Visual Contagions (2021–2026) has now been completed. Its legacy lives on within the CATARACTS project, where many of its questions, methods, and datasets continue to be developed.
For current research activities, visit:
https://www.unige.ch/cataracts
For an overview of our major achievements and resources, please continue exploring this website.
Color in Motion.
Transfers, Transformations, Translations
Final Conference of the Visual Contagions Project (SNSF 2021–2025)
8-10 December 2025, University of Geneva & Musée d'Art et d'Histoire.
Artl@s Bulletin: Related issues
The Artl@s Bulletin is a blind peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary journal devoted to spatial and transnational questions in the history of the arts, published by Artl@s in partnership with Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services.
* The Same, But Not the Same: Understanding How Images Cross Boundaries and Endure. Volume 14, Issue 1 (2025). https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/artlas/vol14/iss1/
* Style Revisited. Volume 13, Issue 2 (2024). https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/artlas/vol13/iss2/
* Europe and its Images. Volume 12, Issue 1 (2023). https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/artlas/vol12/iss1/
Comment parler d'images qu'on n'a jamais vues ?
Les sciences humaines face au déluge des images.
Leçon d'ouverture du Printemps à l'UNIGE, 2022
Archive de la conférence de Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Professeure à la Faculté des lettres, Chaire des humanités numériques. Université de Genève (22 février 2022)
Beyond Visual Contagions: Introducing
A new interdisciplinary project at the crossroads of art history, visual studies, history, architecture, law, computer science, media studies, psychiatry, and medical history.
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See the project's research outputs on the SNFS website
https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/192821