Dr. Julia Jansen, Philosophy Department, University College Cork,
will be giving a talk entitled:
“Relational and Participatory Practices: Committed Art or Art for Art’s Sake?”
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Forthcoming session: Thursday 17th September, 6.30 – 8pm.
Casting shadows in mud, myth and memory
Dr. Róisín O’Gorman Drama & Theatre Studies, University College Cork.
This presentation will look at work by William Kentridge, Dorothy Cross, and Ana Mendieta to understand how they provoke awareness of seeing as a relentless activity, constantly shaped by the (often) invisible forces of technology, history and affect. In examples such as Kentridge’s Black Box (2005), Cross’s Medusae (2003) and Mendieta’s Silueta Series (1970s-80s) they puncture habits of perception as they play with the processes, technologies and mythologies of seeing. Working with the aesthetics and languages of shadows they flip the dominant modes of a culture still caught in the thrall of the Enlightenment and its positivist politics. The camera and the eye often function to elide the failures of perception, offering glossy truths and impenetrable images of perfection. Kentridge, Cross, and Mendieta instead use the failures within seeing to expose the dark fissures in perception and the destructive consequences of that elision.
Dr. Róisín O’Gorman Drama & Theatre Studies, University College Cork.
This presentation will look at work by William Kentridge, Dorothy Cross, and Ana Mendieta to understand how they provoke awareness of seeing as a relentless activity, constantly shaped by the (often) invisible forces of technology, history and affect. In examples such as Kentridge’s Black Box (2005), Cross’s Medusae (2003) and Mendieta’s Silueta Series (1970s-80s) they puncture habits of perception as they play with the processes, technologies and mythologies of seeing. Working with the aesthetics and languages of shadows they flip the dominant modes of a culture still caught in the thrall of the Enlightenment and its positivist politics. The camera and the eye often function to elide the failures of perception, offering glossy truths and impenetrable images of perfection. Kentridge, Cross, and Mendieta instead use the failures within seeing to expose the dark fissures in perception and the destructive consequences of that elision.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday 20th August, 6.30 – 8pm.
Matt Packer (Curator, Lewis Glucksman Gallery)
British Photography in the Thatcher Years
The talk will profile ten photographers that variously sought new modes of documenting the social and cultural fabric of British society, during Margaret Thatcher’s reign as Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1979 and 1990.
British Photography in the Thatcher Years
The talk will profile ten photographers that variously sought new modes of documenting the social and cultural fabric of British society, during Margaret Thatcher’s reign as Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1979 and 1990.
24/7
River Room,Lewis Glucksman Gallery,Thursday 9th July, 3.00 – 4.30pm
24/7 is Eye and Mind’s contribution to The Avant – the 10-day festival of progressive arts that opens in Cork on Saturday night (www.theavant.wordpress.com). For 24/7, 6 speakers will be given 7 minutes to discuss 24 slides on their topic of choice. The format is designed to generate short, energetic talks on art and culture which move fast and provoke debate. Here we welcome artists, curators and art historians to try their hand at such speedy delivery.
Speakers:
Chris Clarke (Curator of Education and Collections, Lewis Glucksman Gallery): ‘Online Aesthetics’
Claire Feeley (Glucksman Fellow in Curatorial Practice): ‘Talk Radio’
Dr. David Brancaleone (Critical and Contextual Studies, Limerick School of Art and Design): ‘Art and Numbers’
Rachel Warriner and Jimmy Cummins (Artists based in Cork): ‘The Life and Times of Nathaniel Turner’
Ciara Moore (Artist based in Dublin): ‘Alexander’s Dark Band’
Dr. Ed Krčma (History of Art, UCC): ‘Diagramming Value’
24/7 is Eye and Mind’s contribution to The Avant – the 10-day festival of progressive arts that opens in Cork on Saturday night (www.theavant.wordpress.com). For 24/7, 6 speakers will be given 7 minutes to discuss 24 slides on their topic of choice. The format is designed to generate short, energetic talks on art and culture which move fast and provoke debate. Here we welcome artists, curators and art historians to try their hand at such speedy delivery.
Speakers:
Chris Clarke (Curator of Education and Collections, Lewis Glucksman Gallery): ‘Online Aesthetics’
Claire Feeley (Glucksman Fellow in Curatorial Practice): ‘Talk Radio’
Dr. David Brancaleone (Critical and Contextual Studies, Limerick School of Art and Design): ‘Art and Numbers’
Rachel Warriner and Jimmy Cummins (Artists based in Cork): ‘The Life and Times of Nathaniel Turner’
Ciara Moore (Artist based in Dublin): ‘Alexander’s Dark Band’
Dr. Ed Krčma (History of Art, UCC): ‘Diagramming Value’
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Roundtable on Skill: Thursday 25th June, 6.30 – 8pm.
This roundtable seeks to address a number of issues concerning the controversial subject of skill in art. Some of the questions to be approached will include: what constitutes artistic skill, and how can it be demonstrated? Why have certain types of skills been prioritized and others undermined in the modern period? What logic has driven the move towards ‘de-skilling’? How might we consider the role and value of manual facility in modern and contemporary practice? Does the practice of certain kinds of skill require an abandonment of others – in what ways are different skills mutually exclusive or complementary? To arrive at satisfying answers to any of these questions would of course require a great deal of time. Here, representative voices are brought together from philosophy, art history, curatorial practice and fine art, in the hope of offering some initial responses. Each participant will offer a brief presentation; these will then be discussed between the speakers before being opened to the audience.
Participants:
Prof. Graham Parkes (Head of Philosophy, University College Cork)
Matt Packer (Curator, Lewis Glucksman Gallery)
Dobz O’Brien (Programme Manager, National Sculpture Factory)
Ed Krčma (History of Art, University College Cork)
Participants:
Prof. Graham Parkes (Head of Philosophy, University College Cork)
Matt Packer (Curator, Lewis Glucksman Gallery)
Dobz O’Brien (Programme Manager, National Sculpture Factory)
Ed Krčma (History of Art, University College Cork)
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thursday 21st May, 6.30pm River Room, Glucksman Gallery, Cork
"Synopsis of Redemption and Abjection: On the Literary History of Raphael’s Transfiguration"
Gert Hofmann, Department of German, University College Cork.
Gert Hofmann, Department of German, University College Cork.
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