Conference: Radical Materialities: Linder and Companion Histories March 2020
Conference: Radical Materialities: Linder and Companion Histories March 2020 https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/linder-conference 13 to 14 March 2020 13 March – Murray Edwards College, Cambridge 14 March – Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge The conference is a free event, but you must book a ticket for each day separately. On the occasion of the exhibition Linderism, a survey of the work of British artist Linder, Kettle’s Yard and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art are hosting a conference that reflects on Linder’s five-decade-long career, and the many contexts in which she has practised. Best known for her photomontages, Linder’s work is central to histories of feminist art and experimental art practice. She has both broken down barriers between art and popular culture, and explored complex and obscured histories. Her work ranges from photomontage, to collage, to photography, to music, performance and sculpture. It defies categorisation in its radical materiality. Day 1: Conference Programme Friday 13 March 2020 – Murray Edwards College, Cambridge 10.00–10.30: Registration 10.30–10.45: Welcome by Andrew Nairne and Amy Tobin (Kettle’s Yard) 10.45–11.45: Dawn Ades (University of Essex) and Linder in conversation 11.45–12.15: Coffee 12.15–13.30: Session 1 – Chair: James Boaden (University of York) 12.15–12.35: Yuval Etgar (Luxembourg & Dayan, London & University of Oxford), Under Covers: Feminist Strategies in Artists’ Magazines of the late 1970s in Britain and the USA 12.35–12.55: Maria Elena Buszek (University of Colorado Denver), “Danger Came Smiling: Linder Sterling and punk feminism” 12.55–13.30: Discussion/Q&A 13.30–14.30: Lunch (not provided) 14.30–15.30: Opportunity to visit Linderism at Kettle’s Yard with introduction by Amy Tobin in gallery one at 14.30. 15.30–16.40: Session 2 - Chair: Alyce Mahon (University of Cambridge) 15.30–15.50: Francis Summers (University of Creative Arts, Rochester) Profanation in the Field of Vision: Linder’s Food Porn 15.50–16.10: Naomi Polonsky (Curator and Arts Writer) Linder and Lust: the Aesthetics & Erotics of Pornography in Linder’s Photomontages 16.10–16.40 Discussion/Q&A 16.40–17.00: Comfort Break 17.00–17.45: Tour of the New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College by Harriet Loffler (Curator, New Hall) 17.45–18.30: Drinks Reception BOOK TICKETS FOR 13 MARCH HERE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-materialities-linder-and-companion-histories-day-1-13-march-tickets-91998360573 Day 2: Conference Programme Saturday 14 March 2020 – Kettle’s Yard, Clore Learning Studio, Cambridge 10.30: Welcome 10.30–11.45: Session 3 – Chair: Anna Reid (Paul Mellon Centre) 10.30–10.50: Adele Patrick (Glasgow Women’s Library), Glamorous Excess and the Charms of Linderism: Episodes of Critical, Creative and Curatorial Clairvoyance. 10.50–11.10: Mark Bradley (University of Nottingham), Linder, Layers and the ‘Lower Senses’: Classical Bodies, Sensation and Sensibilities in Linder Sterling’s Photomontage 11.10–11.45: Discussion/Q&A 11.45–12.15: Coffee 12.15–13.30: Session 4 – Chair: Amy Tobin (Kettle's Yard/History of Art) 12.15–12.35: Paul Clinton (Writer, Curator and Editor), Rough Around the Edges: Linder On Class and Taste 12.35–12.55: Adrian Shaw (Tate), Performance as Refrain 12.55–13.30: Q&A/Final Discussion 13.30: Closing remarks by Amy Tobin (Kettle’s Yard) Visit Linderism 18.30: Performance: Bower of Bliss: An Improper Architecture Join us for a new performance with music and dance in the New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College Tickets for the performance must be purchased separately – conference attendees can select the concession rate of £5.00 https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/events/performance-bower-of-bliss-an-improper-architecture/ BOOK TICKETS FOR 14 MARCH HERE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-materialities-linder-and-companion-histories-day-2-14-march-tickets-92000041601