Friday 19 June, 2009

End time: 5pm

The second in a two-day series of events exploring the possibilities of contemporary arts writing.

This day highlights the creative potential of performance in the space of knowledge production across the areas of art practice, traditional scholarship, and everyday life. It raises issues about the efficacy of performance as 'convincing' scholarly argument; the ethics and politics of performance presentation; and the relationship of performance to the written text of criticism. Speakers include Oreet Ashery, performance artist, Adrian Heathfield, writer, Kate Love, writer, and Aaron Williamson, performance artist. Organised and chaired by Gavin Butt, Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College .

This two-day event is part of a series of symposia organised by Birmingham City University , Chelsea College of Art and Design, Goldsmiths College and Reading University to develop an Art-Writing Research network. Presentations and papers produced for the symposia will be published by Article Press, Birmingham City University .

Image: Oreet Ashery as 'The Tower' photographed by Manuel Vason for The SPILL Tarot.

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