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Friday, March 15th, 5:30-7pm   more info 2 days before event Free  
Saturday, March 16th, 10am-6pm   more info 2 days before event Free  

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The Department of Film and Media Arts at Temple University, the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and Slought Foundation is pleased to announce Things That Quicken the Heart-- Chris Marker: a Symposium on March 15-16, 2013. 

The symposium will explore the work of the late French filmmaker Chris Marker, who passed away in July 2012 at the age of 91 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most prolific and inventive media artists in the history of cinema. Working continually since the 1940s, Marker directed some of the most important films in the history of world cinema, including La jetée (1962), A Grin without a Cat (1997), Sans Soleil (1982), and multi-media projectsLevel 5 (1996) and Immemory (1998, 2008). 

The symposium will feature a variety of speakers in conversation, including Agnes Varda, Raymond Bellour, Bill Horrigan, Sam Di Iorio, Lynne Sachs, Hito Steyerl, Renée Green, Dominique Blüher, Rick Warner, Christa Blümlinger, and Gertrud Koch.

Symposium Schedule 

March 15th, 2013 
Panel 1: Cats 
Marker Forever
 
Opening Remarks by Nora M. Alter and Timothy Corrigan 
Moderated by Molly Nesbit; Presentations by Raymond Bellour and 
Agnes Varda
5:30-7pm 


Reception to follow 
7-8:30pm 

March 16th, 2013 
Panel 2: Elephants 
An Auteur without an Image: Marker in History
 
Moderated by Jean-Michel Rabaté; Presentations by Dominick Blüher, Sam Di Iorio, and Rick Warner 
10-12pm 

Panel 3: Owls 
Remembrance of Films to Come: Marker and Future Media
 
Moderated by Timothy Corrigan; Presentations by Christa Blümlinger, Gertrud Koch, and Bill Horrigan 
1:30-3:30pm 

Panel 4: Wolves 
The Cinema Rolls On: Filmmakers Under the Influence
 
Moderated by Rea Tajiri; Presentations by Renée Green, Lynne Sachs, Hito Steyerl 
4-6pm 

Where



Slought Foundation
4017 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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The Department of Film and Media Arts at Temple University, the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and Slought Foundation

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Temple University's Department of Film and Media Arts, University of Pennsylvania's Cinema Studies Program, and Slought Foundation. Additional support has been provided by University of Pennsylvania's Department of Fine Arts, Department of French Studies, Department of English, Penn Humanities Forum, and School of Arts and Sciences. We also acknowledge the collaboration of the International House of Philadelphia and Scribe Video Center. 

Jointly organized by Nora M. Alter, Timothy Corrigan, Nicola M. Gentili, Aaron Levy, and Jean-Michel Rabaté.

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