Antonin Artaud - New Critical Reflections
A two day conference at Kingston University, UK, dedicated to new critical insights into the revolutionary work of the writer Antonin Artaud
Date and time
Location
Kingston University Penrhyn Road Campus
55-59 Penrhyn Road Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE United KingdomAgenda
Provisional Conference Programme
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Conference Registration
Welcome address (Matt Melia and Stephen Barber) - 12:00 pm-12:15pm
Keynote - Professor Richard Gough (University of South Wales) - 12:15-1:15pm
Lunch (1.15-2.15)
Panel 1: Artaud, Image and Language (2.15-3.45pm)
3.45-4pm Coffee / Tea
4pm-4.30 Film: Isle of Illusion (2024, Giorgous, Galanopolous)
Panel 2: Artaud’s Last Writings - 4:30-6pm
Day 2: 31st July
Coffee / Tea / Registration - 9-10am
Keynote 2 - 10-11am
Coffee / Tea - 11-11.15am
Film: 'Being and its Foetuses (Richard Hawkins) 11.15-11.45am
Sound Intervention - RADIO TARAHUMARA -TUTUGURI(TOWNHOUSE MIX) (Richard Crow)
Panel 3: Artaud in Mexico 11.45-1.15pm
Lunch 1.15-2.15pm
Film: The Artaud Dyptych (Ioli Andreadi and Aris Asproulis) - 2.15-2.45pm
Panel 4: Artaud, Subversion and Transgression - 2.45- 4.15pm
Coffee/tea - 4.15-4.30
Panel 5: Contemporising Artaud - 4.30-6pm
Conference ends - final words. 6pm-6.15pm
Evening event (TBC)
About this event
- 1 day 7 hours
We are extremely pleased to present the registration for our forthcoming conference event celebrating the life and work of the writer, poet, dissident surrealist and founder of the Theatre of Cruelty, Antonin Artaud.
Since 2018, the publishers Infinity Land Press and Diaphanes have been publishing translations of Artaud's final and previously unpublished works, and his letters from Ireland. These publications have been exposing Artaud to a new readership as well as extending and completing the most extraordinary and troubling corpus of work of the 20th century.
This international conference aims to bring together scholars of Artaud's work, of experimental and transgressive theatre, film, performance, music and literature, as well as showcasing the work of Artaud inspired filmmakers in a major two-day event.
The event will encompass two days of conference presentations from across many disciplines, which will exhibit new research about Artaud, his work and legacy. It will take place in Kingston University's RIBA Stirling award-winning Town House Building / Library (Penrhyn Road Campus), in south-west London.
This event is going ahead with a thanks to and as a manifestation of the KSA Visual and Material Culture Research Centre and Professor Fran Lloyd
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There will also be a separate ancilliary event onthe 29th July at the Kingston University Visconti Studio which if you are attending the conference you might like to go to. This is an Artaud inspired sound event - ARTAUD AND NOISE 8pm VISCONTI STUDIO CURATED BY RICHARD CROW (INSTITUTION OF ROT) (https://institution-of-rot.org/artaud-and-noise/). Please look out for a separate eventbrite link from event convener Richard Crow.