Conference: Sculpture & Performance

Henry Moore Institute & Tate Liverpool
24 – 26 March 2010

This three day conference will explore the complex relationship between sculpture and performance over the last century, acknowledging that what sculpture means today is partially indebted to the impact of so-called ‘performance art’. Speakers will focus on and expand upon the histories of inter-connections - constructive and destructive, divisive and codependent - and examine our expanded contemporary understandings of the two. The conference is international in scope and includes papers from artists, historians of art and performance and curators, as well as live performances, with the extension of dialogues through discussion. We are pleased to confirm the following speakers:

Wednesday 24 March, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2-7.30pm

Then and Now: Sculpture & Performance in the US
Presentations by Joh Welchman, Malgorzata Lisiewicz

Object, Agency, and Relations
Presentations by Aura Satz, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Bertrand Clavez

Followed by a performance by Florian Kaplick

Thursday 25 March, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 9.30am-7pm

Actions and interventions: the Politics of Public Sculpture and Performance
Presentations by Irene Gerogianni,Maxa Zoller, Erin Aldana, Dan Watt, Katalin T. Nagy

Sculpture, Dance, and Choreography
Presentations by Monty Paret, Gary Stevens, Stephanie Rosenthal,Jenn Joy

The day will include a performance by Michael Dean and the screening of a new film work by Krysten Cunningham, both former Henry Moore Institute Research Fellows.

Friday 26 March, Tate Liverpool, 12-6.30pm
Presentations by Brian Catlin, Heike Roms,Pierre Saurisse, Hayley Newman, Mel Brimfield,

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The cost for the full 3 day event will be £45, or £15 to attend a single day (concessions half-price). To book a place contact Kirstie Gregory, kirstie@henry-moore.ac.uk, at the Henry Moore Institute - seating is limited. For more information about the two venues visit www.henry-moore.ac.uk and www.tate.org.uk/liverpool.