SPECTACLE Podcasts - Episode 4: The afterlife of ephemeral spectacle, an interview with Mark Ledbury

<p>Ephemeral moments of spectacle only lasts one day, but what happens the day after? What does remain in people's feelings and emotions?&nbsp;<br><strong>Mark&nbsp;Ledbury</strong>&nbsp;is Power Professor of Art History and Director of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on the relationships between theatre and visual art, and on the concept of genre in the visual arts. He is the author and editor of books and studies on Francois Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Jacques-Louis David, and his current projects focus on innovation transfer across artistic communities in eighteenth-century France, and on the practice of History painting.&nbsp; He is currently one of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for a new digital critical edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://choixdechansons.cdhr.anu.edu.au/">Jean-Benjamin de Laborde&rsquo;s 1773&nbsp;<em>Choix de Chansons&nbsp;</em></a>&nbsp;. At the University of Sydney Mark teaches and supervises across eighteenth and nineteenth century European art, and As Director of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.powerpublications.com.au/">Power Institute</a> Mark curates programmes and events designed to bring ideas in the visual arts to a wide national and international audience. Before joining the University of Sydney in 2011, Mark worked at the Universities of Portsmouth and Manchester in the UK, and as Associate Director of Research and Academic Programs at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.</p> <p>https://spectacle.elisacazzato.com/radio-ca-foscari-podcast/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>