The Media for All organizing committee hopes that all participants will take the opportunity to connect and catch up with colleagues from around the world and make the most of their visit to Antwerp.
Film screening
On Wednesday afternoon July 5th, at 4 pm, all participants are invited to the film screening of the documentary "Where Memory Ends" by Pablo Romero Fresco. It will be screened with an alternative Audio Description and is followed by an aftertalk with the director. Check the programme for a synopsis.
Reception
On Wednesday night July 5th, at 6 pm, all participants are invited to attend the conference reception on the UAntwerp campus to kick off the conference. The reception is free and open to all and takes places in the Foyer of building K.
Conference dinner
On Thursday night, July 6th, at 8 pm a conference dinner is organized in the wonderful Art Nouveau room of the Grand Café Horta, for which registration and payment is required.
Sightseeing
The Red Star Line Museum close to the venue, offers free tickets for Media for All participants from July 5th until July 8th. Just mention “Media for All” at the reception desk. On the authentic site of the historic shipping company Red Star Line, the museum tells us the story of European emigration to America, based on personal stories of hope and dreams of the emigrants themselves. The museum invites us to reflect upon migration in the past, present and future, connecting life stories with current social issues.
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A Touch of Art
Museum to Scale 1/7 is a permanent art exhibit at the University of Antwerp, that is located in the conference venue (building R). It consists of about 50 mini museum rooms, designed by as many Belgian artists. This major series was created under the impetus of art collector and dealer Ronny Van de Velde. It offers a stunning overview of the visual arts scene since the 1960s. The OPEN Expertise centre together with Rubi – the Cultural Factory of the University of Antwerp set up a prototype of an inclusive, multisensorial audioguide for some of the artworks of this exhibition. The guide provides audio description and subtitles in Dutch and in English, Flemish Sign Language, soundscapes and for the art work of Arne Quinze there is also a poetic interpretation into Sign Language and spoken Dutch. For the works of Nadia Naveau and Marie-Jo Lafontaine artistically inspired tactile artworks were created as well. The guide was developed as a research project in close collaboration with a diverse team of experts, users, artists and researchers.
We are proud to present you the première of this project, on the ground floor and the first floor of the R-building in the Lange Winkelstraat, freely accessible from 8h to 18h.