The Object in Focus: Visual Cultures in an Interdisciplinary Frame II
11th Apr 2016 10:00am-5:00pm
11 April 2016
The object in Focus: Visual Cultures in an Interdisciplinary FramE II
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A Doctoral Training Symposium, Supported by the TECHNE AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, organized by Zena Kamash & Ruth Livesey
The Picture Gallery, Founder’s Building, Royal Holloway, University of London. Egham TW20 0EX
Programme:
10.15 Coffee and Welcome in the Picture Gallery
10.40: Introduction Ruth Livesey & Zena Kamash
10:45
Panel I Image / Text / Politics / Caricature (Chair: Zena Kamash)
Ian Haywood (Roehampton): Caricature, Politics, and Romantic Visual Cultures
Respondents: Anna Glendenning (Roehampton)
Kevin Biderman (Royal College of Art)
11.45: Breakout discussion: the politics of visual culture; reading word/image within and without history; technologies of print; visual literacy and (mass) consumption; caricature and violence; on seeing and not being seen.
12.15: Plenary soundings
12.30: Introduction of a selection of rare books with an archival handling guide.
12.45-1.45: Lunch; opportunity to study the Holloway Picture Collection and to handle rare books.
1:45:
Panel II The Book as Object (Chair: Ruth Livesey)
Susan Johanknecht (UAL) & Katharine Meynell:
The Poetry of Unknown Words
Respondents: Redell Olsen (RHUL)
Jennie Cole (RHUL)
2.45: Breakout discussion: visualizing politics; reshaping the canon; the haptics of the book; book/art/bookwork; creative criticism; cutting up the archive.
3.15 Plenary soundings
3.30 Tea
4.00 Closing Panel: on finding a place to call home and spaces for published work as an interdisciplinary scholar.
4.30 Wine – questionnaires – shaping future TECHNE events.
20 free places for research students with 12 places reserved for TECHNE AHRC funded students and associates in the first instance. Please register with Lisa Dacunha via Lisa.Dacunha@rhul.ac.uk by April 4th.
Enquires to Ruth Livesey via ruth.livesey@rhul.ac.uk