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Throughout the recent deluge of ocean-themed exhibitions, curators have taken increasingly localised, politicised and experimental approaches to curating the sea (Syperek & Wade 2023). In the UK this has meant addressing the potential for both isolation and connectivity of the island nation. Amid rising seas, coastal erosion, Brexit, a pandemic, culture wars, colonialism and slavery’s legacies, migration and hostile borders, our islandness (Perry 2018) has never been more pronounced. This symposium features several curators of recent and current exhibitions and programmes addressing these and related issues in various locations across Great Britain, and artists whose work engages with relevant themes. Through considering these diverse approaches we will reflect on past and present practices and look towards future directions.
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME:
1.30-1.45 | Introduction: Sarah Wade, UEA and Pandora Syperek, Loughborough University London/V&A Research Institute |
1.45-3.40 | Curatorial Panel: Péjú Oshin, Gagosian Louise Hobson, SWAY Katharine Stout, Focal Point Gallery Francesca Curtis, The Line Karen Jacobs, Sainsbury Research Unit |
3.40-4.00 | Angela YT Chan, artist’s presentation: States of Hydration / coffee break (States of Hydration is part of the Holding Sway: Seaweeds and the Politics of Form series, funded by UCHRI’s Recasting the Humanities: Foundry Guest Editorship grant.) |
4.00-4.45 | Sue Jones, Whitstable Biennale, online presentation and in-conversation with Pandora Syperek and Sarah Wade |
4.45-5.30 | Gabriella Hirst, artist’s lecture: Ambergris (Ambergris is the outcome of a Radar visiting artist commission, as part of the programme Ecological Thinking. Radar is the contemporary art commissioning strand of LU Arts, Loughborough University.) |
5.30-6.00 | Drinks, Department of Art History & World Art Studies
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