Thinking Colour: An Interdisciplinary Symposium

The Thinking Colour symposium is organised byLucy Whelan (Department of History of Art, University of Oxford) and Anita Paz (Ruskin School of Art,University ofOxford).It is co-funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH).

Lucy Whelan and Anita Paz, University of Oxford

<H6>‘Fascinated by painting, philosophical thought has always burned itself in the fire of colour’      – Jacqueline Lichtenstein </H6>
Thinking Colour brings together academics, curators, and artists  to consider the philosophical relations between colour and thinking. Engaging with questions of colour in ways that exceed the discussion of specific cases and linguistic manifestations, we invite our participants to approach colour through visual analysis, visual theory, critical thought, and comparative or transhistorical reflection. This symposium starts from inquiries already opened by thinkers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gilles Deleuze, and Julia Kristeva, and more recently by Michael Taussig and Natasha Eaton. It asks questions such as: how do images think in/through colour? What is colour’s affective power? How does colour relate to specific materialities? How can colour have agency? Is colour a device for – or even a form of – thinking? We also invite responses both to ontological questions around being in colour, being without colour, resisting colour, and inhabiting colour, and to epistemological questions around colour and knowledge. How can colour function in relation to thinking in artistic practice/research?
Understanding interdisciplinarity as a polyphony of voices and methodologies coming together in and around a single context, the Thinking Colour symposium invites its participants to contemplate colour as a topic for theoretical reflection, in the light of their own discipline. It offers a space for presentation but also for debate, and exchange, with an emphasis on comparison as a methodology for stimulating new thought.
The day will consist of several talks delivered by invited international academics who are leading in this field. We are honoured to host Eric Alliez (Kingston University), David Batchelor, Laure Blanc-Benon (University Paris-Sorbonne), Natasha Eaton (University College London), Liz Watkins (University of Leeds), Paul Smith (University of Warwick).
<H5>To view the current programme click <A TITLE="Thinking Colour Symposium Programme" TARGET="_blank" HREF="https://www.academia.edu/25077381/Programme_for_the_Thinking_Colour_Symposium" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A> (opens in a new window)</H5>
<H5>Practical information</H5>
The registration fee includes: A sandwich lunch and two tea/coffee breaks.
When to register: Early registration is advisable as ticket numbers are limited. Registrations later than 10 days before the symposium (Tuesday 14 June) are likely to cause some difficulties with catering.
Lunch choices: When registering, you will be asked to choose a baguette filling for your sandwich lunch. Choices are: chicken, bacon & avocado with lemon mayonnaise; mozzarella, fresh basil mayonnaise & sun-dried tomatoes (vegetarian); home-made houmous with sundried-tomatoes and olives (vegan); all baguettes will be multi-cereal. However, please note that for registrations later than 10 days before the symposium (after Tuesday 14 June) we cannot guarantee a lunch choice.
For information on getting to Trinity and how to find the Danson Room please visit: http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/getting-to-trinity/
Access: The Danson room is up one flight of steps but is fully accessible with a platform lift. If you might require the use of this facility, or have any other access requirements, please contact Lucy or Anita at thinkingcoloursymposium@gmail.com in advance, to avoid delay on the day. 
Contact: thinkingcoloursymposum@gmail.com. Please ensure that your question has not already been answered on this page, and note that we may take up to 72 hours to reply.

Danson Room, Trinity College

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