Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art

The aim of the Centre is to develop a lively research community for graduates and staff working and researching in the field of contemporary art. Since its establishment in 2008 we have organised a diverse programme of workshops, conferences, reading groups and exhibition visits, as well as an on-going series of invited artists' talks. One of the central objectives of the Centre is to provide a workshop-like forum for participants to present and debate 'work in progress', as well as to foster interdisciplinary exchange with other institutions outside UCL.

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All events take place from 6pm in Seminar Room 3 and 4 at UCL History of Art Department, 20 - 21 Gordon Square, London  WC1H 0AG unless otherwise noted.

Summer 2013 Programme

Date Subject Content
Wednesday 3rd April
 Keywords (INIVA Keyword Lecture Series)

Douglas Crimp on 'theory'

Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL, 6pm
Thursday 18th April Artist's talk:
Emanuel Almborg

Swedish artist Emanuel Almborg will discuss community experiments and radical education projects with Petra Lange-Berndt.

Whitechapel Gallery, 7pm
Wednesday 8th May
 Keywords (INIVA Keyword Lecture Series)

Leo Bersani on 'sex'

Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL, 6pm
Saturday 11th May
 Keywords (INIVA Keyword Lecture Series)

Geeta Kapur on 'practice'

INIVA, Rivington Place
Wednesday 15th May
 Artist Performance Event

Oreet Ashery / Party for Freedom

Part travelling troupe, part takeaway delivery service, part bizarre dream, this is a party like no other
Wednesday 22 May

Artist discussion

Renzo Martens

Artist Renzo Martens will discuss his project, The Institute for Human Activities

Archaeology G6 Lecture Theatre, 6-9pm
Tuesday 28th May
 Digital Ethics On and Offline Reading Group

Jointly organised with INMG

Carroll / Fletcher, 56-57 Eastcastle Street, London W1W 8EQ, 7pm
Places for the event are free but limited, so booking is essential. Please email Stephanie Schwartz if you would like to join

Spring 2013 Programme

Date Subject Content
Tuesday 22nd January

Artist's talk:

Martin John Callanan

Martin John Callanan is a conceptual and performance artist working in London, and has lectured at the Slade since 2008. His practice examines the individual's place within systems, and is often based on a methodical collection of data, both in the immediate environment and as information flows circulating in global computer networks.

Martin John Callanan website
Saturday 2nd February

Symposium:

Eva Hesse in Europe

Organized by Briony Fer

Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, 2pm-6pm
Friday 22nd February

Artist's talk:

Nicoline van Harskamp

Organized by Petra Lange-Berndt

Whitehchapel Gallery 3pm
Tuesday 26th February Reading Group

Art and Ecology: Selections from Third Text issue “Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology”

Organized by TJ Demos

Seminar Room 6, 6pm
Saturday 2nd March
 		Symposium: Eco-Aesthetics: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology

Organized by TJ Demos

Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, 2pm-7pm
Friday and Saturday 8/9th March

Film Screening and Symposium:

Retracing America: Modernism After Paul Strand

Organized by Stephanie Schwartz and Barnaby Haran

Birkbeck Cinema and Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre
Thursday 21st March

Study day and exhibition:
Cinema as Object

Study day programme

 Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square
Friday 22nd March
 Exhibition:
Cinema as Object
 morning only
Thursday 28th March
 Keywords (INIVA Keyword Lecture Series)

Linda Bellos on 'equality'

INIVA, Rivington Place

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