B-MAGIC search menu search content B-MAGIC The Magic Lantern and its Cultural Impact as a Visual Mass Medium in Belgium SciFair en B-magic op Dag van de Wetenschap Herbeleef de kermis van honderd jaar geleden met Cinema SciFair en de toverlantaarn Date 24 nov Scientists, teachers, politicians, pries…

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-Magic in Space Mapping of Lantern Infrastructure and its Socio-technological Context PhD: BUELENS-TERRYN Margo (UA) | Supervisor: VANDAMME Ilja (UA) | Co-supervisors: VANHOUTTE Kurt (UA) & JONGEPIER Iason (UA) The magic lantern was part of the modernizing landsca…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Magic Lantern Experience: Mapping Cultural Exchanges between Slide-producing Countries and Belgium Postdoc: WYNANTS Nele (ULB) | Supervisor: VANHAESEBROUCK Karel (ULB) Cultural exchange between European cities in the 18th and 19th centuries contributed greatly …

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic Final Conference 4-7 May 2022 ‘The Magic Lantern in Leisure, Entertainment and Popular Culture’ Watch the Conference Video Recordings here Panels, Lectures, B-magic Carrousel, Future Projects, and Artistic Programme B-magic Final Conference, 5-7 May 202…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Magic Lantern in Popular Entertainment Postdoc: JONCKHEERE Evelien (UA) | Supervisor: VANHOUTTE Kurt (UA) Alongside theatre venues and lecture halls, magic lantern projections were also often integrated into spectacular attractions at different kinds of popular cul…

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic Carrousel and Future Projects recordings Research from within B-magic and new related projects B-magic Carrousel All B-magic members present their research: 00:00 Research Centre for Visual Poetics: University of Antwerp (Faculty of Arts, Literature Departm…

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic PhD-seminar (23/01/2019) The next B-magic PhD-seminar will take place at the University of Leuven, 23 January 2019, 14-16h30. Location: Monseigneur Sencie Instituut (MSI), room 01.23, Erasmusplein 2, 3000 Leuven Program: Introduction to the B-magic SharePoi…

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic research event (20/02/2019) The second B-magic research event will take place on 20 February at KADOC, Leuven. This research event will explore the role of the magic lantern and other visual aids in education. Our guest and speaker is Prof. dr. Jens Ruchatz…

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic PhD-seminar (14/12/2018) The next B-magic PhD-seminar will take place at the University Library in Ghent, 14 december 2018, 14-16h. Location: Sint-Hubertusstraat 8 (be on time at the entrance, the venue is the old HIKO-library by Henri Van de Velde, accessi…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Uses of the Magic Lantern in Scenography Postdoc: ENGELEN Leen (UA) | Supervisor: VANHOUTTE Kurt (UA) | Co-supervisor: WILS Kaat (KU Leuven) As a technology and art form, magic lantern projections played a role in various artistic disciplines and contexts: oper…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Magic Lantern in Belgian Public Lectures and Popular Performances WP2 'Magic Lantern in Belgian Public Lectures and Popular Performances' will focus on public lectures and performances and their locations. PhD 2 will use GIS (geographic information system) technolo…

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic symposium: The Travelling Lantern (25/5/2018) DATE: 18 MAY 2018, 09:30-18:30 (+ evening programme screening film Saving Brinton at 20:30 at Cinema Zuid) VENUE: M HKA, museum of contemporary art Antwerp (auditorium), Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerp Check the entire…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Magic Lantern in Leisure, Entertainment and Popular Culture Edited by Kurt Vanhoutte and Leen Engelen Scheduled for 2023 Also in Open Access Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and can not …

B-MAGIC search menu search content Postdoc 8: The Magic Lantern in "the other Low Country" Postdoc: DE ZWAAN Klaas (UU) | Supervisor: KESSLER Frank (UU) This subproject carried out by the external Dutch partner adds an important dimension to B-magic by providing material for a comparison with the Ne…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Magic Lanterns. Between Reality and the Imaginary. (13/11/2018) A Workshop on the Iconography of Magic Lantern Slides. DATE: 13 NOVEMBER, 2018, 09:00-19:00 VENUE: Mundaneum, Mons, 76 rue de Nimy - 7000 Mons - Belgium Entrance is free but please register your attend…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Miss Castro and the Métempsycose (4/9/2018) - B-magic The magic lantern in Australia and the world on september 4-6 2018: Evelien Jonckheere (B-magic post-doc) will present her paper ‘Miss Castro and the Métempsycose’ (abstract) during this international conf…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Magic Lantern, the Catholic Church and the Good Citizen Postdoc: LENK Sabine (UA/ULB) | Supervisor: VANHOUTTE Kurt (UA) There is a long tradition of Catholic clergy exploiting the impressive effect of the lantern in dramatic, even terrorizing performances. AbbÃ…

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B-MAGIC search menu search content Events SciFair en B-magic op Dag van de Wetenschap Herbeleef de kermis van honderd jaar geleden met Cinema SciFair en de toverlantaarn Date 24 nov Take a look at our most recent newsletter and stay up-to-date! Latest newsletter Browse through B-magic's past events …

B-MAGIC search menu search content CEAH - Heverlee Cultureel Erfgoed Annuntiaten Heverlee gathers archival material and heritage documents related to the activities in education, missionary work and pastoral work conducted by the Zusters Annuntiaten congregation. It comprises material from the ‘In…

B-MAGIC search menu search content LICHTSPOREN Tour at House of Mysteries in Ghent with installations, demonstrations and unique collections (10-14/11/2021) Scientists and illusionists organise an event together during Lichtfestival Gent “Light festivals have existed for centuries, spreading scien…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Collections Belgian Collections magic lantern / projection lantern / optical lantern / glass plates / diapositives Within the B-magic project, numerous collections with glass slides and magic lanterns have been consulted at archives, museums, schools and research i…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Mundaneum - Mons The Mundaneum – one of Wallonia’s major archives centres and exhibition spaces, has been collecting glass plates since 1905, when it was run by its founder, Belgian cosmopolitan Paul Otlet. Otlet, one of the founders of modern information scien…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Publications Find out more about our researchers' publications here: Publication list Take a look at current calls here: Call for papers Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and can not be switc…

B-MAGIC search menu search content MAS - Antwerp The MAS collection is rich in colourful glass plates, toy lanterns and two professional lanterns, originating from different donators. The majority of the lantern slides are commercial products from German, English and French producers such as Plank, …