How has the era of post-truth changed our perceptions of authenticity?

Location:

Our Symposium will take place on the North Holmes Road campus, in the Powell building, on the ground floor in room 9. Pg09.

Programme

9:30-9:45 Coffee

9:45-10:00 Welcome Introduction: Dr Jane Lovell and Professor Chris Beedie - Walking into the Truth

Panel 1: Authenticity, Art, Heritage and the Creative Process

10:00-10:15 Alastair Upton – Creative Foundation

10:15-10:30 Liz Collini – Rules

10:30-10:45 Dover Arts Development – Art, Community and Place

10:45-11:00 Sue Jones – Whitstable Biennale

11:00-11:15 Sarah Turner and Heather Newton – Canterbury Journey/Canterbury cathedral

11:15-11:30 Coffee

11:30-11:45 Questions and discussion

Panel 2: Authenticity, Belief and Realities and Making

11:45-12:00 Professor Chris Beedie – The Placebo Effect: Inauthentic stimulus and authentic response

12:00-12:15 Dr Chris Pike – Authenticity in Dreams and Dream Interpretation

12:15-12:30 Dr Andrew Jackson – Boatyard Bohos

12:30-12:45 Questions

12:45-1:30 Lunch will be provided plus a puppetry display by Dr James Frost.

Panel 3 : Authenticity, Place, Identity, Spectacle

1:30-1:45 Dr Jillian Rickly - Spectacle, Authenticity and Adventure Philanthropy

1:45-2:00 Dr Ken Fox - In Praise of the Inauthentic: representations of the cinematic landscape in The Fighting Prince of Donegal (O’Herlihy, 1966)

2:00-2:15 Dr Jim Butcher – Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’ and the search for selfhood in modern travel

2:15:2:30 Coffee and questions.

Panel 4: Authenticity, Embodiment, Performance and Light

2:30-2:45 Dr Angela Pickard and Andy Hurst – Smoke and Mirrors: The Hidden Facets of the Dynamic Light Structure

2:45-3:00 Dr Jane Lovell and Dr Howard Griffin - Magically Real and Irreal Projection Mapping at Light Festivals.

3:00-3:15 Questions and close

In the era of post-truth and fake news, the adjective authentic is used to describe people, objects and processes as diverse as polititians, food, management approaches, places and artisan bread. We ask to what extent the meaning of the terms authentic and inauthentic have endured or are changing across different disciplines today.

On the 19 June the Authenticity Collective (an interdisciplinary discussion group of academics and practitioners who are interested in authenticity) will assemble at Canterbury Christ Church University to consider contemporary authenticity in practice and academia. We will make new interdisciplinary connections by exploring authentic (and inauthentic) aspects of the artistic process, creative spaces and places, historic restoration, sports psychology, craftsmanship and maker culture, dreams, tourism, human geography, dance and architecture.

Speakers include:

• Alastair Upton, Director of Folkestone's Creative Foundation

• Heather Newton, Head of Conservation at Canterbury Cathedral

• Sarah Turner, Collections Manager at Canterbury Cathedral

• Liz Collini, Text and Language Artist

• Sue Jones, Director of Whitstable Biennial

Academic presentations include:

• Professor Chris Beedie, the Placebo Effect

• Dr Jillian Rickly - Spectacle, Authenticity and Nature Philopsophy

• Dr Andy Jackson, Boatyard Bohos

• Dr Jim Butcher, the Beat Poets, Existential authenticity and Travel

• Peter Wallace, Hyperreal Light Interventions

• Howard Griffin and Dr Jane Lovell, Irreal Light Festivals.

You are invited to join the conversation and become a part of the Authenticity Collective.

#Rethinkingauthenticity

Location:

Our Symposium will take place on the North Holmes Road campus, in the Powell building, on the ground floor in room 9. Pg09.

The Authenticity Collective