, cartoons present a clear image of the Zeitgeist of different eras. In the way they are communicating norms and mentalities as well as giving an image of the relationships between the elected and the electors, political cartoons are very accurate witnesses of societal changes.
But there are many aspects to this question. Does the use of stereotypical figures in cartons affect how we interpret different events and persons of different eras? Can the cartoons reflect a true image of norms and mentalities even though stereotypical figures are being used? Or are the symbols used in cartoons changing just the way the society does?
Limited number of seats. Please notice special food requirements when register.
The conference is free. We offer you lunch, coffee and dinner on the evening the 16th.
Accommodation The participants will pay for travel and accommodation. We have special deals with Hotel Princess, Södra Hotellet and Borgs villahotell och B&B.
Room Alva, Museum of work/Arbetets museum
Monday 26th of March
11.00 - 12.00 Registration
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch, Restaurang Laxholmen
13.00 - 13.10 Carina Milde, curator the EWK museum, introduction
13.10 - 13.40 Jyrki Vainio, cartoonist and illustrator, Finland on the topic How long is a cartoon's frame of reference?
13.40 - 14.15 Open discussion
14.15 - 14.45 Coffee
14.45 - 15.15 Artist talk – Carina Milde, curator of EWK museum, Sweden talks to Siri Dokken, cartoonist for Dagsavisen, Norway about the consequence of the use of stereotypical figures in cartoons
15.15 - 15.45 Open discussion
15.45 - 15.50 Short break
15.50 - 16.15 Summary
16.15 - 16.45 Carina Milde presents the exhibition Every joke is a tiny revolution – historic and contemporary Russian satire exhibiting cartoons by the Russian cartoonist Mikhail Zlatkovsky and others
18.30 - 21.00 Dinner, Restaurang Laxholmen
Tuesday 27th of March
09.00 - 09.30 Lena Johannesson, Professor Emerita, Art history and Visual studies and curator of the exhibition The Art of Exaggeration – Caricature in Sweden at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
09.30 - 10.00 Open discussion
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee
10.30 - 10.50 Vigdis Wolden, curator at Avistegnernes Hus, Norway about the upcoming exhibition Propaganda og karikaturer før og under den tyske okkupasjonen
10.50 - 11.15 Open discussion
11.15 - 11.45 Summary by Carina Milde
11.45 - 12.30 The future of the Nordic Network of Political Cartoon – open discussion
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, Restaurang Laxholmen
Carina Milde
Intendent EWK-museet/Pedagog Curator EWK museum/Museum educator
Phone EWK +46-(0)11-23 17 15 Phone Pedagogy +46-(0)11-23 17 04 Mobile +46 -(0)733-57 17 15
