The SemioLab's Media Semiotics Research Group of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki announces the second in a row seminar, under the title ''Breaking the 4th wall across media''. The seminar will be online on Wednesday 3rd of May, 2023, from 17.00 to 21.00 (Greek time zone).
Although the notion of Breaking the fourth wall was initially a narrative and dramaturgic element in the theatrical field, it has gradually applied to several media, including television, cinema, and video games. This online seminar seeks to reconsider, reassess and (un) break the fourth wall as a key feature implemented, saturated, and re-established in several media.
This seminar will provide a formative environment encouraging open discussion about the diachronic framework of the fourth wall and its extensions.
In order to join this seminar connect to the Zoom virtual room by clicking the link below:
On-line seminar's program:
17:00 Introduction
Loukia Kostopoulou (Laboratory Teaching Staff, School of French Language and Literature,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
17:10-17:50 Escaping spectatorial criticism
Paschalidis Grigoris (Prof. School of Journalism and Mass Communication Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
17:50-18:30 Breaking the Fourth Wall in Transmedial Narratives
Barbara Jonathan (Senior lect. Game Design, Creative Computing, and Databases, Saint Martin's Institute of Higher Education)
18:30-18:40 Break
18:40-19:20 Another Brick in the fourth wall-Cinematic Strategies in music production
Martinelli Dario (Prof. History and Theory of Arts, Kaunas University of Technology)
19:20-20:00 Passages through fictional, non-fictional, and in-between worlds in digital games - Rethinking the fourth wall
Katsaridou Maria-Ilia (Adjunct lect. Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University, visiting prof. AUTH)
20:00-20:40 How cultures crack and reshape the fourth wall through practices of re-enunciation. Some examples among performance, performing arts, and youth countercultures
Montanari Federico (Prof. Communication and Economics, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information regarding the seminar. Looking forward to a highly engaging seminar and interesting discussions.
The coordinator of the Media Semiotics Research Group
Loukia Kostopoulou
The organizing committee
Iokasti Foundouka
Eleni Lazaridou