Conference AMU 80: Art and Science: Thinking Outside the Box

Schedule

Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 am to Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Malostranské náměstí 13, 118 00 Prague, Czech Republic | Prague, PR

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The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU) invites you to the international conference Art and Science: Thinking Outside the Box, to be held on 18–20 November 2025 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of AMU’s foundation. The conference will focus on the resonances, tensions, and intersections between the arts, the natural and technical sciences, and the social sciences and humanities. This gathering of artists, scientists, and researchers will not only allow for the comparison of methods and approaches, but above all open up the question of what it means to think – creatively, critically, and rigorously – across boundaries and beyond disciplinary frameworks. Keynote lectures will be delivered by Thomas Ostermeier, Jussi Parikka, and Mayumi Kuno-Mizomura. The conference will be conducted in English. Its grand finale will be the conferral of the honorary doctorate of AMU upon Thomas Ostermeier on 20 November 2025.
Conference Programme
Bohuslav Martinů Hall | HAMU | Liechtenstein Palace | Malostranské náměstí 13 | Prague 1

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟖. 𝟏𝟏.
𝟵:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖/𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬
- Marek Frič (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) – Singing and the Body: Science as a Tool for Understanding
- Daniela Peclová (Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, Brno) – Rethinking Music Education with Low-Latency Technology
- Adléta Hanžlová (Charles University, Prague) – Cultivating Voice Proprioception through Embodied Teaching
𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦
- Petra Zeller Dotlačilová (Basel University) – Historically Informed Costume: Between History, Creativity and Embodied Research
- Laurent Berger (University Paul-Valéry, Montpellier) – Acting in a Chaotic Universe
- Gemma Dardis (Limerick Institute of Technology) – Alchemical Intuition in Scientific Misadventures
𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟱:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗝𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗩 𝗩𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨́ 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗠
The panel will be held in Czech with simultaneous translation into English
- Jan Hyvnar (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) - Jaroslav Vostrý: Comprehensive Theatre Practitioner, Theorist and Founder of Scenology
- Dominika Grygarová (National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness) - The Cognitive Power of Art: Neural Responses to Engagement with Visual Artworks
- Zuzana Sílová (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) - The Liberated Theatre and Artistic Research. Notes on the last monography by Jaroslav Vostrý on the Czech Interwar Avant-Garde
𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟳:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜.
- Antoni Collot (University of Lorraine) – Soft Laboratory: Allostasis, Artistic Research and Epistemological Divergence
- Michael Lazar (University of Haifa) – Art Science and Everything Inbetween: Rethinking Narratives for Successful Collaborations
- Sónia Alves, Soenke Zehle (HBKsaar) – Learning Pathways at the Intersection of Art and Science: Creative Agency and the Cyanotypes Framework
𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 | 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗞𝗔 (𝗔𝗔𝗥𝗛𝗨𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬)
Curating Atmospheres, Practicing with Weathers and Climates
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗. 𝟏𝟏.
𝟵:𝟬𝟬 –𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦: 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 (𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀
𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 –𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 | 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗜𝗘𝗥 (𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗕𝗨̈𝗛𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡)
A Sociological Perspective on Theatre
13:30 – 15:00 | TECH/ART
- Lin Zhu (University of Aveiro) – AI reconstructs the Dancing Body in Screendance
- Nina Wenhardt (University of Art and Design, Linz) – How to Think like a Bot: From Intelligence to Idiocracy? Artistic Counterstrategies in the Age of Algorithmic Flattening
- Hajar Redouani (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir) – Exploring Art-Science Collaboration for Knowledge Production in the 21st century
𝟭𝟱:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟭𝟲:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗨𝗠𝗜 𝗞𝗨𝗡𝗢-𝗠𝗜𝗭𝗨𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗔 (𝗢𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗭𝗨 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬)
Performing Arts and Science from the Perspective of Performance Enhancement and Health Promotion
𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬 - 𝟭𝟴:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗜.
- Thomas Alam (University Lille 2), Nicolas Bué (University d'Artois) – Social Sciences and the Ninth Art. To What Extent Do Comics’ Language and Grammar Enrich and Popularize Academic Research?
- Magda Stanová (Academy of Fine Arts, Prague) – Mind Wandering during Lectures
𝟭𝟴:𝟯𝟬 | 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗦

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎. 𝟏𝟏.
𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟯:𝟬𝟬 | 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬 (𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗿)
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