The Nachtigall Convolute: Metempsychotic Figuration and the Matter of Lost Objects

Description

At this lecture and performance, Princeton University’s D. Graham Burnett and artist Sal Randolph, both members of the research consortium The Esthetical Society for Transcendental and Applied Realization, will explore the group of archival documents known as the Nachtigall Convolute. They will sift through the compelling sources that have emerged from this uncertain archive, which is thought to reflect the activities of scholars, artists, and intellectuals based in Istanbul in the early 1940s.

This program is presented in conjunction with the Harvard Art Museums’ forthcoming special exhibition From the Philosophy Chamber: Harvard’s Lost Collection, 1766–1820.