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Im/Material: Encounters within the Creative Arts Archive

13 and 14 May 2016

Chelsea College of Arts, London, SW1P 4JU

The conference Im/Material: Encounters within the Creative Arts Archive brings together UK and international artists, archivists, curators and academics to consider the role of the archive in the creation, interpretation and preservation of culture.

Over two days, the event offers an exciting programme of talks, discussions, screenings, exhibitions and other immersive events which foreground archives and special collections within the creative arts. 

University of the Art London houses an extraordinary range of archives, special collections and museum collections, that reflect the rich traditions and specialisms of the six constituent colleges.

For more information and booking visit: http://www.arts.ac.uk/immaterial

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

• Professor Charlotte Townsend Gault: Archives Lost, Found, Re-assembled
• Grace Weir: In the darkroom - the making of a document

SPEAKERS AND SESSION LEADERS:

Oriana Baddeley, Stephen Ball, Stephen Bann, Donatella Barbieri, Sophie Berrebi, Fiona Candlin, Pat Christie, Judith Clark, Robin Christian, Elena Crippa, Neil Cummings, Adrian Glew, Alison Green, Amy de la Haye, Jane Holt, Amanda Jenkins, Leila Kassir, Jo Melvin, Gustavo Grandal Montero, Joanne Morra, Charlotte Moth, Jennifer Murray, William Raban, Donald Smith, Carolyn Steedman, Carol Tulloch and Judy Willcocks.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS:

• Archives and Transversal Memories
•  Materialising the Archive: art practice and thought constellations
•  The Multiplicity Within
• Fleeting and Fragmentary : ‘Things fall apart’
• Remembrance of Things Past
• Formality and Informality

 FILM  SCREENINGS, OBJECT HANDLING SESSIONS, EXHIBITIONS

An opportunity to interact with the archives and special collections held and curated by the University of the Arts London.  It will include screenings of films programmed by experimental filmmakers Professor William Raban and Donatella Barbieri, as well as extracts from the British Artists’ Film and Video Collection held at UAL Central Saint Martins. Student curators will lead guided tours of the exhibitions.  UAL collection managers will use a selection of items which can be handled, to demonstrate how an enquiring encounter with archives can facilitate an experiential learning experience.

Presented by University of the Arts London.

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Wendy Short

Public Programme Coordinator | Graduate School

 Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts

University of the Arts London

16 John Islip Street | London | SW1P 4JU

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