Talk
re:value
24 Jun 2015
Event times
1.00pm-6.00pm
Cost of entry
Early Bird (before 5th June) £2.50/ £5.00
£5.00/ £7.00 (thereafter)
Address
- Merton Hall Rd,
- London
- SW19 3QA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- From Wimbledon Train Station catch the 163 or 164 towards Morden and alight at Nelson Hospital on Kingston Road.
- We are a fifteen minute walk from Wimbledon Train Station, which provides easy access to and from central London by both train and the District line branch of the London Underground
- We are a fifteen minute walk from Wimbledon Train Station, which provides easy access to and from central London by both train and the District line branch of the London Underground
From the perspectives of practising artists, gallerists, activists and academics this symposium will trace the parameters of our new world values. Who determines value? What value does art have? What is value in the art world?
About
Alongside growing consumer culture, funding cuts and ever-increasing technological possibility, are our perceptions of value in the art world also shifting? We invite you to explore this topic with a host of insightful guest speakers within the inspiring context of the final degree show at Wimbledon College of Art (University of the Arts London). From dynamic presentations to lively workshops, the topic of value will be thoroughly interrogated, analysed and discussed. With such a diverse group of speakers, will our understanding of value reformulate and uncover possible new value systems for the future?
Chair: Kimathi Donkor, Artist
Guest Speakers:
Greg Hilty, Curatorial Director at Lisson Gallery
Candida Gertler, Founder of Outset
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Artist
John Hill, LuckyPDF
Chris Cawkwell, Art Lacuna
Maria THeodoraki, Artist and PhD Candidate at CCW, University of the Arts London
Areas of interest:
Economic / socio-political:
-the tension between monetary value and social value—what determines value, scarcity or wide-reaching impact?
-does art effect change or reflect the status quo?
Closed access / open access:
-how is value affected by the location/curation of an artwork?
-who is “the public” and who determines the value of “public art”?
-who is art for?
Physical/immaterial:
-what is the value of a network or collaboration: is the work of a “sole genius” more or less valuable than a collective effort?
-how has the proliferation of the digital affected our perception of value?
-is innovation valued more highly than sustainability?
Convened by Postgraduate MFA students: Ines Leret Camara, Jon Clair, Ella Phillips, Nell Sully
