Appel de conférences pour le colloque interdisciplinaire « Empty Boxes? Modeling the Lost and Ephemeral in Premodern Sacred Spaces », Rome, 29-30 mai 2025.

« Premodern sacred space was never in stasis. It was moving, active, and filled with materials, objects, sounds, and people that combined to create an atmosphere of the sacred and, sometimes, the miraculous. As space in flux by definition, the sedimented temporality of devotion – ie. the fundamental composition of the space over time – poses many difficulties for historical modeling, conservation, and restoration practices, against the backdrop of the dramatic changes that spaces, installations, and practices have undergone over the centuries.

More durable evidence has won out in the history and historiography of spatial reconstruction. But what of perishable materials, objects, and architectural installations, as well as musical and sonic manifestations? How do we responsibly approach recreating such ephemeral features that once graced these interiors, enlivening the volumes of often-vacant digital models? »

Date limite de soumission : 15 juin 2024.

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