New Event Series Annoucement: Artist Narratives
DACS is delighted to launch Artist Narratives, an online event series inviting leading female voices from across the arts to reflect on their practice and share their visions for the future.
In a year where female artists are leading the charge, outstanding creative legacies are being rediscovered and celebrated. Historically marginalised artists are increasingly taking centre stage among major collections and international fairs. But at a time of political and social uncertainty, how do we ensure that a diversity of experience is represented and what does the future hold for next generation of artists?
Speakers include: Rose English, Ferren Gipson, Lindsey Mendick, Paloma Proudfoot, Alia Syed, Gilane Tawadros, Jean Wainwright.
About the Events
Thursday 14 July, 5pm
Alia Syed in conversation with Gilane Tawadros
A conversation on storytelling, time and memory within themes of culture, diaspora and location.
Join artist and filmmaker Alia Syed in conversation with curator and DACS Chief Executive Gilane Tawadros. Equally at home in the cinema or gallery setting, Syed’s experimental filmmaking deepens our understanding of cultural identity and diaspora. Set against the backdrop of multi-cultural Britain, Syed weaves intimate and heartfelt narratives, her elegant storytelling always alluding to broader universal themes of time and memory. An artist with a singular vision, Syed will share details of her process and how it has enabled her to connect with her wider community and sense of self.
Thursday 21 July, 5-6pm
Rose English in conversation with Jean Wainwright
Exploring the lifespan of an artwork, from the archive to performance.
What is the legacy of a performance as it is revisited and evolves over time? How can works of performance be documented with intellectual rigour and clarity, without contaminating the original work? Join us for a conversation exploring the lifespan of an artwork - from archive to performance, with celebrated performance artist Rose English and acclaimed art historian and curator Jean Wainwright.
Thursday 28 July, 5-6pm
Lindsey Mendick & Paloma Proudfoot in conversation with Ferren Gipson
From feminine arts to feminist art: reclaiming the history of ceramic arts.
Lindsey Mendick and Paloma Proudfoot make work that celebrates the feminine, with immersive, powerful sculptural works. Among the most exciting creative talents to have emerged in the UK in recent years, they will be joined in conversation by writer Ferren Gipson to discuss their practice, both independent and collaborative as Proudick and use of historically gendered mediums including ceramics and textiles.
