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CRYSTAL OF RESISTANCE – THOMAS HIRSCHHORN
A response by Jane Scarth “This is something essential to art: reception is never its goal. What counts for me is that my work provides material to reflect upon. Reflection is an activity.” – Thomas Hirschhorn Having reflected on my notes from this lecture repeatedly, I am still not quite sure how to makeRead more
Modern Science and the Avant-Garde: Rethinking Alexander Calder
Vanja Malloy I’ve always secretly wished I was really good at science and could do physics. My dad tried particularly hard to get me interested having studied it himself at university, but the truth is I never had teacher at school that could get me engaged unless it was art or drama. Now having foundRead more
Derek Boshier: From Doris to Chemical Coyboys
A Response The reason for the sheer enjoyment I find in artists’ talks is that they take you away from your books and remind you about the reality of artwork in the context of the person who made it. Derek Boshier has delved into a huge variety of both ideas and working practises during hisRead more
PHOTOGRAPHY AND TEMPORALITY AT THE FIRST BIENNALE OF SPATIAL FORMS IN THE POLISH PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC (ELBLAG, 1965) SYLWIA SERAFINOWICZ
A Response Research Forum Modern and Contemporary Seminar One of the aims of this new initiative by the Research Forum is to allow students to respond to research events in diverse ways, placing new, perhaps abstract lenses on the information presented. I have chosen to respond to this discussion with a note on Russian directorRead more