1st Mar 2013 10:30am-5:30pm
V&A, Cromwell Road, London, SW7.
Dr Catherine Moriarty, Curatorial Director of the University of Brighton Design Archives will speak at this conference being held at the V&A.
Join artists, designers and academics as they explore themes relating to the collection, creation and context of posters.
Discover how historic poster collections are re-presented and re-displayed for a contemporary audience. Find out how today’s designers vary in their approaches to creating, making and communicating and explore the relationship between advertising, commerce and contemporary provocations in the context of urban spaces.
New poster work curated by students, staff and alumni of the Royal College of Art will be shown in the V&A’s Sackler Centre on the Friday evening.
Reduced attendance fee for students. Booking information or call 0207 942 2211.
Programme
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.30 Welcome, Matilda Pye V&A
Introduction, Catherine Flood, Margaret Timmers, V&A
10.45 Re-presenting Poster Collections
Contexts of re-display: exhibitions, annuals and apps
Catherine Moriarty, Curatorial Director, University of Brighton Design Archives
Curator’s cut: representing British posters, London – Copenhagen 1931/32
Line Hjorth Christensen, University of Copenhagen
Study Collections and graphic design education
Paul Rennie, Central St Martins
Audience Discussion
12.15 Contemporary Uses of Historic Poster Collections
Nicky Balfour Penney, Shell Art Collection
Claire Smith, British Film Institute Poster Collection
Richard Slocombe, Imperial War Museum Chair: Cathy Ross, Director, Collections and Learning, Museum of London
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Creating, Communicating
Stop the War Coalition Posters
David Gentleman, Artist and Designer
Karsten Schmidt, computational designer, founder of PostSpectacular in conversation with Louise Shannon
Audience Discussion
15.00 Refreshments
15.20 Environments, Economics, Information
Advertising in Urban Spaces: the relationship between visuality, space and commercial practice
Dr Anne Cronin, Lancaster University
Mapping and Money: posters, economics and public information
Scott Anthony, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge
Billion Dollar-o-Gram
David McCandless, Designer
Brandalism: a billboard subvertising Campaign
Leah Borromeo
Audience Discussion
Chair: Teal Triggs, RCA
17.30 Close
Programme subject to change without warning.
Events curated by students, staff and alumni of the Royal College of Art will be taking place across the Museum on Friday evening
