Colour and Poetry Symposium and online exhibition: Colour/Collage/Poetry
Poetic Interlude – various speakersColour & Poetry: A Symposium is a cross and interdisciplinary four-day event held by the Slade in celebration of International Colour Day, World Poetry Day and World Pigment Day.Ìý
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Colour & Poetry: A Symposium is a cross and interdisciplinary four-day event held by the Slade in celebration of International Colour Day, World Poetry Day and World Pigment Day.Ìý
The symposium hosts a range of speakers representing the arts and humanities, science and industry, drawing upon knowledge from within and outside of the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ community, it includes presentations, readings, performance and practical workshops.
Colour/Collage/Poetry Exhibition
Colour/Collage/Poetry, an online exhibition accompanying the symposium, curated by artist Rebecca Loweth.
The show's theme is inspired by the use of collage in Lisa Milroy’s designs for the symposium posters. Slade staff, students, alumni and guests were invited to produce a single postcard size collage that interprets the subject of celebrating colour and/or poetry.
Colour and Poetry Posters
Lisa Milroy has designed a series of posters for the event, photographed by Thomas Jenkins and set by James Keith. The pdfs can be downloaded below:
Colour and Poetry 1
Colour and Poetry 2
Colour and Poetry 3
Colour and Poetry 4
Colour and Poetry 5
Colour and Poetry 6
Colour and Poetry 7
Combined (all 7 posters)
Programme of Events
Symposium Director: Jo Volley
(Please note the programme may be subject to change)
Download Programme pdf
You may book the , or individual sessions by clicking on the Eventbrite links listed under each session.
Friday 19 March
Saturday 20 March
Sunday 21 March
Monday 22 March
Friday 19 March
Morning Session:Â Book viaÂ
10.00ÌýIntroduction Ìý-Ìý Jo Volley Slade Deputy Director (Projects) & Coordinator Material Research Project & Network
10.15Ìý°±ð²â²Ô´Ç³Ù±ð:ÌýPainting Hinemihi By Numbers Ìý-Ìý ,Ìý°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Archaeology & Slade Scientist in Residence 2019-20
11.00ÌýPoetry ReadingÌý-Ìý, artist & poet, Slade Deputy Director,ÌýHead of the Doctoral Programme
11.30Â The Other Side of Blue: A Cyanometer for an Ecological Age -Ìý, artist
12.00ÌýSynonyms for colour names within and across languages -ÌýDr Dimitris Mylonas, Associate Professor in Computer Sciences, New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University & Chair of Study Group Language of Colour, AIC
12.30ÌýColour & Emotion: Measuring Wellbeing Creatively: Co-production of a Non- Verbal Wellbeing Measure .ÌýDr Nir Segal,Ìýartist and mother.
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Afternoon session: Book viaÂ
14.00ÌýSeedbeds, outposts, avantgarde, vangarde, ivory tower: °×С½ãÂÛ̳’s Small Press Collections -ÌýLiz Lawes, Subject Liaison Librarian: Fine Art and Small Press, °×С½ãÂÛ̳
14.30ÌýThe Colour of IronÌý-Ìý David Dobson, is a geologist, mountaineer and print-maker, Professor °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Earth Sciences, Slade Scientist in Residence 2018-19
15.00ÌýFrida’s color - Calor de Frida , artistÂ
15.30ÌýCurating Collage -Ìý Rebeccca Loweth,ÌýArtist and curator of Colour / Collage / Poetry
16.00ÌýWinton - whys and whereforesÌý-Ìý Mark Cann, Technical Excellence Manager, ColArt
16.30ÌýInvestigating ColourÌý-ÌýStudies and research from Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, MilanÌý-ÌýProfessor Maria Cristina Galli,Ìýartist & Vice Director &Â Â Ilaria Mariotti, Professor of Contemporary Art History.
Saturday 20 March
Morning Session:Â Book viaÂ
10.00ÌýMetachromasia: a stain on life -Ìý , artist & Emeritus Professor of Arts, Design and Science, Central Saint Martins
10.30ÌýAlbers in Practice -Ìý , artist
11.00ÌýThe walking experience of colour - Prof Yannis Ziogas, artist & Dean of School of Fine Arts, University of Western Macedonia
11.30ÌýThe beyond that is a beneath: renewed intertextualities in Anne Carson’s Autobiography of RedÌý-ÌýSara Borga, artist and researcher
12.00Ìý°Õ³ó±ðÌý C olour of W ordsÌý-Ìý,Ìýartist Lives and works in London and is represented by Copperfield, London; Jane Lombard, New York; Fox Jensen, Sydney & Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland.Ìý
12.30ÌýRed + Gold - Medieval + ModernÌý-Ìý, Professor of Medieval Literature, Director of Institute of English Studies, SAS
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Afternoon session: Book viaÂ
14.00ÌýPredicting Colour - Kate Hopkins, artist
14.30Ìý Poetic Interlude – various speakers
15.00ÌýVoice Scores for Hearing the Inside of a Rock (insects, minerals, various poems) -Ìý
15.30ÌýTaking Shape: Seeing Through ColourÌý-Ìý, artist & Associate Lecturer, University of Kent
16.00ÌýConversations of Colour within the Collection of the National Gallery, London
, Artist & Art historian
16.30ÌýThe Silence of WhiteÌý-Ìý, Artist & Professor of Art, College of William and Mary
Sunday 21 March
International Colour Day & World Poetry Day
Morning Session:Â Book viaÂ
10-10.15 Machines Have Lucid Dreams - Ivan Kashdan & Blithe Germ. AÂ performance brought to you from the digital world of Machines Have Lucid Dreams, including original music, words, and actual footage of the sky.
10.15 -11am Marbling with James Keith, artist & Slade Print Technician
11am -11.15am Notes for a PoemÌý-ÌýFabian Peake
11.15am -12noon MORE POUR an exploration of pouring mediums and colour mixingÌý·É¾±³Ù³óÌýGabriela Giroletti, artist & TFAC demonstrator.
12noon Poetry reading - , artist, poet and activistÂ
12.15 Poetry reading - Rhun Maredudd Jones
12.30ÌýIncantationsÌý-ÌýGeraldine Snell.ÌýA live performance using looped vocal observations of her immediate environment with devotional and presence-aiding intent.
12.45Â Poetry reading -Ìý,Ìýartist, poet and curator at Van Gogh House London
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Afternoon session: Book viaÂ
2±è³¾ÌýThe Poetry of ColourÌý-ÌýGeorge Szirtes is a poet and translator.
2.30±è³¾ÌýPrimary Triad - Ian Rowlands artist & TFAC demonstrator.
This workshop explores the crucial attributes of colour; hue, value and saturation and argues the case for the restricted palette as a highly empowering experience. The primary triad is capable of creating harmony and diversity.
3.15 Reading - Ishwari Bhalerao & Leonie Rousham
3.30– 5pm Poetry Shed -The Poetry Shed at the Slade School of Fine Art, °×С½ãÂÛ̳, is an on-line resource and forum for creative writing across the school.Ìý
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Life Drawing Class in Colour
(Places are limited and must be booked via this  link. This is separate from the afternoon session )
5.30 - 7.30pm Life drawing with Andy Pankhurst, artist
While drawing from a clothed life model you will learn some basic principles of colour mixing by drawing directly with the colourful medium of coloured chalk pastels. Further details:Â /slade/events/colour-and-poetry-2021-life-class
Monday 22 March
World Pigment Day’s 1st Anniversary and Longplayer will be streaming live
Morning Session:Â Book viaÂ
10.00ÌýWelcome to World Pigment Day’s 1st Anniversary - Jo Volley & Ruth Siddall
10.15ÌýNo Blue Until the Neolithic - Dr Ruth Siddall, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Geologist & Slade Scientist in Residence 2018-19
10.40 Poetry Reading - Andy Leak, Emeritus Professor, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ French Dept
10.50ÌýCharles Booth's London Poverty Maps - Julian Szego
11.00ÌýSearching for Slade Green - Kim Selveggi, Slade Conservator in Residence, MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums at the Institute of Archaeology.
11.30 Collage workshop with Rebeccca Loweth, Artist and curator of Colour/Collage/Poetry
12.00ÌýChasing Winsor & Newton 19th-century colours for the preservation of our cultural heritageÌý-ÌýDr Vanessa Otero,ÌýResearcher at the Department of Conservation and Restoration of the NOVA School of Science and Technology, Lisbon (Portugal)
12.30ÌýActing out colour: Science, spiritualism, and orientalism in Beatrice Irwin's work -ÌýDr Alexandra Loske, art historian, writer and curator
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Afternoon session: Book viaÂ
14.00ÌýThe Volatile Hues of Silver HalideÌý-ÌýJoy Gregory, artist
14.30ÌýNothing Rhymes with OrangeÌý-ÌýDr Edward Winters, writer and artistÂ
15.00Ìý51°43 33.56 N 3°07 58.63 WÌý-ÌýDr Onya McCausland is an artist and senior research fellow at the Slade School of Fine Art.Ìý
15.30ÌýColour spaces and Ostwald- Stephanie Nebbia, artist & TFAC Global Manager, & Cris Cosgrave, chemist and Innovation & Development Manager,  Colart
16.00 Colours from light and shade’: how George Field smuggled Aristotle into modern JapanÌý-ÌýPaul Smith is Professor of History of Art at the University of Warwick
16.30 End of event with Kieren Reed, Slade Director & Jo Volley
Please note all times are GMT
Please note the programme may be subject to change