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In Conversation: The meaning of home
Date: Wednesday 5 June 2013
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Aspex Gallery, Vulcan Building, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth PO1 3BF
How can art reveal fragmented experiences and memories of home when the trauma of displacement occurs? What does ‘home’ mean to settlers and immigrants? Exploring their pasts in different parts of Africa, two artists explore personal and collective experiences dealing with emotional complexities and questions of identity, nostalgia and politics. As curators and museums struggle to engage with the complex issues of the global art world, Patti Gaal-Holmes and Patrick Altes discuss the shifting concept of home with University of Portsmouth cultural historian Marius Kwint.
Patrick Altes is Leverhulme Artist in Residence in the School of Languages and Area Studies (SLAS) at the University of Portsmouth.
In partnership with the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries Space Offsite programme, curated by Denise Callender
Admission is free but by ticket only from http://themeaningofhome.eventbrite.co.uk/