Text, stain, frame: the transversal in the arts | Lecture by Cristina Susigan

Text, stain, frame: the transversal in the arts

Lecture by Cristina Susigan

12^th December 2025 | 12:30 P.M. | Auditorium ESAP/online

The coexistence of words and images—whether moving or still, in various media—is not a recent phenomenon. However, working with the coexistence of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in the arts within academia continues to be a barrier. The notion of ekphrasis, the practice of visually recreating a work of art, from Antiquity with Homer’s “The Shield of Achilles,” Keats’ “The Greek Urn,” through Wallace Stevens and his description of “The Naked Jar,” to Tracy Chevalier’s contemporary novel “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” there are many examples. This conference will attempt to provide an illuminating overview of this enchanted crossover.

This reflection forms part of the annual PVA Talks event and is promoted in the scope of TOOLBOX cycle by the Commonplace Research Line (CEAA-ESAP). Through it, we aim to consider the methodological tools employed in research cultures across different fields of knowledge, exploring the intersections and overlaps in the creation of a common ground.

CRISTINA SUSIGAN holds a PhD in Education, Art, and Cultural History from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, with a thesis developed in the field of contemporary art and women. She also holds a master’s degree in American Studies, with an emphasis on the study of ekphrasis. She teaches art criticism, visual perception, and art history at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, Brazil. She has taught visual studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal, and has collaborated with several Portuguese institutions, including RTP-Porto, as a screenwriter and researcher. Her research focuses on appropriation in the arts, art history, theory, and criticism, and feminist historiography in art history. Specialist in the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. Researcher at the CEEA Arts and Critical Studies Group, ESAP, Porto.

This event is supported by national funds through FCT –Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., project UID/04041/2025 — Arnaldo Araújo Research Center