Date: 18 May 2025 - 18 May 2025
The desire for compelling stories remains as strong as ever. Films, games, and anime are rich with traces of ancient mythologies and legends. Narratives are also making a resurgence in exhibitions and contemporary art, where symbols and signs are used to convey stories. However, this revival depends on an understanding of ancient mythologies—a knowledge that is gradually fading. In his talk, art historian Harald KRAEMER will speak about the importance of iconography and why the old stories of ethical virtue remain relevant today.
This is an event associated with the exhibition 8 times 8. stories．series．systems in mythology & art. For exhibition details, please click here.
Date: Sunday, 18 May 2025
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Language: English
Speaker
Dr Harald KRAEMER is an art scholar, curator and designer with a focus on Museum Studies and Media in Museums. Through his dissertation ‘Museum Informatics and Digital Collections’ and his engagement in Interactive Hypermedia Applications, he is counted among the founders of the Digital Humanities. Since 2022 he has been at UMAG where he has curated the exhibitions Couplet Pair Rebus. The Principle of Cause and Effect in Art, and 8 times 8. stories series system in mythology and art (2025). Dr KRAEMER is also the author of two volumes based on the exhibitions.
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