Shaping the Perception of Reality: An Interview with Nele Wynants and Kurt Vanhoutte
Shaping the Perception of Reality: An Interview with Nele Wynants and Kurt Vanhoutte

Summary/Abstract: Nele Wynants is an art and theatre scholar at the University of Antwerp. Her research focuses on the interactions among performance, media and science and their overlapping histories. She received an ERC Starting Grant for the project ‘Science at the Fair: Performing Knowledge and Technology in Western Europe, 1850-1914’ (www.scifair.eu). As editor in chief of FORUM+ for research and arts, she is also involved in contemporary practice-based research and research in the arts. Kurt Vanhoutte is an expert in theatre and performance studies with a strong background in literature, based at the University of Antwerp. He coordinates a Master’s program in Theatre and Film Studies. His research focuses on the performance of science and knowledge in the nineteenth century, adopting a media-archaeological approach to rediscover forgotten or extinct technologies and the dreams that continue to shape public perception and cultural narratives today. Kornélia Deres is Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University. Her current research project focuses on nineteenth-century performative knowledge transfer and scientific spectacles in Central and Eastern Europe. She is author of two books, and published articles at Theatre Research International, New Theatre Quarterly, Art East Central, Multicultural Shakespeare, Global Performance Studies, and Theatralia. She is also a poet and writer, having published four volumes.

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