Thought Positions: Between Sculpture and the Archive - a one day symposium

Rowan Bailey

In conjunction with Thought Positions in Sculpture (Huddersfield Art Gallery) this one-day symposium brings together artists from the show with speakers from the Henry Moore Institute, Tate Britain and ROTOR, to explore different readings of the exhibition, with a specific focus on the intersections between archives, access and practitioner responses.
For further details of the exhibition see: <a href="https://www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/st/thoughtpositionsinsculpture/">https://www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/st/thoughtpositionsinsculpture/</a> 
 
Thursday 12 November, Heritage Quay, University of Huddersfield
10.30 – Coffee/tea
 
10.45-11.00: Dr Rowan Bailey, University of Huddersfield – Introduction: What Might Constitute a Thought Position in Creative Practice?
 
11.00-11.30: Sheila Gaffney, Leeds College of Art – Reflections on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
 
11.30-12.00: Hester Reeve, Sheffield Hallam University – Sculptural Substance.
 
12.00-12.30: Dr Juliet MacDonald, University of Huddersfield – Displaying the Head of Victory.
 
12.30-1.00: Dr Jill Townsley, University of Huddersfield – Stones.
 
1.00-1.15: Roundtable discussion/Q&A
 
1.15-2.15: Lunch
 
2:15-2.30: Lisa le Feuvre, Henry Moore Institute and Dr Alison Rowley, Centre for Sculptural Thinking, University of Huddersfield.
 
2.30-3.00: Professor Steve Swindells, University of Huddersfield – ROTOR and Public Engagement and Gerry Turvey, Dance Artist – Dance: Engagement and Interpretation.
 
3.00-3.30: Allison Foster, Archive Curator at the Tate, Transforming Tate Britain: Archives and Access - Finding Connections - Art, Artist and Audience.  
 
3.30-4.00: Dr Janette Martin, Archivist at Henry Moore Institute, Archives and Creative Practice: Case Studies from the Henry Moore Institute Archive.
 
4.00-4.15: Roundtable discussion/Q&A.
 
4.15-5.30: Coffee/tea and closing remarks/Q&A.
 
6-8pm: Reception at Thought Positions in Sculpture, Huddersfield Art Gallery.