05/06/2024
We’ve got some great events coming up at this month. Brief details below, more info and bookings via BG’s website:
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1. Identity Complex
📆 Friday 7 June, 10-5.30pm
One-day symposium focussing on identity representation in the context of international, large-scale, survey exhibitions of contemporary art.
Speakers include: Dr Shwetal A. Patel, , , , and . Co-convened by PhD researchers (University of Leicester) & Claudia Di Tosto (University of Warwick), supported by
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2. The Blue Description Project
📆 Thursday 13 June, 6.30-8.30pm
A new experimental version of Derek Jarman’s seminal film, Blue (1993), featuring expanded accessibility measures such as audio description, creative captions and in-person British Sign Language interpretation. Screening will be followed by Q&A with &
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3. Talking Back
📆 Tuesday 25 June, 10-6pm
An interdisciplinary conference uncovering the power of shared testimony as an act of political resistance. Keynote speakers are &
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Image credit: , , , Blue Description Project, film still, 2024. Digital movie, captions. 1:20:55. Courtesy of the artists.
[ID: A still from the film Blue, split across two tiles. Both tiles feature a blue monochrome screen with two captions occupying the bottom third. The lowest yellow caption reads: “A blue, bitter pill. An open mouth.” Above this, bracketed captions in pale blue read: “wind-static with hints of stuttering – widening, faltering.” The latter transcribes the film’s soundscape and the former captures the audio description.]