Private Life
University of Edinburgh, 10 June 2019
Private Life is a one-day international symposium examining artistic explorations of the questions raised by the idea of ‘private life', with a keynote by Dr Josephine Berry (Goldsmiths). Tickets are free, and can be booked via the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/private-life-tickets-61698914113
Schedule
9:45 Welcome
10:00-10:45 Keynote: Dr Josephine Berry (Goldsmiths), ‘How is the Personal Political in Art Today?’
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 SESSION 1: THE USE VALUE OF THE INTIMATE
11:00-11:20 Maria Gil Ulldemolins (Hasselt University, Belgium), ‘The mouse behind the radiator: the private autotheory of artists’
11:20-11:40 Emma Balkind (ECA, Edinburgh), ‘Alone together? Coindividuality and the commons’
11:40-12:00 Clara Zarza (IE University, Spain), ‘Intimacy and secrecy in installation art’
12:00-12:30 Questions
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 SESSION 2: IN THE MARGINS OF THE WORK
1:30-1:50 Imogen Hart (Berkeley, USA), ‘The house museum’
1:50-2:10 Kelly Lloyd (Royal Academy of Arts, London), ‘The private working lives of contemporary artists’
2:10-2:30 Ian Rothwell (ECA, Edinburgh), ‘Private life and some recent painting’
2:30-3:00 Questions
3:00-3:30 Coffee
3:30-5:00 SESSION 3: QUEER DOMESTICITIES
3:30-3:50 Jakub Jan Ceglarz (Birmingham City University), ‘Queer nooks’
3:50-4:10 Sheilah ReStack (Denison, USA), ‘feral domesticity’, plus screening
4:10-4:30 Questions
4:30-5:00 Roundtable and discussion
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