Event archive
Public Art Needs Time Limits
3 December 2009, Spike Island, Bristol
Public Art Needs Time Limits was one of three seminars, devised by Situations and ixia in response to the provocative ... → read on
Public Art Needs Continuity
13 October 2009, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Public Art Needs Continuity was one of three seminars, devised by Situations in collaboration with ixia in response to the ... → read on
The Black Cloud: How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years
10 October 2009, Victoria Park, Bristol
Introduced by the artists, Heather and Ivan Morison, this lively discussion held in The Black Cloud explored our future in ... → read on
Public Art Needs Outsiders
7 October 2009, Grizedale Arts, Cumbria
Public Art Needs Outsiders was one of three seminars, devised by Situations and ixia in response to the provocative statement ... → read on
Art as a ‘Public’ Issue
7 November 2008, Goethe Institute, London
This event brought together an international panel of writers, curators and artists to consider the interrelations of place-based practice and ... → read on
Hang the Commission!
31 May 2007, Serpentine Gallery, London
This event launched Locating the Producers an international research project (2006-2010), which investigated processes of commissioning contemporary art. Two opposing ... → read on
Not Yet... Art and Archaeology in the Context of Urban Renewal
28 April 2007
A symposium that examined artistic and archaeological approaches to the past, present and future of the re-development of Bristol's central ... → read on
Artist Lucy Orta and Archaeologist John Schofield in conversation
7 February 2007, Arnolfini, Bristol
Artist Lucy Orta and archaeologist and military heritage specialist John Schofield discussed their collaborative engagement with Greenham Common. → Download ... → read on
A lecture by Dr Brigitte Franzen, curator of Sculpture Projects Muenster
7 November 2006, Arnolfini, Bristol
Brigitte Franzen gave a rare preview of the curators' plans for the fourth edition of Sculpture Projects Münster, she also ... → read on
Wrights & Sites Simultaneous Drift (4 walks, 4 routes, 4 screens)
11 October 2006, Arnolfini, Bristol
Wrights & Sites presented a performance-lecture on their site and walking-based practices that overlap with architecture, urban exploration, activism and ... → read on
International Project Reunion: inSITE_05
4 October 2006, Arnolfini, Bristol
A symposium that brought the participants of inSITE_05 back together to discuss and reflect back on the 2005 contemporary art ... → read on
British Art Show 6: Curating Post-Nation
15 September 2006, Arnolfini, Bristol
This two-day symposium explored the structure of national survey exhibitions, their potential to reflect on new tendencies in contemporary art ... → read on
Artist Ergin Cavusoglu & Professor Tim Cresswell in conversation
7 June 2006, Arnolfini, Bristol
Here the artist presented extracts of his recent works including Point of Departure, which transforms the mundane activities of Stansted ... → read on
Artist Paul Rooney and Dr. Dan Hicks in conversation
22 February 2006, Bristol Zoo Gardens
This conversation between Rooney and archaeologist Dr. Dan Hicks, University of Bristol, explored Rooney’s enchantment of the urban environment. → ... → read on
Iain Sinclair responds to Francis Alÿs’ Guards
15 February 2006, Arnolfini, Bristol
Among contemporary British writers, no one has made the city the central subject of their work to quite such an ... → read on
The Wrong Place: Rethinking Context in Contemporary Art
3 February 2005, Bristol Zoo Gardens
This three-day conference balanced critical analysis with artists' case studies, bringing together leading scholars, artists and curators to rethink the ... → read on
