North Lands Creative Glass
2007 CONFERENCE: 'Expression of Self'
SATURDAY/SUNDAY
1/2 September
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SATURDAY
9.30 Opening Remarks
9.45 Keynote Presentation: 'Memory and Self'
In his presentation Dr Martin Conway will discuss the role of memory in constructing the self and identity, and how memory changes across a lifespan, thus changing ones perception of self and self-awareness.
Dr. Conway is Director of the Institute of Psychological Science at the University of Leeds and leader of the Leeds Memory Group. In 2004 Dr. Conway was awarded a UK Economic and Social Research Council Professorial Research Fellowship for 3 years for research on memory, self, culture and the brain leading towards an understanding of autobiographical memory.
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10.45 Morning Coffee
11.15 'Balnakiel'
Shona Illingworth will discuss ideas behind her current project, Balnakiel, which is informed by her collaboration with Professor Martin Conway. Working in Balnakiel, a small, isolated community on the north coast of Scotland, the differing perceptions and memories of the inhabitants have been recorded using an experimental drawing process, video, film and sound(The Balnakiel Project has been supported by a SciArt award from the Wellcome Trust). This documentation has then informed experiments using spatio-acoustic sound systems and moving images to create plans for a time-based art installation.
Shona Illingworth is known for her commanding video and sound installations exploring the experience of memory and the formation of identity in situations of social tension. She has shown her work extensively in Europe, Canada and the UK and has received a number of high profile awards including commissions for Channel 4 Television, the Hayward Gallery, London, and the Welcome Trust.
12.00 'Appropriating Identity'
The experience of migrating to the United States from Mexico forced Einar and Jamex de la Torre to consider their identity and the path their art and it's content would take. Now residing on both sides of the divide that is the US/Mexico border, they draw from both of these hugely different and often contradictory cultures. Through migration, issues of identity become more complex and, although the potential for alienation is there, there is even greater potential for reinvention. In their most recent work the de la Torre brothers incorporate pre-Columbian imagery from meso-America in a contemporary context, referencing ancient culture in a 'post' and 'neo-colonialist' world, where everything is up for revision and re-interpretation.
1.00 Lunch
2.00 'Cradle to the Grave'
Judith Schaechter will deliver a rousing talk on the subject of creativity and her own experiences with it. This artist's presentation will include a survey of early childhood to the present, including influences and possibly humorous asides. Schaechter will focus on her keen interest in the creative process-something that has never really gone smoothly for her. As a result she has divided the 'cradle to grave' journey of an artwork into eight separate (but hardly discreet) stages. There will also be particular emphasis on the ethereal notion of inspiration and ideas-what are they and are they of any use to the artist?
3.00 'Body and Movement'
In his presentation Ashley Page OBE will explore the dynamic relationship between choreographer and artist. He will discuss how the development of choreographic ideas is informed by not only the malleability of the artists' bodies within time and space, but also their cognitive response to the stimulation of the choreography, music and design, all of which inform the creative process.
Ashley Page has been the Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet since 2002. His first choreographic work was A Broken Set of Rules in 1984 whilst a Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet. As a choreographer, Page is known for his collaborations with significant contemporary composers and visual artists in pursuit of the philosophical ideal of the gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art).
4.00 Tea and visit to Dunbeath Castle Gardens
Inspired by current owners Tertius and Claire Murray Thriepland, the castle gardens, 'the hidden gem of Caithness', are a remarkable restoration and update of the traditional Scottish walled garden and a living, and constantly evolving work of art.
7.30 Conference Party
SUNDAY
9.30 'Ourselves in the Landscape, the Landscape in Ourselves'
Emma Woffenden moves between abstract form and the real forms of the material world to describe internal human realities. She feels connected to a surrealist tradition and her work can be constructed gestural figures or kinetic minimal installations void of visible human presence. She will discuss how this polarisation keeps her practice lively and repeatedly exploring common ground.
10.30 Morning Coffee and Demonstration in the Hot Shop by Gareth Noel Williams
Known primarily for his blown glass and mixed media figurative sculpture, over the last two years Williams began to incorporate engraving into his repertoire and in 2006 was honoured with the Kurt Merker GmbH Engraved Glass Award at the Coburg Glaspries.
11.45 'Sea Change'
Bruno Romanelli is recognized for working almost exclusively with the figure, but in 2006 his work took a new direction that represents something of a sea change, both in form and content, and methodology. In his presentation Romanelli will look back at the figurative work of the last fifteen years and discuss some of the reasons for making such a radical change, as well as presenting a selection of the new work produced over the past 12 months.
Bruno Romanelli discovered glass whilst at Staffordshire Polytechnic in the late 80's, and subsequently went on to study at the RCA from where he graduated in 1995. Since then he has lived and worked in London where he currently maintains his own workshop. He exhibits his work internationally and it is held in a number of prestigious museum collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Glasmuseum Ernsting Siftung, Germany, and The Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada.
12.30 Lunch
2.15 'Reflections on Life and Art'
Clifford Rainey fabricated his first work in glass whilst a sculpture student at the Waltham Forest School of Art in 1969. Over the succeeding years he has passionately pursued his sculptural ideas using cast glass as his primary medium and the figure as his conceptual centre. Rainey's presentation will focus on a 30-year retrospective of work interwoven with images of things that have influenced their creation.
3.15 Take Another Look
Led by Peter Aldridge, North Lands' CEO, a selection of presenters will revisit issues and topics raised during the weekend. Time will be allowed for the audience to ask questions and Aldridge will also formulate questions based on audience reaction and issues raised.
4.00 Closing Remarks
Enquiries
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Caithness, KW3 6BN
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