“This special issue of the Journal of Visual Culture is a remarkable and much needed addition to the critical analysis and development of translation as a metaphor for creative acts and products. […] I can wholeheartedly recommend ‘Acts of Translation’ to anybody interested in the critical engagement with cultures, whether historical or contemporary, visual or … Continue reading
Forms, Histories, Identities Dept of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading, UK 24th – 25th September 2011 Image: Gayle Chong Kwan, from the photographic series, Senscape Scotland (2009) The aim of this conference is to examine diverse contestations and constructions of ‘British Chinese’ culture/’Chinese culture in Britain’ by facilitating dialogue among academics and practitioners … Continue reading
… in a new newspaper. ANIMALS – CATS TODAY 17.7.79 SIAMESE KITTEN declared an illegal immigrant when after being put in the wrong aircraft at Toronto, she arrived at Birmingham Airport. BIRMINGHAM – HANDSWORTH TODAY 13.7.81 RIOTS. CONT. g/v’s broken shop windows and interiors of looted shops. g/v’s policing in Handsworth streets. Interview with black … Continue reading
Ghosts The second issue of Paperweight is out! Ghosts attempts to grapple with the elusive ghosts of visual and material culture. With a distinctly archival flavour, our contributors have attempted to deal with that which isn’t quite there; or that which once was and has now evaporated; or that which we thought never existed but … Continue reading
2 April – 29 May 2011 Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm Beaconsfield, 22 Newport Street, London SE11 6AY Preview: Friday 1 April, from 6pm Franko B, David Birkin, Ansuman Biswas, John Burgess, Matthew Burrows, Tony Carter, Tamsyn Challenger, Jules Clarke, Ben Cockett, Susan Collis, Michael Corkrey, Keith Coventry, A. David Crawforth, Mikey Cuddihy, Shane Cullen, Michael … Continue reading
susan pui san lok in conversation with Chris Darke Tues 26 Oct / 8pm / Stratford Picturehouse Last event in a series of talks presented by Film and Video Umbrella, in which artists known for innovations with the moving image showcase new and recent work and discuss their practice. ‘Making the Cut‘ is part of … Continue reading
Artists’ Talks Film and Video Umbrella presents a series of talks in which artists, known for their innovations with the moving images, showcase new work and discuss their practice. These presentations focus on artists who have made their mark over the last few years, while speculating also on the future of this kind of experimental … Continue reading
In 2008, Journal of Visual Culture inaugurated a new Events section, with a multi-authored critical dissection of Documenta 12 (vol.7, no.2). The move is a response to a shift over the past few decades, which has seen the exhibition and/as event encroaching on the territory once steadfastly occupied by the academy and its related publications, … Continue reading
Private View: 8 June 2010, 6:30-8:30pm Dates: 9 June – 5 September 2010 Location: The Gallery, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1 2UW Martin John Callanan Corby & Baily Eunju Han Eduardo Kac susan pui san lok Ruth Maclennan and Uriel Orlow Thomson & Craighead Curated by Marquard Smith Continue reading
Dates: 27 May – 29 May 2010 Host: Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster, London Location: University of Westminster, London Booking: Visual Culture Studies Conference Booking Form Confirmed contributors: Glenn Adamson (RCA/V&A); Dipti Bhagat (London Met, tbc); Lisa Cartwright (UC, San Diego); Sarah Chaplin (Greenwich); Will Cobbing (Wimbledon College of Art); David … Continue reading
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