Critical reflections on the role of experimentation, sensory play and collaboration in art making
Date: Thursday July 5th: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Diorama Arts Centre, Regent’s Place, 201 Drummond St, Kings Cross, London NW1 3FE
Tickets: Free from here
What is our relationship to experimentation, play and collaboration within art making? How can these experiences teach us about ourselves, our society and the role of artists?
Experimentation, play and collaboration are fundamental elements in the formation of our identity and the world around us. As artists, these methods are used to explore new ideas and test boundaries.
This symposium will respond to the exhibition No Limit, a group show bringing together new work by nine artists with complex learning disabilities based in Camden, London, and part of the Peperfield Art Project.
Using the work in the exhibition as a trigger for conversation, three speakers will discuss ideas around perception and social aesthetics as well as exploring issues around the ownership of artwork and the possibilities of collaboration. This investigation into the core reasons that artists create will also form part of a conversation about how our sensory perceptions are transforming the role of the artist in the digital age.
Speakers:
India Harvey, artist researcher and educator, working in the fields of participatory art practice, play, sensory perception and Neurodiversity
Victoria Tischler, Professor of Arts and Health, University of West London
Elwin Harewood, registered Art Psychotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and an artist who has a first degree in Fine Art painting.
Sarah McEvoy & Phoebe Barnicoat – Artist Facilitators of the Peperfield Art Project and ActionSpace. Phoebe Barnicoat is co-curator of No Limit. In 2015, she was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to research new platforms for artists with developmental disabilities in the US and Canada. She is also a postgraduate student at the Royal Drawing School 2018
Sheryll Catto – Co-Director of ActionSpace and Chair.
Programme:
Open to view No Limit exhibition: 6.30pm
Symposium Guest speakers: 7pm – 8pm
Q & A chaired by Sheryll Catto, Co-Director, ActionSpace: 8pm – 8.30pm
With special thanks to Phoebe Barnicoat & Pia Bramley
To book tickets for the symposium visit here
To read about the exhibition visit here
