On not knowing: how artists think
Venue: Kettles Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ
This one-day symposium will look at the role of ‘not knowing’ within the creative process. Whilst making an artwork an artist may move between a strong sense of direction and a more playful or meditative state of exploration and experimentation. Within this process a sense of not knowing what it is they are doing can be as crucial as clear intentions. This day will examine how artists formulate strategies of not knowing and use the states of ignorance, doubt, block and failure within their decision making process. The state of ‘not knowing’ or engaging with the unknown is also clearly acknowledged as an important aspect of all research, and speakers from across disciplines will join visual artists to debate these issues from a number of perspectives.
This event has been organised by Rebecca Fortnum in collaboration with Kettle’s Yard, the Visual Intelligences project at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University and How Art Thinks research project at the International Centre for Fine Art Research.
Places can be booked on http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/exhibitions/symposium.html
Speakers include: Prof Dennis Atkinson (Goldsmiths), Sonia Boyce (CCW), Sarah Cole (CSM), Dr Rachel Jones (Dundee), Prof Gary Peters (YorkStJohn), Zoe Svendsen (Metis), Neal White (Bournemouth/CCW) and Alison Wilding (RCA)
