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From: Douglas Knock <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Facing Death 27-28 Jan '05. A multidisciplinary symposium.
Dear List-Serv Colleagues,
Please find below details of the "Facing Death" symposium.
Kind Regards
Doug Knock
Assistant Librarian / MedHist Editor
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
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facing death
27-28 January, at the National Portrait Gallery.
The fashion for portraying the recently deceased has constantly shifted
between the private and public, and across different epochs and different
cultures.
An audience with Gary Schneider Thursday 19.00 - 20.00.
To premiere the 'Facing Death' Symposium, South African-born portrait
photographer Gary Schneider explores the relationship between science and
art, medical and memorial photography through strikingly beautiful images
of blood, DNA and strands of hair.
Facing Death Symposium Friday 10.00 - 16.45.
This multidisciplinary symposium will bring together some of the most
dynamic voices from the worlds of art history, media, medicine and science
to discuss the past, present and future of the facial representations of
death.
Speakers include: Guy Brown (molecular biologist), Eleanor Crook (wax
sculptor), Sandra Kemp (curator of Future Face exhibition), Ruth Richardson
(author of Death, Dissection and the Destitute), John Stezaker (artist),
and Tony Walter (sociologist).
Tickets: Thursday £6/£3.50 concessions. Friday £20/£15 concessions
(combined ticket offer £25/£18.50 concessions). To book call 020 7611 8246.
For a full programme visit: www.wellcome.ac.uk/facingdeath
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H OHE
A Wellcome Trust event in association with the Royal College of Art and the
National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H OHE
A Wellcome Trust event in association with the Royal College of Art and the
National Portrait Gallery
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