Event Details
Critical Migrations: KS09 Herbst-Schule
2 - 4 October 2009 KS09 Kurt Schwitters International Autumn School - Art and Architecture seminars at the Merz Barn, Cylinders Estate, Elterwater.
Friday 2nd October, 7.30pm
Guy Brett, International art writer and curator, INIVA, will give the annual Kurt Schwitters lecture, at Chapelstile village hall in Langdale. Lecture topic to be confirmed.
Saturday 3rd October
Seminar 1
While You Were Away - new critical tactics; the role of established artists’ foundations, archives and research centres
(Saturday 10am - 1pm) Speakers include:
David Medalla - Mondrian Fan Club,
Dr Penelope Curtis - Henry Moore Institute,
Barbara Steveni and Elisa Kaye Curator - Flat Time House and John Latham,
Guy Brett - LYC/Li Yuan-chia Centre Brampton Cumbria,
Dr Ben Read, Leeds University - Sir Herbert Read’s critical legacy and connections with Kurt Schwitters,
Dr Howard Hull, Director - Ruskin Centre, Brantwood,
Professor Dorothea Dietrich (Washington DC) - proposed Merz Barn/Kurt Schwitters in England Foundation.
Seminar 2
Hedge Schools - new critical spaces; independent practitioner-led curatorial research and pedagogical initiatives.
(Saturday 2 - 5pm) Presentations by:
Steve Messem - Free Range Cumbria,
Peter Lewis/Makiko Nagaya - Redux Projects,
Maurice Carlin - Islington Mill Art Academy Manchester,
Eva Merz - New Social Art School Aberdeen,
Pippa Koszerek - The Independent Art School,
Sophie Hope - B+B London,
Glenn Loughran - Hedge School Project/GRADCAM Dublin,
Gymnasium (*tbc) - London.
Saturday 7.30pm
MERZZZOOM!
MERZ KABARET and barbecue with invited performance artists, musicians, poets and dancers and, by popular demand, a sensational repeat performance of Schwitters’ sound poems; ANNA BLUME and the URSONATE-unplugged, by Accrington’s leading psychedelic/indie/garage band - Funnel, and their inimitable lead singer Joe Joe.
” the Merzbau projects were important critical impulses in the development of early modernist architecture..” Rem Koolhass
“..Schwitters was way ahead of his time.. a pioneer of modern art and architecture..” Daniel Libeskind
KS09 - The annual Kurt Schwitters Herbst-Schules (KS07 - KS12 Autumn Schools) form part of a longer term development programme which aims; to restore Kurt Schwitters’ last great Merzbau project (The Elterwater Merz Barn, 1947), establish an international Kurt Schwitters Merzbau museum & study centre for architects and artists, and create a Kurt Schwitters in England Foundation or Trust to oversee and promote the legacy of Schwitters and the Merzbaus. It is planned to open the restored Merz Barn and site to the general public in July 2012.
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Registration fee: £35 (waged) £15 unwaged
(2, 3 & 4th October inclusive, including lunches and barbecue dinner)
Accommodation information: contact LITTORAL Arts
LITTORAL Arts Trust
42 Lodge Mill Lane, Turn Village,
Lancashire. BL0 0RW UK
Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1706 827 961
E-mail: littoral@btopenworld.com
Website: www.littoral.org.uk
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