Symposium
The Photograph
Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum Cardiff
Friday 3 May 2013, 10.30am – 5pm
Tickets £30 / £20 (students), plus booking fee
This one-day symposium explores questions around ‘The Photograph’ and the status and meaning of the photographic object in visual culture. The keynote speech by internationally renowned artist Richard Wentworth will be followed by three panel sessions – Create, Curate and Collect – chaired by Professor Mark Durden (University of Wales Newport), Clare Grafik (The Photographer’s Gallery) and Christiane Monarchi (Photomonitor).
We invite the audience to explore with our speakers current trends in collecting photography, new contexts for curating the photographic image and the conundrum of photography’s ambiguous place in contemporary art.
Programme
10.30 – 11.00 Registration and coffee
11.00 Welcome (David Drake) and Keynote from Richard Wentworth
On photography and the contemporary urban landscape
12.00 Panel Discussion: Create
The conundrum of photography’s ambiguous place in contemporary art
Moderator: Mark Durden, Professor of Photography, University of Wales Newport
Speakers:
Gideon Koppel (artist)
Trine Søndergaard (artist)
Daniel Blaufuks (artist)
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Panel Discussion: Curate
New contexts for curating the contemporary photographic image
Moderator: Clare Grafik (Head of Exhibitions, The Photographer’s Gallery)
Speakers:
Sue Steward (curator/critic)
Deirdre MacKenna (Director, Stills)
15.00 Tea break
15.30 Panel Discussion: Collect
Which way for the future of photography collecting?
Moderator: Christiane Monarchi (Editor, Photomonitor)
Speakers:
Michael Hoppen (collector/gallerist)
Jeffrey Boloten (Director, ArtInsight)
Louise Shannon (Digital Curator, V&A)
Chris Littlewood (Director, Flowers Gallery)
Sebastien Montabonel (Partner for Montabonel Fabres, Post-War and Contemporary Art Advisory)
16.30 Closing remarks
17.00 End of symposium