[spectre] Art Image Politics Conference University of Southampton UK March 10, Booking Essential, All welcome

[Helen Sloan]

Apologies for cross posting

Art Image Politics

One Day Symposium, University of Southampton
Building 58, Murray Lecture Theatre and John Hansard Gallery

10 March 2012 / 9.30am – 6.30pm Booking Essential / Tickets: £10 (includes
refreshments, light buffet and evening gallery reception)

To book: call 023 8059 2158 or email info at hansardgallery.org.uk
Limited student bursary places are available – for details contact Ronda
Gowland Pryde at rjg3 at soton.ac.uk

Convened by John Hansard Gallery with SCAN (digital and interdisciplinary
arts agency) as part of  the extended programme for the exhibition David
Cotterrell: Monsters of the Id
http://www.hansardgallery.org.uk/exhibition/future.html
11  Feb – 31 March, 2012
   
Nation States, world power, economic models, the role of the  citizen have
all been in a state of change and flux over the last ten years.
Historically art has been a good reflection of change and in some cases has
led  the way in reworking policy. There is a resurgence of art work around
new political  agendas that either reflects directly current world themes or
employs  predominant new technologies or other materials and concepts
inventively to  make more subtle comment. While, since its inception, the
photographic image  has been questioned for its ‘truth’, it is now accepted
that images are routinely manipulated and mediated in order to convey a
message or context.  This one day symposium will address the ways that
artists in  21st Century are using new technologies, reflecting new
political  agendas, and are constructing imagery or concepts to represent
the current  world situation. Papers will explore issues surrounding  the
following themes: Image Manipulation  and Politics – How much has the
ubiquity of image manipulation changed  views on current affairs and their
authenticity? How have artists responded to  this? Hacking, art and the
political agenda – Artists have in the post WWII decades manipulated
software and hardware to convey ideas and concepts. How are they responding
now? How are they dealing with the standardisation of proprietary software
and  hardware? Is the current trend in content and platform separation
appropriate  for artists? New display  technologies, art and politics –
After decades of working within the  constraints of the screen or
photographic image, artists are beginning to look  at new forms of display.
How have artists used new display devices as a  conceptual tool? Which
artists alongside David Cotterrell are using new  displays to convey
meaning? New Politics and  Artist Responses – Artists are beginning to
emerge that embody strong  political ideas in their work. How are they
responding across a range of media?  How is this different from previous
work that has a strong political agenda?
      
Speakers: 
Roger Kneebone Professor of Surgical Education at Imperial  College London

Gunther Kress Professor of Semiotics and Education at the  Institute of
Education, University of London

David Cotterrell Artist, Monsters of the Id

Michaela Crimmin Course Tutor, Art in the Public Domain,
Curating Contemporary Art Programme, Royal College of Art and Co-Director,
Culture and Conflict

Carina Brand,  Centre for Art, Design, Research and  Experimentation,
University of Wolverhampton

Mafala Dâmaso Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths,  University of
London

Ian Kirkpatrick Southampton-based artist and researcher

Helen Sloan Director, SCAN

Neja Tomšič Researcher / curator at MoTA – Museum of Transitory Art,
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Georgina Williams Winchester School of Art, University of  Southampton

Matthew Cornford Artist, Cornford & Cross and Professor  of Fine Art,
University of Brighton

Hydar Dewachi Photographer, artist and engineer

Ian Gwilt Professor of Design and Visual Communication,  Sheffield Hallam
University and Digital Artist