Centre for Art, Architecture and Design (CAAD)
CAAD: COLLECT II Symposium
| Date: | Thursday 03 June 2010 |
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| Time: | 15:00 - 17:30 |
| Venue: | Eldon Room 0.20, Eldon Building Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth PO1 2DJ |
Many people collect things. Some collections are small, some colossal. It does not have to be a total obsession; it may be a casual interest which develops into something more, an almost genetic need of human beings. Other reasons include a desire to belong to a group - or to stand apart from a group, for that matter. Different people can have different reasons for building a collection - childhood memories; fun; knowledge and learning investment; fandom; achievement. The COLLECT II Symposium, held to accompany the COLLECT II exhibition considers these issues further.
Refreshments will be available.
The symposium is free of charge but you must pre-register. Please contact
Trish Brooks, Faculty Research Administrator
Tel: 023 9284 5710
E: trish.brooks@port.ac.uk
The organisers of the COLLECT II Symposium gratefully acknowledge the support of the Centre for Art, Architecture and Design for this event.
Please feel free to download a hard copy of the Collect II Symposium Programme
| Presenter | Position | Discussion |
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| Stuart Gard | Lecturer, School of Art Design and Media | Open with a carte de visite, end with a Polaroid. This presentation opens by exploring the relationship between the collecting of photographic images and the cultural / psychological impact of technology in Victorian society. I shall then go on to explore the theme of collecting as conceptual process in the work of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol before concluding with the theme - The Replicant as Collector in the film Bladerunner. |
| Martin Robinson-Dowland | CCi Faculty Project Officer | Collecting in the public museum & art gallery domain, indicating how it may be approached, the benefits, accountability and the risk of elitism. 'Going for the Best' best describes the attitude of the delivery. |
| Patti Gaal–Holmes | Artist and Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, Film and Media | Illustrated talk around 'tea' project and wider cultural and colonial contexts. |
| Dr Jenny Walden | Head of School, Art Design and Media | Collecting as a subversive activity: Re-visiting Walter Benjamin |
| Dr Marius Kwint | Lecturer, School of Art Design and Media | Cultural Histories of the Souvenir. |
| Dr Lincoln Geraghty | Principal Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, Film and Media | Cult Collectors: Nostalgia, Fandom and Collecting Popular Culture Examines cultures of consumption and the fans who collect cult film and TV merchandise. |
| Professor George Hardie | University of Brighton | Critical Response. |