Christopher Breward gave a talk entitled 'From Doctor to Decadent; Dirk Bogarde's life in clothes'.
Dirk Bogarde's career as a screen actor (c.1950-1991) saw him play a variety of roles whose character both reflected and influenced British attitudes to normative and queer modes of masculinity. Drawing on Bogarde's autobiographical novels, letters and diaries, alongside key cinematic representations, the informal talk seeked to excavate the complex contradictions and elegant solutions to these that marked a career that has been under-appreciated in mainstream histories of film and fashion, but celebrated in certain byways of popular culture.
Christopher Breward is Head of Research at the V&A and a widely published author, broadcaster and curator specialising in fashion and its relationship to London past and present.
12th May 09 - What am I?
Maria Fusco discussed ‘reasoning backwards’ as a methodology of writing with and about art, and performed two short readings of her own work: taking into account her repulsion and compulsion of keeping going.
Maria Fusco is a Belfast-born writer based in London. She is Director of Art Writing at Goldsmiths, and founder-editor of The Happy Hypocrite, a new journal of experimental art writing. In 2009, she is the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at The Whitechapel Gallery.
http://www.bookworks.org.uk
Maria Fusco is a Belfast-born writer based in London. She is Director of Art Writing at Goldsmiths, and founder-editor of The Happy Hypocrite, a new journal of experimental art writing. In 2009, she is the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at The Whitechapel Gallery.
http://www.bookworks.org.uk
14th April 09 - Live Bicycle
Adam Thompson screened the documentary Live Bicycle. Accompanied by a slide show of images from his experience at the 2007 and 08 Ciemmona bike demonstrations.
Live bicycle is a documentary on the bicycle, the movement of Critical Mass and the theme of sustainable mobility. Critical Mass is a worldwide movement of cyclists claiming back the streets for the bicycle, the only means of individual non-polluting transportation, which, instead of being encouraged, is penalized by laws and governments of most countries of the world.
The film was shot during three days of global critical mass that was held in Rome on 26, 27 and 28 May 2006 and has happened there in May every year since. Five thousand cyclists come from all over the world to peacefully occupy the streets of Rome by interrupting the flow of thousands of cars each day aligned in endless traffic jams creating smog, stress and accidents.
http://www.freebaseproject.com/homengLB.html
Live bicycle is a documentary on the bicycle, the movement of Critical Mass and the theme of sustainable mobility. Critical Mass is a worldwide movement of cyclists claiming back the streets for the bicycle, the only means of individual non-polluting transportation, which, instead of being encouraged, is penalized by laws and governments of most countries of the world.
The film was shot during three days of global critical mass that was held in Rome on 26, 27 and 28 May 2006 and has happened there in May every year since. Five thousand cyclists come from all over the world to peacefully occupy the streets of Rome by interrupting the flow of thousands of cars each day aligned in endless traffic jams creating smog, stress and accidents.
http://www.freebaseproject.com/homengLB.html
10th March 09 - Independence in the 21st Century
Philip Wykes hosted an open discussion on the growing independence of people, a greater reliance on technology for socialising and the effect on society and future generations.
10th February 09 - Consciousness and the brain
Pascal Saker gave a talk on consciousness and the brain.
What is consciousness? How does it relate to the brain? Why do we have it? What is self-consciousness? This talk discusses these questions with reference to recent findings from neuroscience. These findings challenge our preconceived notions of what subjective experience is and our very notion of 'self'. As we will find out, these findings are gradually converging towards a radically new conception of the world and how we relate to it. We will discuss what this revolution is and how we can personally take advantage of it.
What is consciousness? How does it relate to the brain? Why do we have it? What is self-consciousness? This talk discusses these questions with reference to recent findings from neuroscience. These findings challenge our preconceived notions of what subjective experience is and our very notion of 'self'. As we will find out, these findings are gradually converging towards a radically new conception of the world and how we relate to it. We will discuss what this revolution is and how we can personally take advantage of it.
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