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Centre for Urban Theory, Swansea University
Co-hosted by the Centre for Urban Theory / Centre for the Study of Culture and Politics / Romance Studies / Taliesin Arts Centre
Patrick Keiller, critically acclaimed director of London and Robinson in Space, will introduce a screening of his new film, Robinson in Ruins, at the Taliesin Arts Centre at Swansea University's Singleton Campus on 18th May, 2011.
On 19th May 2011, Swansea University will host a conference featuring Patrick Keiller, Doreen Massey, Matthew Flintham, and Patrick Wright exploring the theme of landscape and its relationship to economics, politics, aesthetics, memory and conflict.
Tickets to the screening will be made available by Taliesin.
Conference places will be limited – if you wish to attend, please register your interest by emailing: [log in to unmask]
Confirmed conference speakers:
Patrick Keiller, a fellow at the Royal College of Art, is the director of the films London (1994) and Robinson in Space (1997) as well as Robinson in Ruins (2010). He is described by the BFI/Screenonline as ‘One of the most distinctive voices to emerge in British cinema since Peter Greenaway’. An interview with him, about his latest film, can be seen here.
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Matthew Flintham is a researcher at the Royal College of Art where he is investigating militarised space in the United Kingdom, the shifting geographies of military land-use, and the changing roles of architecture and airspace design.
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Doreen Massey FRSA, FBA, AcSS is a world-renowned Geographer and recipient of the Prix Vautrin Lud (or Nobel de Géographie). Emeritus Professor at the Open Univerisity her most recent book is World City (Polity).
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Patrick Wright has been a presenter on BBC Radio 3 and BBC4 television. Currently a research professor at the Institute of Cultural Analysis, Nottingham Trent University, his many publications include On Living in an Old Country (1985), The Village That Died for England (revised edition 2002), Tank: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine (2000) and, most recently, Passport to Peking: a Very British Mission to Mao's China (2010).
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Professor David B. Clarke / Yr Athro David B. Clarke
Department of Geography / Adran Daearyddiaeth
School of the Environment and Society / Ysgol yr Amgylchedd a Chymdeithas
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
Singleton Park / Parc Singleton
Swansea / Abertawe
SA2 8PP
Wales / Cymru
UK / DU
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