Urban Encounters Conference 2016
Goldsmiths, University of London
04 Nov 2016 to 05 Nov 2016
We are pleased to announce the ninth Urban Encounters conference in Partnership with Tate Modern. The evening before the main conference starts on Friday 4th of November, international urban photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen will deliver our annual artist’s keynote at Tate Modern.
This year’s theme is Photography, Memory and Archive. We have a wide range of international photographers, artists and urbanists discussing their practices and approaches to making images and researching urban spaces. Those attending the conference are also invited to the opening of two Urban Photo Village exhibitions on Friday and Saturday nights.
Confirmed speakers and panel chairs are:
James Barnor and Rachel Pepper, Rachel Lichtenstein, Daniel Cid, Peter Bennett, Jean McNeil, Joy Gerrard, Andy Day, Diego Ferrari, Stephen Mayes, Vic Seidler, Paul Halliday, Alice Maude-Roxby and Stefanie Seibold, Gill Golding, Esther Windsor, Nick Ferguson, Tiong Ang, Judy Price, Hrair Sarkissian, Marianne, Mulvey, Ingrid Pollard, Alan Maglio, Paul Goodwin.
Panel themes are:
Panel 1: Excavating and Constructing Memory
Panel 2: Conflict, Presence and absence
Panel 3: Archives: Between the Analog and the Digital
Panel 4: Gender, Meaning and Place
Panel 5: Continuities: Participation and performance
Panel 6: Diasporas
For a full conference programme, abstracts and speakers’ biographies, please click here to download the PDF.
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Dates and Times
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10:00-20:00 | Friday, 04 November 2016
10:00-20:00 | Saturday, 05 November 2016
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Venue
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Room 342, Richard Hoggart Building
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross, London, SE14 6NW
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Nearest Stations
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New Cross and New Cross Gate Overground
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Cost
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Fully Booked
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Info and booking
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