Thursday 28 June 2007, 10 am – 5 pm
Conway Hall
South Place Ethical Society
25 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4RL
Nearest tubes: Holborn, Russell Square
and Chancery Lane
To book tickets:
Ticketweb 08700 600100, http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
or at the Serpentine Gallery Lobby Desk:
020 7402 6075
On the occasion of the Paul Chan exhibition, this conference investigates and questions intersections of cultural practices and current political issues. Exploring the possibilities and failures of relations between the two, this day of interventions, questions and manifestos asks how critical dialogues and active politics can be relevant to artistic practice today.
Speakers include:
Zygmunt Bauman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Leeds University and Professor Emeritus, University of Warsaw
Paul Chan, artist, New York
Melanie Gilligan, artist and writer, London
Massimiliano Gioni, Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Lisa Le Feuvre, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Maritime Museum, Lecturer on the Curatorial Programme at Goldsmiths
Esther Leslie, Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London.
Suhail Malik, writer and Senior Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths
Yates McKee, critic and art historian, New York
Gustav Metzger, artist, London
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery
Milan Rai, co-editor of Peace News and a founder of the anti-war group Justice Not Vengeance
Edgar Schmitz, artist, London
Serpentine Gallery Conference: On the conditions of politics
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2007/02/playful_experimentsdyslexia_an.html
Image Caption: Paul Chan “1st Light” 2005, Digital video projection
Courtesy of The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Copyright 2007 Paul Chan
Courtesy of Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Photograph Copyright 2007 Jean Vong